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Health care in rural Oklahoma continues to be impacted by a lack of providers, but a five-year federal grant totaling $2.75 million awarded to Redlands Community College and Western Oklahoma State College in Altus is designed to address the shortage.

Redlands, designated a Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTI) program, partnered with Western to submit a proposal for the NASNTI Part A Cooperative Arrangement Development Grant.

The Canadian County OSU Extension Center will host From the Ranch to the Table Direct Beef Marketing Seminar on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 9 a.m. at the Canadian County Education Building at the old fairgrounds located at 220 N. Country Club Road.

This seminar is focused on the future growth of direct beef sales to consumers from area beef producers.

This program will educate Oklahoma farmers and ranchers on the sequential steps they need to take to begin their new business venture, as they begin to sell their branded beef to consumers through various marketing campaigns.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Tyler Daniel Thanscheidt, 27; Jenah Christian Marchant, 24.

Nicholas Edward O’Sullivan, 28; Hannah Christene Fiewig, 26.

Roy Lee Robbins, 55; Michelle Davis, 51.

Dakota James Sims, 30; Kassidy Kilgore, 27.

Gustavo Angel Hucsca Cruz, 24; Alondra Guadalupe Davila Olivares, 20.

Daniel Ferderick Rockwell, 31; Mary Lorraine De Guzman, 30.

Avery Wilson Bates, 22; Kaylee Marie Christensen, 22.

Michael David Ray, 36; Tiffany Alexandra Williams, 26.

Candidates for the Board of Education in 11 Canadian County school districts will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 5.

Allen Arnold, acting secretary of the Canadian County Election Board, said Declaration of Candidacy forms must be completed and submitted to the county election board no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 when the filing period ends.

El Reno police are looking for a pair of culprits who broke into the yard at Midwest Bus Sales earlier this month and made off with several catalytic converters.

On Nov. 16, police were called to the business at 2150 SW 27th St.

Officers looked at security video that showed two as yet unidentified suspects cut a hole in the perimeter fence to gain access to the property.

The suspects then removed the catalytic converters from three buses. The total monetary loss associated with the theft is estimated to be $10,000. 

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is investigating an accident that claimed the life of a Calumet man, OHP reports said. 

Louis Funck, 74, was pronounced deceased at the scene of the accident that took place Nov. 18 on Smith Road and South Maple Road in Calumet. 

The OHP said Funck was driving a 2017 Ford F150 when he may have experienced a “medical” issue. Seat belts were not in use, the report said. 

The OHP was assisted by the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office as well as Calumet Fire Department and Pafford EMS.

A Sapulpa company will print Canadian County’s election ballots in 2023.

Midwest Printing Co. has been awarded the contract to provide regular, absentee and sample ballots for the Canadian County Election Board.

County commissioners voted 3-0 to award the annual ballot printing contract. The action was recommended by Allen Arnold, acting secretary of the Canadian County Election Board.

“We’re probably only going to be using 8.5-by-14-inch ballots for the next year,” Arnold told commissioners.