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Canadian County CASA Inc. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recently welcomed its newest volunteers.

Leilani Labourdette and Jimiesha Longerbeam made the extraordinary commitment to give their time to help abused and neglected children in their local communities.

Canadian County Associate District Judge Bob Hughey swore in the new volunteers on July 10. They have been appointed to their first CASA cases and are excited to become valuable advocates for children in need.

Two Canadian County homeowners were identified as alleged victims in a four-county investigation by the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office.

Ted Randall Webb, age 51, was charged July 18 with eight counts of Violation of the Consumer Protection Act and one count of pattern of criminal offenses.

The defendant is accused of bilking customers of his roofing business out of $59,272.53 over a five-month span in 2023. He allegedly committed criminal acts in Canadian, Oklahoma, Cleveland and Tulsa counties.

Seventy-nine of the 140 descendants of Elmo and Agnes Finnigan gathered for their annual reunion recently at Roman Nose State Park. 

Attending were their children, Tim and Danella Finnigan, Pat and Cheryl Finnigan, Willie and Kathleen Finnigan Baeriswyl, Peggy Finnigan Wahweah, Terry and Lorie Finnigan and Jimmy and Sheila Finnigan Cowan.

Master Gardener training classes start this fall, with many of the lessons taught by Extension specialists from OSU-Stillwater in the field of horticulture. Topics range from entomology to water conservation. A complete 2025 class schedule can be found on the Canadian County OSU Extension website: https://extension.okstate.edu/county/canadian/master-gardener.html.

Christy Eichholz, president of Chapter AE of International Philanthropic Education Organization, hosted the group’s July meeting at a local coffee shop.

Karen Pappas served as co-hostess.

Other members attending were Robin White-Mahone, Becky Reuter, Margaret Price, Anna Rinehart, Janan Fletcher and Lindsey Vise.

 Vise read minutes from the June meeting, with Pappas giving the treasurer’s report.

The Underwood Club of Oklahoma Home and Community Education met for its July meeting in the home of Vicki Duncan, with Natalia Valenzuela serving as hostess. Other members present were Bernita Davis, Janan Fletcher, Ann Ricketts and Renee’ Schweitzer.

Ricketts opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. Davis read minutes from the previous meeting, while Fletcher gave the treasurer’s report.

Valenzuela read a selection from Daily Devotionals. 

MUNICIPAL COURT

Kari Dale Lacefield, El Reno, disorderly conduct, $595.

Brailyn Pfeifer, El Reno, failure to wear seat restraint, $20.

Susana Gonzalez De Sauz, El Reno, dog at large, $145.

Jerry Privetts, El Reno, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, $850.

Destiny Nicole Walls, Yukon, speeding, $165.

Christian Alexander Medrano, El Reno, expired tag, $165.

Deangelo Phillip Jenkins, El Reno, expired tag, $165.

Stephen Lawrence Potts, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.

With his pit area near the fishing pier at Lake El Reno, Matt Miller has a front row seat of sorts for most passes during the Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races.

Yet when he has his head down working on his boat or being shuttled back and forth between races, the veteran El Reno driver is always listening to the races he can’t see.

“You can tell by the pitch of the motor how many RPMs they’re running if you’re really paying attention. You know when there’s a quick pass being made,” said Miller.

So why such a keen ear?