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With extreme heat and little rain still on the horizon for Oklahoma, gardeners may need to alter their fall garden plans.

The El Reno Tribune’s Back to School section for 2022 contains the following: Giving back to his roots From the Superintendent’s Desk Information at a Glance - Time for School Geared to reach ‘Every Student Every Day’

El Reno will have a slightly different city council ward map after the new version was adopted in a 3-2 vote. The new ward map was one of three choices offered to the council and was described by City Planner Dustin Downey as the one making the least change to the previous map.

Canadian County was well represented as the Oklahoma Military Order of the Purple Heart passed out a host of commendations for those who have gone above and beyond to assist veterans.

The Canadian County Free Fair is jazzing things up a bit this year with the addition of a cornhole tournament, said Fair Board Secretary Brad Tipton. “We have a cornhole tournament that is open to the world. There will be piped-in music, a breeze and an asphalt-covered arena with wind blocks.

TW Shannon questions why some 87,000 new agents of the Internal Revenue Service are needed. Shannon, former Oklahoma Speaker of the House, faces Congressman Markwayne Mullin in an Aug. 23 runoff election. Shannon was in El Reno last week and met with supporters.

Canadian County commissioners have declined to renew membership in a regional economic development group. The three-member board took no action last week on a request to pay $17,960 to the Oklahoma City Economic Development Foundation in fiscal year 2023 for the Greater OKC Partnership.

El Reno’s Centre Theatre will host the “Clean Jokes for Regular Folks” comedy tour. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. The show features the comedy of Edward Bell, Austin Black and Ben Dailey.