A Rock chipper spreads gravel on a layer of oil to become the first layer of a paved street at N. 2260 Road. CDN | Christian Jacobsen
Recent Clinton graduate Atticus Thompson performs a long jump during a practice at the high school track and field course. CDN | Courtesy photo
Exact location chosen for Glancy sign
Clinton’s Peyton Clonce, right, tries to avoid the Elk City defender during the Lady Reds’ home game against the Elkettes in the spring. CDN | Steve Wheeler
Josie Nichepor with her horse, Lizzy, practice trick riding moves Wednesday afternoon at the Clinton Rodeo Grounds. The Clinton Rodeo will take place tonight and tomorrow, with a scheduled parade at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning down Frisco Avenue. CDN | Chris
Judah Wagnon decides to select “Going to the Sea Park” as his free book from the Rolling Thunder Book Bus at the Frisco Center. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

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Clinton’s Peyton Clonce, right, tries to avoid the Elk City defender during the Lady Reds’ home game against the Elkettes in the spring. CDN | Steve Wheeler

Heading off for the rest of her life, recent Clinton graduate Peyton Clonce eyes a path she is wanting to take.

Recent Clinton graduate Atticus Thompson performs a long jump during a practice at the high school track and field course. CDN | Courtesy photo

With his high school days behind him, Clinton’s Atticus Thompson heads off to North Dakota State, but departs with fond memories as a Red Tornado.

Columns & Opinions

DEAR HARRIETTE: One of my childhood friends and his wife moved to my city about a year ago.

Dear Doctors: I recently read about a way to fall asleep faster where you think about a word for a few seconds and then move on to another word. I tried it using a word for every letter in the alphabet and never got much beyond J. Is there an explanation for why this would work?

Obituaries

Funeral services for Minerva Rodriguez “Murry Whiteturtle,” 62, of Elk City, are pending.

Funeral services for Donna Marie Laymon, 77, of Muskogee, will be held at noon Aug. 8, at the DAV in Muskogee.