Deer Creek Homecoming
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Mike Bakare was named king and Brooke Lamey queen during the Deer Creek Homecoming festivities. The rest of the court included Brianna Cox and Dylan Beers, Elli Demerval and Paxton Gary, Shyanne Jones and Jarrett Burright and Ashlynn Hasselewander and Mike Bakare.The junior attendants were Lillie and Mollie Byers and Luke Standley.
Singer/ actress Kristin Chenoweth made a surprise appearance and announcement at the Allied Arts event. Pages B1
OKC FRIDAY Vol. 52 No. 25 • Two Sections • 18 pages October 19, 2018
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THE NOTORIOUS N.A.P.
Festival back on for Oct. 27
Turkey lurking around The Village By Mike W. Ray Staff Writer A rare visit to The Village by one or more wild turkeys has caused quite a stir in the community in the past couple of weeks. One (if not more) of the birds has been making the rounds throughout The Village in recent days. At one time or another recently a wild turkey, aka the Notorious N.A.P., has been sighted heading north on Whitehaven Road, at the corner of Ridgeview and
The turkey, aka the Nortorious N.A.P., takes a walk on the wild side and boldly saunters past a “free supper” sign.
Manchester, in the 2400 block of Huntleigh Drive, and elsewhere. “We’ve got wild geese, ducks, raccoons and skunks. Now we’ve got wild turkeys,” City Manager Bruce Stone said. “They’re kind of like the geese: They come and go.” During several preThanksgiving forays in The Village, a wild turkey has visited at least one front porch, inspected several yards and perched atop a roof (contrary to popular myth, wild See TURKEY, Page 3
N.A.P. sightings: Far left, on a rooftop; center, at a front door; and above, strolling through a yard.
By Mike W. Ray Staff Writer Plenty of entertainment is planned during the annual Fall Festival in The Village, which because of rain has been rescheduled for Saturday, Oct. 27. Activities are to include a costume contest, a cake walk, carnival games, pumpkin painting, children’s face painting, inflatables, rides on a miniature train, an “extreme” rock wall, a zipline and concession stands. Also, City Treasurer Beverly Whitener said approximately 30 items will be sold at auction, such as a computer printer, travel bags, cookware, and use of a couple of “extreme inflatables” for a child’s birthday party. Proceeds from the auction will be deposited in the city’s park beautification fund. The festival is set for 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Duffner Park.
NHills $3 mil bond sale to finance water system, streets By Mike W. Ray Staff Writer The City of Nichols Hills is scheduled to sell another $3 million of tax-exempt bonds next month to finance various capital improvements. Ninetythree cents of every dollar from the proceeds will be devoted to street and water system improvements. A resolution the City Council adopted calls for the sale of bonds to provide: • $1.58 million in water system projects; • $1.22 million in street improvements; • $50,000 in sanitary sewer system projects; • $50,000 in municipal traffic control projects; and, • $100,000 in communica-
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tions and data systems renovations. Projects that are to be undertaken with the bond funds are to include: improvements to Trenton Road between Fenwick and Bedford, the 1100 block of Hemstead Place, and miscellaneous paving projects in the city; rehabilitation of sanitary sewer lines in various areas; rehabilitating water wells and replacing various water lines; pedestrian crossings and some lighting in city parks; plus video surveillance and telemetry software for the city’s water wells and booster houses. The new $3 million tranche is part of a $22 million generalobligation bond package that Nichols Hills voters authorized in a January 2015 special election. This is the fifth annual
bond sale arising from that election. Bids on the latest bond issue are set to be opened Nov. 13 and the council will select the winner that day, City Manager Shane Pate said. Proceeds from the purchase of the bonds are then transferred to the city’s bank account when the bond issue closes on Jan. 10, 2019, according to City Attorney John Michael Williams. “This will enable us to get started earlier on some projects,” Pate said. The bond debt is to be retired over a 14½-year period, 201932, Pate said. Interest that bond buyers earn on the city of Nichols Hills
City enacts debt management policy By Mike W. Ray Staff Writer A Debt Management Policy adopted by the Nichols Hills City Council makes an official standard of what previously was an informal practice. In addition, another policy was amended to require greater operating reserves in city coffers. “These strengthen our conservative financial management practices,” Mayor Peter Hoffman Jr. said. The city’s Budgeting and Financial Planning Policies were revised to require additional operating reserves. In the future, reserves must be sufficient to meet expenditures for two to five months; the current requirement is one to three months. “We will hold more money in reserve for any
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INSIDE: • Sports, Pages 4 & 5. • Calendar of Events, Page 6. • Editorial, Page 8. • Senior Savvy, Page 10. • Church listings, Page B3. • Classifieds, Page B6. • Students, Page B7.