🌱 How a renamed spaceport could transform Burns Flat’s future economy

Good day Burns Flat! We're here again with what you need to know today. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a renamed spaceport could transform Burns Flat’s future economy

Also on today's calendar: Western Oklahoma Native Plant and Pollinator Festival.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Winds becoming strong, with a high of 85 and low of 41 degrees.
• Saturday: Sunny, windy and cooler, temps: high: 64, low: 40.
• Sunday: Sunny; breezy in the p.m., with a high of 72 and low of 46 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Burns Flat spaceport renamed Infinity One, set to launch reusable spaceplane experiments (koco.com) — Burns Flat’s long-quiet spaceport is being reborn as Infinity One Oklahoma Spaceport, with reusable spaceplane research flights planned and the first Aurora launches targeted for 2027. Oklahoma has invested millions and is offering 25 free research flights, potentially turning the town into one of the world’s busiest suborbital launch hubs and a major driver of local jobs and innovation.
   

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📸 Around Burns Flat

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Burns Flat

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Saturday April 18

• HS Boys Golf @ El Reno
  Burns Flat-Dill City Secondary Burns Flat, OK 73624

Saturday May 2

• Western Oklahoma Native Plant and Pollinator Festival
  Arrowhead Center , 600 Western Dr , Elk City
  12:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday April 17

• JH Softball HOME vs Duke (Sr. Night)
  Blanche Thomas Hs Sentinel, OK 73664
  4:30 pm
• HS Softball HOME vs. Duke (SR Night)
  Blanche Thomas Hs Sentinel, OK 73664
  6:00 pm

Monday April 20

• 4-A Girls Golf Regional @ Elk City
  Elk City Public Schools Elk City, OK 73644
  8:00 am
• JH/HS SB at Mangum
  Sayre Hs Sayre, OK 73662
  4:30 pm
• JH/HS BB at Mangum
  Sayre Hs Sayre, OK 73662
  4:30 pm
• EC JV baseball vs Weatherford
  Elk City Public Schools Elk City, OK 73644
  5:00 pm
• ECHS Baseball @ Weatherford
  Elk City Public Schools Elk City, OK 73644
  5:00 pm
• HS Softball vs MVG
  Sentinel Public Schools Sentinel, OK 73664
  6:00 pm

Tuesday April 21

• ECHS Track @ WAC Inv. (Bethany)
  Elk City Public Schools Elk City, OK 73644
  8:00 am
• JH Softball HOME vs Navajo
  Sentinel Public Schools Sentinel, OK 73664
  4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Oklahoma State School Boards Association posted a job opening for Special Education Teacher Severe and Profound in Burns Flat. Apply here.
• Bradley-Morris, Inc. posted a job opening for Field Service Technician in Elk City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Burns Flat here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Elk City

• Hoyeau ‘plays for the team' with first place finish, men's golf finishes fifth at Robert Kepler Invitational (acuoptimist.com)
• Elk City News: Community spaghetti dinner is next week (idahocountyfreepress.com)
• Kelli O'Hara: Bio And Career Highlights (boredpanda.com)

Clinton

• These are the 7 Oklahoma towns Route 66 helped shape (newson6.com)

Weatherford

• Weatherford Police investigate fight that leaves SWOSU student hospitalized (kfor.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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