The Enid News and Eagle, Enid, OK

June 24, 2009

Local briefs published 6/25/09


First responders to receive free legal services Saturday



Oklahoma Bar Association’s Young Lawyer’s division will provide free will and probate services to Enid’s first responders through its Wills for Heroes program.

Services will be available 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the city’s central fire station, 410 W. Garriott.

Attorneys will help prepare wills for emergency and volunteer police officers, firefighters and sheriff’s deputies.

Robert Faulk and Kaleb Hennigh are coordinating the program in Enid.

Trash normally collected July 3 will be picked up Wednesday



City of Enid offices will close July 3 for Independence Day, with the exception of emergency services.

The Solid Waste Department also will be closed July 3. There will be no trash picked up that day. The regular Friday route for all household trash, including poly cart routes, will be picked up Wednesday. Commercial routes will run as usual.

Regular trash pickup for household items resumes July 6.

City to start the 2nd phase

of Apache reconstruction



Rick Lorenz Construction will begin the second phase of a project to reconstruct Apache, north of Vinita to York, Friday, according to city officials.

The road will be closed to through traffic for the duration of the project. City officials said the construction is expected to take four to five weeks, depending on weather.

The project is part of the 2008 Local Street Program, according to city officials.