Jamie Edmondson

The new water tank’s foundation is ready for the cement to be poured in, and the project is scheduled to be completed soon. Free Press / Jamie Edmondson

Work on the new Elk City water tank continues. It is currently covered to let the cement cure. Free Press / Jamie Edmondson

ELK CITY — Quote of the week: “If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men neither external nor internal controls on government would

ELK CITY — Quote of the week: “Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for

ELK CITY — Quote of the week: “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.” – George Washington

ELK CITY — Quote of the week: “All men are equally bound by the laws of nature, or to speak more properly, the laws of the Creator.” – Samuel Adams, 1794

ELK CITY — Quote of the week: “The instrument by which it [government] must act are either the authority of the laws or force. If the first be destroyed, the last must be substituted; and where this becomes the ordinary instrument of government there is an end to liberty!”

The lighted tree in the Elk City park illuminates the fresh snow. Free Press / Jamie Edmondson

ELK CITY — Quote of the week: “When right, I shall often be thought wrong by those whose positions will not command a view of the whole ground.” – Thomas Jefferson, 1805

ELK CITY — Quote of the week: “May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful