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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LAWSUITS Discover Bank vs. Robert Velia for $10,421.10 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Actors and a filming crew from Boiling Point Media, based out of Oklahoma City, were back in El Reno last week to shoot scenes for the third installment of the Jurassic Pet series. The movie, according to Boiling Point’s Chris Hoyt, is titled The Adventures of Jurassic Pet 3: Return to the Wild.

Truth matters. The story of what really happened on Nov. 29, 1864, at the Sand Creek Massacre site in Eads, Colo., is being told through an exhibition titled “The Sand Creek Massacre: The Betrayal That Changed Cheyenne and Arapaho People Forever.”

In a booming eastern Canadian County, families are a driving force of development. Families move in for the schools, for the houses and for the communities, said Carol Hefner, the spokeswoman for a development that has landed a future amphitheater that will bring family entertainment to the area.