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A construction crew hired by Preservation El Reno is making steady progress to replace the roof at the historic Canadian County Jail.

The nonprofit is raising funds to make upgrades and repairs to the 117-year-old building, which they plan to turn into a museum and education center.

Amy Neathery, a member of the El Reno City Council and an attorney, serves as president of Preservation El Reno.

Last week she encouraged Canadian County officials to sign rafter boards before they are installed on the new roof.

Ken and Donna Posey are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple met in the fall of 1963 at Central State University in Edmond.

They were married Sept. 19, 1964, in Marlow Central High Baptist Church and moved to El Reno in the fall of 1965.

Posey taught English and reading and coached football, basketball and EHS golf. Donna taught second and third grades at Lincoln Elementary.

The couple have two children, Lance and Lanae.

At the 2024 State Fair of Oklahoma, The Pride of El Reno won 5A Band Competition, first place, 5A Drum Major, first place, 5A Color Guard, first place, and 5A Drum Line, second place.

Several Canadian County students were honored recently by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarship support for the 2024-2025 academic year.

These scholarships are part of the more than $1.8 million that students receive from the Ferguson College and its academic departments.

Students from all areas of study are considered for university scholarships, which can be combined with college and departmental opportunities. 

Ed and Barbara Zweiacher hosted visitors from Switzerland last week. 

Katja Zweiacker and Bjorn Schmid were traveling on Route 66 from Flagstaff, Ariz., to Chicago and stopped to visit in El Reno.

They are from Jegenstorf, Switzerland, where Ed’s grandfather came from. All the Zweiackers trace their lineage to Jegenstorf, Ed said. 

Madison Basler, 11, and Abby Bass, 10, will appear in the Southwest Playhouse production of the beloved musical which opened Friday, Sept. 20 and runs for two weekends. 

Madison is co-starring as the title character in the show and Abby is performing with the ensemble as an orphan and member of Fagin’s lovable gang of pickpockets. 

Madison and Abby have both lived in El Reno all their lives, and became involved with Clinton’s Southwest Playhouse theater last year. They appeared in The Sound of Music in 2023 and Fiddler on the Roof earlier this year.

The ground is turning colors of yellow and brown on ranches, farms and fields and for lawns and water supplies. Dust devils swirl in the September wind.

The extreme drought returned to Canadian County in mid-September. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s U.S. Drought Monitor showed the western part of Canadian County bordering the extreme drought areas.

Blaine County and areas to the west were under extreme drought conditions.

Making a late push for one of the top two spots in the district standings and hosting rights for the regional round of the playoffs, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team defeated Noble 10-6 last week.

The Bears, who defeated El Reno six days earlier, entered the game in the second spot in the District 5A-1 standings. The Indians win edged EHS closer to that spot at 7-3 with two games left in the league hunt – road games at Piedmont and Carl Albert.