-ODOT adopts 8-year plan; lots for here
-Family event will unveil plans for McLain Rogers playground
-15 counties came here for CODA
-A-B school board seat filing set
-Reds meet Elks in short week
Blackburn wins contest
-Plus see local pictures

New technology extinguishes fire

During a training exercise, Clinton fire fighters, from left, Dylan Abner, Eric Hunter and John Denney use a new type of foam to put out a fire.

Plans for the new playground at McLain Rogers Park will be unveiled at a family event to be held from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, at the northwest corner of the park, said Marian Tisdal, one of the project’s organizers.

Fifteen of the 19 counties in the Northwest District of the County Officers and Deputies Association of Oklahoma were represented at last week’s annual meeting of the organization held at the Frisco Center in Clinton.

A new eight-year plan was adopted Monday by commissioners of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, and it has plenty in it for Clinton and Custer County.

Old service station torn down

The former site of Brad’s Auto Sales, on 4th Street near I-40, was cleared this week. A spokesman for the property’s owner, ASAP Energy Inc., said the company currently has no plans for the site that once was a service station.

The Arapaho-Butler Public School Board has announced that the period for filing a declaration of candidacy for the board’s No. 5 seat is set for 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, through Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Speaker lectures on cochlear implants

Clinton students in Western Technology Center’s biomedical program were among those who recently heard a lecture by Southwestern Oklahoma University biological sciences professor Dr. Lisa Boggs. Pictured are, front row from left, Cassidy Blanchard of Clinton; Allyson Rees, Cordell;.

WEDNESDAY

OCTOBER 16

SENIOR EVENT: Quilting at the Senior Citizens Center. This event is open to all seniors. 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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