Commissioners ordered

not to interfere further

Votes on the Cordell hospital
sales tax will be counted and cer-
tied, Associate District Judge
Chris Kelly ruled Thursday.
Kelly issued a temporary re-
straining order not only direct-
ing the votes to be counted and
certied but also prohibiting
Washita County commissioners
and the County Election Board
from interfering further with
the Hospital Tax Question.
Specically, he ordered the Elec-
tion Board to take down a notice
which allegedly had been posted
where absentee ballots are
picked up which advised that the
vote on the hospital tax would be
invalid.
Besides Kellys signature, the
temporary injunction also con-
tained that of former Oklahoma
attorney general Drew Edmond-
son as its preparer. It stated
that he approved it.
Edmondson is now afliated
with the Oklahoma City law
rm of GableGotwals which was
hired Wednesday by the hospi-
tals board of directors to repre-
sent it in the dispute. Presum-
ably, his status as the former
attorney general has no impact
on the validity of the restraining
order.
Judge Kelly also set a hear-
ing for next Thursday at 1:30
p.m. two days after the elec-
tion to determine if the tem-
porary restraining order should
be continued as a temporary
injunction until a nal hear-
ing on the matter. He directed
that the defendants appear and
show cause, if any, why the
restraining order should not be
continued.
The hearing is open to the
public and will be held at the
Courthouse Annex, 1502 N. Mar-
ket, in the north part of Cordell,
which is being used as a tempo-
BY GERALD GREEN
Clinton Daily News
See HOSPITAL, page 2
Just like Democrats, but for
very diferent reasons, Clin-
tonites wont have nearly the
impact they have had in the
past on the selection of the next
District 1 commissioner when
they go to the polls Tuesday.
District 1 folks will be select-
ing their new county commis-
sioner, but this time for the
rst time ever, it will be only
registered Republicans doing
the voting.
Thats because the two candi-
dates who led Wade Anders
of Clinton and Jeremiah Trent
of Arapaho both led as
Republicans, and unlike states
like Virginia, where the No.
3 leader in the U.S. House of
Representatives was voted out
of ofce earlier this month,
Oklahoma does not have open
primaries. That means only
Republicans get to vote in
Republican primaries, so when
no Democrats or independents
led this year in the commis-
sioners race, it meant whoever
wins in Tuesdays two-man
Republican battle will be the
next commissioner.
And even Clintonites who are
members of the GOP will have
less of a say than normal be-
cause redistricting has shifted
many of them into District
3. Once upon a time, and not
so long ago, the entire city of
Clinton was in District 1.
Now, the majority of Clin-
tonites live in District 3 where
Commissioner Lyle Miller did
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See ELECTION, page 4
More than $17,000 in cash and
money orders was found in a car
that Trooper Daniel Mosburg
stopped for going 107 miles per
hour on Interstate 40, but so far
the driver has been charged only
with a couple of misdemeanors.
The driver, 25-year-old Tristin
Mitchell of Hampton Bays, N.Y.,
was charged with possession of
marijuana and driving a motor
vehicle while under the inu-
ence of drugs. The vehicle was a
rented 2014 Chevrolet.
Mitchell has been released on
$1,000 bond. Disposition of the
case is scheduled Aug. 12.
A passenger, also of Hamp-
ton Bays, N.Y., was originally
charged with possession of mari-
juana too, but that charge was
dismissed later because he was
only 17 years old and a minor.
When the charge was originally
led, he too was listed as 25.
In dismissing the charge,
Special District Judge Donna
Dirickson said the district attor-
ney was referring the case to the
Oklahoma Juvenile Authority.
Her note in the court le said the
defendant was being given OJAs
telephone number and ordered
to contact the agency.
The stop was made about 8:45
a.m. June 1 near the Custer City
Road overpass east of Clinton.
In an afdavit of probable
cause, Mosburg wrote that
$11,000 cash was found in the
trunk of the vehicle plus a dozen
$500 Western Union money or-
Tristin Mitchell See JUVENILLE, page 4
Clinton Chamber of Com-
merces Bi-Annual Mem-
bership Luncheon is set
for noon Wednesday in the
Frisco Center front lobby,
said Chamber President
Julie Menge.
Lunch will be $8 a plate
and will be served by Pe-
dros. Menge asked for
reservations to be made by
calling the Chamber ofces
at 323-2222.
The main purpose of
Wednesdays afair will be to
ofcially vote on and wel-
come new Chamber board
members Cody File with Red
Dirt Audio, attorney Juan
Garcia and Kelsi South with
See CHAMBER, page 4
A whirlwind tour of sev-
eral area cattle operations is
planned as part of the Okla-
homa Cattlemens Associa-
tion (OCA) Summer Ranch
Tour Tuesday and Wednes-
day.
Those on the tour will start
out at El Reno with stops
Tuesday at the OKC West
Livestock Auction and the
Redlands Community Col-
lege Royce Ranch and Dar-
lington campus.
The RCC facilities include
an articial insemination
lab, reproduction lab and
arenas used by the colleges
animal science classes and
for the equestrian team,
horse judging team, livestock
judging team and beef team.
At 2:40 p.m. Tuesday, the
tour will stop at Cattleac
Cattle Equipment south of
Weatherford on State High-
way 54. The company has
been owned and operated by
brothers Mitchell and Jackie
Haynes since 1993.
They have custom-built
hydraulic squeeze chutes
and working facilities for sale
barns, vet clinics and individ-
uals all over the country. The
company builds and installs
55 to 75 chutes a year.
Next on the agenda at 4
p.m. will be the SportChassis
plant in Clinton. Founded in
1994 to manufacture ambu-
lances and rescue vehicles,
$17,000 found in 107-mph auto
Cattlemen set to tour
area farms, businesses
Chamber lunch
will vote on 3
board members
See TOUR, page 4
Commissioners race to be decided Tuesday
At long last, there may be something to see soon curbs - at the Robinson Addition
housing development being developed by the City of Clinton south of Commerce
Road. Employees of local cement contractor Jesse Musick were busy this week laying
curbs on one of the three streets, all still unpaved, in the addition. On the left side of
the curb are Todd Collins, front, and Robert Barron, and on the right is Mike Diaz.
CDN | Robert S. Bryan
Curbs going in at Robinson Addition