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With that out of the way, I wish to commend the many tribal employees who worked overtime to lend assistance to our tribal membership, and others, who were directly and indirectly affected by the recent tornado here in Anadarko. The damage occured mainly within the city boundaries and many homes and businesses experienced varying levels of damage and destruction. Luckily, there were no serious personal injuries or deaths and clean-up and repair will continue for several months to come. A number of our employees will continue to assist with that process and the KBC is committed to help the large concentration of our membership within Anadarko.

I attended a meeting yesterday of the revived Seven Tribes Consortium which is chaired by the Chairman of the KBC. The Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes were added(making it nine tribes) and represented by Chairman Darrell Flyingman. Anadarko City Manager Robert Williamson attended the meeting as the Consortium passed a supporting resolution to assist Anadarko's application for a FEMA disaster declaration and recovery assistance.

I am including a picture of the Grandstand at the fairgrounds which had the roof blown off. The Baldwin Bldg also has extensive damage to it's northeast corner.