The following was copied from Butch Bridges T&T news letter. Arnt you glad that you didnt have any business at the Ardmore, Oklahoma Court House... September 28, 1990 Big Stink at Courthouse There was a big stink in the Carter County Courthouse Annex Thursday when a skunk wandered into a water shed drain on the building and became agitated. Assistant Election Board Secretary Katy Merritt happened to look out her window as the small black and white animal ambled across A Street SW and into the drain. Ardmore Animal Control Officer Jerry Stone, called to survey the problem, and the animal peered at each other through a hole in the pipe where it runs through the vault at the election board, Clerk Mina Howard said. The stink began when Jerry Stone poked at the skunk hoping it would exit peacefully, Howard said. Instead the animal let loose its natural defense. Ardmore firefighters were called to the scene and shot water down the drain, causing the skunk to retreat into a waiting cage. The problems were not over, however, for employees in the election board, county superintendents office and Carter County Health Department, which are housed in the building. The odor had penetrated the air conditioning vents and quickly spread the obnoxious smell throughout the building, which has no windows which open. Doors were propped open to allow in as much fresh air as possible, without much success. A liquid industrial strength chemical called Nilecho was sprayed into the vents and on the air conditioning filters by Bill Hamilton, health department sanitarian. Sharon Stewart, administrative assistant, said the chemical was chosen because it is an oil soluble deodorant. Election Board Secretary Janie Tipps scattered mothballs in the election board vault and offices, Howard said, and Hamilton also put out used coffee grounds to help absorb the smell. Stewart said the odor is gone from the health department offices today. Employees in the election board offices, where the odor was strongest, are only getting an occasional whiff, Howard said.
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