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On Tuesday, the City of Lawton approved the plans for the new McMahon-Tomlinson Nursing Center that will be located on 52nd Street, across from Atwoods.

The new facility will be state of the art in longterm care, with all residential rooms having views of outdoor garden areas, several outdoor walking areas for residents and their visitors, a large therapy area, and many new modern amenities. In addition, the new McMahon-Tomlinson is planned to have a new, 24-bed memory care unit to better serve those residents needing this type of environment.

The Cancer Centers of Southwest Oklahoma (CCSO) was recently accepted as a member of the Academic and Community Cancer Research United (ACCRU). This association will greatly expand the number of clinical trials available to our physicians and patients. ACCRU is a cancer clinical research group based at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer center.

CCMH would like to congratulate Anthony Clewis for receiving Oklahoma Emergency Medical Technicians' Association's 2012 Basic EMT of the Year.

"I work hard and take pride in maintaining a professional work ethic," said Clewis. "My goal is to go above and beyond for all my patients."

According to Richie Bohach, NREMT-P, EMS Manager, Clewis was nominated because of his high standard of care and professionalism.

The Southwest Oklahoma Growers Association held it's inaugural Tomato Festival last Saturday, July 7. With any first-time event, turnout is always a concern. However, because of the incredible support shown by the community, the festival had amazing participation, more than what was anticipated.

Nearly 1,000 people were in attendance and over 30 entered tomatoes in the tomato competition. More than 70 children entered their original pieces of tomato-themed art in the children's art contest.