Senior walk

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El Reno High School seniors walked the halls at all the district grade sites last week including here at Etta Dale Learning Center. 

Graduation is Saturday at 9 a.m. at Memorial Stadium.

The Tribune’s graduation section will be in Saturday’s edition.

 

Hernan Blanco (left), Davin Shamblin and Tre Davis mug for the camera

Sheriff meets Trump in Oval Office

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Canadian County Sheriff Chris West traveled to the nation’s capital recently to meet President Donald Trump.

“I thanked the president for everything he’s doing to protect America,” said West.

“It was very humbling to not only represent law enforcement in Oklahoma, but to be there on behalf of sheriffs across the country.”

West is the first vice president of the National Sheriffs Association (NSA) and will become its 85th president this summer. The organization represents the country’s 3,083 sheriffs.

Chris West and other NSA executive committee members met with President Donald Trump

Thunder Up El Reno

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With the assistance of El Reno firemen Gage Pittman (left) and Austin Gorbet, Ross Seed in downtown El Reno hung a huge Oklahoma City Thunder banner.

OKC split games with the Denver Nuggets as the NBA Western Conference semifinals series heads back to Oklahoma for game five tied at 2-all.

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New system to allow online citizen reports over rural area issues

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Canadian County citizens will soon be able to make online reports about damaged culverts, potholes, overgrown weeds, illegal dumping and other issues that occur in unincorporated areas.

Commissioners voted 3-0 to implement REPORT IT, a non-emergency online reporting system.

The annual cost will be $519 to cover licenses and a dedicated email address, according to District 2 Commissioner Lacey Dawson. The first-year county commissioner spearheaded the proposal, which was endorsed by District 1 Commissioner Tom Manske and District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider.

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