The Second Annual Canadian Valley Chapter of Quail Forever Fundraising Banquet will be held at the Mustang Community Center on Friday, June 25.

The event starts at 5:30 p.m. featuring guest speaker Lacey Swope, meteorologist for an Oklahoma City television station.

There will be a catered dinner, live auction, raffles and multiple gun drawings, with proceeds to benefit local efforts for bettering wildlife habitat with a special focus on the pastime of quail and quail hunting.

If the federal government is willing to send the city of El Reno several million dollars, the municipal government is ready to accept it.

City council voted 5-0 last week in support of a resolution called the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Mayor Matt White said if the funds are delivered, the city “would wake up one morning and the money would be in our account.”

El Reno native Alan B. Hollingsworth, MD, has penned another book, this one taking a different direction than his previous works that garnered critical acclaim.

NUTSHELL is Hollingsworth’s third book. It was released by Black Rose Writing and will be available in hardcover, softcover and digital formats.

A renowned surgeon specializing in the treatment of breast cancer, Hollingsworth said whether the book will be available in audio form has yet to be determined.

“This is a different genre for me,” Hollingsworth said in a letter.

The street in the 500 block of Amity Lane buckled under the recent high temperatures, according to City of El Reno Streets Superintendent Amy Smith.

Crews began cutting out the section of buckled street on Monday and Smith hopes new concrete can be poured Tuesday and the street reopened by Friday.