Fall finally arrives Monday, 9/22! Now, if we can just get out of the upper 80’s and 90’s! I am so ready for fall!
The Erick First Baptist Church will be hosting “Ice Cream in the Park”, tomorrow, Sunday, 9/21, from 4-6 p.m. and will be serving up hot dogs, a bounce house, and lots of fun and fellowship and of course, ice cream!!
The City of Erick sponsored “2025 Purple People Eater Fest” will be held this coming Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 9/26-9/28. Friday night, 9/26, at 6:00 p.m., “Party in the Pasture” will kick off the weekend with mutton busting, bucking bull events, and live music provided by Alex Ellis. Cost is $10 per person at the gate, and this will take place at the 6-C Ranch at 12194 N 1750 Road, at Chris Cox’s just outside of Erick. Concessions will be provided by PPE. The Purple Parade will begin at 10:00 a.m., and at 10:30 a.m., a Chalk Art event will start for the little artists can splash the sidewalks with color, with all supplies provided. Wooley’s Bazaar will be held Saturday, 9/27, from 11:00 a.m. p.m. 6:00 p.m. as well. From 12-3 p.m., there will be a blood drive at the Erick Community Building. From 1-4:00 p.m. there will be a car show going on also. On Saturday night, 9/27, Sheb’s Shindig will start at 8:00 p.m. and continue until 12:00 a.m., featuring Matt Moran & the Palominos. Special guest, Christy Wooley, will be on hand on Saturday evening also for Sheb Wooley’s induction to the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. “Monster Brews and Booze” will be served by C & K and The Thirsty Frog. The Purple Pageant 2025 is also happening for kids 0-18 with jars around Erick as you probably have seen by now. The Purple King, Purple Queen and Purple Princess will be announced also for that. They are also accepting entries for the parade at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, 9/28. Toendtheweekendfestivities, there will be a pancake breakfast on Sunday. For any questions on any of the above events listed, please contact City Hall, 580-526-3924, for more specific details. I will have more in the 9/27th issue of this paper, but it is usually out on Fridays at local places.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Sgt. Ray Johnson, who was declared missing in action during the Korean War in September of 1950. 75 years later, he had been identified and was returned to his family in Amarillo, TX. Upon arrival in Amarillo, he was met with a military escort and salutes. After a memorial in the chapel at Hillside Christian Church, he was laid to rest at Llano Cemetery with full military honors.
Happy Anniversary wishes are being sent out to Mike and Debbie Davis on 9/25.
Birthdays to celebrate for this issue (9/20-9/26) will be: 9/20-Cindy Smith, Quentin Snodgrass, & Johnny Boyd; 9/21-Lanna Mills, Kaden Miller, Jill Moore, Lane Rodgers, & Jo Dell Smotherman; 9/22-Barbara Downs & Crystal Flowers; 9/23-Stone Oren, Candi DeLeon & Leah Pierce; 9/24-Waylon Brinkley, Lori Hammond, Gunner Snowden & Logan Grey Troxell; 9/25-Randy Rogers, Clay Dorrell & Warren Sanders; and on 9/26-Chad Miranda, Kayla Jackson & Bonny Jacobsen.
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