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| Construction is underway downtown on Clinton's
new community center. Frisco Ave. between Third and Fourth Streets
has been permanently closed to make room for the new facility.
Construction workers are currently removing payment from the
street and doing dirt work to prepare the building site. The
project, approved by voters in February 2000, is expected to
be complete by the fall of 2003. (Staff Photo) |
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After 14 years with the Clinton Police Department,
2nd Lt. Rick McCain has resigned. McCain, left, was honored
Friday on his last day of service and presented a plaque by
Chief Ed Smith during a reception at police headquarters. McCain
said that after a vacation, he plans to enter the home construction
and remodeling business. His last day of service coincided with
his completion of 14 years on the police force. (Staff Photo
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| An enthusiastic bunch is generating excitement
for the 2002 Clinton Expo coming to the JC Lane Shopping Center
on South 10th Street Saturday and Sunday, April 27th and 28th.
Among those serving on the Expo Committee, which has been working
for a year to get ready for the spring extravaganza, are (from
left) Bob Marcy, Rick Wilborn, Duane Marler, Todd Brunner, Kim
Marshall and Clinton Chamber Chief Executive Officer Nicole
Boyles. (Staff photo by Eric Hunter) |
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One last picture from Southwest Elementary
School's recent walk on the wild side with visiting educators
from the Oklahoma City Zoo is in order. Zoo expert Lizabeth
Ogle (standing) shows this exhibit of dead leaf butterflies
to (from left in the foreground) Kalea Gorshing and Spencer
Kimball. That's third grade teacher Lori Adams visible in the
background at left. (Staff photo by Eric Hunter) |
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| Civilian Purple Heart citations were presented
recently to Trooper Micah Whittington of the Oklahoma Highway
Patrol, at right in the picture above, and to Sgt. Mark Ryan
of the Clinton Police Department, at right in the picture below.
The presentations were made by Vietnam veteran Jeff Seright,
principal of Lawton High School and state commander of the Military
Order of the Purple Heart. (Staff Photos by Eric Hunter) |
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Spineless critters star at Southwest Zoomobile
Visit.
Southwest Elementary School Students from
the third grade classes of Melissa Gordon and Christy Stephens
were treated to a Zoomobile visit from the Oklahoma City Zoo
this week where they learned about such unusual animals as
starfish. Shown in the photo at right examining this spineless
critter with zoo instructor Stephanie Welch are (clockwise
around table in foreground) R.C. Byrd, Jordan Fisher, Ms.
Welch, Natalie Bryant and Brady Denney. More photos from the
zoo event will be published later. (Staff photo by Eric Hunter)
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The blue light will still shine at Clinton's
Big Kmart as one of only 11 stores which will remain open in
Oklahoma. Seven of the chain's stores were given the ax the
state. A total of 284 stores throughout the company are slated
for closure. Clinton's store has continued to be a strong performer
for Kmart. It had been anticipated it would not be on the closure
list. (Staff photo by Eric Hunter) Ran Sunday, March 10, 2002. |
| The only visible evidence that there was ever
a town of Parkersburg is the cemetery that bears its name, sitting
high on a hill overlooking Interstate 40 and the old townsite.
To the extreme right in this photo is "Tennessee Corner,"
where many pioneers who came from the Volunteer State are buried.
In the righthand corner is a tiny piece of Route 66, which once
carried travelers past the graves of pioneers. (Ran Sunday,
March 10, 2002) |
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| Good nutrition's link to good health was fed
Thursday evening at the Clinton Free Medical Clinic. Above,
Keimar Karr and Salina Valenciana are shown being served by
(behind counter from left) Rev. Larry King, Melissa Allison,
Jim Ricks, Betty Brown, Cody Berrera, Pat Copeland and Jean
McGinnis. Below, little Christian Sharp proves that you're never
too young to volunteer. He's shown serving dessert to Alicia
Gilliam. There's still a need for donations which may be made
to the First United Methodist Church or to any of these cooks.
(Staff Photos) |
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Junior Service League collected a check for
$700 for delivering gifts for Valentine's Day for Dupree Flowers
& Gifts as the club's spring fundraiser. Canda Dupree (at
left) is shown giving the check to JSL representative Amy Hatter.
(Staff photo by Eric Hunter) |
| Gov. Frank Keating, in the center, gets a personal
explanation about one facet of a new command and communications
control vehicle that was displayed for the first time anywhere
this morning in Cordell. Giving the explanation is Dale Craig,
project coordinator for the Raytheon Company. (Staff Photo by
Gerald Green) |
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The Governor, in the foreground on the front
row, listens attentively as a Raytheon engineer explains details
about the new vehicle. On the second row, from left, are State
Sen. Gilmer Capps (with the white hair), Transportation Secretary
Herschal Crow, and Clinton Mayor Don Rodolph. (Staff Photo) |
| The old and new were displayed in sharp contrast
to one another today on the steets of Cordell. The center of
attention was the white SUV, a mobile command center containing
the world's most sophisticated communications equipment. It
was silhouetted against the venerable Washita County Courthouse.
(Staff Photo) |
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Ready for auction this Saturday, March 9, is
a queen-sized, cross-stitched quilt (with two pillow shams)
completed by Clinton First Mennonite women. Beginning at 1:45
p.m., the auction is held between the two German Feast meals
at Corn Bible Academy. Shown, from left, are Vonita Unruh, Phyllis
Sawatzky, Charlene Carter and Linda Schmidt. Quilters not pictured
are Eldean Schmidt, Pauline Schmidt, Bettye Hinz, Christye Steigman,
Joanie Quiring, Lucille Miller, Matilda Sawatzky, Judy Schmidt
and Erna Shultz. (Staff photo by Eric Hunter) |
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