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🌱 Lawton marks Veterans Day with a public City Hall celebration

Lawton, Oklahoma Patch AM: a 5 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Lawton marks Veterans Day with a public City Hall celebration
  • Help fill local Thanksgiving baskets before Friday’s donation deadline
  • Lawton’s FISTA manufacturing expansion gets a $30.71 million price tag

Also on today's calendar: Flying Turkeys and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Warm with sunshine, with a high of 77 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Warm with plenty of sun, temps: high: 77, low: 41.
  • Friday: Sunny and not as warm, with a high of 65 and low of 39 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Many Veterans Day events coming to the Texoma area (newschannel6now.com) — Lawton's Veterans Day celebration is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. today in the City Hall Banquet Room, 212 SW Ninth Street, and is open to the public. It's part of a slate of November 11 observances across Texoma, with additional ceremonies in Wichita Falls and breakfasts in Bowie and Graham.
   

2. Comanche County 4-H Thanksgiving Basket drive to support local families (swoknews.com) — Lawton residents have until Friday, Nov. 13, to donate Thanksgiving side dishes for Comanche County 4-H’s baskets for local families. Drop off canned vegetables, canned fruit, instant potatoes, stuffing or macaroni and cheese at 611 SW C Avenue. Volunteers will assemble the baskets Nov. 17 for delivery Nov. 19.
   

3. FISTA approves $30M price tag for Lawton Prototyping Integration Facility (swoknews.com) — Lawton’s planned defense manufacturing facility has a construction price: approximately $30.71 million. The FISTA Development Trust Authority approved Quad Construction’s guaranteed maximum price proposal Nov. 3 for the 200,000-square-foot building, designed to bring machining, fabrication, assembly and testing for military production under one roof.
   

4. Lawton man gets 46 months in federal prison for possessing machine gun device (okcfox.com) — A Lawton man will serve 46 months in federal prison for possessing a machine gun conversion device discovered after a domestic disturbance. Markell Jaiquan Charles, 22, pleaded guilty in June after police found a handgun equipped with the device during his arrest. His sentence also includes three years of supervised release.
   

5. A legacy of service: Oklahoma military family honors two generations of commitment, courage & country (swoknews.com) — After 23 years in the Army and retirement at Fort Sill, Monty Morrow is watching both sons build military careers of their own. Matthew serves as an Army infantry sergeant, while Dylan Johnson is training for an Air Force Reserve crew-chief role and is scheduled to continue training at Tinker in December.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Thursday November 12
  • 5th/6th BB vs. Carnegie
    Boone-Apache Public Schools Apache, OK 73006
    4:00 pm
  • JH Basketball @ Big Pasture
    Boone-Apache Public Schools Apache, OK 73006
    4:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • If you want to volunteer and help TFMC.
    I am at white buffalo coffee bar near cache and Sheridan rd for open house for an hour or if people show up. We have partners for food banks,… (Nextdoor Lawton / Fort Sill)
  • Ladies and gentlemen, if anyone needs any type of electrical help please reach out to my friend
    Jose Nunez, he is part of out neighbor group, he is great in what he does, priced fairly, will work with you, and more importantly, honest. He has… (Nextdoor MacArthur Park)
  • Chili's Grill & Bar posted a job opening for Line Cook in Lawton. Apply here.
  • Olive Garden posted a job opening for Bartender in Lawton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lawton here.

Ok Lawton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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