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🌱 What’s happening at Elk City’s Route 66 Festival this weekend?
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- What’s happening at Elk City’s Route 66 Festival this weekend?
Also on today's calendar: Route 66 Centennial Festival and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
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- Friday: Considerable cloudiness, with a high of 90 and low of 71 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny, breezy and hot, temps: high: 97, low: 64.
- Sunday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 73 and low of 61 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Fireworks, car cruise and BBQ contest headline Elk City Route 66 Festival June 12-13 (okcfox.com) — Elk City residents can head to Ackley Park this Friday and Saturday for the Route 66 Festival, packed with fireworks, live music, and a big car cruise. The celebration also features car and audio contests, a BBQ cook-off, art displays, inflatables, food trucks, and vendors, all honoring 100 years of Route 66 in Western Oklahoma. 
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Route 66 Centennial Festival →
Elk City, OK, Elk City
5:00 pm
Friday June 12
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Other local events
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HS boys bkb team camp at Anadarko
Sayre Es Sayre, OK 73662 -
JH SB vs Granite and Merritt
Sayre Public Schools Sayre, OK 73662
4:30 pm -
HS BB vs Navajo
Sayre Es Sayre, OK 73662
12:00 pm -
JH SB at Hobart
Sayre Es Sayre, OK 73662 -
HS girls team camp at Cordell
Sayre Es Sayre, OK 73662
1:00 pm -
Light in Our Darkness →
Old Town Museum, 2717 W 3rd St, Elk City
6:00 pm -
Kody West Live →
Blockhouse Sports Bar, 20096 E 1090 Rd, Elk City
7:00 pm -
HS boys bkb team camp at UCO
Sayre Es Sayre, OK 73662
Monday June 15
Wednesday June 17
Thursday June 18
Saturday June 20
Monday June 22
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🗓 Events Nearby
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HS boys bkb team camp at Anadarko
Sayre Es Sayre, OK 73662 -
JH SB vs Granite and Merritt
Sayre Public Schools Sayre, OK 73662
4:30 pm -
HS BB vs Navajo
Sayre Es Sayre, OK 73662
12:00 pm -
JH SB at Hobart
Sayre Es Sayre, OK 73662
Monday June 15
Wednesday June 17
Thursday June 18
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Pizza Hut, Inc. posted a job opening for Server in Elk City. Apply here.
- Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager(09663) - 1029 W 3rd St in Elk City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Elk City here.
🗞 Nearby News
Sayre
- Carolyn Wickwire (waltersherald.com)
Burns Flat
- Two Republicans and a Libertarian aim to be Oklahoma's next state treasurer (kosu.org)
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