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Canadian Valley Art Guild will host award-winning impressionistic landscape plein air artist Polly Sharp during a demonstration set for April 12 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Yukon.

Several of her pieces of work have won awards at the Canterbury Arts Festival, Edmond Art Association, Oklahoma Watercolor, Oklahoma Art Guild, Bartlesville Art Association, Grove Brush & Palette, Art on Main in Jenks and Oklahoma Artists Invitational.

The event is open to the public.

Splitting both its home and road doubleheaders against National Park allowed Redlands Community College’s baseball team to snap an 11-game losing streak.

The Cougars remain in last place in the NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 standings at 4-12 after beating National Park 2-0 and 4-2 in the opening games of both twinbills.

Redlands dropped the second game of each set by scores of 8-0 and 3-0 to take a 15-23 overall record into a four-game set with South Arkansas College.

The latest collaboration between El Reno Public Schools and Redlands Community College brought together the cross country programs for both as hosts for the inaugural Twister Trek 5K.

Sixty-seven runners signed up for the race, which was switched from a traditional cross country-style course to a road race around Lake El Reno and through parts of Adams Park.

Power of 100 Canadian County, a local charity that is focused on purposeful giving in the county, will hold its next event at 6 p.m. Monday, April 11 at the Palace Event Center.

The gathering is expected to boost Power of 100 Canadian County’s charitable contributions to exceed the amount of $100,000, since it originated in 2020.

Tammy McKee, one of the founding members and current president, said the organization expects to top the 200-member mark.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is facilitating cities and counties along historic Route 66 to offer them a new way to spruce up their section of the historic highway ahead of the Mother Road’s 2026 centennial.

ODOT’s Traffic Division recently released pavement marking guidelines to local governments that have sections of Route 66 on state or federal highways within their jurisdiction.

Redlands Community College is preparing for fall classes early with a pair of April events designed to make the transition to classes easier.

Concurrent Enrollment

Parents interested in learning how their high school students can benefit from and register for concurrent enrollment courses are invited to attend an information session at Redlands Community College on April 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

A newly convicted murder accomplice has been accused of hiding a weapon for another violent inmate at the Canadian County Jail.

Johnathon Reese Erickson, 30, was charged March 8 in Canadian County District Court with accessory to possess contraband in jail.

Fellow Canadian County inmate Bryan Leonard Snodgrass, 24, was charged the same day with bringing contraband into a jail/penal institution.

The felony charges stem from a Feb. 14 incident at the Canadian County jail.

Commissioner Marc Hader said he will seek an additional term for the office of Canadian County Commissioner District 1.

The area covers central and northeastern Canadian County, including all or parts of Piedmont, Yukon, El Reno, Okarche and Calumet.

“Following through on my promised goals of fiscal restraint and government modernization, tempered with private sector common sense, I am proud to say that we are not spending every tax dollar we collect unlike many other levels of government,” Hader said in announcing his bid for re-election.