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Cheese Festival goers and the City of Watonga will be treated to a special show by THOSE GUYZ,Okc in addition to the one time reunion performance by SPEEDY and the RUNAWAYS, Watonga�s own Rock N Roll Band of the late 60�s and early 70�s.

The show will be held at the Centennial Park located on east Main from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The band, Speedy and the Runaways, was known throughout the surrounding area where they performed for various functions, proms and teen hops.

The band performed in Watonga and surrounding towns, Geary, Fairview, Canton, Thomas, Woodward, Taloga, Okarche, Oklahoma City to name a few. The band traveled to San Antonio, Texas to do a live radio performance on KEDA Radio as well as guest performers at a concert sponsored by the station. more.....

Larry Ford and his band will be performing at the Liberty Theatre on Friday night, October 10th at 6:00 pm. Tickets are $10, available at Country Home Antiques. more.....

Check out the Cheese Festival pages to find out about all the excitement concerning the Cheese Festival in Watonga on October 10th & 11th.

Get all the current press releases and articles about the planning and preparations, such as the latest
Chamber Chimes.

Find out all the new things being planned like the
'Culinary Arts Contest' in City Hall,
the 'Youth Art Show' on north Main Street
the 'New Car Show' on Main Street
the Pioneer 'Arts and Demonstrations'
the 'Arts and Crafts' table for children
and the
'Friday Night Concert' with
Larry Ford and City Moon

Don't miss the 'Big Parade' on Saturday with more big marching bands than ever before.

September 25th
Main Street News

Cheddar Ranch Observatory
Grand Opening

"Reading, Writing & Recipes" Cookbooks,
only $10 -- call 623-2765 or 623-1867

The Watonga Store
three different mugs to choose from

Watonga Calendar of Events
. . . . . thru October 31st

Business of the Month for October
The Watonga Republican

The Watonga Republican is Blaine County�s oldest business, having been established on Oct. 12, 1892, by T.B. and Elva Ferguson.
The Curtin family has been involved with the newspaper since Jan. 1, 1941, when Gerald �Cowboy� Curtin purchased one-fourth interest from Les Chambers and then on Jan. 1, 1945, he bought full ownership.

     After his death in 1965, his widow, Dr. Virginia Curtin, and children continued publishing it. After her death in 1977, Tim Curtin has been publisher.

     The Republican tries to conduct itself professionally in keeping with its seniority, but it also tries to avoid becoming too tame, as any conscientious newspaper should. That�s also in keeping with the feisty spirit of its pioneering founders.

     The newspaper covers the Blaine County area as well as Watonga and also has become a main source of news and communication for the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes. It seeks to provide the news informed citizens need.

     News papering requires a myriad of details to be accomplished prior to �deadline.� This includes photography, news gathering and writing, sale of advertising and composition of the finished advertisements, gathering of garage sale notices, etc., compiling legal notices and typeset, proofreading of all content, to name just some of them.

     Locally the staff also publishes the Hinton Record and must do all the above for that paper also. This makes 104 deadlines a year, and in 44 years that is what makes editors go gray.