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Law enforcement and officials with Lindsay Public Schools said the opening day of last week’s Lindsay Softball Festival was called off after a threatening phone call was received. 

The call was traced back to a juvenile in El Reno, said Canadian County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Adam Flowers.

El Reno’s softball team was slated to play two games that day in the festival. The team had to return home after games were canceled, said El Reno Public Schools Athletic Director Rodney Haydon.

Students in the El Reno High School Leadership Class used chalk to write positive words and messages on the sidewalks outside the school.

The class was recognizing the 988 Lifeline phone number and September’s National Suicide Prevention Month.

What would local leaders do if an entity came to Canadian County, specifically El Reno, and said, “We want to create a couple of thousand jobs. We want to help build the economy and bring outside money into the local community so that all lives hopefully will be improved. The only catch, to do this, we have to work together.”

What would local leaders say if this were to happen? You know as well as I do what would happen. Local elected leaders as well as state leaders would be falling over themselves to help make this a reality. 

El Reno High School English teacher and district historian Brian Rukes came across a pair of travelers taking in the sites of Route 66 last week.

Rukes said he met Michi and Mick from Japan as they were taking photos of themselves in front of the mural at the Filling Station on the corner of Choctaw and Sunset.

The Japanese couple were touring the historic highway when Rukes offered to take their photo.

The couple are both 66 years old and decided their American adventure should match their age.

A building renovation for Canadian County’s family justice center is about to get under way – with completion projected before Christmas.

Cardinal Point and its on-site resource partners will move from the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center, 7905 East Highway 66, to the former Canadian County Health Department, 1023 E. Vandament in Yukon.

Canadian County erected the 10,000-square-foot building for the health department in the early 1990s.

An Oklahoma Department of Corrections transport van chugged through the downtown intersection of Main and Broadway on a warm Thursday morning.  

The prisoners glimpsed the cafes and gas stations that prison staff will patronize after work.

Residents were reminded of the economic boost their incarcerated neighbors to the south have brought.  

Enrollment is now open at the Oklahoma School for the Deaf for its online American Sign Language classes being offered during the fall semester.

The free classes are available in two eight-lesson sections and are presented through pre-recorded videos.

The self-paced basic courses in conversational American Sign Language are taught by OSD’s Deaf ASL specialist. These are non-credit level courses and do not count toward professional development hours or continuing education units.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Anthony David Hunter, 49; Belinda Kaye Smith, 46.

Larry Gene Treas, 66; Kim Renee Tidwell, 64.

Nicolas Tyler Wehba, 24; Karis Catherine Clark, 24.

Geremy Gregory Thomas, 25; Sydney Nicole Ellis, 26.

Timothy Cole Yoder, 62; Connie-Lynn Amy Waddell, 61.

William Christopher Whitney, 32; Sarah Elizabeth Blakely, 35.

Luke Thomas Edwards, 26; Emilia Lynn Sikorski, 26.

Chance Ares Brigner, 23; Mercedez Rhea Wagner, 24.

Ronald Earl Hatfield III, 32; Brittny Jordan Sena, 31.

A three-person race has developed for the Ward 1 El Reno City Council seat. 

Incumbent Amy Neathery will be challenged by Aaron J. Hines and Phillip Church in the Nov. 5 election. The person with the most votes will earn the right to represent Ward 1 during a four-year term. 

Canadian County Election Board information said Hines, who will turn 29 in October, filed Monday morning at 9:02. Neathery followed, filing her official candidacy at 9:49 a.m. Church filed on Wednesday just prior to the 4:30 p.m. deadline. 

Judge Barbara Hatfield’s retirement reception was hosted by Canadian County judges, bailiffs and court reporters. 

District Judge Paul Hesse welcomed Judge Hatfield’s family, friends and clergy and all others in attendance including Canadian County’s retired judges, elected officials and staff, judges from other counties and attorneys who met at the courthouse to thank Judge Hatfield for her 13 years of service as Special Judge and wish her a happy retirement.

District Judge Khristan Strubhar gave the opening remarks.