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DNF Associates LLC vs. Gwendolyn Knowles for $3,946.71 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Arvest Bank vs. Marsha Bruce for $3,945.26 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Sharon D. Stucks for $2,351.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Tamera Culbertson for $2,540.87 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Some El Reno schoolchildren helped brighten the day for some COVID front-line health-care workers by sending them colorful cards and drawings.

Raven Bramlett teaches fifth-grade math and science at Roblyer Learning Center. Her former neighbor and El Reno resident, Melissa Knight, is an RN at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. She works in the ICU with the primary task of caring for COVID patients.

Bramlett said she talked with her two classes, 42 students in all, about what the health-care workers were going through, working in “these crazy conditions.”

Three days into dispensing the first round of the COVID-19 vaccine, the eight counties which make up District 2 had used close to half of the initial allotment from the state of Oklahoma.

“I think it was amazing the number of hospital staffs that were willing to get the vaccine and that’s significant. Everyone has been positive and we are thankful they are willing to take this next step,” said Maggie Jackson, public information officer for District 2. Canadian County is one of the eight in District 2 along with Alfalfa, Blaine, Garfield, Grant, Kingfisher, Logan and Major.

As one drives onto the lands of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes in Concho, they are met with a picturesque view of the tribes bison herd grazing freely in the pastures blanketed in thick native grasses.

The sight is breathtaking and would explain the recent award presented to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Bison Program.

The Towering Spirit Award was presented to the tribes by the Keep Oklahoma Beautiful (KOB) organization.

About 8 a.m. on Dec. 7, El Reno police attempted to pull over a vehicle near Admire and Foreman.

An officer in an unmarked patrol car reported the driver of the vehicle, later identified as Joshua Wagner, 30, of El Reno, allegedly began to drive in a manner that allowed him to elude the officer.

A second uniformed El Reno officer in a marked patrol car located Wagner driving in the area of Jensen and Radio Road. The officer reported the vehicle appeared to be damaged with lights not working properly. 

LAWSUITS

Gerald Fortney vs. Thomas Mauchahty-Ware III for an amount in excess of $10,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Thomas Berkeley and Ellen Berkeley vs. Roger Lowell Edwards for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Discover Bank vs. Sharon L. Clary-Kubiak for $10,485.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The latest step in eradicating the COVID-19 virus in the city took place shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday as SSM Health St. Anthony’s cardiologist Dr. Radwan Kesserwan was given the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in El Reno.

“I’ve always supported anything to do with the COVID-19 vaccinations. Being here with all these people and the effort to get the vaccine here, I’m glad to be the first one to get the vaccination in El Reno,” said Kesserwan.

Kesserwan urges everyone in the city to get vaccinated when the vaccine becomes widely available.

Many know Ed Zweiacher as an educator and accomplished photographer.

For years he has been involved in agriculture education at Redlands Community College and his photos of the landscape around El Reno and central Oklahoma are tributes to the history and color of those who carved a life out of the often rugged countryside.

So revered are his photos, they have been used to decorate homes and businesses. Some in mulitmillion-dollar makeovers.

What may not be known is Zweiacher is also an author, having just penned his third book.

Canadian County commissioners have social media on their minds.

On Monday, commissioners discussed potentially working with a company called Zencity, a firm that helps track social media information. Recently, the firm offered its services to the commissioners as well as the sheriff’s office.

According to its website, Zencity has an AI-driven platform that helps local governments learn what their city and county populations really want. The company is based in Israel.

The Canadian County Bar Association and Court Clerk’s Office held a coat and toy drive for the annual Red Andrews Christmas Dinner held in Oklahoma City.

Since 1947, the Christmas Day tradition provides warm meals and toys to approximately 7,000 people each year at the Cox Convention Center.

The Canadian County Bar Association and its members, who are judges and lawyers that practice law in the county, contributed $1,665 toward the event.

Due to COVID-19 and concerns for the safety of the community, there will be no inside dining this year.