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Collinsville,
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August 29, 2008 Miscellaneous News |
Nifty
Fifties Members Back From Cruise /
Collinsville
Weather Displays /
New Sod At Plaza & S-Curve
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Nifty
Fifties Canadian Cruise
August 18-23, 2008 |
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| Front row: Joyce Fleming Tate ('64), Wanda Gaylord Coulter ('58), Murrell Roberts Coast ('52), Lola Gaylord Reeves ('50), and Susye Fleming Monroe ('56). 2nd row: Don Brinkley/Carolyn Fifer Brinkley ('55), Delcy Troglin Dunham ('59)/David Dunham. 3rd row: Frank Beu ('54)/Shirley Beu, Kathy Stephenson Reser ('56), and Bob Coppedge ('56). 4th row: Val Inbody/Emma Lynch Inbody ('57), Shirlene Gaylord Kerr ('55)/Don Kerr. Back row: Bruce Williams/Shirley Payne Williams ('53), Ron Evans ('55), and Evelyn (Tunnie) Kilpatrick Fifer ('59)/Charles Fifer ('54). |
| Twenty-two members
of the Collinsville Nifty Fifties Alumni Association flew out of Tulsa
on Continental Airlines Express Jet on August 18 arriving 3 hours later
at Neward, NJ airport. On the Carnival Cruise Line transfer the bus driver
took the group on a grand tour of downtown New York City that included
Radio City Music Hall, Rockefeller Center, 42nd Street, and passed several
theaters which included those playing "Chicago" and "Mamma
Mia". Also those TV studios where Good Morning America and the David
Letterman Show are broadcast. Monday evening passing the Statue of Liberty and seeing the Empire State Building was probably the highlights sailing out of the harbor and of course the incredible skyline of NYC. After spending Tuesday "At Sea" the ship arrived in St. John's New Brunswick. Several ground excursions were available, but most took tours that included the Reversing Falls where the river changes directions when the tide comes in and when it goes out. Shopping at the famous "The Market" was a must for most in the group. Many personal souvenirs and gifts were purchased here. On Thursday the ship docked at the pier in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Many different tours were available here also. Most of the group took those including Peggy's Cove, which most of the group would highly recommend that people see if they are in Halifax. Setting sail on a three mast sailing ship was another option taken. The ship sailed throughout the harbor and out on the Atlantic pointing out many historical sights. Friday was another day at sea returning to NYC on Saturday morning. After disembarking on Saturday morning the group boarded the Express Jet around 5:00 p.m. and arrived back in Tulsa at around 8:00 p.m. On our approach to the Tulsa airport they were able to view the new football field here in Collinsville----"it looks fantastic from the air"!!!!!!!! -- Submitted by Ron Evans (8/27/2008) |
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| The new weather monitoring system at Collinsville High School had a real-time display in the office there but you can access readings and camera output via the internet. |
| And there is also Collinsville Weather Display near the bottom of the newsindex page on cvilleok.com everyday. |
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New
Grass Downtown (& S-Curve?)
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| Grass has been added around the sidewalk at the south end of the City's unfinished plaza with a sprinkler system to keep it green. I'm still waiting to see what (other than the curb) will keep unfamiliar drivers from South 11th from attempting to drive through the former intersection when the orange barrels are eventually removed? -- Ted Wright (8/29/2008) |
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| The sod was not yet present in this August 20th view of the new downtown streetlights. (Previous Streetscape Coverage) |
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| Gerogia and I were also wondering if the sod that appeared this week in the S-Curve realignment right-of-way was somehow related to the downtown sod? The photo (looking west from 17th Street) shows the new sod at the site of the former laundromat. The view also shows that the former gas station (closer to 18th Street) has been razed recently. (Previous Laundromat Coverage) (More Recent S-Curce) |
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