Many seniors enrolled in Medicare Part D prescription drug plans will face premium and other cost increases next year, said Keri Divis of Clinton’s Opportunities, Inc., if they don’t switch to lower-cost plans during the open enrollment period which ends Dec. 7.
This weekend is “Small Business Saturday,” when businesses and communities all across the nation encourage citizens to support their local economies when doing their holiday shopping.
Two new Clinton police officers have completed a required 16-week basic academy in Ada conducted by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training. They are Joseph Dunegan, left, and Paul Sperle, center. Sharing pride at their graduation was Police Chief Paul Rinkel, right.
Art students taking their sketch books to draw outside on one of the season’s last warm days are, from left, Kennedy Thomas, Bella Gilliam, Arissa Wraspir and Luke Brown.
FRIDAY
NOVEMBER 29
DANCE: American Legion dance at the Legion Hall on U.S. 183, entry by donation. 7 p.m - 10 p.m.
BETHANY Maddox, Donald Keith: 81, Western Electric machinist, died Nov. 24. Services were Wednesday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). CORDELL Wedel, Jessie Marie: 88, nurse, died Nov. 25. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday, First Baptist Church (Ray and Martha’s, Cordell).
Employees of Shepherd Home Health and Hospice held a food drive to help their clients during the holiday season.
Learning the art of cooking a Thanksgiving turkey are Family & Consumer Science students, from left, Lindsay Brien, Maria Lovelace and Brooklyn Atchley.
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready has issued an order authorizing Providence Washington Insurance Company (PWIC), a Rhode Island-based insurance company, to submit its Insurance Business Transfer (IBT) Plan to the District Court of Oklahoma County for approval.
The next ombudsman volunteer training course will be held from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5 at the SWODA Building, 420 Sooner Drive in Burns Flat. The second day of training will be held at a later date, said SWODA Area Agency on Aging Ombudsman Supervisor Cherrie Nutley.