WELCH—Vinita native Clint Walker brings his high energy music show to the Welch Civic Auditorium on Sat., Oct. 29, 2011.

Walker specializes in classic country and rock and roll and is well known for his crowd pleasing renditions of hits from Elvis to Roy Orbison and contemporary artists, as well.

The Welch Schools music department will be running the concession stand, providing plenty of good things to eat at the concert.

Tickets are $10 per person, and all students are free with a paid adult.

The doors open at 6:00 p.m., and the show starts at 7:00 p.m.

The Welch Civic Auditorium is located at the corner of Curtis St. and 6th Ave. in Welch, just across form the high school.

The Welch music department welcomes you to the Clint Walker show for an evening of great music and good food.

This event has been added to our Community Calendar.

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WELCH—With the recent Welch Public Schools Enrichment Foundation banquet, Lady Cat state softball, Harvest Days, and the Street Dance, not to mention doing our taxes, we’ve gotten way behind on posting football archives. It’s time to catch up! Below are pictures and audio of the Agra (audio only), Copan, South Coffeyville (audio of second half only; first half lost due to hardware failure), and Kiefer games.

Welch v. Agra – 9/30/2011 – Cats won 48-0.

Welch v. Copan – 10/7/2011 – Cats won 46-0.

Welch v. S. Coffeyville – 10/14/2011 – Cats won 51-6.

Welch v. Kiefer – 10/20/2011 – Kiefer won 21-20.

Wildcats v. Agra 9/30/2011 [ 2:02:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Wildcats v. Copan 10/7/2011 [ 1:18:56 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Wildcats v. S. Coffeyville 10/14/2011 [ 24:18 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Wildcats v. Kiefer 10/20/2011 [ 2:08:08 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Copan game pics:

S. Coffeyville game pics:

Kiefer game pics:

WELCH—There will be a community celebration in honor of Bill & Pat Tallman, Fri., Oct. 21, 2011, at the Welch Civic Center. The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with hamburgers and hotdogs being served. Donations are appreciated.

The GrassKaTeers bluegrass band will entertain, and a live auction of donated items will begin at 6:30 p.m.

As you may know, Bill is currently undergoing medical treatment at M.D. Anderson.

This week’s Wildcat football game against Kiefer is THURSDAY night, so make sure you’re back in town FRIDAY night for this event, celebrating the Tallmans.

This, and many other events, can be found on our Community Calendar.

Senior, Rachel Seigel, fields the ball in state tourney play against Sterling Thursday. (Photo credit: A. Dooley)

OKLAHOMA CITY—Your Welch Lady Cats faced the five-time state champion Sterling Lady Tigers in the first round of the fast-pitch softball state tournament Thur., Oct. 6, 2011. The Lady Cats came out strong, with an early over-the-fence home run by Rylee Chenoweth, to tie the game at 1-1 after the first inning. The game was very evenly matched, and the teams were tied at 3-3 after a sixth inning rally by the Lady Cats. A couple of Lady Tiger runs in the top of the seventh put Sterling ahead 5-3, and the Lady Cats weren’t able to answer back in the bottom of the seventh, ending the Lady Cats’ state tournament for 2011.

The Lady Cats made a great showing and were very competitive with the Lady Tigers. The community and WelchOK.com are very proud of the Ladies for the ability, athleticism, sportsmanship, and heart they showed this season. You did us proud.

We’re very happy that we were able to provide live online audio coverage via the Welch State Bank Mobile Webcast Unit. Special thanks, also, to Josh Schertz for joining Tyson Wynn and Toby Smith on the webcast. Here’s your after-the-fact playback.If you listened live, you know we had a hardware failure that caused a disconnection. The archive below contains the portion that you missed live.

Lady Cat Softball v. Sterling, State Tourney, 10/6/2011 [ 1:36:43 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Special note: We wish it were possible to provide live audio of every Welch sporting event, but it’s just physically not possible for the two of us who regularly cover events to do them all. We will continue to make special efforts to provide as much coverage of all sports that make it to the playoffs.

Vickie (Chaney) Davis was recognized as 2011 teacher of the year

WELCH—Approximately 170 attended the Welch Public Schools Enrichment Foundation’s annual banquet Monday night, Oct. 3, 2011, at the Welch Civic Center.

WelchOK.com publisher and executive editor, Tyson Wynn, emceed the event, and Dr. Jeffrey Hale, president of NEO A&M College in Miami, Okla., was the keynote speaker. Attendees dined on a fabulous meal provided by Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami and were entertained by Sooner Xplosion Cloggers and Greg Highsmith before Dr. Hale spoke.

Welch secondary principal Bruce Chrz recognized now-retired Vickie (Chaney) Davis as the 2011 teacher of the year, hall of fame coach Kenneth Sooter presented the third outstanding alumnus award to Carol Calcagno, and elementary principal Kim Hall announced recipients of the Foundation’s $9,982.73 in classroom grants for the year.

A large representation from the WHS class of 1961 attended for their fiftieth reunion, and Bob Neil made remarks on their behalf.

Dr. Steve Grigsby, Foundation board member, updated attendees about the work of the Foundation, thanked the community for its generous support of the Foundation, and appealed to everyone to continue their generosity.

The evening concluded with a live auction of donated items, including a framed Nick Calcagno print of Micky Mantle print from Carol Calcagno, a gift basket from WelchOK.com and the Welch Blossom Shoppe, pen oak trees from Justin & Kim Dodson and Bill & Sandra Berry, two 32-oz steak-for-two dinners from Cow Creek pecan Co. & Cafe, and a mum donated by Brian and BJ Mooney. Brian Mooney also volunteered his services as auctioneer. The auction raised over $2,300 for the Foundation.

The mission of the Welch Public Schools Enrichment Foundation is to advance educational opportunities, stimulate academic excellence, and mobilize community support for enhancing the quality of Welch Public Schools education. The Foundation holds its annual banquet each October.

The Foundation wishes to thank everyone who attended and all who played a part in making the 2011 banquet such a success.

Our crack photographer was on the scene, and she files these pictures of the night:

WELCH—Your regional champion Welch Lady Cat fast-pitch softball team is headed to the state tournament in Oklahoma City Thursday.

The town is giving the Ladies a big sendoff at 2:00 p.m., Wed., Oct. 5, 2011, on Main Street. The team will be cruising down Main Street on a fire engine, and the community is invited to turn out and wish them well. Help us fill the sidewalks with cheering fans and let the Ladies know how proud we are of them.

Reminder: Welch schools has been dismissed Thursday for the tournament. If the Ladies advance, school will likely also be dismissed Friday. WelchOK.com will keep you advised.

Lady Cats with regional championship plaque. Front: Katy Armstrong, Julia Armstrong, Morgan Smith, Rachel Seigel, Lexi Mercer, Torey Seigel, Brittany Sharp, Megan Carpenter, Kenedie Compton Back: asst. coach Kristal Chenoweth, Dawni Miller, Alyssa Rupert, Lacey Windle, Rylee Chenoweth, Breeanna Warner, Tabitha Stoelzing, Morgan Cook, Paige Hall, Tylor Dodson, head coach Scott Neighbors (Photo by Kim Hall)

WELCH—The Lady Cats are heading to State! The team secured the regional championship last Friday with a 3-2 victory over Copan. The Ladies take on Sterling at 3:00 p.m., Thur., Oct. 6, 2011, in Oklahoma City.