The Odessa Record - Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!

REARDAN - Clay Soliday was recognized for his 50-year tenure on the town council during the town's annual ice cream social at the park, Tuesday Sept 19.

Soliday, along with 23-year fellow town council veteran Shad Vincent, didn't file for re-election in this November's general election and won't return to a council where they've spent a combined 73 years together.

Mayor Gail Daniels presented Soliday with an American flag and engraved flagpole.

"I have Clay on speed dial because he has more knowledge about what's going on in this town than anyone else," Daniels said.

Soliday said it was a...