Canadian County commissioners have agreed to sell the old county fairgrounds on North Country Club Road while investing in renovations to create more usable space at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center.
Commissioners determined the county’s fair board secretary will get a new office inside the county’s $20 million Expo venue at 3001 Jensen Road East, which opened in July 2021.
El Reno High School May Students of the Month are Annie Kerr, Ashley Gonzales, Jasmin Caso, Caleb Wiyninger, Alejandra De La Torre, Davin Shamblin, Antonio Baxcajay, and Gavyn Bracken.
Members of the Calumet FFA Chapter won first-place honors in the state FFA milk quality and products career development event during the 2024 Oklahoma FFA Interscholastics held May 4 at Oklahoma State University.
Team members are Tina Ortiz, Summer Goff, Aspen Burns and Kieran Lunsford.
In individual rankings, Ortiz, Goff and Burns earned third-, fourth- and sixth-place honors, respectively.
Calumet agricultural education instructor and FFA adviser is Phillip Major.
MaryAnne Whetstone, 2019 El Reno High School valedictorian, recently graduated with dual majors from the University of Oklahoma.
She earned a bachelor of science in education, Magna Cum Laude, from the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education as well as a bachelor of arts in political science, Magna Cum Laude, from the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences.
After mission work overseas this summer, Whetstone plans to teach in the Oklahoma City metro area next fall.
