If all goes as planned, by this time next year the new Canadian County Fairgrounds will have hosted its first free fair.
Projections are the more than $15 million fairgrounds, being built north of Jensen Road and east of U.S. 81, will be up and running before the annual county fair gets under way, usually in late August.
So the question now becomes, what happens with what will become the former site of the fairgrounds?
Another teacher at Lincoln Learning Center has tested positive for COVID-19.
El Reno Public Schools issued a statement saying the teacher worked at Lincoln. It’s the second teacher at the district’s third- and fourth-grade center to test positive.
“This is very frustrating and very serious. Our employees and students’ health and safety weigh very heavy on all of us,” said Superintendent Craig McVay.
Youngsters were out last week trying to raise money to help support Little League football. The funds are to purchase uniforms and pay for fees.
This relay race has spanned a half-century. The baton has passed from one superintendent to the next just four times in Canadian Valley Technology Center’s 50-year history.Yet the mission of preparing people to succeed is unchanged. CV Tech stretches beyond the three R’s to focus more specifically on job preparation.
LAWSUITS
Unifund CCR LLC vs. Stacy J. Simms for $8,297.76 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Kino Financial Company LLC vs. Brent McDonald II for $9,458.94 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Kino Financial Company LLC vs. Alexander Eldridge and Rhealee Eldridge for $6,713.37 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Cathy Fischer vs. Life.Church for an amount in excess of $10,000 for alleged injuries and damages.
El Reno Public Schools seems to have landed square in the cross-hairs of the coronavirus.
On Monday, 60 students with access to El Reno High School, Jenks Simmons Field House and Lincoln Learning Center were placed into quarantine after being exposed to COVID-19.
“We feel like we have been dodging bullet after bullet but this time we have students and faculty not only showing symptoms but are getting sick,” said McVay.
Redlands Community College is moving classes to on-line only after a number of students tested positive for COVID-19.
The school issued a statement Friday saying it made the decision after consulting with health officials.
“Working in conjunction with the Canadian County Health Department, the Redlands Community College administration has decided to transition live classes to a virtual format for the next two weeks beginning Monday, Sept. 14,” the statement said.
Saying they’ve had enough, the El Reno City Council approved increasing fines for littering from $255 to $350, with one councilman saying the financial pain for violating the ordinance may need to be more harsh.
The unanimous 4-0 vote came at Tuesday night’s regular meeting of the council. Councilman Tim Robinson was not in attendance.
Mayor Matt White said the increase is needed along with stepped-up enforcement, especially at Lake El Reno.
U.S. Sen. James Lankford spoke last week in Canadian County on topics including the CARES Act, mail-in voting and a possible coronavirus vaccine.
There has not been a COVID-19 bill since April because there already has been $3 trillion put into the economy for pandemic relief, Lankford said.
Of the $3 trillion, $1 trillion has not yet been used.
“Typically, all appropriated spending for all of the government for a year is $1 trillion,” said Lankford.
“That doesn’t include things like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. That’s a separate amount.”
Water fowl, like these at Lake El Reno, may have been some of the only creatures enjoying the weather Wednesday as cold and rainy weather made its way into Oklahoma. The forecast calls for a return to more mild temperatures.
