The Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association presented a check for $22,500 to the Canadian County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program.

Annually, members of the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association build a home free of charge to benefit the Oklahoma Home Builders Foundation.

The foundation is a nonprofit that works to benefit children in the community, according to a news release from the association.

On March 2 - the late Theodor Seuss Geisel’s 117th birthday - Dr. Seuss Enterprises announced that, sometime last year, it ceased publishing/licensing six of the popular author’s children's books which “portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.”

Cue woke approval, deplorable outrage, investor interest and low-information reader fear, all of which are good for business.

As I write this on March 9, Dr. Seuss titles constitute 10 of Amazon's top 25 “Best Sellers in Children's Books.”

Last week, Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives put forward their highest priority legislation with introduction and passage of H.R. 1.

With opening of a new Canadian County Fairgrounds complex set for July, installation of a new waterline to serve the site is getting under way.

Construction is expected to be finished in June on the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, built on a 50-acre site at Jensen and Alfadale, just south of Interstate 40. The site is just outside the El Reno city limits.

“Events are starting July 4th weekend,” said Canadian County Commission Chairman Jack Stewart. “It’s going to be a multi-use facility.”