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Collinsville,
Oklahoma December 26, 2008 2008 Year In Review Photos |
Sample
Photos From An Eventful 2008
In
Collinsville, OK
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| The East Gateway into Collinsville expanded to 4 lanes in 2008 after months of traffic diverted to Broadway. |
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| The Main Street bridge over Blackjack Creek was closed from Nov. 14, 2007 to June 6, 2008. |
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| Collinsville yards were piled high with broken trees and limbs for months following the Dec. 2007 ice storm. |
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| 2008 saw record high gas prices followed by record lows. |
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| Two blocks of Historic Downtown Main Street was transformed by a streetscape overhaul. |
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| Vintage light fixtures were part of the new downtown streetscape. |
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| The huge pile of the collected ice storm damaged limbs was burned. |
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| Collinsville Downtown, Inc. began a major rennovation of the City Annex Building. |
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| Work on the new 4-lane Main Street bridge. |
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| Two lanes opened June 6th and all fours lanes were open by July 21, 2008. |
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| Another outstanding group of students completed their CHS studies in 2008. |
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| Several houses were removed from the future path of the S-Curve re-alignment. |
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| 4 lanes of asphalt connected 5th & Main to Hwy 169 when the new bridge was completed. |
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| Ward-Wiseman Animal Haven opened in Jan. 2008 |
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| The Victory Cherokee Organization's community center opened in Oct. 2008 |
2009
CHS Senior Pages Preview:
In
About 4 Months ... |
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Chelsee
Calhoun will be one of about 180 CHS Seniors who will each have their own page
on cvilleok.com. Those pages are to be completed
by May 1st, 2009. Each student or parent is invited to submit a few favorite photos
to be included on their page. Contact Ted Wright (wrightted@aol.com)
for additional information on photos or advertising on those pages. |
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| Downtown Halloween celebration |
| There were obviously many more key events that occured in Collinsville during 2008 but these photos will hopefully present the flavor for another year of dramatic changes. I'll have a more detailed list of links in the next day or so to help reflect further on the year. -- Ted Wright 12/26/2008 |
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| Miss Oklahoma is hometown girl Kelsey Cartwright. |
