Sample ballots are now available for the Nov. 8 General Election.
Voters can download a sample ballot using the State Election Board’s OK Voter Portal at oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp or pick up a copy at the Canadian County Election Board during normal business hours.
Canadian County Election Board Assistant Secretary Allen Arnold said sample ballots are specific to each person.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Three state representatives held an interim study before the House Children, Youth and Family Services Committee on Sept. 20 to examine options to support a more efficient foster care system while protecting the well-being of children in the program.
Reps. Brian Hill, R-Mustang, Dick Lowe, R-Amber, and Brad Boles, R-Marlow, requested Interim Study 22-074 following the overturning of Roe v. Wade in late June.
LAWSUITS
Discover Bank vs. Corey J. Beckman for $2,680.31 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Tyler Bishop for $5,748.10 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Directions Credit Union Inc. vs. Alicia J. Jones for $4,555.83 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Layne Perdew for $1,597.03 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
When Kevin Stitt was elected governor of Oklahoma in 2018, the state had a $1 billion deficit.
Four years later, as Stitt seeks re-election, Oklahoma has a $3 billion surplus, the fourth largest reserve account of any state in the nation.
And Stitt said another billion should be added to the coffers next year.
That was part of Stitt’s message last week when he spoke at the El Reno Now Breakfast.
The monthly event hosted by Mayor Matt White and El Reno Schools Superintendent Matt Goucher raised more than $400 for the El Reno Public Schools Foundation.
The United States Cavalry Association wrapped up its annual four-day competition over the weekend at Fort Reno.
Two of the key events were the Mounted Saber and Paul Scholtz Mounted Pistol competitions.
Competitors in the Paul Scholtz Mounted Pistol event had to shoot at balloons while riding a set course, which at times forced some tough shots.
Longtime Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold has resigned her position with about seven months left in the term.
Armold informed Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax of her decision in a letter dated Sept. 14.
“Please know that as of today, I have decided that it would be best for my health if I left my position as Secretary of the Canadian County Election Board immediately,” Armold wrote in the letter.
El Reno Public Schools will bring back its mentoring program, Superintendent Matt Goucher said.
Goucher made the announcement at last week’s El Reno Now Breakfast.
Sponsored by the El Reno Public Schools Foundation, the mentoring program has earned recognition from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence for its work with students.
The program pairs adult volunteers with students. The mentors help with reading and are essentially serving as role models for their student. COVID interrupted the program for about three years.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Logan Phillips, R-Mounds, on Thursday praised the Oklahoma House and Senate Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding for their focus on addressing broadband issues through projects they advanced.
The projects advanced during the joint committee’s meeting will now be considered when the Legislature reconvenes its special session to appropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars.
“We have not seen this type of investment in Oklahoma since the 1920s when we initially built out electricity to rural areas,” Phillips said.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) in Weatherford will host a free “Oklahoma and The Cuban Missile Crisis” symposium on Thursday, Oct. 27, featuring SWOSU history professors Dr. Becky Bruce and Landry Brewer.
The event coincides with the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Bruce and Brewer will speak in the Stafford Center, Room 104, at 7 p.m.
Bruce is a diplomatic historian who will discuss the Cold War in general and the events of the Cuban Missile Crisis in particular.
LAWSUITS
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Anthony Carter for $893.77 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Discover Bank vs. Stephanie Atayde for $5,179.01 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Danielle Warren for $4,439.21 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Arvest Bank vs. Rashawn J. Morris for $4,306.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Tyler Boismenue for $773.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
