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Okarche residents will decide if they want more than three people deciding the town’s business. It could soon be five residents with voter approval in a special election set Tuesday, Sept. 12.

And the idea to add two new town trustees to local government is about wanting to hear more voices on decisions, said town trustee Jason Kroener. Okarche voters will vote whether to add two trustees to town hall government.

Kroener ran for the Ward 1 trustee position in April and was elected over challenger Jeremy Miller.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Despite one school district’s call for minimum safety standards in the wake of a fatal shooting at a high school football game, the governing body for Oklahoma school athletics took no action to change current security regulations.

The board of directors for the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association discussed, but made no decisions, about the possibility of establishing stricter minimum requirements.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

Andrew Thomas Marsh, 40; Jennifer Erin Douglas, 38.

Joseph Brandon Moore, 40; Misty Lin McCormack-Young, 36.

Gregory James Debaby, 39; Ashley Laine Benson, 36.

Wesley Wayne Hunter Jr., 27; Lauren Michelle Henke, 39.

Jeffrey Scott Neville, 39; Heather Deann Stanley, 39.

Hunter Junior Gardner Amos, 28; Johnnie Lee Coil, 25.

Elijah Frank Ellis, 25; Brianna Nicole Ash, 23.

Jonathan Jordan Cole, 29; Ariel Kay Pappadopoulos, 28.

Ryan David Dale Davis, 32; Kytia Shameese Terry, 36.

A new roundabout is coming to Canadian County.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) plans to install a roundabout on U.S. Highway 81 at the State Highway 66 intersection in El Reno. A roundabout is among engineering innovations being implemented by ODOT.

Drivers slow down as they approach an intersection with a roundabout, but don’t come to a complete stop. A roundabout creates less “stop-and-go” traffic because vehicles do not stop, according to ODOT spokesman Bryce Boyer.

One family sold a business to another family, but as it turns out, it stayed in the family.

A bit more distant, but still there’s a connection.

For decades the Rother family operated the Culligan water franchise in El Reno. Recently, David, Mark and Bob Rother announced they were selling the business to another family with a long tradition in the water business.

As it turns out, the families are related.

For the first time in Oklahoma history, Nuhu’ Hinono’eitiit heetniixoohoo3ihei3i’ Howoh’oowu' co’ouutou3eino’oowuu’ which translates: The Arapaho language will be taught at El Reno High School.

El Reno Public Schools Superintendent Matt Goucher and the El Reno School Board approved the curriculum for Arapaho language classes at the board’s July meeting.

With the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes headquarters located just north of El Reno at Concho, El Reno schools has a high percentage of Native American students.

Redlands Community College is experiencing substantial growth in the student population with a 10.8 percent increase in total enrollment this fall, including a historic boost in concurrent enrollment with a 21.2 percent increase.

“It is an exciting time to be at Redlands with the growth in programs and partnerships, and the campus is busy with housing at capacity,” said President Jena Marr.

LAWSUITS

The Credit Union Loan Source LLC vs. Randall Whitener and Brandi Whitener for $16,743.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Brandon Arnold, individually and next friend of L.A., a minor vs. Rhys Cole for an amount in excess of $10,000 for alleged injuries and damages.

Bethany Elliott, individually and as parent and next friend of D.E., a minor vs. Logan Ontiveros for an amount in excess of $10,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

With confetti flying and cheers from the crowd of students and dignitaries, El Reno Public Schools Superintendent Matt Goucher cut the ribbon on one of three in-house STEM centers. The district received centers at Rose Witcher, Lincoln and Roblyer Learning Centers through a joint gift from El Reno’s Flogistix, Devon Energy and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation.

“This is a huge benefit for us. Flogistix, Devon and the Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation came to us and asked for a meeting about STEM centers and it grew into this.

Week one of high school football in the Oklahoma City metro area was marred by a shooting death at a home opener in Choctaw, at a time school security has been at the forefront of classroom and campus issues.

While focus has been on resource officers at school during class hours, violence erupted at a football game last Friday, Aug. 25 in Choctaw, where one person was shot to death during the Choctaw and Del City game.

The gunfire sent players, coaches, fans and others running across the football field to safety.