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With an eye toward the future, El Reno city leaders approved the creation of a master plan for Adams Park, expanded the downtown improvement district and restructured some city authorities, the intention being a sharper focus on economic development.

All three items received unanimous support last week from the five-member city council.

The Adams Park Master Plan is intended to “lay out the future of Adams Park and the Lake El Reno area.

El Reno honored a retiring police officer at last weekvs city council meeting.

K-9 Rocco was recognized for having served the department since 2015. The K-9 will retire and was given to his handler, Sgt. Sandy Dowdle.

In recommending Rocco be retired and turned over to Dowdle, Police Chief Ken Brown wrote: “Over the past eight years, Rocco has located missing children, several hundred pounds of illegal narcotics and participated in numerous community events.

Plans are proceeding to build an estimated $50 to $55 million Canadian County Courthouse complex at the site of current county administrative and judicial offices.

Canadian County commissioners met with other county elected officials and department directors to discuss the new courthouse proposal. No action was taken.

The project will be paid using budgeted funds without asking voters to approve a tax increase, Commissioner Dave Anderson said.

WASHINGTON — The beat of drums echoed off the walls of the Department of the Interior auditorium as members of the Native American Women Warriors Color Guard moved toward the stage with tribal flags in hand.

It was the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration’s Third Annual Tribal Nations Summit, and more than a hundred Indigenous leaders from across the nation were gathered to hear the president’s plan for strengthening relationships with Tribal Nations and advancing tribal sovereignty and self-determination.

The historic Fort Reno Visitors Center, shown in this file photo, has received a $50,000 grant from T-Mobile.

The $50,000 grant will go toward replacing outdated windows to ensure the Visitors Center and Museum continues being enjoyed by frequent Route 66 travelers.

The project was submitted by the Historic Fort Reno Visitors Center and Museum.

Each quarter, T-Mobile awards 25 Hometown Grants to small towns with populations of 50,000 or less.

Several blocks of downtown Yukon were closed last week for the filming of a scene in an upcoming epic disaster film.

Yukon’s Main Street, between 3rd and 6th streets, was shut down after dark Dec. 8 as a second unit crew filmed a driving shot for the movie Twisters.

The movie’s cast and director were not present, according to unit publicist Amanda J. Brand.

No interviews or photos of the filming were permitted due to Universal Pictures’ “closed-set” policy and non-disclosure agreements.

High prices for conventional supplements have cattle producers scrambling to determine ways to reduce costs.

One of the ways to reduce costs is to improve feeding accuracy when providing winter supplements, according to the Canadian County OSU Extension.

The question is how accurate is your cake or cube feeder? All feeders will supply slightly different amounts of supplement and variability can occur between different feed types (blended, cubes, pellets).

LAWSUITS

Conn Appliances Inc. vs. Trena Mack for $7,481.57 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Madison Mowdy for $2,335.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

NCB Management Services Inc. vs. Lana Ingram for $3,475.09 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Dakota Gilbert for $3,748.74 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Farrah Shomali for $861.49 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Note: Knowing Jolly Old St. Nicholas is a subscriber and reads the El Reno Tribune each edition, the staff decided to help him out and deliver local children’s Letters to Santa in print. Letters will appear over the next few editions but in time for his Christmas Eve flight from the North Pole.

Dear Santa,
My name is Bentin Reed. I am 8 years old. I have been a good boy this year. For Christmas I would like Lucky Charms marshmallows, Lego Sets and Scale 1/32 Fast and the Furious cars. 
Love, Bentin

El Reno is about to set a record.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said 2023 will establish a “record” in the category of new home construction,

“We will set a new record in new residential units,” Sandidge said.

He said the city has issued, so far this year, 163 permits for new home construction.

“Our next highest year was in 2021 with 154 new homes,” he said.

Sandidge said the volume shows there’s obviously interest from home builders in El Reno.

“Despite high interest rates, home builders have kept building,” he said.