The dedication and blessing of the new SSM St. Anthony Healthplex will have to wait a bit longer thanks to the difficulty in finding building materials.

The ceremony for the new $9 million healthplex was scheduled for Monday, but city officials said the event will need to wait a bit.

“After evaluating the remaining work and inspections to be done on the SSM Health St. Anthony Healthplex in El Reno, we have made the decision to postpone our dedication and blessing ceremony on Monday, July 19,” the city said by email.

In their final contact drills before taking 24 days off, El Reno High School football players went through a four-day team camp last week despite having several key pieces missing.

“We had some kids gone to Arizona for basketball so we had some kids missing. The skilled kids we did have went through padded camp and we did a lot of individual drills, some group stuff and then a lot of seven-on-seven to get used to throwing and catching in our pads,” said El Reno head coach Chuck Atchison.

A youth soccer camp, hosted by El Reno High School coaches Gabriel Gonzalez and Austin Little, was held last week in Adams Park with more than 50 players attending the four-day event.

Canadian County CASA Inc. (Court Appointed Special Advocates) recognizes longtime volunteer Alex Corbitt.

For seven years, Corbitt has served as a volunteer advocate speaking up for the best interests of children in the child welfare system on five different cases, with his longest case now running for six years.

Prior to joining CASA as a volunteer, Corbitt worked with both CASA of Oklahoma County and the Department of Human Services.