Feeling her age

Arapaho-Butler fifth-grader Whitlee Wall reflects on the “good old days” while wearing her old woman outfit for “Red Ribbon Week.”

Clinton Public Schools and Western Technology Center (WTC) recently celebrated the anniversary of a partnership that has been in place for the past 55 years, with plans for many more on the horizon.

Two civil lawsuits – one currently at the federal level and the other at the county – are in play against the outfit and its associates that had failed to purchase and manage Clinton Regional Hospital.

Embellishment

Wyatt Weil helps decorate the First Christian Church’s trunk spot in front of the Chi Alpha Student Ministry Building on Frisco Avenue during the Clinton Chamber of Commerce’s “Trunk or Treat” celebration Thursday evening. Pictures from the Clinton Kiwanis Club’s costume contest are on page 9.

would like to remind its readers about several upcoming events, and what to expect for both Halloween and Clinton homecoming celebrations.

The Western Plains Weatherford Genealogical Society will host an open house for its new location from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8 at 201 S.W. Main in Weatherford, the lower level of City Hall, which previously served as the police station.

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Custer County 4-H Educator Lesa Rauh speaks to her guests during a party held at the Custer County Fairgrounds to celebrate her retirement from the Oklahoma State University Custer County Extension.

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From left, Hudson Allen, Rance Randal, Santiago Vazquez and Southwest Elementary School P.E. teacher Jodi Crowdis, back, show off their camothemed outfits for “Red Ribbon Week,” Tuesday morning at Southwest Elementary School.

Kent Dewees shows off one of the two key fobs from Suite No. 215 of the, since demolished, Trade Winds Motel where Elvis Presley stayed. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

Clinton local Kent Dewees recently discovered, or rather rediscovered, several pieces of memorabilia surrounding the former Trade Winds Motel, and the suite that, “The King of Rock and Roll,” Elvis Presley would stay in during his travels along Route 66.

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