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Major Adam Flowers of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office will offer tips on how parents can protect their children from social media dangers on Tuesday, Feb. 22 and again on March 29.

Oklahomans who want to change party affiliation must submit their change no later than March 31, said Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold.

LAWSUITS Kino Financial Co. LLC vs. Roberta Sage for $13,107.94 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Gay Rice and Steve Rice vs. the Justin E. Vogt Revocable Trust for $20,498.12 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Editor’s Note: This is the first article looking at the efforts by El Reno Blessing Baskets Inc. to transform the historic Municipal Swimming Pool Bathhouse into a working headquarters for the organization.

A special group of horseback riders will continue to “saddle up” thanks in part to the generosity of a Canadian County women’s philanthropic organization. Power of 100 Canadian County has selected Yukon’s Savannah Station therapeutic riding program as its quarterly Hope Award recipient.

Canadian County will pay off early a $3.5 million loan on the county Expo and Event Center construction project.

The city of El Reno received a loan of $7.5 million from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to make improvements to the municipal water system.

An inmate at the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution was being sought after he apparently walked away from the minimum security camp. Prison officials said on Feb. 14, inmate Bryan Scott Miller was discovered missing from the camp adjacent to the FCI.

A task force studying homelessness in Canadian County has invited the public to learn more about the problem and what may be done to address it. The Canadian County Homeless Task Force is considering becoming an affiliate of the national movement Family Promise.

OKLAHOMA CITY – The full Senate has given unanimous approval to a bill to better protect victims of human trafficking and child abduction. Senate Bill 1569, by Sen. Darrell Weaver, creates the “Address Confidentiality for Child Survivors and Their Families Act.”