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Canadian County commissioners will partner with the Fair Board to purchase livestock pens for the new Expo and Event Center.

Commissioners asked members of the Fair Board to pitch in $20,000 to help with the purchase of the pens. The pens are expected to cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.

The pens will be used when the Canadian County Free Fair gets under way in August at the new Expo site on Jensen and Alfadale roads. The location is just east of U.S. 81 and south of I-40. It rests in an unincorporated area just outside the El Reno city limits.

El Reno Masonic Lodge members waited more than a year for a marker to be made to honor late Canadian County legend, U.S. Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen. Now that it appears the COVID-19 pandemic is more past than present, the marker is in place.

The Masons raised more than $1,500 after hearing of the cause, but then had to wait due to the high demand and short supply of memorial markers for cemeteries.

After criticism of how the May 8 citywide spring cleanup was handled, the Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority has agreed to host a second cleanup, this one in July.

In a letter to El Reno Mayor Matt White, OEMA General Manager David Griesel said OEMA will offer an additional cleanup on Saturday, July 17.

“We will provide up to 20 roll-off containers at no charge to the city of El Reno,” Griesel said. Any additional roll-off containers would cost $200 per container, the letter stated.

This small group of Angus and Hereford cows found a way to beat the 97-degree heat last week by standing in a farm pond on South Country Club Road near the El Reno Regional Airport.

The one black cow to the right sticks out his tongue to try and catch droplets of water that were splashed off the swinging tail of another.

Canadian County agriculture producers have a free resource if they have wildlife damage on their properties.

This service is provided through a cooperative agreement Canadian County has with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry’s Wildlife Services Division.

The annual agreement, recently renewed by Canadian County commissioners, is for “wildlife damage management activities and programs conducted in Canadian County” pursuant to state statute.

LAWSUITS

Midland Credit Management vs. Bradley Joseph for $2,914.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management vs. Amber Leach for $982.84 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management vs. Lisa Adams for $2,137.03 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management vs. Gabrielle Daugherty for $2,392.08 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

If the federal government is willing to send the city of El Reno several million dollars, the municipal government is ready to accept it.

City council voted 5-0 last week in support of a resolution called the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Mayor Matt White said if the funds are delivered, the city “would wake up one morning and the money would be in our account.”

El Reno native Alan B. Hollingsworth, MD, has penned another book, this one taking a different direction than his previous works that garnered critical acclaim.

NUTSHELL is Hollingsworth’s third book. It was released by Black Rose Writing and will be available in hardcover, softcover and digital formats.

A renowned surgeon specializing in the treatment of breast cancer, Hollingsworth said whether the book will be available in audio form has yet to be determined.

“This is a different genre for me,” Hollingsworth said in a letter.

The street in the 500 block of Amity Lane buckled under the recent high temperatures, according to City of El Reno Streets Superintendent Amy Smith.

Crews began cutting out the section of buckled street on Monday and Smith hopes new concrete can be poured Tuesday and the street reopened by Friday.

The roar of engines could be heard for blocks in the downtown area Sunday morning as more than 50 motorcycles rolled through El Reno as part of the 2021 Mother Road Ride/Rally.

The group stopped at the city’s Route 66 Monument for photos before heading back out on the road toward their final destination, California.

See Saturday’s edition for story and photos.