Mustang to get centennial clock
Stacy Barnes
Town Center will soon boast a substantial four-faced centennial clock as part of the state’s effort to celebrate Oklahoma’s 100th birthday in a big way. Replicas of clocks found in Oklahoma towns in 1907 are available to communities, organizations, corporations and individuals as memorials to the Centennial. Lynda McColl of Mustang submitted the application for one of the clocks to the Oklahoma Centennial Commission on behalf of Mustang Beautiful.
“Ken Baldwin of All American Electric does installation of the clocks and he was really excited and wanted Mustang to have one,” said McColl, who discovered that the city could not apply because they had already applied for statues to be placed at Wild Horse Park. The Mustang Beautiful organization was eligible to apply, but one stipulation on the application is that the clock somehow be used in the city’s centennial celebration. Not to be thwarted, McColl talked to Chamber Director Becky Julian about incorporating the clock into next year’s Western Days and Julian agreed, so McColl made the request for a $10,000, two-faced clock, the smaller of the two centennial clocks available for the project.
During last Tuesday’s Positive Posse meeting, developer Don Anderson asked McColl to give an impromptu report on the status of the application. To her surprise, after she finished speaking, LeRoy Bridges, who was sitting next to her, told her he was on the centennial commission and that he would do what he could to help.
“Within two hours I had a call from him that we were approved for the clock,” McColl said.
“And he said, ‘Lynda, I got you the $20,000 clock, not the $10,000 one.’ I was just sitting at the right place at the Tuesday coffee.”
McColl said they have requested the clock be in place by April 1 for the Oklahoma Centennial Mustang National Car Show if possible. Bridges said he would do his best to honor the request.
Stacy Barnes
Town Center will soon boast a substantial four-faced centennial clock as part of the state’s effort to celebrate Oklahoma’s 100th birthday in a big way. Replicas of clocks found in Oklahoma towns in 1907 are available to communities, organizations, corporations and individuals as memorials to the Centennial. Lynda McColl of Mustang submitted the application for one of the clocks to the Oklahoma Centennial Commission on behalf of Mustang Beautiful.
“Ken Baldwin of All American Electric does installation of the clocks and he was really excited and wanted Mustang to have one,” said McColl, who discovered that the city could not apply because they had already applied for statues to be placed at Wild Horse Park. The Mustang Beautiful organization was eligible to apply, but one stipulation on the application is that the clock somehow be used in the city’s centennial celebration. Not to be thwarted, McColl talked to Chamber Director Becky Julian about incorporating the clock into next year’s Western Days and Julian agreed, so McColl made the request for a $10,000, two-faced clock, the smaller of the two centennial clocks available for the project.
During last Tuesday’s Positive Posse meeting, developer Don Anderson asked McColl to give an impromptu report on the status of the application. To her surprise, after she finished speaking, LeRoy Bridges, who was sitting next to her, told her he was on the centennial commission and that he would do what he could to help.
“Within two hours I had a call from him that we were approved for the clock,” McColl said.
“And he said, ‘Lynda, I got you the $20,000 clock, not the $10,000 one.’ I was just sitting at the right place at the Tuesday coffee.”
McColl said they have requested the clock be in place by April 1 for the Oklahoma Centennial Mustang National Car Show if possible. Bridges said he would do his best to honor the request.
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