Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It's time now for our community connection right here on
Speaker 1: K one, the one you trust, and my goodness six
Speaker 1: we have Karen and Conrad in here with us with
Speaker 1: kawanas absolutely, my goodness sakes, it must be about that
Speaker 1: time for freedom fast.
Speaker 2: Can you imagine going by the year today? The year
Speaker 2: is half over, incredible and the big event coming up
Speaker 2: on Friday.
Speaker 1: All right, man, this is gonna be something else with
Speaker 1: Conrad and I know you've got everything all lined out
Speaker 1: at Soonder Park. Everything's got a spot everything, You've got
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of things going on.
Speaker 3: What you got, we try, We try, so you know,
Speaker 3: food truck Sam Boosts opened by five pm and opening
Speaker 3: ceremonies at six o'clock. Inflatables are going to be open
Speaker 3: at six o'clock and we kick things off at six
Speaker 3: with opening ceremony.
Speaker 1: Alrighty, I understand we've got a band performing this year.
Speaker 2: We do Radio Range. I know, I know that is
Speaker 2: a cool name.
Speaker 1: It is.
Speaker 2: I tell you. Yeah, it's gonna be a jam packed
Speaker 2: evening and of course you know we're gonna enjoy the
Speaker 2: radio station being out there with us in there in
Speaker 2: their van. But Conrad mentioned inflatables once again. Truety Credit
Speaker 2: Union is sponsoring the the inflatables and Scouts from Troop
Speaker 2: six are going to operate the inflatables for us this year.
Speaker 2: I tell you that is one of the most popular
Speaker 2: activities at Freedom Fest. The kids just love the inflatables
Speaker 2: and there's a nice variety including a bouncy house of course,
Speaker 2: but some other things that you know we have. Once
Speaker 2: it starts getting dark and we have to close them down,
Speaker 2: it's hard to get the kiddos to stop, so they
Speaker 2: really they really enjoy that. But you know, there's lots
Speaker 2: of other stuff going on, including the food trucks and
Speaker 2: there'll be some booths out there with things to offer.
Speaker 3: But we then six fifteen, you're going to have the Patriotic.
Speaker 2: Right, So yeah, that's another one that everybody always enjoys.
Speaker 2: Six fifteen, the kids can start registering for the Patriotic
Speaker 2: Costume contest and parade and sponsored by and that is
Speaker 2: sponsored by DSR again. The stage this year is being
Speaker 2: sponsored by b Okay and you mentioned the band Radio Range.
Speaker 2: Our entertainment sponsor this year is spark Light, So we
Speaker 2: really appreciate the support from these businesses in the community
Speaker 2: to help us make Freedom Fest and our fire works. Gosh,
Speaker 2: fireworks time KNT. That's my favorite. I love the fireworks.
Speaker 1: Now, all the activity prior to the fireworks. It's going
Speaker 1: to be up by the bandshell there.
Speaker 2: It is going to be on the bandshell stage ow
Speaker 2: and the the parade will actually start on the hill
Speaker 2: on the south side of the bandshell and go around
Speaker 2: the bandshell and end up in front. While the parade
Speaker 2: is going on, we'll have judging so the kids can
Speaker 2: win prizes. We've got four categories. Most patriotic obviously, gotta
Speaker 2: have that, gotta have that, funniest, best Bartlesville Spirit, and
Speaker 2: best group spirit. So kids up to age seventeen can
Speaker 2: enter and we they can bring bikes, they can bring wagons.
Speaker 2: Just get out there decorated, costumed up in some sort
Speaker 2: of red, white and blue. That's the important it's red,
Speaker 2: white and blue.
Speaker 1: Conrad. Last time you guys were here, we were talking
Speaker 1: about the possibility of a flyover did begin anywhere on that.
Speaker 3: We still don't have confirmation, but we're still hoping that
Speaker 3: the World War two paratroop demonstration, the DC three plane
Speaker 3: that's housed at Bartlesville. They'll make a flyby as they
Speaker 3: head home from an event this weekend. So we're hoping
Speaker 3: that they're gonna be participating. And we still haven't heard
Speaker 3: from the National Guard yet, but we're still hopeful we'll
Speaker 3: get something from the National Guard at some point. So
Speaker 3: we may get something. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
Speaker 1: National Guard. There's a lot of requests.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they did. You know, if we get them, usually
Speaker 2: they're down to the second, you know, when they're gonna
Speaker 2: fly over. That just amazes me. Down to the second
Speaker 2: they can pretty much know where they're gonna be at
Speaker 2: any time. But fingers crossed, we'll see.
Speaker 1: I can't even do that. I can't even those. They
Speaker 1: just amaze me, they just really do. So we got
Speaker 1: a lot of we've got a lot of sponsors, and
Speaker 1: we mentioned if you already, but I understand Conrad, it's
Speaker 1: going to be putting.
Speaker 2: Up the banner, right, Yeah, so the event banner. The
Speaker 2: event banner is up. It's at the entrance to Center Park,
Speaker 2: and he'll get the rest of them. All of our.
Speaker 1: Sponsors, one man job, really one.
Speaker 2: All of our sponsors will have a banner on Madison Boulevard.
Speaker 2: There at the entrance to the park, and you know,
Speaker 2: we really count on them, you know, to help us out.
Speaker 2: We've mentioned a few of them already, Sparklight, Be Okay,
Speaker 2: Trudy and DSR, but there are a lot of others
Speaker 2: Blue Peak Conco, Phillips, Jane Phillips Medical Center, Patriot Otto Group,
Speaker 2: Phillip sixty six, Sutterfield Financial Group, Visit Bartlesville, Scott Glick,
Speaker 2: Gillette Agency, and the list goes on and on, including
Speaker 2: our Best Bank First and our esteem senator and representatives.
Speaker 2: So they and we know for sure that Julie will
Speaker 2: be joining us again this year for our welcome ceremony.
Speaker 2: We all everybody always appreciates encouragement from our elected officials,
Speaker 2: and we're hoping jud and John will be out there too.
Speaker 2: But you know, it'll be a fun program. Of course,
Speaker 2: we're going to have the National Anthem will be the
Speaker 2: first item on the program and it you know, it's
Speaker 2: just going to be a fun evening. We'll see what
Speaker 2: the weather brings. Who knows, do.
Speaker 1: We have a special artist who's going to be a
Speaker 1: singing the national anthem?
Speaker 2: Julie, Yeah, Julie Pattison. Julie Patterson will be singing the
Speaker 2: national anthem. So we appreciate everybody participating and come out
Speaker 2: and eat some good food, truck food or your picnic
Speaker 2: baskets and lawn chairs, you know. And the finale fireworks
Speaker 2: at nine thirty.
Speaker 1: Where were we going to be shooting those off? But we're
Speaker 1: about in center Park. We I know you got a
Speaker 1: perimeter there, but where should they be looking?
Speaker 3: It's the same place as it always is a year
Speaker 3: after year. But between the swimming pool and the schools
Speaker 3: school that's there in the field there, we'll have a
Speaker 3: safety perimeter up and please don't cross the safety perimeter
Speaker 3: you you know, we do encourage people to have safety
Speaker 3: glasses so that you know, particles don't go into your eyes,
Speaker 3: because that'd be an awful way to celebrate the fourth ashes?
Speaker 1: Do fly ashes?
Speaker 3: Do fly particles? Do come apart from those shells?
Speaker 2: And oh, by the way, in Oklahoma, there is a
Speaker 2: chance there'll be some wind just a little bit, and
Speaker 2: we never know which way it's going to blow, so
Speaker 2: that will you know, that will affect how to hunker down.
Speaker 1: Well, you know when under fifty miles prior is considered
Speaker 1: light variable.
Speaker 2: Around well, you know, I always am amused when other
Speaker 2: parts of the country talk about wind of twenty miles
Speaker 2: an hour and we're like, oh, my goodness, really hard.
Speaker 2: But there are you know, there's so many places to
Speaker 2: park out there, you know, the school parking lots, the
Speaker 2: Sooner Park parking lots, and you know we always here too,
Speaker 2: people all the neighborhoods around. You can pretty much set
Speaker 2: in your backyard if you live in one of the
Speaker 2: surrounding neighborhoods, but you know, be sure to bring lawn
Speaker 2: chairs or sit on the hood of your car, whatever,
Speaker 2: whatever works for you.
Speaker 3: And everybody likes to leave right after the fireworks, so
Speaker 3: it's obviously going to be congested, so please be patient
Speaker 3: when you exit the park.
Speaker 1: Oh and it's freshly paved too, so worry about eating
Speaker 1: eat dust.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we probably don't want to talk about the paving
Speaker 2: that everybody has loved.
Speaker 1: But it's going to be great. It's going to be wonderful.
Speaker 1: And also we'll be playing some music on our sister station,
Speaker 1: one hundred point one KYFM. We'll have some speakers in
Speaker 1: the park, but for the best sound, you might just
Speaker 1: want to turn on your car radio to one hundred
Speaker 1: point one a FM to hear the patriotic music, as
Speaker 1: the things go boom in the night and flash before
Speaker 1: your eyes. It's going to be a spectacular event. Always is,
Speaker 1: and that is the Kawanas with Freedom Pest, which always
Speaker 1: lives up to its name. By the way, thank you
Speaker 1: a little bit about the Kawanis Club. You guys do
Speaker 1: a lot of things in the community. People see the
Speaker 1: Freedom Pest. They also very appreciative of the fishing derby
Speaker 1: and also the Christmas Parade. But you provide scholarship opportunities, right,
Speaker 1: we do.
Speaker 2: We offer scholarships to eighth graders, sophomores, and seniors throughout
Speaker 2: in the schools throughout Washington County. So that's, you know,
Speaker 2: our major fundraiser. We hadn't mentioned it yet, but Sooner Junior,
Speaker 2: the miniature golf course will be open on the fourth
Speaker 2: of July. It'll open up at six and as you know,
Speaker 2: it's open weekends Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from May through September.
Speaker 2: Plus more and more people are booking parties at Sooner Junior.
Speaker 2: It is quite a deal. Birthday parties, church outings, business outings,
Speaker 2: lots of events out at Sooner Junior throughout the season.
Speaker 2: But it'll be open and like I said, that's our
Speaker 2: major fundraiser helps us both with the fireworks and with
Speaker 2: the scholarships. So we really appreciate folks coming out and
Speaker 2: enjoying Center Junior. And but you know, we do count
Speaker 2: on our sponsors. We don't do it alone. Takes a village.
Speaker 1: I want to thank you.
Speaker 3: Go ahead, and I think we've got a community connection
Speaker 3: in July, so we'll be revealing our Christmas pread theme
Speaker 3: and the Grand Marshal for the Christmas bread hits keep coming, right.
Speaker 2: I think we've got that. I think we've got that
Speaker 2: schedule for July sixteenth, Christmas in July.
Speaker 1: I think you never stopped. You never stopped. Kawanians, thank
Speaker 1: you again. You bless our community so well. Karen Conrad,
Speaker 1: thank you for being with us. Thank you Tom, thank
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