A $3.6 million remodeling project is under way at the future site of the Canadian County Health Department.
The inside of a 33,000-square-foot-building at 6100 E. Highway 66 is being renovated for the new county health clinic and offices.
In June 2022, commissioners spent $6 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal stimulus funds to acquire the property near SH-66 and Evans Road.
A contractor has been hired to replace the parking lot and sidewalks for the Canadian County Assessor’s Office.
Canadian County commissioners awarded a $213,197 low bid contract for a parking lot replacement project at North Choctaw and Highway 81.
Atlas Paving Co.’s price is $201,997 to install a new asphalt surface on the parking lot. Meanwhile, King Electric will be paid $11,200 to provide basic electricity to charge assessor vehicles.
Frontier Chevrolet General Manager Shane Tuck last week presented Canadian County Sheriff Chris West and a few of his deputies with a check for $5,000 as part of the Chevy First Responder Appreciation program.
The program is a partnership allowing Chevrolet to support local first responders who serve and protect communities around the nation.
Two Canadian County rural water districts were awarded shares of Canadian County’s federal stimulus funding.
The Okarche Water District will receive $136,619 and the Banner Water Authority will receive $180,795 from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
County commissioners last week voted 3-0 to approve their final ARPA fund distribution for rural waterline projects. They had $317,414 left in the rural water category.
LAWSUITS
TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Andrea Bridges for $1,970.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Capital One N.A. vs. Roy Nelson for $2,404.76 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Capital One N.A. vs. Steve McKenzie for $2,547 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
TD Bank N.A. vs. Jesse Eskew for $5,229.16 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
El Reno’s Blessing Baskets helped some 300 families through the spring and summer with its Families with Children Grocery Distribution program.
The organization will now turn its attention to the Fall Break Grocery Distribution as well as its annual Christmas program.
The first Fall Break Grocery Distribution is set for Oct. 17 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the El Reno Learning Center, 1100 S. Pine.
All families that participated in the grocery program over the summer are invited to participate in the fall program.
The United States Cavalry Association, which has its headquarters at historic Fort Reno, recently completed its 2023 National Competition at the fort.
Competitors, both active military and civilians, took part in a series of events highlighting skills used by mounted soldiers in the past such as sabers, pistols and horse jumping.
This year’s event brought several competitors from the United Kingdom for the first time.
Domestic violence is not confined to any group, but crosses all economic, racial, gender, educational, religious and social barriers.
“Relationships are often counted as life’s greatest treasures, and tragically, many are tarnished by one person’s power and control over the other – resulting in violence and fear,” Canadian County Commissioner Dave Anderson said.
Anderson was reading from a proclamation recognizing October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month in Canadian County.
For the first quarter of fiscal year 2024, Canadian County’s Expo and Event Center hosted 15 events that attracted more than 30,000 visitors from across the state and country. These events generated nearly $85,000 in rental revenue – exceeding projections.
“We have had an incredibly busy summer,” said Mandy Davis, director of the Canadian County Expo and Event Center at 3001 Jensen Road East.
“And we are going to have an even busier fall.”
She was addressing county commissioners.
El Reno's VFW Post 382 will host a workshop on how parents and guardians can better protect their children from online predators.
Nancy Salsman with the VFW said a recent incident in which a young El Reno girl reportedly left with a man and was missing for several hours until being found unharmed in Weatherford was the catalyst for the workshop.
Major Adam Flowers with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office will lead the workshop. Flowers is well known as an investigator in the Internet Crimes Division for the sheriff’s office.
