Thumbs up to an Enid organization coming again.

Southard Home mattress and breakfast could be open up once again by Nov. 1 beneath new operator Cammey Kasper, an Enid indigenous.

Kasper, a 26-yr Army veteran, acquired the mattress and breakfast from Tammy and James Neal, satisfying a longtime desire.

She requires to wrap up some things with her latest task, with the FAA at the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute in Oklahoma City.

She hopes to be open by Nov. 1, but also may possibly just be ready to do weekends and some gatherings weeknights as she finishes up in Oklahoma Town.

Either way, it’s excellent to see Southard Residence back. Congratulations on making dreams occur legitimate.

Thumbs up to a new partnership in between the city of Enid and Hope Outreach Ministries on a plan to present much more transitional housing here.

A short while ago, Enid city commissioners authorized a agreement for products and services between the city and Hope Outreach Ministries to allocate $311,500 for the purchase of a multi-relatives residence that offers transitional housing and expert services to skilled Enid inhabitants impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The dwelling, at 724 W. Broadway, would be the next transitional residence operated by Hope Outreach. It will give people coming out of incarceration a structured atmosphere to aid them reintegrate into society. It would give providers these as substance abuse recovery, employment assistance and everyday living ability development.

The home will be equipped to house up to eight individuals at a time in the 6- to nine-thirty day period program. Applicants have to fulfill a selected amount of prerequisites to are living there. The hope is to have it up and working by the finish of the calendar year or early in 2023.

Thumbs up to a hectic weekend in Enid.

The eighth once-a-year FLY Film Pageant was Friday and Saturday at Gaslight Theatre.

It is constantly a entertaining function bringing filmmakers and artists here, supplying Enid citizens a likelihood to take pleasure in some more compact, lesser-identified movies.

Then, there is the fifth once-a-year Enid Comic Con at Stride Bank Heart, which begun Saturday and carries on…