A divided city council agreed to give El Reno residents the opportunity to look over three options for new ward boundaries.
The proposals are expected to be part of a public hearing in August.
During a special council meeting at noon on July 5, the council needed to consider what to do about the matter three separate times before finally coming to an agreement.
I’ve never pretended to be a world traveler who can reel off the vacation steals and deals quicker than our nation’s airlines can cancel flights during peak season.
I do, however, like to travel. It was sequenced into my DNA at an early age as my parents took my brother and me along with them to countless horticulture conferences across the United States and Canada.
At last count I can mark off 33 states and two border countries in North America. Then there was the two-week whirlwind jaunt through Europe as a senior in high school.
“Peter Pan and Wendy: A Musical” is coming to the El Reno Community Theatre for six different performances. The show opens July 8 and the performances are happening from July 8-10 and July 15-17.
Director Kevan Dunkelberg has been working on this show for a little over a month with his cast of seven, and he is ready to share the play with the community.
Dunkelberg and the cast started rehearsals back in May. It’s almost time for theater enjoyers to get to see the results of their hard work.
Canadian County commissioners approved contracts between the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center and 22 counties “for the provision to secure juvenile detention services” for fiscal year 2023.
The vote was 2-1, as it has been for several years.
Voicing his opposition was District 1 Commissioner Marc Hader, who said ballot language approved by voters 26 years ago to build the sales tax-funded center only provided for Canadian County juveniles to be housed there.
Zonelle Rainbolt, executive editor of Wesner Publications, took office as president of the Oklahoma Press Association July 1.
OPA members elected Rainbolt during the annual business meeting at the June 10-11 OPA Convention in Oklahoma City.
Rainbolt, who succeeds John Denny Montgomery as president, will serve a one-year term. Rainbolt was first named to the OPA board of directors in 2017.
“I am a strong believer in a free, independent and accountable press,” Rainbolt said.
LAWSUITS
Alliance Health Midwest vs. Rebekah Shain for $2,378.50 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Department Stores National Bank vs. Sadamae Boland for $2,060.77 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Citibank N.A. vs. Jody W. Sanders for $5,964.24 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Tony Goddard for $3,794.83 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Nick Owen can relate to the sticker shock Oklahomans are experiencing when going to the grocery store to buy products made from wheat that he and other county and state farmers have grown.
“Our hands are tied. We have no bearing on what food prices are. It’s just like any other commodity, be it a slaughter steer or wheat, you take it to market and this is what they are giving you.
“We have no say in what grocery stores or restaurants are charging. We are paying the same thing as everyone else,” said Owen.
Saint Katharine Drexel Retirement Center celebrated its 15th anniversary in late June.
The assisted living and memory care center opened in 2007, built and sponsored in a partnership between Sacred Heart Catholic Church and the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.
The celebration featured music performed by Kelly Almond, as well as onion burgers, corn hole and a water slide for the children who visit loved ones who are residents at Saint Katharine’s.
A mobile health unit offers public health on-the-go across Canadian County.
The Oklahoma State Health Department’s fifth-wheel trailer is typically out three to four days a week, according to Canadian County Health Department (CCHD) Interim Regional Director Maggie Jackson.
“Our goal is to meet people where they are and bring services to be as accessible as possible,” Jackson said.
“We offer all of our public health services.
Although a lawsuit over property damage caused by flooding has been settled, a Canadian County woman is waiting anxiously for county officials to remedy drainage issues near her home.
Rhonda Steenbergen lives between Yukon and El Reno on Jensen Road, west of Manning Road on the south side of Interstate 40.
She was lead plaintiff in a civil action filed in November 2019 in Canadian County District Court alleging negligence by a Canadian County commissioner, county contractors and engineers in a Jensen Road construction project.
