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There will be no El Reno City Council elections after the two current office holders were the only candidates to file for the offices. The filing period opened Monday morning and closed late Wednesday afternoon.

Amy Neathery will continue as Ward 1 council representative, while Dr. Brian Shafer will continue to serve as the Ward 4 representative.

Both Neathery and Shafer were appointed to fill unexpired terms. They will be sworn in to their new council terms in November, following the general election.

Ward 1 is one year because it was an unexpired term.

Heat may have kept the event from breaking an attendance record, but an estimated 18,000 to 19,000 people still came out to the 2023 Canadian County Free Fair. “Under the Big Top” was the theme of the Aug. 23-26 fair hosted by the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East.

“We had between 18,000 and 19,000,” Canadian County Fair Board Secretary Brad Tipton said.

“Last year was the highest (attendance) we’ve had, but we had cool weather for the fair.”

City of El Reno employee Eric Wilkerson lowers himself in a bucket lift after changing out a red light on the traffic signal at the intersection of Wade and Rock Island recently.

Canadian County Sheriff Chris West said he will seek a third term.

“I’m running for re-election in 2024,” West said. “It’s such an incredible honor to serve as Canadian County sheriff.”

A U.S. Marine Corps veteran and retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol captain, West took office as sheriff in 2017 after winning 71 percent of the vote.

He ran unopposed for a second term in 2020.

During the Canadian County Free Fair Family Night festivities, Lynda Landrith of Yukon was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Canadian County Citizen Award.

Donna Jung, Canadian County Family Consumer Sciences Educator, presented Landrith with a certificate and the winning cookie jar fair entry, made by Sunshine OHCE of Mustang.

Al Harrell of Mustang was winner of a quilt raffled off by the Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education during the Canadian County Free Fair.

Harrell is shown with Donna Jung, Canadian County Family Consumer Sciences Educator.

The quilt was made using the blocks from the 2022 Quilt Block Challenge Contest, and was put together and sewn by Serenity Jennings of El Reno and quilted by Macrae Putnam of El Reno.

Approximately $1,000 was raised with proceeds benefiting the Canadian County OHCE High School Scholarship Fund.

The Ice Cream Freeze-Off was a new contest this year at the Canadian County Free Fair.

Named as champion was Marbi Symes with her butter pecan ice cream.

The trophy was sponsored by Ken Carpenter Auction and Realty.