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Chatting about sanctioned races to drag boat drivers, you hear terms like time trial, reaction and dial-in times.

However, ask those same drivers about Outlaw-style events such as the recent Smoke on the Water, and the terminology usually shrinks to one simple word – speed.

“I do like Outlaw-style racing because you never know how fast anybody really is going compared to sanctioned races. Everyone turns them (engines) up,” said Mike King from Chouteau.

Education was the dominant theme last week as the El Reno Chamber of Commerce hosted a Legislative Breakfast.

The event drew an audience of more than 100 to the conference center at Redlands Community College.

In his opinion, Rep. Dick Lowe said the most important piece of legislation passed at the Oklahoma State Capitol this past session dealt with school safety.

“It’s not if it’s going to happen, it’s when it’s going to happen,” Lowe told the audience at last week’s El Reno Chamber of Commerce Legislative Breakfast.

The school safety measure carves out $150 million over a three-year period as part of the more than $5 billion education package approved by lawmakers.

Canadian County CASA - Court Appointed Special Advocates Inc. - welcomed its newest volunteers, Joe Anderson and Heather McCarty, who made the commitment to give their time to help abused and neglected children in our community. Judge Bob Hughey swore in the new volunteers.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Trait Thompson, executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, was appointed to the Route 66 Centennial Commission by President Joe Biden.

Congress established the Commission to study and make recommendations on how to celebrate the centennial anniversary of Route 66 in 2026.

Chiggers are a nuisance during the summer months. The little red mites feed on leaves and humans, irritating the skin with itchy, inflamed bites.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Micheal Bergstrom, R-Adair, said he was excited about the thousands of new jobs and multibillion-dollar investment that will come with Mansion Entertainment Group's announcement of a new theme park, the American Heartland Theme Park and Resort, that will be built on Route 66 in Vinita, just west of Grand Lake.

Pictured is a farmer harvesting a field of wheat last month south of Calumet.

This season’s winter wheat harvest was delayed due to heavy rains in the month of June throughout Canadian County.