The conference center at Redlands Community College was all about science as students from county high schools showcased their research and discussed their findings as part of the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center’s 2021 Agriscience Symposium.

Some 19 students representing El Reno, Yukon and Calumet high schools took part in the Tuesday evening symposium.

The BlueSTEM Center is a partnership between the USDA and its Grazinglands Research Lab at Fort Reno, Redlands and El Reno Public Schools.

Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority is asking the assistance of all curbside recycling participants to adhere to the current recycle standards.

David Griesel, general manager of OEMA, said crews are finding all sorts of items in the recycling containers that do not belong.

In fact, some participants cause the entire efforts of those that want to recycle to be rejected due to contamination.

Northbound and southbound U.S. 81 will be intermittently narrowed to one lane in each direction between Okarche and County Road 840 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for survey work.

Work mostly will occur along the shoulders. Motorists are advised to expect delays and to watch for workers in the area.

Canadian County commissioners signed off on nearly $1 million in newly financed county landfill equipment.

Commissioners approved proposals for the Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority (OEMA) to purchase financing for a landfill compactor and front-loader truck.

“As beneficiary of the trust, we approve the debt they incur,” District 2 County Commissioner David Anderson said.

Anderson, Canadian County’s representative on the OEMA board, said both pieces of new equipment are already “in the fleet and working.”