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The Erick Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring the annual 4th of July festivities this coming Thursday, beginning at the city park with several activities planned for that day. The events will kick off at 9:00 a.m. with the frog, turtle and 3 legged races, egg toss and egg roll, followed by the always entertaining boat race. Get your boats started and remember the guidelines on the boats are that it has to be made with tape and cardboard, with a two person team and they must be able to swim. You can use real boat paddles or make your own. The fireworks display will be around dark-thirty that same evening as always. Be sure to clean up your area afterwards if you plan on popping your own football field parking lot.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) is now accepting competitive proposals for a second round of grants to expand high-speed internet access throughout the state, OBO Executive Director Mike Sanders announced today.

Four weeks & counting! The 4TH Annual Dust Bowl Days Farm & Ranch Festival, scheduled for July 19-21, is set up to be the best yet! Last week we told you about Friday night’s activities on Broadway in downtown Sayre! Don’t miss that ANTIQUE TRACTOR CRUISE-IN, brought to you by WESTERN EQUIPMENT of Clinton! This week we focus on the 3rd Annual KECO WILD PLUM JAM. This music festival, brought to you by Wheeler General Store & Hutch’s, is held in the historic Sayre City Park on RT 66! The gates open at 5 p.m. and the music starts at 7 p.m. Kicking off this year’s festival is Caroline Grace at 7 p.m. A singer/songwriter from Elk City, Oklahoma, Caroline loves singing and playing bluegrass instruments. Her songs reflect the old west outlaw, cowboy and cowgirl lifestyle. Check out her music (@caroline. grace.music) Hitting the stage approximately 8:30 is western Oklahoma favorite Tyler Wilhelm in his 3rd appearance at the KECO WILD PLUM JAM. Tyler is a singer/songwriter from Elk City, Oklahoma, with a unique and gritty style of Oklahoma red dirt and rock-n-roll in his bag. Always a crowd favorite, Tyler won’t disappoint. The headliner band is The Great Divide, coming on stage around 10 p.m. The Great Divide is an American Red Dirt music group, originally from Stillwater, Oklahoma. Under the leadership of singer/ songwriter Mike McClure, the band had its heyday from 19922003. Band members changed and McClure went out on his own for a while, but in August of 2011, the original members reunited for an appearance and are still together today touring. In 2023, the Texas Country Music Association recognized The Great Divide as the band of the year.

( Editor’s Note by Shonda Little: This press release from the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife is being included in Beckham County Record to alert boaters that they may unknowingly transfer this invasive Zebra Mussel into Beckham County lakes if their boats have been in affected lakes and not properly cleaned.)

THREE weeks & counting! The 4TH Annual Dust Bowl Days Farm & Ranch Festival, scheduled for July 19-21, is set up to be the best yet! The best part about our festival is it’s almost ALL FREE! Except for the Wild Plum Jam Music Festival, all of our events are free to the public. We have a funfi lled Friday night planned to kick off the festival and on Saturday, it even gets better. The NORTHFORK ELECTRIC FARM & RANCH PARADE starts at 10 o’clock Saturday morning on east Main Street. Line up starts at 9; and at 10 sharp, Old Glory starts it trek down Main Street on top of Northfork’s Digger truck. The entries vary from family floats, Shriners, family farm floats, business floats, bikes, ATV’s & golf carts, pet parade, antique equipment, large farm equipment and much more! The more entries the better so grab your family & friends and get involved! Call Sherry Damron, 580-374-2845 to list your entry!

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