NORTHEAST
Eucha: Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 85°F and murky.
Largemouth bass good on buzz baits, plastic baits, spinnerbaits and topwater lures around coves, shallows and shorelines. Crappie slow on minnows around brush structure. Bluegill, green and redear sunfish good on minnows around shallows.
Canadian County’s $20 million fairgrounds will soon be hopping with the annual free fair.
This will mark the third year the fair will be presented at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East.
Since opening in July 2021, the Expo and Event Center has remained steadily busy with event bookings.
The 69th Annual Canadian County Fair is set for Aug. 23-26.
Expo Center Director Mandy Davis provided information about the upcoming fair to Canadian County commissioners.
Citing the high cost and better use of taxpayer money, Canadian County commissioners agreed not to allocate funds to refurbish the historic county jail.
After reviewing two proposals from roofing contractors, construction manager Erick Westfahl said a proposed restoration/stabilization project, as recommended by an engineer, would cost $448,292. The preliminary estimate was $550,000 to replace the roof, shore up the structure and restore the exterior, along with sheathing, masonry repairs and sanitation cleanup.
The Canadian County Clerk’s Office has launched an effort to benefit citizens seeking public documents.
Two companies have submitted proposals for County Clerk Sherry Murray’s image scanning and enhancement project.
“My goal is to enhance all the images – your mortgage deeds, oil deeds, anything like that,” Murray said.
The champion of the 2023 El Reno High School Softball Invitational will have to wait a few days before being crowned after Mother Nature halted play in the final game.
El Reno trailed Enid 3-1 in the bottom of the second inning when play was suspended.
“We are going to finish it when we go to Enid and then play another game after that,” said El Reno head coach Jason Little.
El Reno had two hits when play was suspended, one each from Iliana Ashford and Maddie Moss. Ashford scored on a sacrifice groundout by Kaydence Pawnee.
El Reno High School’s football program held its first day of padded preseason drills in near 100-degree temperatures Friday at Memorial Stadium.
The Indians will host Elk City Friday night in their only preseason scrimmage with junior high teams starting at 5 p.m., with the varsity to follow around 6:30 p.m.
El Reno had an extra week of preseason workouts before opening up the 2023 season on Tuesday at Tecumseh.
El Reno will host its annual tournament on Saturday inside Jenks Simmons Field House.
Calumet High School’s baseball team made quick work of Arapaho-Butler’s pitching staff in its 2023 season opener, cranking out 13 hits en route to a 20-0 run-rule victory.
The Chieftains went 13-of-25 (.520) from the plate with six doubles and a home run. Calumet took advantage of 11 walks against three strikeouts. Logging doubles for CHS were Kaleb and Kyler Thiessen, Derrick Krantzman, Kingston Arnold, Hunter Navanick and Carson Cooper. Brendon Voss recorded a homer for one of his two base hits.
