According to Clinton Police Chief Luis De La Torre, at approximately 5:18 p.m. Thursday Officer Michael Davis responded to a call about a store robbery at the Love’s Travel Stop near Interstate 40’s exit 71.

EMTs Marsha Shelton, left, and Payton Warnke stand outside a Sinor EMS ambulance making sure it is ready to roll. CDN | Hope King

Clinton’s ambulance service comes through Sinor EMS. To provide the best service to Clinton, as well as Hobart, Lone Wolf, Sayre, Thomas, Custer, Fay, Butler, Foss Lake, and Arapaho, at an affordable cost, Sinor offers a membership to residents, which covers ambulance costs, in addition to the charges on City of Clinton water bills.

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Homestead Assisted Living resident Melva Shepherd, left, speaks with Hadley Eagan, Aryanna Garza and Blakely Shepherd during the center’s recent Christmas celebration put on by the Arapaho-Butler Junior 4-H Club and Clover Buds.

The Custer County Election Board stated Clinton residents who are unregistered to vote and wish to cast their ballot in the upcoming Special Election on Jan. 14 must register to do so by Friday, Dec. 20.

Berrong selected for Mayors Council

The Mayors Council of Oklahoma (MCO) Board of Directors has selected four new members to join the board, and among them is Clinton’s Mayor David Berrong.

CDN | Michael Maresh

The H.O.S.T. Ministries Church at 605 Avant will be holding a Christmas Community Meal from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 14. Organizers say everyone is welcome and residents can either eat at the church or take the food with them. All will receive a fruit snack. Preparing from left are Pastor Leonard Jackson, Jeff Waffle, Pastor Wilma Jackson, Robin Crosby and Lynn Randle.

CDN | Michael Maresh

Fifth-grade student Leah Fanshier plays the piano, while Southwest Elementary music teachers Hope Miller, left, and Krisha Ticer help. Fanshier made Children’s All-State Choir and will compete in Tulsa. Fanshier said she tried real hard this past year, and the honor was more special because she was competing against older students through the eighth grade.

Hillary Barnes

Five educators in the Clinton Public Schools system have been nominated for district-wide Teacher of the Year honors. Among the honorees, who have already been named Teacher of the Year for their respective school sites are Hillary Barnes, Nance Elementary; Rhett Blundell, Clinton Middle School; Katie Ferrell, Washington Elementary; Sherrie Johnson, Clinton High School; and Aleksi Richert, Southwest.

Tech in motion

Clinton shop teacher Greg Granger, left, and Jose Morales send Pinewood cars down a powered track at Wednesday’s Technical Student Association in which many nearby school districts attended at the Frisco Center.

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