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Eric Palmer, 33, defeated Ronnie Funck, 74, in the El Reno School Board Office No.3 race, winning every precinct.

Palmer and Funck faced off in the Tuesday runoff. The two were the top vote-getters in the earlier February election that also featured Roberta Hamilton.

Palmer is employed with Gemini Coatings in El Reno. He is involved in customer service and financial matters at the employee-owned business.

Both Palmer and Funck are graduates of El Reno High School.

A process has been proposed designed to streamline the way Canadian County government officials make certain purchases.

Commissioners are moving ahead with plans to implement a County Purchase Card Program.

County officers and department directors discussed the proposal at the commissioners March 27 meeting. Commissioners approved a letter of participation to implement the program at their April 3 meeting.

District 1 Commissioner Tomas Manske likes the idea of having a p-card for certain county purchases from companies that don’t accept purchase orders.

Eastbound and westbound Interstate 40 will have short-term ramp closures and will be intermittently narrowed at interchanges between the Texas state line and Yukon for the installation of wrong-way warning systems, pavement markers, signage and upgraded striping at interchanges along the western half of I-40.

OKLAHOMA CITY  - Oklahoma law does not give the State Board of Education (SBE) the ability to make administrative rules without proper direction from the state Legislature, Attorney General Gentner Drummond recently ruled in a formal opinion. 

“It is well settled that an agency may only exercise the powers expressly given by statute,” the opinion states. “An agency cannot expand those powers by its own authority.”    
Drummond commented on the opinion, saying the content of the rules are irrelevant to the issue of whether proper authority exists to issue them.

LAWSUITS

Thasha Bravo vs. Blake Raney for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Discover Bank vs. Melissa Jayne Shelton for $12,680.46 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. John Wood and Debra Wood for $25,517.98 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma State Department of Health’s Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP) is seeking input from private and public agencies, organizations, citizens and consumers to monitor and enhance development of a comprehensive, statewide child abuse prevention plan.

OCAP requests input from individuals, both parents and professionals, who can provide feedback by completing a brief, 10-minute online survey.