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Arcadia: June 5.
Elevation is 1 ft. above normal and stable, water temperature 72°F and stained.
Blue and channel catfish fair on cut bait, hot dogs, shad, shrimp and stinkbait around channels, points, riprap and rocks. Crappie slow on jigs, minnows and tube jigs around brush structure, coves, docks and standing timber.
El Reno opened its arms wide to car enthusiasts at the 25th A Small Town Weekend. Some 8,000 people attended the two-day event last weekend, said Keith Ward, president of the El Reno Cruisers, hosts for the event.
The event was free to spectators looking for family-fun activities. Most action took place at Adams Park along historic Route 66.
“People of all walks of life come out and want to see the old cars and cruise the strip and you know, cook out and just get together,” said Mayor Steve Jensen.
An El Reno man who served Canadian County for more than 40 years is being honored as the first inductee in the Canadian County Junior Livestock Show Hall of Fame.
Ted Mittlestaedt contributed 43 years of service to the Canadian County Fair Board – first as a member and then for 33 years as the secretary.
“Half of my life has been dedicated to the county,” said Mittlestaedt, who retired July 1, 2019.
“I greatly appreciate this honor of being the first inducted into the Fair Board’s Hall of Fame. It means a whole lot to me.”
Add another festival to El Reno’s busy spring and summer schedule as the El Reno Arts Council unveils the inaugural Art Mix on 66: El Reno’s Music and Art Festival.
The event is set for June 24-25 in Adams Park. Organizers say the event will be jam-packed with vendors and entertainment.
Sue Johnson, president of the Arts Council, said the stage in Adams Park will be occupied both days with bands and performers of varying genres.
Canadian County’s four largest cities have received just over $10 million of the county’s $28.8 million federal stimulus awarded for water and sewer projects.
County commissioners approved distributions totaling $10,006,630 of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to these municipalities:
◆ City of Mustang – $2,802,612
◆City of El Reno – $2,438,044
◆ City of Yukon – $3,725,438
◆ City of Piedmont – $1,040,536
The University of Oklahoma has spent more than $1 million investigating claims of bogus financial reports and sexual harassment by David Boren, its former president who stepped down in 2018, but continues to stonewall efforts to make the findings public.
Instead, the university has spent the last two years arguing in court that the Oklahoma taxpayers who funded the investigation have no right to see the resulting documents, and OU officials have even appeared to suggest the state’s Open Records law does not apply to most records at any state-funded agency or entity.
Funeral services for Ella Mae Morton of Anadarko were held June 9 at Concho ERC Center with Rev. Waylan Upchego officiating. Burial was in the Morton Family Cemetery in Geary, under the direction of Turner Funeral Home.
Ella passed away June 4, 2023, in Carnegie. She was born Aug. 15, 1937, in Concho, and grew up in Geary. She graduated from Clinton High School and attended Haskell College in Lawrence, Kan. Ella worked in realty for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Anadarko, where she lived most of her life.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and Judiciary Chairman Brent Howard, R-Altus, said he is pleased the Legislature approved funding to build two new Oklahoma Highway Patrol headquarters in Clinton and Owasso during special session.
The projects will be funded under the newly created Legacy Capital Financing Fund, which allows the state to self-fund major current and future capital needs of state agencies, departments and subdivisions to avoid high bond interest rates.
The El Reno High School Academic Team competed in the National Academic Quiz Tournament recently in Atlanta, Ga.
EHS placed 277 out of 305 teams from across the nation competing in the event.
Riley Ray, a sophomore at EHS, received one of eight Rising Star Awards. Ray ranked 77th out of 1,486 participants in individual competition.
The Kids Hot Wheels Races, sponsored by the El Reno Fire Department, drew several hundred competitors this year bidding for one of three trophies over a series of knockout rounds.
Trophy winners were Bently Melton, David Hudlson and Blake Melvin.
