Not everything can be put on hold.

A long-running El Reno tradition is gearing up to kick off the summer. And even though the world is kind of crazy right now, event organizers expect a turnout unlike any before.

The 22nd Annual A Small Town Weekend will be held June 5-7. For weeks, people wondered whether it would happen. Then city officials gave it the go-ahead on May 14.

Canadian County’s new fairgrounds complex won’t cost as much to build as first expected.

The county’s three commissioners, serving as members of the Public Facilities Authority, accepted several bids for construction during a meeting last week.

Contracts were not immediately awarded to give the general contractor, Lingo Construction, an opportunity to review the bids.

The El Reno Public School Foundation recently awarded scholarships to El Reno High School graduates. The scholarships include the Wilbur and Jean Gardner Scholarship, Gaylord and Barbara Reuter Scholarship, Ryan Tinsley Memorial Scholarship and the Hutchison Family Memorial Scholarship.

“Since its inception, our scholarship endowments, through El Reno Public School Foundation, has awarded over $159,000 in scholarships to El Reno High School graduates,” said foundation member Chad Neathery.

Beginning June 1, the city of El Reno will resume sending notices of code violations to people who have allowed their property to fall into disrepair.

During the shelter in place guidelines forced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the city sent only “courtesy notices” rather than notices of violations to property owners.

This practice took place March, April and May. The city also provided a weeklong free dump site for the spring cleanup event.

Now that the shelter in place guidelines have been lifted, violations will resume, the city said in a prepared statement.