Observations...

We'll be the first to say it. Take the $1.325 million Shundi Road widening project budgeted for the upcoming year and shove it down the road a couple of years. Instead, use the money on an intensive asphalt overlay program, starting with 13th Street from Main to Shundi, Cherokee from Main to the Park, and Har-Ber Road out to Quail Run. We don't mind the two lane Shundi Road but we do mind the constant bone rattling and tire wear on Grove's main streets, many of which are falling apart...Bill Listen, one of the finest people you will ever meet, passed away Tuesday night in a Bartlesville hospital. Funeral services are at 10 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church in Grove...Don't forget about Grove's big fireworks and entertainment show, which begins Tuesday July 3 at 6:30 p.m. with some really fine entertainment and free watermelon. Location is on 13th street at the city's recreation park...Mark July 17 on your calendars; the Blue Ribbon Committee will outline their plan for a new aquatic center and civic center at the regular City Council meeting at 6 p.m...