The rainfall received across the state in the last few weeks was very much needed in many ways to provide extreme drought relief, but there is one possible deterrent in regard to cattle.
Preparations are still underway for the annual Clinton Classic set to take place June 7 with runners to compete in a race taking them through the heart of town with the start and finish line being featured on Frisco Avenue.
Clinton’s Summer Playground is set to begin next week with area children embarking of seven weeks of fortified learning and fun. The only problem is finances.
In a very quick meeting Monday night, the Clinton Public Schools Board of Education was presented with an update on the future middle school construction, the remediation/dropout of high school students from 2023, renewing a food contract, and resignations for the school district.
The old and the new is represented here with Clinton Fireman Austin Long standing in front of the department’s 1930 Seagrave fire engine loaded up to be delivered Tuesday morning to the Oklahoma Firefighters Museuem in Oklahoma City. The engine, which cost $8,750 brand new and was signed for by McLain Rogers on Feb. 19, 1930, was declared surplus by the Clinton City Council in order to donate it to the museum. Capt. Blake Shaddon rolled out of town with it before 9 a.m. Tuesday to take the fire engine to its new home.