New warning siren installed
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Just in time for storm season, a new state-ofthe- art emergency siren was added to Perkins’ arsenal.
Perkins Emergency Management Director Travis Majors said last week a Federal Signal Modulator series omnidirectional electronic siren replaced an older siren located behind Jalopy’s Drive-In, just north of Highway 33.
The siren was funded in part through a $27,000 Rural...
County roads depend on sales tax
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Payne County voters will visit the polls during a special election Tuesday, Feb. 14, to consider extending the county sales tax.
A 3/8 cent sales tax currently provides funding for county government. Eightyfive percent of funds generated by the tax are used for roads, the Payne County Expo Center, fire protection, extension, and other county programs. The remaining funds are budgeted to general programs.
“Road projects in Districts #1 and #3 receive about 53 percent of the...
Multi-Arts deal approved
By Michelle Charles
Journal Staff Writer
The Stillwater City Council entered into an agreement that turns control of the Multi-Arts Center to Friends of Multi-Arts, a non-profit community group that will operate the facility and offer art classes and programs to the public.
The city has been pursuing what City Manager Dan Galloway calls “private/ public partnerships” for many of its non-essential services.
The Friends of Multi-Arts is the first group to make a formal agreement to lease and operate a city...
