DEAR HARRIETTE: When you first look at me, you probably cannot tell that I am biracial. I am definitely white passing. I have very fair skin and straight hair. I don't really feel the need to tell new people in my life that I am half-Black unless it comes up naturally in conversation.
•A running toilet not only wastes around 200 gallons of water a day (which comes to about 6,000 gallons per month!) but it also -- on average -- can cost you an extra $100 on your monthly water bill. To find out if your toilet has a leak, add a few drops of food dye in the tank of the toilet. If any of the color in the tank makes its way into the water in the bowl before flushing, you have a leak. Now fix it: DIY kits are easy to use, and there are tutorials online that can guide you through the process step by step.
The municipal filing period is over and all three incumbents failed to draw an opponent.
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Here's your preview of Wednesday's CDN
- Commissioners discuss recent flood damage
- WPLS, OU grad students collaborate
- Candidate filing update
- Police searching for suspect facing assault, other charges
- Reds summer baseball defeats Apache, 8-1
Summer Playground students learning to make lava cake in TNT (This and That) from left are Isaiah Snider, Nevin Hines, Izaias Wrapir and Jayden McCoy. CDN
Custer County Commissioners took no action on two major agenda items Monday but did give updates on flood damage received due to recent rains received in the area.
According to the Custer County Election Board, as of press time Tuesday, only incumbent David Berrong had filed for election as Clinton’s mayor.
This past Thursday, the Western Plains Library System office in Clinton received a visit from University of Oklahoma graduate students who are part of the Library and Information Studies program at the university.
The Clinton Police Department has a warrant out for the arrest of Billy Joe Hall, 40, of Clinton, for alleged domestic abuse, larceny, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and malicious injury to property after responding to a domestic incident in the 400 block of South Eighth Street on June 1.