The Peninsula Golf Course is as beautiful as ever. It is going through the same economic challenges as every one else, but they re holding their own. This is the second time that I’ve played the course in recent weeks and the course is still long, and beautiful, and challenging, and FUN! Monkey Island Monkeys [...]
Many of the graduates of the Class of ’59 who will be celebrating their 50th reunion over Labor Day weekend live in Grove or at least in Oklahoma and nearby states. That doesn’t mean they have all lived here since graduation. Many left to attend college or go to work in other areas of the [...]
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied GRDA’s efforts to have their (SMP) Shoreline Management Plan approved when FERC’s Environmental Assessment Report was issued this week, challenging the most important aspects of GRDA’s proposed “SMP” plan. In a nut-shell, FERC does not accept the SMP as submitted to FERC by the Board of Directors and [...]
GRAND LAKE – A new initiative to get bus tours to make a detour to Grand Lake is underway. According to Grand Lake Association’s new Executive Director, William Lowe, Route 66 is already a draw for the bus tourism industry, and he is hoping to cash in on the popularity of Route 66 by getting [...]
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. – Local engineer Tim McCrary met with a representative of the Siloam Springs Parks & Recreation Department Wednesday to tour that city’s swim complex and take some measurements in preparation for Rose & McCrary’s proposal to Grove for a new swim complex to be located west of the Jim Beauchamp Field in [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jay Mayor Wayne Dunham has been nominated for Mayor of the Year by the Oklahoma Municipal League. Dunham has served as the elected Mayor of Jay for more than 11 years. He claims his proudest achievements are getting a new wastewater treatment plant built and getting renovations for the city’s fresh water [...]
JAY – After a one-week delay caused by a scriber’s error, the county has finally approved its 2009-2010 fiscal year budget in the amount of $4,564,545.07. According to District #1 Commissioner Kenneth Crowder, this year’s budget is $100,000 more than last year’s, but due to increases in insurance costs, the net increase is closer to [...]
Grand Lake Festivals, Inc is hosting the 15th annual Jana Jae Fiddle Camp September 4, 5 & 6 in Grove, Oklahoma. It all starts Friday evening, Sept. 4, with a kickoff party, barbecue dinner, and jam at Snider’s Camp. Saturday evening is also lakeside at Snider’s Camp for a fish fry, entertainment, amateur fiddle contest, [...]
GROVE – President Obama’s promise for economic stimulus is coming to fruition for Grove in the form of help paying for sewer plant expansion. The city council Tuesday evening approved a loan from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board for wastewater treatment plant expansion, and $380,000 of the $1.9 million loan will be paid for by [...]
GROVE – Grove Municipal Services Authority Tuesday approved taking out a $1.9 million loan for wastewater treatment plant expansion. Oklahoma Water Resources Board, an agency which has been promised over $3 million in federal economic stimulus funds for projects around the state has offered to lend GMSA the money, and EPA, ODEQ and OWRB studies [...]
