Making preparations

School maintenance worker Bradley Rhodes operates the district’s Clorox-360 disinfecting machine in the band hall at Clinton High School.

 

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister called an emergency meeting of the State Board of Education for 4 p.m. Monday to authorize the closure of all Oklahoma schools beginning March 17 and lasting until April 6.

It’s a jungle out there

Kids from Clinton’s Big Five Head Start program who dressed up as animals for “Dr. Seuss Week” included, front row from left (sitting), Mahi Patel as Minnie Mouse; Evalina Martinez, bunny; and Giovanni Hernandez, dinosaur; and back row, Thiago Mitchell, raccoon, Maricel Bonilla, Minnie Mouse; and Jonathan Gonzales as a tiger.

Associate District Judge Jill Weedon greeted visitors with a tape measure during Monday’s Custer County Commissioners Meeting in Courtroom 1 of the Custer County Courthouse in Arapaho.

Following guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, skilled nursing facilities and long-term care facilities in Clinton have suspended all medically unnecessary visits indefinitely while the state works to contain the COVID-19 virus.

New park playground in the wings

Dismantling an old swing set at McLain Rogers Park to make room for some new playground equipment are City of Clinton employees Dave Wedel, at left, and Charles Jones.

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An emergency State Board of Education was to be conducted at 4 p.m. today to authorize closure of all Oklahoma schools. The closure period was expected to begin March 17 and last until at least April 6.

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