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Etta Dale names A honor roll students

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Etta Dale
A Honor Roll

Seventh Grade

E’Leighcia Amador, Lilie Arrasmith, Erica Beard, Madison Bigger, Farrah Blackwolf, Cooper Coble, Deyana Cookston, Chevy Darby, Vanessa De La Cruz, Cheyenne Denwalt, Jovany Dominguez, Gracie Ellis, Ella Findley, Olive French, Kevin Garcia, Bryson Garrison, James Gibson, Hollis Gore, Tyren Guzman, Hadley Hall, Kayden Harjo, Kamden Haydon, Holt Hays, Jovanny Hernandez, Mason Hoffman, Victoria Ibarra.

B honor rolls released for Etta Dale

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Etta Dale
B Honor Roll

Seventh Grade

Zasha Alaniz, Ayden Allen, Yadiel Arellano, DeCarlos Banks, Nevaeh Blackowl, Ty Brinsfield, Gisel Cabrera Gomez, Madison Cagle, Emanuel Camacho, Noah Carrillo, Jaylin Chavez, Kalena Chee, Shayla Cline, Colin Cox, Lyzbeth Cox, Brynlee Crawford, Braxton Crone, Noah Curfman, Ruby Curtis, Izzabella Davis, Theron Davis, Kaleb Dennis and Shaelynn Diaz.

RCC names top students

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Redlands Community College recently announced students named to the college’s honor rolls for the spring 2023 semester.

Students listed on the President’s Honor Roll have completed 12 or more credit hours and have earned a GPA of not less than 3.8, with no grade less than a B – excluding 0-level courses.

The Vice President’s Honor Roll includes students who have completed 12 or more hours of coursework and have earned a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79, with no grade less than a C – excluding 0-level courses.

City clears path for Twisters filming

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Twisters is coming to downtown El Reno as well as other areas of the community.

Last week, the city council voted 5-0 to grant a permit to Dirt Road Films, LLC for the production of the expected blockbuster sequel to the original Twister. But there were some caveats to the permit.

Council wants all parties impacted by the expected month-long production to sign off on the plan.

To make that happen, representatives of the film company were expected to meet with officials from MidFirst Bank following the special council meeting held on Thursday.

Beating the weekend heat

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With temperatures pushing into the high 80s and low 90s over the weekend, Lake El Reno became a popular destination for a little fun on the water for fishermen, boaters and personal watercraft.

After a brief cool-down early in the week, temperatures are expected to return to the 90s by the end of the week.

 

 

Chrys Cofran makes a hard turn on his watercraft

Plumbing fixes at juvenile detention center to come with hefty price tag

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A needed upgrade at Canadian County’s juvenile detention center has a hefty price tag.

Jackson Mechanical has proposed performing the plumbing retrofit for $291,650 at the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center, 7905 E. Highway 66.

The detention center was built 25 years ago after Canadian County voters approved an election proposition that established a .35 percent countywide sales tax to fund the construction of a juvenile center and related juvenile programs.

Courthouse project moves to next phase

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An architectural firm will be paid a $260,300 fee to help determine the scope and location of Canadian County’s future courthouse complex.

MA+ Architecture was hired in April to prepare design plans for a new Canadian County Courthouse/Administration Building that would house all judicial and most county government offices.

During the programming phase, the architect team will interview representatives of all Canadian County offices and divisions.

Riding out the storms

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Harvesting equipment for Crowly Farms remained silent over the weekend as rains forced stoppage in the collection process of winter wheat crops.

Owner Mike Crowly says he hopes to get into his fields later this week as farmers are also facing the prospect of greening of their fields interfering with the harvest.

Crowly said the Calumet area had over an inch of weekend rain and more fell on the county Monday.

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