Wheaton block party to mark its 50th anniversary Preparing and sharing spit-roast pig has been one of the signature traditions of the Marion Court block party in Wheaton. Courtesy of Dennis Boccard Families line up their dogs for a race at a previous Marion Court block party in Wheaton. Courtesy of Dennis Boccard
The residents of Marion Court in Wheaton are proud of their annual summer block party.
This weekend, neighbors living on the cul-de-sac are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the party and its long-standing tradition of preparing and sharing a spit-roast pig.
Yet, there is some disagreement on the exact year that the block party began. In 2009, the Daily Herald wrote that the block party had been going for 40 years or so. Marion Court s own block party history prepared by resident Nancy Kirkwood places the first year of the pig spit roast as 1970.
Finding your public storm shelter
Finding your public storm shelter By Cheyenne Cole | March 9, 2021 at 6:51 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 6:51 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - During tornadic weather, many turn to public shelters but, where are they and how are public shelters planning to protect people against severe weather and contracting COVID-19?
Stephens County Emergency Management official Gary Curtis said, for Stephens County residents, the public shelter is located in the courthouse on the ground level.
“Most all injuries and deaths occur from those being outside from flying debris,” he said, “not from actually in the homes themselves and that’s what we’re more concerned about because a lot of people wait until the last minute and the danger is a lot higher with them trying to come all the way here to the shelter.”
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