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Onion burger aroma lands El Reno on top 100 diners list

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The aroma of El Reno’s onion burgers has reached far and wide as evidenced by a recent poll that shows El Reno among the top 100 cities in the United States when it comes to diners.

Released by RestaurantClicks.com, the poll has El Reno as the 50th top town for diners. Tulsa, at number 58, is the only other Oklahoma city included in the list.

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Plant Days under way

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El Reno’s Ross Seed Co. is holding its annual Plant Days sale this weekend.

The annual event offers thousands of blooming plants and hanging baskets along with all planting accessories.

The multi-day event kicked off Thursday and runs through Saturday.

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Lucas to hold town hall meeting

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Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) will hold a town hall meeting on Wednesday at Redlands Community College.

The gathering is open to the public and will run from 10 to 11 a.m. in Room MM-125.

Lucas will be discussing recent work in Congress, taking questions about issues important to constituents of the 3rd Congressional District, and seeking input on legislation currently before Congress.

El Reno Animal Shelter adopts new policies due to outbreak of upper respiratory infection

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El Reno’s Animal Shelter is hoping prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Major Kirk Dickerson, assistant police chief, said due to a recent outbreak of a highly contagious and deadly upper respiratory infection which affects animals and has spread in the surrounding area, the El Reno Animal Shelter will not be accepting strays brought in from the public or owner-surrendered pets.

Dickerson said the policy is in effect “until further notice.”

Palmer wins school board runoff vote

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Eric Palmer, 33, defeated Ronnie Funck, 74, in the El Reno School Board Office No.3 race, winning every precinct.

Palmer and Funck faced off in the Tuesday runoff. The two were the top vote-getters in the earlier February election that also featured Roberta Hamilton.

Palmer is employed with Gemini Coatings in El Reno. He is involved in customer service and financial matters at the employee-owned business.

Both Palmer and Funck are graduates of El Reno High School.

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OU students to survey El Reno residents concerning Tribune

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As print journalism continues to decline due to the rise of the Internet, many small-town communities are struggling to find the means to continue their local paper. Students in Gaylord College at the University of Oklahoma are surveying El Reno residents about their local newspaper.

County to implement purchase card program

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A process has been proposed designed to streamline the way Canadian County government officials make certain purchases.

Commissioners are moving ahead with plans to implement a County Purchase Card Program.

County officers and department directors discussed the proposal at the commissioners March 27 meeting. Commissioners approved a letter of participation to implement the program at their April 3 meeting.

District 1 Commissioner Tomas Manske likes the idea of having a p-card for certain county purchases from companies that don’t accept purchase orders.

Drummond issues formal opinion on State Board of Education rule-making authority

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OKLAHOMA CITY  - Oklahoma law does not give the State Board of Education (SBE) the ability to make administrative rules without proper direction from the state Legislature, Attorney General Gentner Drummond recently ruled in a formal opinion. 

“It is well settled that an agency may only exercise the powers expressly given by statute,” the opinion states. “An agency cannot expand those powers by its own authority.”    
Drummond commented on the opinion, saying the content of the rules are irrelevant to the issue of whether proper authority exists to issue them.

Public Records - 4/8/2023

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LAWSUITS

Thasha Bravo vs. Blake Raney for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Discover Bank vs. Melissa Jayne Shelton for $12,680.46 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. John Wood and Debra Wood for $25,517.98 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.