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Ken Turner of El Reno was the winner of a quilt raffled off at the 2022 Canadian County Free Fair by the Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education.

The quilt was made using the blocks from the 2021 Quilt Block Challenge Contest. They were put together, sewn and quilted by Connie Cook of Yukon. Approximately $1,200 was raised, with all proceeds benefiting the Canadian County OHCE High School Scholarship Fund.

Canadian County OHCE awards two $500 scholarships to graduating Canadian County seniors every year.

A Quilt Block Challenge Contest was featured at the 2022 Canadian County Free Fair, sponsored by Canadian County Oklahoma Home and Community Education.

Winners were determined by viewers choice voting, with proceeds from the purchase of the designated fabric benefiting the Canadian County OHCE HighSchool Scholarship Fund.

Winners were Macrae Putnam, first place; Christy Lee, second place; Patricia Smith, third place; Georganne Chapman, fourth place; and Cheryl Peebles, fifth place.

The Canadian County Sheriff’s Office has issued a warning to people who may be approached by scam artists.

The sheriff's office said a new scam targeting individuals wanting them to purchase eBay cards, gift cards or similar cards is being reported.

These scams involve using sheriff’s office emails to target victims into purchasing various cards and providing the card numbers to the scammers. These emails are spoofed and are not from the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Taylor Dawn Isbell, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $145.

James Wesley Welch, Oklahoma City, failure to appear warrant, $145.

Timothy Leon McBrayer, Clinton, speeding, $165.

Luis Saul Moreno Reyes, El Reno, speeding, $185.

Chance Bell, Atoka, driving under suspension, $395.

Aaron Lee Ash, El Reno, speeding and inattentive driving resulting in collision, $340.

Jarrod R. Brown, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295

LAWSUITS

The road continues to be a hard opponent to overcome for El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team as the Indians went 1-2 in the recent Shawnee Festival.

El Reno slipped to 1-4 in road games and 5-5 on the season after losing to Deer Creek (15-1) and Claremore (4-3).

The victory in Shawnee was a 26-2 trouncing of Del City.

The Claremore loss came close to a win as El Reno left the tying run at third base in the bottom of the seventh inning.

Down by three, Kaydence Pawnee hit a lead-off double and scored on a two-bagger by Ryah Hardy.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team, ranked 16th in Class 5A, ran into several ranked teams en route to a 1-3 record in the recent Weatherford Classic.

The Indians slipped to 6-5 on the season after losing to Class 3A’s 16th-ranked Southwest Covenant School (2-0) and sixth-ranked Corn Bible Academy (2-0) in pool play, followed by a 2-1 loss to Class 5A’s Elgin.

El Reno defeated Clinton in pool play by scores of 25-22/24-12.

El Reno High School’s football team was on the road Friday night at Piedmont in the second of three non-district games.

El Reno’s junior high football squads opened the season last week with the seventh grade losing 22-12 to Elk City and the eighth grade winning 42-22.