The city of El Reno celebrated the successful completion of the filming of Twisters in downtown last week with a block party.
The After the Storm event featured food and music as well as games and activities for children.
Investigators with the Canadian County Sheriff's Office arrested a 41-year-old man on complaints of child rape, incest and abuse. The arrest was made after children posted pornographic video on social media, leading to the investigation.
Sheriff Chris West said Robert Damron was responsible for the sexual abuse of multiple children in his residence.
Matt Sandidge and Matt Goucher laid out a list of accomplishments and rolled through a lengthy list of thank you’s as they hosted last week’s quarterly El Reno Now Breakfast.
The city manager and school superintendent, respectively, were hosts to a packed house at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street. Mayor Steve Jensen joined in the event which hosted Gov. Reggie Wassana of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.
LAWSUITS
Silver Moon Energy Services LLC vs. Buoy and Co Pressure Washing LLC for $11,593.13 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Silver Moon Energy Services LLC vs. Duran Enterprises LLC for $10,306.70 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Ariahna Ruiz, on behalf of I.R., a minor child, vs. City of Mustang and Vera Rivera for an amount in excess of $10,000 for alleged actual and compensatory damages.
Amy Neathery had her work cut out for her.
As Ward 1 city council representative, some of her constituents were in a panic. Hollywood wanted to shut down a part of the downtown to film scenes for the new Twisters movie.
Probably the biggest movie coup El Reno has had since the 1980s when parts of Rain Man were filmed here.
Talk was, the Twisters filming could take as long as six weeks.
The independently-owned small businesses could not survive if this were allowed to happen. For some, June and July are some of their best months.
Organizers said last week’s El Reno Blessing Baskets Festival of the Trees, Christmas in July was “the best ever.”
The eighth year for the event helped raise more than $60,000 for the local organization, said Donna Dyer, Blessing Baskets Director of Community Relations.
“Our community is awesome, we raised over $60,000, everyone had fun for an awesome cause,” said Dyer.
The evening boasted approximately 80 silent auction items. Former El Reno Mayor Matt White provided auctioneer services, helping to move more than 40 live auction items.
The Oklahoma Indian Nation Pow-Wow will run Aug. 4-6 at Concho and organizer David Bearshield said the state’s oldest pow-wow is expected to draw thousands of participants and spectators.
This will be the 33rd year for the Indian Nation pow-wow.
The event will open Friday at 8 a.m. with a Language Day Camp at the RESPECT Gym at Concho.
ARCADIA — Singer-songwriters Rachel Lynch and Griffin Wade will present an Elm Tree concert at 1 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 at the Arcadia Round Barn.
The couple were married in March and live in Oklahoma City. She is from El Reno and he hails from San Marcos, Texas.
The Elm Tree Concert Series presents professional musicians performing beneath the shade of the giant elm tree on the north side of the Round Barn.
One more hurdle in the process was cleared when Canadian County commissioners approved a resolution for “intersection modifications” at Banner Road and State Highway 66.
The project agreement is between Canadian County District 1 and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.
The estimated $400,000 project is on ODOT’s September bid letting schedule.
The resolution outlines ODOT’s engineering, land acquisition and construction responsibilities.
The intersection will become a permanent four-way stop, District 1 Commissioner Tom Manske said.
LAWSUITS
Discover Bank vs. Robert Velia for $10,421.10 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Freedom Mortgage Corporation vs. Jeffery Everett for $199,314.71 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 4, Block 7, Westport West Addition, Yukon.
U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Christopher Ulery for $112,303.71 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 6, Block 1, Canadian Estates Addition, Mustang.
