CHICKASHA – A magical, 2019-2020 season pushed at least into Friday of the area tournament for the No. 17 Arapaho-Butler girls’ basketball team (19-9 overall).

WEATHERFORD – After watching its 10-point lead slowly shrink down to a 48-45 advantage late in the fourth quarter, the No. 16 Clinton boys’ basketball team (16-9 overall) needed to squash Weatherford’s momentum to finish off a tough, road playoff win Thursday night.

SUNDAY

MARCH 1

MEETING: Sunrise AA meets at Mission House, 300 S. 7th St. Meets every Sunday. 8 p.m.

MONDAY

MARCH 2

The Oklahoma Senate hit our first major deadline of the 2020 legislative session – all Senate bills must have been heard in committee by Feb. 27 in order to be considered on the Senate floor.

I’ve had several bills pass through committee that are now awaiting a vote by the full Senate.

Dear readers,

We have been so busy these past few weeks.

W Early this month we got to miss school because of snow.

I love school, but I love snow more.

The cafeteria ladies served heartshaped chicken nuggets for lunch on Valentine’s Day.

In today’s Clinton Daily News is a special publication titled “Proud to Live in Clinton!”

From cover to cover, the 64-page magazine is filled with items that continue to make Clinton the Hub City of western Oklahoma.

EDMOND

Palmer, Richard Andrew: 70, researcher, died Feb. 21. Services 10 a.m. Monday (Matthews, Edmond).

Roberts, Virginia L.: 75, died Feb. 25. Celebration of life 10 a.m. Tuesday (Matthews, Edmond).

LOOKEBA

Your teenager is probably super excited for spring break right about now. And you know what? They should be!

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have just started another semester at college. So far, it has been decent. The courses I am taking are a bit more challenging, but at least I have really good professors.