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Candidates for the Board of Education in 20 Canadian County school districts will file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Dec. 6.

Wanda Armold, secretary of the Canadian County Election Board, said Declaration of Candidacy forms must be completed and submitted to the county election board no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 8, when the filing period ends.

Armold reminds voters that Contests of Candidacy must be filed no later than Friday, Dec. 10, and may only be filed by another candidate for that office.

A water faucet was damaged last week in Adams Park and forced city crews to repair the damage in a stout north wind.

Sparky the Fire Pup takes the lead during the Mascot Dash held annually to kick off the start of the Christmas in the Park celebration located inside Yukon’s city park complex.

The dash included mascots from county high schools and Southwestern Christian University as well as local businesses. Other mascots included The Grinch, the Elf on the Shelf, Cat in the Hat and other cartoon characters.

Yukon’s annual lights display will be open daily from 6-11 p.m. through Jan. 2.

LAWSUITS

Glenn Stevens and Sheila Stevens vs. Salazar Roofing & Construction Inc. for an amount in excess of $10,000 for alleged damages.

US Rod Manufacturing LLC vs. Raw Crude Oil & Gas LLC, et al., for $10,773.47 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Dennis E. Pape and Donna R. Pape for $18,782.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

A divided Legislature passed a new congressional map Friday that could transform Oklahoma’s political landscape for the next decade.

Lawmakers ended the weeklong 2021 special session by approving three redistricting plans and sending the trio of bills to Gov. Kevin Stitt, who is expected to sign them.

Emerging from a 26-minute executive session, the El Reno Public Schools Board of Education voted last week to promote Matt Goucher to the position of superintendent.

“Thank you, we are going to do great things and I appreciate this,” said Goucher during a standing ovation from the board following the vote.

Goucher will take over for the retiring Craig McVay at the end of his current contract, which expires June 30, 2022.

Javier and Rosalia Pecina have been doing business in El Reno for seven years.

The couple, along with more than a dozen employees, operate Pecina’s Mexican Restaurant at 316 S. Choctaw.

To say the Pecinas are thankful to be here and doing business might be an understatement considering what they are preparing to do for the community.

For the second consecutive year, Pecina’s will offer for free, a traditional Thanksgiving meal to anyone who pulls up to their restaurant on Thanksgiving Day.

The VFW Post 382 Auxiliary was the latest recipient of the generosity produced by the Power of 100 Canadian County.

The Auxiliary in El Reno received a donation of $18,000 from the Power of 100 Canadian County in a ceremony held on Veterans Day.

The Power of 100 Canadian County is an organization made up of women in the county who pitch in $100 quarterly and select a county nonprofit as the recipient. The organization has grown to about 180 women. The goal is to have 200 members to allow for two gifts to be made quarterly, each for $10,000.

A six-week investigation led to the arrest of 10 El Reno residents at four different locations, with those taken into custody facing various drug-related complaints.

El Reno police, the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration and Homeland Security investigators were involved in the operation, according to information provided by Major Kirk Dickerson, El Reno assistant police chief.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas joined in introducing the Truckers Responding At National Shipping Ports Overcoming Retail Turmoil (TRANSPORT) Act, sponsored by Kansas Congressman Tracey Mann.

The legislation would require the Secretary of Transportation to relieve congested ports during either a national state of emergency or when ports are congested by 50 percent or more.