The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 112, No. 313, Ed. 1 Saturday, August 4, 2018 Page: 1 of 16
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AGRICULTURE |
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4,2018
Consultant praises Altus’ assets
ASSETS, 10
Wilmes keeps Old Car
Place in tip-top shape
in Altus
II EVENTS, PAGE 10
ick Carpenter | Altus Times
GRANT, 9
Council members answer questions over coffee
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ISSUE 313
VOLUME 112
generals told Altus city
leaders that providing a
great quality of life and
education have become
key points to retaining
millennials in the mil
itary. They hinted that
keeping a base may at
some point focus on those
attributes. City officials
are already working on
how that could relate to
Altus.
Altus is in far better
shape than when Oklaho-
Pat Downes, who served
as director of develop-
ment for the Oklahoma
City Riverfront Redevel-
opment Authority lor two
decades, said after taking
a tour of Altus, "opportu-
half going to the Altus
Public School for capital
projects that included
building the new city hall,
a new fire station on Park
Lane and refurbishing Al
tus High School, among
other projects. The tax is
set to expire in 2020 and
some Altus residents are
envisioning what the city
could do to continue im-
proving the quality of life
for residents and visitors.
During the annual
Quail Breakfast in Wash-
ington. D.C. last spring,
OBITUARIES. 2
WEATHER. 3
COMICS.4
PUZZLES/TV. 5
RELIGION,6
REMEMBER WHEN. 7
CLASSIFIEDS, 8-9
SPORTS, 11
AGRICULTURE. 12
BY RICK CARPENTER
rick@altustimes.com
BY KATRINA GOFORTH
katrina a altustimes.com
The Miss Altus Out-
standing Teen pageant
will be held tonight
at 8 p.m. in the Altus
City Auditorium.
200 E. Commerce
St. Tickets are $12
in advance or $15 at
the door. Doors will
open at 7 p.m. (For
contestant profiles,
see the special middle
section pullout in this
edition.)
A regular meeting
of the Altus City Council
and Municipal Authority
is scheduled for Tues-
day. Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. at
the Altus Municipal
Complex Council
Chambers at 509 S.
Main St. For more
information, call (580)
481-2244.
The Southwest Okla-
homa Republican Women
will host its annual
Beans & Baskets fund
raiser on Saturday,
Aug. 11. at the VFW
Hall, 500 N. Veterans,
with a meet and greet
at 5 p.m. and the pro-
gram beginning at 6
p.m. Keynote speaker
will be Nick Adams.
Tickets are $20 each or
$200 for a host table of
10. Tickets are $22 at
the door.
The 28th Annual Jim
Holland Memorial Golf
Tournament is sched-
uled for Saturday,
Aug. 11 with a shotgun
start, four-person
scramble at 8 a.m. at
The Greens of Altus,
20659 U.S. 62 Registra-
tion is $200 per team.
For more information,
call (580) 477-7706.
Oklahoma Fights
Back, a Sex Trafficking
Awareness training is
scheduled for Sat-
urday, Aug. 11 from
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Western Oklahoma
State College Heritage
Hall, 2801 N. Main
St. Registration is
required. The event
is free for those not
seeking the 4.5 hours
of Continuing Educa-
tion Credits and $25
for those who are. For
more information call
(580) 481-8760 or staci.
amethyst@ gmail.com.
The Great Plains Stam-
pede Rodeo Parade is
scheduled for Wednes-
day, Aug. 25 at Brad-
ford Street. Line-up
begins at 11 a.m. and
the parade begins at
noon. To enter a float,
contact Grace Black at
(580) 480-2281.
BY KATRINA GOFORTH
katrina@altustimes.com
UPCOMING
NTS
Grant award
funds spay,
neuter clinic
AVAILABLE
INSIDE
TODAY
Rick Carpenter|Altus Times
Pat Downes, who was instru-
mental in the revitalization
of downtown Oklahoma
City, praised Altus, saying
"opportunities are stacked
in your favor."
RIGHT: The Old
Car Place has
memorabilia
from a bygone
era including this
old Coca Cola
waitress.
ABOVE: Wilmes
car dealerships
founder Paul
Wilmes uses a
leaf blower to
"sweep”The
Old Car Place"
on Broadway
Wednesday after
noon. Wilmes,
who is retired,
said he uses the
former service
station and now
a virtual car and
memorabilia mu
seum to get out
of the house.
MISS AI TUS
I I TSIAN INC TEN
Katrina Goforth | Altus Times
Council members Chris Riffle, left, and Jason Winters speak
to a small group at Just Brew It Coffee House at a Coffee
with Council gathering.
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A key player in the re
juvenation of downtown
Oklahoma City told the
Altus Rotary Club Tues-
day that Altus has great
assets that the communi
——I ty can build on.
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Altus City Council
members Chris Riffle and
Jason Winters stepped
out of the council cham-
bers and held an infor-
mal Coffee with a council
question and answer fo-
rum on Tuesday at Just
Brew It Coffee House
open to the public who
had a free hour between 2
and 3 p.m.
Twelve people attend-
pools, parks, Metropoli
tan Are Projects or MAPS
funds and integration of
the community were top-
ics of discussion.
Bonnie McAskill start
ed off the discussion by
asking the council mem
bers what the plans are
for the city pool because
“it needs attention."
Riffle said that Altus
City Manager Janice
Cain wants to look at the
whole Linda Wiginton
nities are stacked in your
favor.”
Downes toured the
downtown square area,
the Altus Reservoir and
the north side of town.
"You need to take what
you have and build on it."
he said.
He praised Altus for
already having a Metro-
politan Area Projects, or
MAPS, program in place.
Altus first passed a MAPS
sales tax of 1.75 cents in
2008 with half of the mon-
ey going to the city and
The City of Altus and
Altus Animal Welfare
Association (AAWA) an
nounced a grant award
from the Watershed Ani-
I mal Fund in the amount
I of $73,217.33. The grant
will fund a spay/neuter
clinic which will be used
initially for shelter an
I imals both dogs and
cats. Its goal is to have ev
ery shelter animal spayed
J or neutered before it is
adopted.
The City of Altus is a
I partner in the grant by
providing a building at
the shelter for AAWA
to run the spay neuter
clinic. Through the grant
funding, AAWA w ill equip
the clinic and provide
spay neuter of shelter
, dogs and cats to the Citv
of Altus once a week One
veterinarian and vet tech
will also be paid through
the grant funds. All other
positions will be filled by
| volunteers from AAWA
; and other community
I pet partners. Once com
I fortable with the clinical
I process, AAWA will begin
offering low-cost spay
neuter to the public. It is
anticipated that public
clinic days will be one or
two days a month where
pet owners can utilize
spay neuter service.
The new spay/neuter
clinic will help reduce the
overpopulation of dogs
and cats in the communi
ty. The 2010 Census pop
ulation for Altus was at
19,813 in 2016 and 2017,
nearly 1,700 dogs were
brought into the shelter
as strays or owner sur-
renders. During the first
6 months of 2018. more
there are no solid plans
yet.
Winters said they
would like to consider
putting in a beach en-
trance outside and mak-
ing the facilities more
handicap accessible and
look at similar project
done by Parks and Rec-
reation Director Chris
Griffith in Ardmore and
Ada, but the stationary
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