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Friday, May 24, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 18, Primary Election County Election Board Secretary Debi Davis said today. Davis said that persons who are United States Citizens, residents of Oklahoma, and at least 17 ½ years old are eligible to apply for voter registration.

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Ozark Trail Car Show that will be held Saturday, Sept. 28 on the square in downtown Mangum. Registration will be from 8 to 11 AM, the show from 11 AM to 2 PM, and awards ceremony at 2:30 PM. Entry free is $20.

According to Greer County Emergency Management & Safety, 911 Coordinator Greg Miller, the Greer County LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) Membership Committee and partners will be holding a meeting on Tuesday, May 14 from 10 to 11 AM at the Living Water Church Fellowship Hall, 1600 N. Louis Tittle in Mangum.

The Oklahoma Health Department’s Mobile Wellness Clinic will be in Willow on Wednesday, May 15 from 9:30 AM to noon at 112 W. Main Street. The clinic is open to everyone and is a full clinic service for you and your family.

Greer County Sheriff Steven McMahan was present at Tuesday night’s regular meeting of the Mangum City Commission to present the feasibility study and proposal to convert the old Armory building into a new county jail. The proposal would need the Commission to deed the old Armory building to them to renovate it for a 92-bed jail facility as outlined by the architect group.

Oklahoma high school students are displaying artwork at the Museum of the Western Prairie in Altus now through June 22 in conjunction with the Oklahoma Arts Institute’s Tour de Quartz exhibition. Artwork featured in the Tour de Quartz exhibit was created during the 2023 Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute (OSAI), a prestigious arts academy held each summer at Quartz Mountain State Park & Lodge in southwestern Oklahoma.