Next November Oklahomans will be able to set their own health care destiny. They’ll get a chance to rescue the state’s rural hospitals and provide the economy with an able-bodied workforce.

CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL

Apart of Christmas tradition in Clinton is hearing the bells ring as volunteers encourage people to fill the Mission House’s red buckets.

If you’re pruning evergreen trees or if it’s after the holiday season and you’ve got a real Christmas tree or wreath to dispose of, try upcycling them into a sidewalk cover.

DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently learned that one of my neighbors lost his job and is about to be evicted. It turns out, he hasn’t had electricity in his apartment for more than a year. Who knew? I feel horrible. I could have cooked him a hot meal or been more attentive.

Dear Doctor: Our dad’s left eye and the side of his face started to droop suddenly, and it seemed like he’d had a stroke. The doctor says it’s actually Bell’s palsy. What is that?

DEAR ABBY: I have a very toxic relationship with my older sister. I still live at home, although I’ll be leaving for college in a few years. Abby, she has been emotionally abusing me for years. It got so bad at one point that I considered suicide.

The Clinton basketball team returns to the floor for its second games of the season at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday against Tuttle. The Lady Reds start off the night, and Dalton Denney, pictured, and the CHS boys’ team will follow.

During Clinton soccer’s greatest run in program history, it’s sent graduated stars to numerous Oklahoma colleges and even outside the state’s borders.

Clinton head wrestling coach Rob Pitman anticipated 18 kids would fill out the brackets at the Blanchard Tournament, which began Friday and finishes up today.

Services will be held for Alberta Smith, 85, formerly of Clinton, at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Peace Lutheran Church in Bessie.

She died Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, in Topeka, Kan.