Testing new park
Performing on stage
Clinton volleyball ends season in first round
Avoiding the defender
‘Trade Winds’ snuffed out
CHS trainers provide assistance

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Rising Stars

No. 9 Parker Turney

Clinton’s Cruz Gamboa

Clinton’s Cruz Gamboa wraps up the Kingfisher ballcarrier during the Whirlwinds’ home game against the Yellowjackets at the Tornado Bowl.

Columns & Opinions

Two things can be true at once. Here are two things that are true about this year’s presidential race: One, Donald Trump is the most fundamentally unfit presidential candidate ever nominated by a major party. He’s a congenital liar, a dangerous demagogue, a convicted felon who has long shown contempt for the Constitution and has increasingly shown symptoms of psychological instability. Worse even than all that, he was the only sitting president in U.S. history to attempt to illegally, violently retain power after losing an election. For the good of the country — and virtually regardless of the electoral alternative — America must not return Trump to office.

• With nearly 10 million cut flowers sold every day, knowing where flowers are grown for your bouquets and arrangements is important. Most flowers come from faraway places like Africa, South America and Europe, where fields of colorful blooms are grown in monocultures that are far from eco-friendly. A new directory called Slow Flowers has more than 850 farmer and florist members who use domestically grown “farm to vase” materials. Learn more at slowflowers.com.

Obituaries

Funeral services for George Lafayette Hendrix, 90, of Ponca City, were held today at Ponca City.

A memorial service for William Henry Malone, 77, Clinton resident, will be at 1:00pm. Saturday 19th at the Custer Avenue Church of Christ, 2601 Custer Ave. A viewing will held Friday, from 1 to 6 pm. at the Southeast Church of Christ, 900 S Glenn Smith Rd.