With another athletic season nearing its end, athletes start to turn their attention toward their future endeavors.

Leading the way to victory

Ryan Butterfield with PSO works on repairing a blown fuse Monday near Modelle Avenue and Gary Boulevard that left several buildings in the area without power for a short time.

Clinton Regional Hospital auxiliary volunteer Lavonne Holmes, left, and Debra Mendez, director of volunteers, puts the finishing touches on one of the Christmas trees at the hospital. The auxiliary sold four trees to be decorated to local businesses for $200 each and four wreathes for $75 each. Mendez said all of the proceeds go back to the hospital. She said in the last 10 years the auxiliary has raised $272,778 for the hospital.

Clinton Noon Lions Club President Greyson Weedon hands out turkeys Monday on Gary Boulevard.

Custer County Associate Judge Donna Dirickson was appointed Friday by Gov. Kevin Stitt as the new district judge for Oklahoma’s Second Judicial District. Dirickson will now act as the judge for the counties of Beckham, Custer, Ellis, Roger Mills, and Washita.