Speaker 1: Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcome.
Speaker 1: It's time to welcome in miss Lorii, and it is
Speaker 1: time to talk about our friends at the city.
Speaker 2: Do.
Speaker 3: How are you doing, young lady?
Speaker 4: Look great, I'm doing fabulous as you do. I see
Speaker 4: you got your ears lowered.
Speaker 3: A little bit. You've stuck it under the old brush off. Yeah,
Speaker 3: something like that. But no, I tell you what.
Speaker 1: You had the big lighting of the tree and did
Speaker 1: a lot of people shopping and a lot of people
Speaker 1: see him saying that and everything.
Speaker 4: Everybody's going downtown for sure.
Speaker 2: Thursday was fun, a little chili, but we had the
Speaker 2: kids out and the acchoir scene from the high school,
Speaker 2: Hot Cocoa and Joe Sears put on the production of
Speaker 2: getting Santa to Magically like that tree.
Speaker 4: So it was pretty cool. It was pretty cood.
Speaker 2: I gotta be outside and see what happened outside this year.
Speaker 4: You know, it was super cold. It was an awesome,
Speaker 4: awesome moment for our city.
Speaker 1: We have a big thing coming up in the City
Speaker 1: of Dewey on Saturday night and I'm.
Speaker 4: Happy to be goodness, yes, so me too.
Speaker 2: That will be the city of well, the DCA of
Speaker 2: the Dewey Civic Association puts on this parade in the
Speaker 2: city of Dewey and it's pretty crazy. I made a
Speaker 2: post and over five thousand people have looked at it,
Speaker 2: and so I mean there's only about thirty five hundred
Speaker 2: in the.
Speaker 4: City of Dewey. So hey, that's gonna work. That's gonna work.
Speaker 1: Now this parade, I've done this every year since twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1: And we go up to the balcony of the historic
Speaker 1: Dewey Hotel and as soon as the sun goes down,
Speaker 1: the lights come on and it is an evening parade
Speaker 1: like you've not seen.
Speaker 3: This is all America.
Speaker 1: This is a small town America, but it is America
Speaker 1: encapsulated in one parade. Sometimes you've had as many as
Speaker 1: nearly one hundred floats and.
Speaker 4: I got the honor last year of judging.
Speaker 2: Also the picture that I only was able to take
Speaker 2: one picture, and that was the one straight down down tilet.
Speaker 4: I was sitting down east.
Speaker 2: And this was still sort of setting and the lights
Speaker 2: are on and it just showed hometown Hallmark card.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, it is a Hallmark moment. And we're going
Speaker 1: to be doing that on K one TV dot com
Speaker 1: as well as.
Speaker 3: A K one radio on Saturday. Yeah. Right, as soon
Speaker 3: as the sun goes down, it goes down.
Speaker 2: And from four thirty five thirty we have Santa Is
Speaker 2: coming back in. Oh yeah, it's for to see all
Speaker 2: the kids that maybe missed it on the last Thursday.
Speaker 1: You know, every time I go into the hotel, here
Speaker 1: I am, I'm hauling in all of this brand new
Speaker 1: broadcast equipment and oh yeah, and well we got to
Speaker 1: pick it up and carry it, and there's no elevator,
Speaker 1: and we got to be very careful. But the thing
Speaker 1: is right soon you walk into those doors, the change
Speaker 1: of the century heal it to you right there.
Speaker 3: Your wow, it's like about nineteen five or six here,
Speaker 3: isn't it again?
Speaker 2: I can't to their own horn, but I was hanging
Speaker 2: out there when I was every other Christmas and every summer,
Speaker 2: and it still feels just as cool every even being
Speaker 2: on the working side.
Speaker 4: Uh huh, it's just as cool.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 1: We want people to come in Saturday and do some
Speaker 1: shopping and really kind of top off to night with
Speaker 1: the parade.
Speaker 2: Well we have, right, we have a lot of also
Speaker 2: Thursday that we'll start off with City Sheep Boutiques downtown
Speaker 2: next to susie Q's Antique Mal she's having a sip
Speaker 2: and sea and it's starting at five tomorrow. The good
Speaker 2: it's starting at five tomorrow and that'll be fun.
Speaker 4: Then also miss Susieq.
Speaker 2: She'll have Santa He's got a big day in Dewey
Speaker 2: on Saturday, because he should probably be hanging out with
Speaker 2: susie Q's Antique Moon for everybody to hang out and
Speaker 2: visit with him that might not get to see him before.
Speaker 4: The parade or at the end of the parade when
Speaker 4: he wraps up. That A wow, that's the time. So
Speaker 4: that's some cool shopping stuff.
Speaker 2: And I know that we have the Vault, and we
Speaker 2: have Memi's by tik Mall, we have Linger longer, we
Speaker 2: have all.
Speaker 4: Those shopping places. Hopefully I didn't miss anybody, but which
Speaker 4: I'm sure I did. But it's just all downtown. And
Speaker 4: then of course we have Sproat, you know, spread out.
Speaker 4: We have also the coffee shop in town and we
Speaker 4: you know, we have a lot.
Speaker 2: Of other places that that deserves some recognition too.
Speaker 1: We got great restaurants in town. You have some home
Speaker 1: grown and you have some national change. But by the way,
Speaker 1: and somebody kind of makes a little bit of both,
Speaker 1: but it's all the same. It tastes like home beyond beyond.
Speaker 2: I'm hungry, Tom, that's not fair, you know. And I'll
Speaker 2: drive back into town right now and so Boris will
Speaker 2: get they'll start in their fryars and they have oh
Speaker 2: my god, this is cooking beyond garlic salon, show you
Speaker 2: name it.
Speaker 4: But I'll be good, I'll be good.
Speaker 1: Oh my Well, the town of Dewey really puts it
Speaker 1: on for for Christmas, but you also put it on all.
Speaker 2: Year long exactly because did you hear about how we
Speaker 2: are now recognized as a Purple Heart community. Do tell
Speaker 2: thank you how to bring in mister Whitlock's car to
Speaker 2: remember that young man's name.
Speaker 4: The honored our city with that.
Speaker 2: Mister Hayes accepted the honor of a course and I
Speaker 2: got to attend the other day with veterans.
Speaker 4: It was so pretty pretty, uh tear.
Speaker 2: Jerking to see how many still are committed to our
Speaker 2: country that you know, fought so long ago for us,
Speaker 2: and the ones that are sit in town. Because we
Speaker 2: are focusing on not only is our town being recognized,
Speaker 2: but we're also going to start up a recognizing our
Speaker 2: veterans of the past and even at the present with
Speaker 2: these banners that will be hanging downtown that will replace
Speaker 2: like around a Memorial Day or a Veterans Day, that
Speaker 2: will replace some of.
Speaker 4: Our local veterans.
Speaker 2: Yes, and my dad is a local veteran, so I
Speaker 2: will be definitely getting a banner. But we're going to
Speaker 2: focus on those that you know that are in our
Speaker 2: town of Dewey and those will be lying in our
Speaker 2: streets a couple times a year, so there'll be more
Speaker 2: information on that.
Speaker 4: We'll have get that put out there. But pretty cool.
Speaker 2: Go to the website excuse me City Dewey Facebook and
Speaker 2: you can see an idea of what we're talking about
Speaker 2: the banners.
Speaker 3: Pretty good. That's great.
Speaker 4: It's my word of the day.
Speaker 3: I guess it is now.
Speaker 1: I understand that the Lion Park has been going gang
Speaker 1: busters here.
Speaker 3: Some funds have been coming in.
Speaker 4: Yes, did you talk to my friend.
Speaker 3: Marty briefly just about a week or two ago.
Speaker 2: Well, my friends and Dewey Parks are getting together today
Speaker 2: for a wonderful Christmas luncheon that I can't make it too.
Speaker 2: But the things that they have been going these past
Speaker 2: few weeks have been pretty magnanimous.
Speaker 4: Towards the effect of that. That's that park growing, so
Speaker 4: are getting started. But did you see the bathrooms? Huh oh,
Speaker 4: my gosh, it looks like a castle.
Speaker 3: Castle going up.
Speaker 2: That's really cool up exactly, but it's pretty cool.
Speaker 4: So look we have we have some progress that's showing.
Speaker 4: So it's there.
Speaker 2: But if you want to check out what we plan
Speaker 2: on doing, you can go to that archway right there
Speaker 2: where the tree is lit up and we have a
Speaker 2: beautiful banner showing you our ideas.
Speaker 3: My goodness sakes, that's going to be great. So when
Speaker 3: you're there for.
Speaker 1: The prey, might well a little mosey over there a
Speaker 1: little early and say, wow, look it's coming this summer
Speaker 1: exactly and takes Everything is getting big out there.
Speaker 2: It's going to slow down a little bit towards Christmas time.
Speaker 4: Yes, we all can focus on.
Speaker 2: Each other, but definitely some fun stuff still going on
Speaker 2: and happen, especially with the sales all over town for sure.
Speaker 1: Well, I know business is growing out there. You've got
Speaker 1: that new refinery that's coming in in the springtime.
Speaker 3: That's going to mean some jobs. Yeah, it's going to
Speaker 3: be like pretty cool stuff.
Speaker 4: So what do you privy on.
Speaker 1: Ton oh, well that they got the okay for the
Speaker 1: industrial park and they're going to start digging in twenty
Speaker 1: five and hopefully by about this time next year, hopes
Speaker 1: will be working in cash and paychecks.
Speaker 4: I'm gonna let you get that word out right. I know,
Speaker 4: breaking news, Tom Davis.
Speaker 3: But it's going to be really good. It's fantastic the
Speaker 3: way that.
Speaker 2: The future of Dewey you know, yes, it's being you know,
Speaker 2: it's it's going to be broadened with with that kind
Speaker 2: of refinery coming in.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 1: Sure, there's only one other like it in the world
Speaker 1: that I understand there where it's a net neutral as
Speaker 1: far as.
Speaker 2: Right, and we have to you know, it's clean emissions.
Speaker 2: It's not like everyone believes it looks like in Ponca City.
Speaker 4: Absolutely nothing like that. Clean and green, not clean and green.
Speaker 2: My way of you know, picturing things is think of
Speaker 2: the beginning of Star Wars when when Luke is eating
Speaker 2: dinner or supper whatever this family and you look outside
Speaker 2: and you see all the pods. That is exactly what
Speaker 2: it looks like. Simple clean and again it's clean emissions.
Speaker 2: So there's no gas or you know, nothing in the air, nothing,
Speaker 2: you know, no Aaron Brokovich come to town to take over.
Speaker 1: They're making jet fuel and diesel for for like farm
Speaker 1: stuff too.
Speaker 3: So whether it flies or whether it drives.
Speaker 2: Pretty extravagant, especially in twenty twenty five, what we can
Speaker 2: do with with with these things and resources.
Speaker 1: Whenever a business like that comes to town, you know
Speaker 1: it's got. It starts really having a ripple effect on
Speaker 1: the local businesses that have established, and sometimes it actually spawns.
Speaker 2: Some businesses more necessity, you know, thy oriented.
Speaker 4: That's it. You got it? Tom? When are you coming
Speaker 4: to move to Dewey?
Speaker 3: I visit there a lot too.
Speaker 4: I love it. That's some great news. I didn't want to.
Speaker 4: I'm glad that you said it.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Well it's a good thing, you know.
Speaker 4: And and sounds more professional from you.
Speaker 3: Right. So anyway, big parade is coming up on.
Speaker 2: Saturday, Saturday, but four thirty for Santa five thirty for
Speaker 2: the parade to start.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, because it's going to be great. Do
Speaker 1: you have any kind of idea. I know that you
Speaker 1: get some last minute entries.
Speaker 4: I'll be one.
Speaker 2: I decided I got some leftover candies from the bags
Speaker 2: from from the lighting, and so we're going to find
Speaker 2: out something fun.
Speaker 3: To do with it.
Speaker 2: Okay, good, So we're gonna have involve my dogs somewhere.
Speaker 1: Between seventy five and one hundred floats, and look look
Speaker 1: for the little.
Speaker 4: Health throwing bags of bells.
Speaker 3: And bags and bags of candy out there and bells.
Speaker 2: There'll be bells you can hear at least when it's
Speaker 2: coming at you, Sonar.
Speaker 4: I have good ideas, Tom, you great idea.
Speaker 1: You have tons of ideas, and that's why we have
Speaker 1: you here once here that you just share with all
Speaker 1: of the fun.
Speaker 3: That's going on here.
Speaker 4: I appreciate you Tom already.
Speaker 1: And now we do have a Facebook page for the
Speaker 1: City of Doing as well as their their regular website.
Speaker 1: So if you need to between visits, and if.
Speaker 4: You still want to sign up for the float, yes, just.
Speaker 2: Go into city Hall and they'll help you out, fill
Speaker 2: out of paper and get your registered and get your number.
Speaker 1: It's not hard if you really want to do this, folks. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's not an act of Congress. You're just saying, how
Speaker 1: do you where do I send?
Speaker 2: And we know what your name is when when you
Speaker 2: name the float?
Speaker 3: Sure?
Speaker 1: And that way you know some students that's on the
Speaker 1: radio notes what he's talking about you go flying by there,
Speaker 1: she is there, she is that one.
Speaker 3: Okay, but it helps out in the long run. I
Speaker 3: want to thank you for being with.
Speaker 4: Us today, all right, I appreciate you.
Speaker 3: All Right.
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