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Just a little time remains for registered voters in Canadian County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the March 2 Calumet School Special Bond Election and the City of Yukon ONG Special Election, according to Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold.

Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the county election board no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 to be processed in time for the election.

LAWSUITS

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Linda Ochoa for $1,015.09 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Rebecca Shurrum for $1,448.50 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Marquice Kizer for $779.60 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Benjamin Lindop for $976.21 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Clarissa Auringer for $882.64 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

In the coming weeks and months, El Reno High School will host a prom, and spring sports such as soccer, softball, golf, tennis and baseball will be available for students to enjoy.

That news was offered last week by School Superintendent Craig McVay during the El Reno Live program.

McVay joined Mayor Matt White in the weekly Facebook program that aired from the Jeff Mills STEM Center on the EHS campus. It was the first time El Reno Live has broadcast from other than a city building and the students seemed to enjoy the question and answer session with White and McVay.

Lt. Dane Holland, USAF, landed a T6 Texan 2 at El Reno Regional Airport last week.

The landing was no doubt special for Holland, a 2015 El Reno High School graduate, as well as the local airport.

It marks the beginning of an agreement with Vance Air Force Base in which young pilots will use El Reno as part of their regular training exercises.

Adam Fox, general manager at the El Reno airport, said talks began in October of last year about the Air Force using the airport for “touch-and-go” exercises.

A 19-year-old man was taken into custody after El Reno police concluded a months-long drug investigation.

Assistant Police Chief Major Kirk Dickerson said James Dylan Leiter was arrested on numerous drug complaints after police served a search warrant on his home at 809 Amity Lane. The arrest was made Feb. 2.

Strong northerly winds whipped up Lake El Reno last week as evidenced by the whitecaps.

A bill that will increase the number of authorized driver testing exam locations has been presented in the House of Representatives.

Rep. Dick Lowe, R-Amber, is the author of House Bill 2465, which would allow certain locations, approved by the Department of Public Safety (DPS), to be proctors for the written examination for applicants for Class A, B, C or D licenses and for endorsements.

“Over the last year we have seen an almost unbelievable increase in wait times for individuals trying to take their driver exams,” Lowe said.

A stroll down the pharmacy aisle at the local grocery store will bring consumers face to face with a wide array of vitamin and mineral supplements. People have been told such products are the key to good health, right? Not necessarily.

One thing consumers must keep in mind is that they’re called supplements for a reason, said Janice Hermann, Oklahoma State University Extension nutrition specialist.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Elijah Blue Ervin, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Cheyenne Yeakey, Yukon, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Lonnie Lee Monaco, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Stephanie Crone, El Reno, dog at large, $145.

Geneva Kay Gililland, El Reno, speeding, $165.

Mark Allen Demoss, Yukon, speeding, $295.

Cherwin Rodrick Black-Harmon, El Reno, speeding and leaving scene of accident resulting in property damage, $370.

James Lewis Constanzer, Edmond, speeding, $165.

El Reno residents looking to get one of the two approved COVID-19 vaccinations will need to travel to Mustang for the foreseeable future.

The Canadian County Health Department will only give the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines at the Mustang Recreation Center inside Wild Horse Park.

The vaccines will be administered on a daily basis.

The county had held two weekly vaccination pods at Redlands Community College, before moving to a daily pod at El Reno’s First Baptist Church Jan. 18. That pod was shut down Jan. 29.