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Several blocks of downtown Yukon were closed last week for the filming of a scene in an upcoming epic disaster film.

Yukon’s Main Street, between 3rd and 6th streets, was shut down after dark Dec. 8 as a second unit crew filmed a driving shot for the movie Twisters.

The movie’s cast and director were not present, according to unit publicist Amanda J. Brand.

No interviews or photos of the filming were permitted due to Universal Pictures’ “closed-set” policy and non-disclosure agreements.

High prices for conventional supplements have cattle producers scrambling to determine ways to reduce costs.

One of the ways to reduce costs is to improve feeding accuracy when providing winter supplements, according to the Canadian County OSU Extension.

The question is how accurate is your cake or cube feeder? All feeders will supply slightly different amounts of supplement and variability can occur between different feed types (blended, cubes, pellets).

LAWSUITS

Conn Appliances Inc. vs. Trena Mack for $7,481.57 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Madison Mowdy for $2,335.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

NCB Management Services Inc. vs. Lana Ingram for $3,475.09 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Dakota Gilbert for $3,748.74 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Farrah Shomali for $861.49 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Note: Knowing Jolly Old St. Nicholas is a subscriber and reads the El Reno Tribune each edition, the staff decided to help him out and deliver local children’s Letters to Santa in print. Letters will appear over the next few editions but in time for his Christmas Eve flight from the North Pole.

Dear Santa,
My name is Bentin Reed. I am 8 years old. I have been a good boy this year. For Christmas I would like Lucky Charms marshmallows, Lego Sets and Scale 1/32 Fast and the Furious cars. 
Love, Bentin

El Reno is about to set a record.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said 2023 will establish a “record” in the category of new home construction,

“We will set a new record in new residential units,” Sandidge said.

He said the city has issued, so far this year, 163 permits for new home construction.

“Our next highest year was in 2021 with 154 new homes,” he said.

Sandidge said the volume shows there’s obviously interest from home builders in El Reno.

“Despite high interest rates, home builders have kept building,” he said.

El Reno High School held its Native American Heritage Night recently during the season-opening basketball games at Jenks Simmons Field House.

The event featured drummers from the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes who sang the national anthem in both languages.

Dancers, wearing colorful authentic outfits, performed various routines that reflected their outfits history and culture.

The event capped off a week of events at EHS honoring Native American Heritage Month.

Just in time for the recent Thanksgiving holiday, the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, El Reno Police Department and El Reno Fire Department received homemade pumpkin pies courtesy of students in the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center.

Students planted pumpkins earlier this year in a large raised bed garden, said Dr. Kristy Ehlers, BlueSTEM director. The resulting crop produced a variety of mature fruit this fall.

Brad Baker will retain his seat on the El Reno Public Schools Board of Education after no one filed against the incumbent, whose current term is set to expire in April.

“I’m very happy to have another term on the El Reno School Board. Elections are always good for both the district and the persons running because it brings out issues that may need to be addressed but that didn’t happen.

“This does not damper my excitement of being on the school board either by running unopposed or an election,” said Baker.

COMANCHE – Three and a half months removed from prison, Kara Chapman is striving to rebuild her life.

The 38-year-old mother works most days waiting tables at a catfish restaurant in Comanche.

On days off, she volunteers with a local food pantry or drives 30 minutes north to visit her four children in Marlow. She hopes to progress through a transitional program and move into a duplex where she can have overnight visits with her kids.