Property owner Ed Graham said the city kept adding to the list of improvements that needed to be made to his building at 112 S. Choctaw, but members of the El Reno City Council didn’t see it that way.

In the end, the former tavern was condemned in a unanimous 5-0 vote after city officials pointed out the original June inspection stated it was not a comprehensive list of failures found at the building.

When Marion Conner was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1943, the El Reno native could not have foreseen his service time during World War II setting off a branch of the family tree that would be intertwined with the military for the next 80 years.

“We’ve had someone in the family serving in the military every decade since Marion was drafted,” said grandson and 40-year veteran Michael E. Conner Jr.

In fact, the Conner lineage in the military has been traced even further back to the 1700s prior to the Revolutionary War.

A new Canadian County shop will cost around $3 million after some pencil sharpening lowered the price 19 percent.

This 10,000-square-foot maintenance facility will be constructed at the District 3 yard, 1205 N. Calumet Road.

The current District 3 shop was built in 1956.

The construction manager, Redhawk Construction, presented the $3,008,079.63 maximum guaranteed price at the Nov. 10 Canadian County commissioners meeting.

That amount includes a $50,000 contingency.

The Power of 100 Canadian County presented a check for more than $17,900 to the Intervention and Crisis Advocacy Network last week in recognition of the organization’s efforts to help victims of domestic abuse.

The Power of 100 is made up of county women who “believe that when each one gives a little, they can make a big difference.”

The Power of 100 was created in 2020 and since then has donated more than $420,000 to local charitable nonprofits.

The women meet four times a year to learn about various organizations nominated for the award.