U.S. Postal Service mail carrier David Mann takes a quick break from his route along Jensen Street last week to get a glass of lemonade from Zoey Neal.
Zoey was selling drinks and chips as local temperatures reached near triple digits last week.
Mann was her first customer of the day. Zoey made $5 on the sale with a tip from Mann and two glasses of lemonade for the El Reno Tribune.
Canadian County District 1 placed third out of 15 teams at the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma (ACCO) Summer Safety Conference Cookoff in Norman.
From left, Jamie Williams, Jill Worthington, Eric Loyall, Nick VanWay, Logan Guth, Justin Atkinson and Commissioner Tom Manske.
This was the first time for Canadian County District 1 to place in over 14 years.
With construction starting this fall on a new Canadian County Courthouse, there eventually will be a need for more parking.
As such, commissioners this week authorized chairman Tom Manske to pursue and negotiate an agreement to acquire more property.
Commissioners met in executive session at their Aug. 4 regular meeting to discuss the purchase of real properties for use as parking for the new courthouse.
“The agreement will have to be approved by the Board of County Commissioners at a future date,” Manske said.
LAWSUITS
YNB vs. Chase Douthitt for $91,962.49 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lots 18 and 19, Block 1, Stonebridge West Addition, Oklahoma City.
Capital One N.A. vs. Wesley Outlaw for $23,183.86 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Billy Cobb Roofing LLC vs. Anita Bishop for an amount in excess of $15,000 for alleged damages.
Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Carolyn Chaney for $14,503.26 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
The El Reno Tribune’s 2025 Back to School section contains the following:
El Reno Public Schools 2025-26 calendar
The city of El Reno has been making some major infrastructure, public safety and quality of life improvements with the help of grants.
Mayor Steve Jensen presented a detailed list of the grants at last week’s El Reno Now gathering. In all, El Reno has landed more than $12 million in grants from a variety of “partners.”
The presentation titled El Reno Delivers: Big Projects, Big Impact, detailed the areas that have been impacted through successful grant applications.
An aviation museum at the El Reno Regional Airport is not set to open for about two months, but it’s already drawing positive attention to the area.
A fully restored 1931 Curtiss-Wright B-14R Speedwing, owned by Tony Caldwell and part of The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field, received one of the most prestigious honors in aviation, the Bronze Lindy Award at EAA’s AirVenture 2025 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Tony Caldwell is an Oklahoma entrepreneur, former legislator and successful businessman. Now, he’s about to be the creator and owner of one of the state’s top aviation museums.
The Caldwell Collection at Mustang Field, a nonprofit museum, will open this fall at the historic El Reno Regional Airport.
El Reno made its presence known at the nation’s largest air show last month.
Scott Law, manager of the El Reno Regional Airport, traveled with the Oklahoma delegation that worked the week-long event in Oshkosh, Wis.
Law said the Oklahoma Department of Aviation and Aeronautics as well as the Oklahoma Department of Commerce had a shared Oklahoma booth at the event.
Law helped man the booth and met with individuals as well as aviation-related companies that had questions about Oklahoma and El Reno.
The city of El Reno was awarded a grant for more than $640,000 and promptly bought a new street sweeper and a couple of dump trucks.
The funds came from an Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality program that was created from the Volkswagen Clean Diesel Settlement.
The funding will support the replacement of aging municipal fleet vehicles with newer, cleaner and more efficient models.
The new street sweeper replaces a 1999 model. It was purchased for $369,295, while the two medium-duty dump trucks cost more than $135,000 each.
