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During a Wednesday, November 8 afternoon ceremony in Cleveland County, six volunteers took the oath of office to be sworn in as Court Appointed Special Advocates for McClain, Garvin and Cleveland counties. Special Judge Kimberly K. Conyers presided. Swornin were Mark Malthaner, Cindy Merrick, Mary Davis, Rebecca Miller, Debbie McKinney and AJ Payne. They will advocate for those who are victims of child abuse, sexual abuse, and/or neglect. CASA volunteers are trained to discover what is in the best interest of the child and diligently pursue positive outcomes until each child is placed in a safe, permanent home.

City, State and construction officials gathered at 4:30 p.m. Monday at N.E. 16th Street and Portland Avenue for a ground breaking ceremony at the site where the new $51,819,143.58 wastewater treatment plant is being built. From left are: Brandon Wall, P.E., president of Wall Engineering; Newcastle City Manager Kevin Self; council member Kimberly Sutton; council member Marci White; Mayor Karl Nail; Vice-Mayor Mike Fullerton; State Senator Jessica Garvin (R-SD43); council member Gene Reid; Wastewater Plant Manager Nate Shirley; and Public Works Superintendent Jim Miller.

The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce will hold its Annual Awards Banquet at 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday) at Coal Creek Plantation, 210 N. Sara Road in Tuttle.

The Town of Goldsby had to impose a mandatory water rationing for one day a week on outside watering last summer. Mayor Mike Herrin said as bad as things were this summer, you have to expect them to be bad next summer, but the Town is steadily working towards a solution.

Newcastle High School’s Academic Bowl team placed as Runner-Up at Conference on Friday and Runner-Up at Regionals on Saturday. They will now go to the Area Tournament in January. Members of the team, from left, are: Dylan Eaton, Steven Whitmore, Gabriel Thompson, Zaiden Smith, Brody Foster, Angela Tarin, and Payton Wolfe.

The City of Newcastle gave its approval for a new school zone subject to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s approval on State Highway 76 for Shiloh Christian Academy at Woodland Hills Baptist Church.

Last week we learned that during the Vietnam War on September 1, 1966, The American Legion voiced great concern over the fate of our prisoners of war and urged Congress to form a committee to investigate our MIA/POW’s. Today The Legion is still working with Congress and the Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Office for accountability of missing persons. As of 2018, there are still 1,592 military still missing.

McClain- Grady County Emergency Medical Services had 215 total runs for the month of October. Of those, 131 were billed calls, and 84 were non-transport.

With Thanksgiving upon us and Christmas just around the corner, we asked 3rd graders at Newcastle Elementary School to tell us how they would cook a holiday turkey. Here’s what they said:

Summer water rationing will likely repeat next summer, according to Mayor Herrin

With the Thanksgiving holiday approaching, the Newcastle Pacer has asked Newcastle Elementary School third grade students how they would cook a turkey.