CENTRAL
Arcadia: June 27.
Elevation above average, water 72 and stained.
Blue and channel catfish excellent on cut bait, live shad and stinkbait around channels, coves, dam and points. Crappie slow on hair jigs and jigs around brush structure, dam and docks.
Close to two dozen people involved in the television and film industry in Oklahoma toured El Reno recently, guests of the newly created El Reno TV and Film Commission.
Steve Maddox, who helped create the local effort, organized and led the tour. The producers, directors and others involved in television and film met at the Elks Lodge on a Friday evening.
Kenny Haydon of Midwest Bus drove the group around town while Maddox explained what El Reno offers for TV and film.
“I was nervous about pulling off our first mixer,” Maddox said.
Canadian County should put any funds it receives as part of the American Rescue Plan into the search for a permanent water source.
Marc Hader, District 1 commissioner, made the statement at last week’s Legislative Breakfast put on by the El Reno Chamber of Commerce.
Hader, along with Sen. Lonnie Paxton, R-Tuttle, and Steve Carson, representative for U.S. Sen. James Lankford, addressed the audience at Redlands Community College.
Inmates caused damage to lights at the Canadian County Jail and action is being taken to help resolve the issue.
Canadian County commissioners recently gave their blessing to upgrade the lighting system in the older section of the county jail.
Voss Lighting will provide and install the new system for $42,500.
“The old lighting system – we have some destructive inmates and we’re constantly repairing these lights,” Canadian County Sheriff’s Sgt. Doug Gerten said.
“They’re basically tearing them apart.”
El Reno Police Officer S. Dowdle and his K9 partner Rocco assisted Canadian County sheriff’s deputies with a traffic stop on Interstate 40. The stop took place on June 20.
Police reports said Rocco indicated drugs were present in the vehicle. Police said a search of the vehicle turned up approximately 238 pounds of marijuana and $22,000 in cash.
Reports did not release the names of the suspects involved in the bust.
El Reno High School’s volleyball program was greeted with its largest turnout for a youth skills camp as 71 campers took part in three days worth of fundamentals training as well as team-building games and competitions.
The camp was held in two sessions and was broken up by experience level.
LAWSUITS
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Andrew Scheidemantel for $13,947.96 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Stephen Tiger for $17,074.57 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Travis Pease for $29,050.64 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Park Place Estates LLC vs. Mueller Inc. for $22,405.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
While she’s not in the cab of a combine, Lindsey Von Tungeln-Vise is keeping a close eye on every bushel of hard red winter wheat coming out of the fields her family has been cutting.
Using close to a dozen cell phone applications at one time from the cab of her pickup, Von Tungeln-Vise can see how much grain each transport truck delivers to the elevator in Geary.
