Deputy assisted Weatherford Police Department in the 1500 block of Grandview Dr.

Route 66 memories

Suzan Gill, left, from North Carolina, and Irene Shanley from Florida, take their time to pick which magnet to buy at the Oklahoma Rt. 66 Museum. CDN

Recently, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration is awarding a $2.8 million grant to the city of Weatherford and the Weatherford Industrial Trust, to boost manufacturing, energy and industrial and commercial development by establishing the Weatherford Business and Technology North Park.

Hamburger fry tickets

Emmett Williams, left, holding a paper, WOCS teacher Erin Funk, and Lincoln Williams works on selling her some Hamburger Fry tickets. The event is Friday at the Frisco Center and supports Western Oklahoma Christian School. CDN

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission recently reported that the continued claims fourweek moving average is less than 100,000 for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic started.

Mother-daughter time

Young Jayla Walker stands at the top of the spinning net ball as her mother Hayley Walker holds onto her. CDN

State Rep. Trey Caldwell, R-Lawton, led an interim study recently to discuss the current systems in place for emergency management and ways to improve response time. The study was presented before the House Public Safety committee.

Rock climber

Kayson Castro decides to take on the small rock-climbing task at the new playground at McLain Rogers Park. CDN

The deadline for requesting an Absentee Ballot for the Nov. 3, 2020, General Election, City of Clinton Special Election, City of Weatherford Special Election and Town of Custer City Special Election, is Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. said Ann Brown, Secretary, Custer County Election Board.

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