The Vista, Oct. 5, 2021

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Volume 119, Issue 06

VISTA “Our Words, Your Voice.”

vistanews1903 @thevista1903 @thevista1903 The Vista ucentralmedia.com Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021

Voters to decide park’s future

INSIDE

‘RENT’

REVIEW: It’s the “season of love!” UCO Musical Theater presents this award-winning musical. See Pg. 8

The sun sets at Hafer Park in Edmond near the duck pond and looks toward the area that might be developed by its owner if the one-year .25% sales tax increase doesn’t pass, letting the city purchase the land. The election is on Oct. 12. (The Vista/Lyric Peterson)

Sales tax would allow city to buy land to avoid development

Media Ethics

Lyric Peterson

Sneak peak into yesterday’s conference with experts speaking on “Reporting Truth Through Chaos.” See Pg. 4

Football UCO breaks three-game losing streak by annihilating Lincoln on Saturday. See Pg. 7

Around Campus Hispanic Heritage Month continues as UCO welcomes Indigenous Peoples’ Day. See Pg. 2

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On Oct. 12, Edmond residents will vote on a temporary sales tax to purchase 22 acres of land south of Hafer Park to avoid luxury homes being built. Voting registration closed Friday for the election.

The land is adjacent to a main walking path, a large playground and a smaller play area and duck pond in Hafer Park. Earlier this year, a petition was filed to “SAVE Edmond’s Hafer Park,” conducted by Ashley Bradley with 9,094 signatures. The petition came after Edmond

approved development for restricted retail and retail gain commercial in 2017 that allows for the “Mansion Block Luxury Homes” to be built. Because of residents’ concerns for development on the site, the property owners’ representatives, city officials Continued on Page 3

Fall Break in limbo as administration ‘verifies’ results Christopher Lomelin and Kaleb Simmons Contributing Writer

The University of Central Oklahoma’s “Move the Needle” campaign is still counting self-reported vaccinations submitted over the weekend. The administration is verifying if the campaign reached its first goal: 50% of students reporting their COVID-19 vaccinations. “Right now, I would prefer to say that we are working on verifying the final entries over the weekend, and leave it at that,” Vice President of Communications Adrienne Nobles said Monday afternoon. UCO Bronchos Twitter account announced that results will be announced today. Fall Break is scheduled for October 14-15 — if no extra days are given. Students were asked to upload their vaccination cards as proof of two doses of vaccination or one if it was the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. According to the CDC, 64.9% of people have

Will UCO students receive a longer Fall Break? We will not know until the final weekend results are verified by the administration. (The Vista/photo Illustration by Madalyn Nix)

Get latest update online This is a continuing story that The Vista will update on UCentralMedia.com and @thevista1903. Once the results have been verified by UCO, we will report if there will be a Fall Break extension. completed one dose of the vaccine. In Oklahoma County where UCO is located, 64.8% have received one dose. In Continued on Page 3


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