I hope everyone is having fun at the conference!

Mail carriers across the state are hosting a "Stamp Out Hunger" food drive this week on behalf of the Regional Food Bank. Most needed items include: canned meats, meat-bashyed soups, canned fruits, canned vegetables, peanut butter, and rice and beans. Nonperishable food donations can also be dropped off at participating post offices. Monetary donations can also be made online at regionalfooodbank.org (website currently down) or by calling 405-600-3136.

In the Duncan area, the Water Advisory Committee, formed in March, is debating the area's water situation and what can be done about it. (Note that the Duncan Banner website only allows limited viewing of its web pages.) The committee is made up of private citizens with experience in water, infrastructure, politics, fundraising and drilling, so that the best minds the community can offer are on the committee. Members of the group are Jacob Bachelor, Roger Calger, Todd Clark, Clay Cole, John Galloway, Mike Kiester, Kelly Kirkland, Phil Leonard and Lisa Thomas. Lisa Thomas is with ASCOG.