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Smoke on the Water race fans, two- and four-legged, found the coolest way to beat weekend temperatures that reached into the mid-90s by jumping into the lake between events.

The Canadian County OSU Cooperative Extension Center will host the Central Oklahoma Turf Conference Aug. 12 at the Redlands Community College Conference Center.

This turf conference will focus on commercial licensed professional turf applicators needs for Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Category 3A and 6 licenses.

Speakers will present the latest in turf and herbicide research, with ODAFF Category 3A and 6 CEU credits provided with each session.

The 2021 wheat harvest yields top the charts in many fields throughout Oklahoma. Farmers experienced an extremely late hard freeze in late April that dinged the yield potential for many fields in lower elevations throughout central Oklahoma, said Kyle Worthington, OSU Extension Service educator.

To prepare for next year’s harvest, Canadian County OSU Cooperative Extension Center will host an Early Season Wheat Management Conference set for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10.

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Twenty-one positive COVID-19 cases among the cast and orchestra has forced the temporary shutdown of El Reno Community Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast.

ERCT Director Kristin Richardson said the Centre Theatre, which is owned by the city of El Reno but leased to the group, has also been closed until it can be sanitized.

“We have not sanitized the theater yet so it will be shut down until we can get that done. We have ordered the products and are waiting for them to arrive,” said Richardson.

Educating through the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was an 18-month ordeal calling for El Reno Public Schools employees to step up in ways never imagined.

Now the district is saying thank you.

On the recommendation of Superintendent Craig McVay, the El Reno School Board voted 4-0 last week to give every district employee a $1,000 bonus. Board member Brad Baker was absent.

After being closed last summer due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the El Reno municipal swimming pool inside Legion Park has been a popular afternoon playground for young and old.

El Reno Public Schools will offer a free swim day on Tuesday for anyone under the age of 18.

It will be held at the El Reno municipal swimming pool inside Legion Park. The swim session will run from 1 to 5 p.m.

Prior to that, the district will provide a free lunch to anyone under the age of 18. Meal times will be from 11 a.m. until 12:30 p.m.

Two New Mexico men are challenging the district attorney’s attempt to seize more than $130,000 in U.S. currency. A court hearing on the matter was set for Friday, July 23. Weichuan Liu and Nang Thai, both of Albuquerque, N.M., claim they had funds unlawfully confiscated this spring by the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office after a traffic stop in El Reno.

The Canadian County District Attorney’s Office on April 22 filed an Application and Notice of Seizure and Intended Forfeiture in Canadian County District Court.

Canadian County commissioners have given a thumbs-up to plans to install new waterline on county easements serving new homes in a large rural development northwest of Yukon.

Commissioners last week heard a presentation about a proposed expansion to the Green Valley Water District waterline, including laying parts of new line in the section line right-of-way.

A Canadian County commissioner this week voiced his annual objection to housing juveniles from other counties in Canadian County’s juvenile detention center.

The Canadian County Children’s Justice Center (CCCJC), 7905 E. Highway 66, is funded through a .35 percent countywide sales tax approved by Canadian County voters at an election about 25 years ago.

Commissioners, during their weekly meeting July 19, voted 2-1 to approve contracts with 24 other counties to provide secure detention services for fiscal year 2022.