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Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 18 for the primary election. Canadian County Election Board Secretary Allen Arnold offers some tips to voters, especially those who will be casting a ballot for the first time.

► Mark your ballot using the example posted at your polling place and inside your ballot booth. If you make a mistake, do not try to correct it. Instead, take your ballot to the precinct officials. They will destroy the ballot and issue a new one.

An “incredible” month.

That’s how Director Mandy Davis described May at the Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East.

Canadian County’s fairgrounds and event venue was busy with several large bookings for the month.

Among highlights was hosting the May 10 Redlands Community College graduation ceremony.

A measure to provide additional teeth to existing restrictions on foreign land ownership has been signed into law by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

OKLAHOMA CITY - XR Extreme Reach (XR), a global technology company that powers the creative economy, announced expanded opportunities for clients in Oklahoma.

As an official state vendor, XR can enable its film and television production clients that select Oklahoma for their on-location destination to earn back their payroll handling fee as a qualifying expenditure through Oklahoma’s incentive program.

LAWSUITS

Discover Bank vs. Alexis Rankin for $4,932.32 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Natya Tanner for $4,032.35 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Arvest Bank vs. Randal Kay for $4,201.38 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Terrance Thompson Jr. for $3,426.35 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Ralph Payne for $3,850.39 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The El Reno Tribune’s Small Town Weekend Preview section for 2024 contains the following:

2024 Small Town Weekend schedule

Cruising in time

Let them roll

Smoke the tires

Tonya Fisher was having trouble finding help to clean up a lot next to her father’s home on West Woodson.

The property is apparently owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and had become a popular place for people to discard limbs and unwanted household items, like appliances.

It was a big job and even with the help of people like Sarah and Kody LaFoe, Billy Fisher, Stacy Johnson and Willie Grant, more muscle would be needed to get the job done.

El Reno’s Carnegie Library kicked off its Camp Summer Reading Program last week with a party which included a petting zoo, sidewalk chalk, cornhole board and of course, books.

The goal is for every person in the program to read at least 10 hours this summer, with a community goal of 162,000 hours.

The program is open to all ages.

Canadian County sheriff’s deputies made a pair of significant drug busts in May, reports from the sheriff’s office said.

On May 13, deputies conducted two traffic stops on Interstate 40 in Canadian County. The stops resulted in seizing 40 pounds of marijuana and 19 pounds of fentanyl.

A public trust will be formed to oversee operations at Canadian County’s $20 million fairgrounds venue.

County commissioners voted 3-0 last week to create a Title 60 trust for the Canadian County Expo and Event Center.

The county-owned Expo, 3001 Jensen Road East, opened in July 2021 and is consistently busy with event bookings.

Commissioners are working with Expo Center Director Mandy Davis and District Attorney Tommy Humphries on creation of the new Title 60 trust.