The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 2, 2019 Page: 1 of 10
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FREEDOM FLYER 8
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County gets additional $578K for bridge repair
ing operations, accept- by each governing tody Oklahoma Medical Mar-
ijuana Authority submit- actually Broadway and County personnel and
all of the governing bod-
ies, especially local school newal for Apollo Farms at
SEE REPAIR, PAGE 2
Monday meeting.
needs are to help deter-
Farm Fest
Altus celebrates Homecoming 2019
set for
Saturday
Ryan Lewis | Altus Times
Altus High School students sing the Alma Mater during a pep rally on Friday at the Jackson County Courthouse.
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Harbor Freight plans Oct. 12 official opening
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a bridge and approved
three Rural Economic
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ted by 4M Growers for
20422 E. County Road 160.
They also approved a re-
2844 E. County Road 169.
Commissioners accept-
ed a second appropriation
from the Oklahoma De-
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Although it’s changed its name
to Farm Fest, this will be the 25th
anniversary of the Main Street
Altus event that features a chili
cook-off contest, a tailgate party,
a beer garden and, new this year,
a cornhole tournament.
Many local organizations such
as the Altus Public Schools and
most of the local banks, had their
own internal chili cook-off con-
tests to determine who would
represent their organization and
make the chili to compete in the
contest.
The event begins at 11 a.m., Sat-
urday, Oct. 5, with four divisions
of competition for chili, salsa and
barbecue. Sample kits are $5 each
that will enable you to taste each
of the competitors’ chili, salsa or
barbecue. You can also vote for
your favorite. The event, held on
the town square at Broadway and
Main streets, will have live enter-
tainment from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Winners of the chili cook-off will
be named at 2 p.m.
People are encouraged to set
up tailgate parties for the event.
And, after the awards ceremony,
there will be a cornhole compe-
tition on the NBC Bank parking
lot. If you register in advance, the
cost to enter the cornhole tourna-
ment will be $20 but if you wait
until the day of the event, the
price will be $30.
For more information, contact
Main Street Altus at (580) 482-
2277.
by Smidt and based in
Calabasas, Calif., Har-
bor Freight Tools has re-
mained true to its humble
beginnings. The stores
are clean but simple, de-
signed to be welcoming to
CALABASAS, Calif.
Harbor Freight Tools
will celebrate the grand
opening of its new store
in Altus on Saturday, Oct.
12, at 8 a.m. The story has
already had a “soft open-
ing," and is open for busi-
ness.
The Altus store, 2720 N.
Main St., is the 16th Har-
bor Freight Tools store in
Oklahoma. The store will
open at 8 a.m. The first
500 customers will receive
a free six-piece screw-
driver set. “We're excited
to serve customers in the
great city of Altus," said
Andre Waters, store man-
ager "At Harbor Freight,
Altus’ women
warriors inspire
aviators to “fly
like a girl”
OBITUARIES, 2
WEATHER, 3
COMICS,4
PUZZLES/TV,5
CLASSIFIEDS. 6-7
FREEDOM FLYER. 8
SPORTS, 9
BY RICK CARPENTER
rick@altustimes.com
BY RICK CARPENTER
rick@altustimes.com
ABOVE: The Altus High School cheerleaders introduced the
"Pep-squeakers" prior to the Homecoming game Friday night. The
Pep-squeakers performed two routines.
LEFT: Altus High School seniors Joseph Buxton, left, and Bethany Gar-
rison were selected as Homecoming King and Queen for 2019
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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2,2019
The Jackson County
Commissioners approved
two marijuana farm-
ment with the town of
Eldorado to chip and seal
streets in Eldorado.
The commissioners
also approved a shift from
using letters of cred-
it from Frazer Bank to
an Insured Cash Sweep.
County Treasurer Rob-
in Fleming said banks
have requested moving to
the system that puts the
county's collateral into
an account that when
Action Plans between the districts, submit those
county and local govern- needs, county officials
ing bodies during their determine how much the
ed more funds from the that receives ad valorem
Oklahoma Department or property taxes to run
of Transportation for their government. Once
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we’re passionate about lifetime warranty. rectly with factories, teal
providing our customers The new Harbor izing that if he could buy
with the tools they need Freight Tools store will be tools directly for less, he
to get the job done, and open seven days a week could pass the savings on
always at an affordable from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mon- to the customer.
price. We look forward to days through Saturdays. The company opened
welcoming auto techni- and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. its first store in 1980, and
cians, contractors, wood- on Sundays, today Harbor F i eight a wot ker i ight off the job-
workers, homeowners. For more than 40 years, Tools has more than 1,000 site and packed with deals
hobbyists-anyone who Harbor Freight Tools stores across the coun- and treasures so every
needs affordable tools." has been America's go- try, 20,000 employees and visit discovers a new find.
The 16,000-square-foot to source for affordable more than 40 million cus- With core values of ex-
store will stock a full se- tools. The family-owned tomers who depend on cellence and continuous
lection of tools and ac- company started in Harbor Freight’s quality improvement, Harbor
cessories in categories Southern California in and value to earn a liv- Freight Tools works to
including automotive, air 1977, when 17-year-old ing, repair their homes constantly improve the
and power tools, storage, Eric Smidt began trans- and cars and pursue their quality of its products
outdoor power equip- forming his father’s small hobbies Harbor Freight and is developing new
ment, generators, weld- phone sales business into Tools is one of the na- lines of tools with the
ing supplies, shop equip- a successful mail order tion’s fastest growing re- features, perf rmance
ment, hand tools and company. That first year, tailers, opening two new and durability of the best
more' Harbor Freight's Smidt bypassed the re- stores every week,
hand tools come with a sellers and cut deals di- Still privately owned
partment of Transporta- Action Plans, or REAP,
tion to fund a bridge and are for:
approach to the bridge • an inter-local agree-
over Bitter Creek, 3 miles ment between the county
south and 2.9 miles west commissioners and the
of the junction of US 62 town of Martha to allow
and US 283, which are the town to use Jackson
Commissioners also set mine how much property
its estimate of needs and taxes need to be collected
financial statement for to meet those budgets,
the 2019-2020 fiscal year at Commissioners ap-
$2.95 million. Estimates proved a new certificate
of Needs are submitted of compliance with the
Main streets in Altus. The equipment for road ini-
original grant was for provements in the town;
$770,059 and the second • an inter-local agree-
one, approved Monday, ment with the Friendship
is for $578,184. The total Volunteer Fire Depart
cost of the project was not ment for bunker gear;
available. and
The Rural Economic • an inter-local agree-
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