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Three candidates for an El Reno School Board seat fielded questions, some prepared in advance and others from the audience, at a forum last week leading up to the Feb. 14 primary election.

While the primary election is this coming Tuesday, if no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two candidates will proceed to the school board general election set for April 4.

A candidate who receives a majority vote of 50 percent, plus one, on Feb. 14 will be elected, according to information on the website of the Oklahoma School Board Association.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two Canadian County school leaders traveled to the nation’s capital to attend an Advocacy for Public Schools Conference and Educational Equity Symposium.

Board of Education members Suzanne Cannon of Yukon Public Schools and Dorrie Parrott of El Reno Public Schools are Area 10 representatives on the Oklahoma State School Boards Association (OSSBA).

The two were among 14 OSSBA members who traveled to Washington, D.C., from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1 for the conference and symposium.

Canadian County restaurant owners - along with local leaders and residents - want voters to decide whether the county’s 38-year-old Sunday alcoholic beverage sales restriction should be removed.

Since 1985, the sale of liquor by the drink before 2 p.m. on Sunday has been prohibited in the county.

Several dozen people attended last week’s commissioners meeting, with everyone who spoke publicly voicing support for changing the liquor rule to match Oklahoma state law.

Canadian County commissioners have been asked to call an election on proposed changes to the county’s liquor rules restricting Sunday sales.

But commissioners are limited on when such an election can be called for voters to decide the issue. As it stands now, the countywide vote couldn’t be held until March 2024.

Since 1985, it has been illegal for any business in Canadian County to sell liquor by the drink before 2 p.m. on Sunday.

Special donations were made to three local nonprofits in honor of Margaret “Sue” Terneus, former El Reno Public Schools special education teacher. Terneus died Dec. 25, 2021.

Sue was an EHS special education teacher for more than 20 years. Her husband, John Terneus, a retired El Reno Public Schools teacher, made special donations in memory of his wife.

The Canadian County OSU Extension Office will assist with the creation of the newest Oklahoma Cattlewomen’s Association Chapter in Canadian County. The kickoff and social will be held on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Canadian County Education Building located on the old fairgrounds at 220 N. Country Club Road.

Canadian County Cattlewomen’s Association extends an invitation to all area cattlewomen.

The three main pillars of Oklahoma Cattlewomen’s Association include beef promotion, education and legislation.

CLINTON — Residents of this western Oklahoma town are getting a taste of life without a hospital.

For Eric Walker, that means treating the rash on his amputated leg on his own. For Eli Colston, it means an ambulance trip 15 to 30 minutes longer for his epileptic seizures, which occur once every three weeks or so.

For the 32 cancer patients who were receiving care at Clinton Regional Hospital, it has meant looking elsewhere for life-saving chemotherapy infusions.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Bill Coleman said he will be signing on as the Senate author of fellow Ponca City Republican Rep. Ken Luttrell’s House Bill 1027 to legalize sports betting in Oklahoma. Coleman said the change would be an economic boon for the state.