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A group of dedicated volunteers served 131 abused and neglected Canadian County children in 2021.

And with more volunteer help, Canadian County’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) will be able to reach more vulnerable youth in 2022.

That was the message CASA’s leaders shared with Canadian County commissioners last week.

Commissioners agreed to continue providing $25,000 in funding for the CASA program. The unanimous vote was to renew a contract to provide that level of financial support in fiscal year 2023.

Voters in Canadian County who want absentee ballots mailed to them for the Aug. 23 Runoff Primary Election, Banner School Bond Election and Geary School Bond Election should apply now, according to Canadian County Election Board Secretary Wanda Armold.

Absentee ballots are available to any registered voter, provided they are eligible to vote in the election requested. No excuse is needed to vote by absentee ballot.

Investigators with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office arrested Dalton Skipworth, 27, of Mountain View and Christian Dalmont, 24, of Wichita, Kan., for allegedly soliciting sex with a minor by use of technology.

On July 8, Skipworth was arrested with the assistance of the Murray County Sheriff’s Office and taken to the Canadian County Jail. On July 9, Dalmont was arrested and was also taken to the Canadian County Jail.

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is testing a wrong-way detection and alert system on six ramps along Interstate 40 in eastern Oklahoma.

Using thermal cameras, the system identifies when a vehicle enters an exit ramp in the wrong direction and displays flashing lights on already posted Wrong Way signs to increase noticeability.

Over the last two decades, many states have seen a steady rise in obesity rates, including Oklahoma. Across the nation, 31.9 percent of the adult population are considered obese compared to 36.4 percent of adults in Oklahoma, which equates to approximately 1 million adults in our state’s population having obesity.

In 2019, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) engaged in a year-long process, bringing to the table partners from across the state to develop a State Obesity Plan.

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After reading the new book by Maurice Johnson,“Dragonfly Summers, A Dream Before Tomorrow,” this is what one reviewer had to say about it.

“A statement not made lightly: Maurice Johnson may be the most positive-minded person I know. And certainly one of the finest artists. Look for the genesis of the two and you come up with Maurice’s epic, Dragonfly Summers, A Dream Before Tomorrow. An aching, meaningful recounting of life that inspires us to do the same.”

That statement was made by Al Mertens, a screenwriter and director.

Centre Theatre for the Arts, formerly known as the El Reno Community Theatre, put on its production of “Peter Pan and Wendy: A Musical” over the weekend at the Centre Theatre.

Due to a late cast change, the production was limited to one weekend.

The group’s next production will be “Making God Laugh,” set to run Sept. 15-18.

WASHINGTON – Skyrocketing inflation is costing Oklahomans thousands of dollars, according to the state’s junior senator.

U.S. Sen. James Lankford said Oklahoma families are paying more than $7,000 for the same products that they bought a year ago in the wake of the announcement that consumer prices rose to 9.1 percent in June, the highest since 1981.

For more than five decades, area high school students have been offered educational pathways including college prep or Career Tech.

Administrators at both Canadian Valley Technology Center and nearby Redlands Community College are now asking, “Why not both?”

The result is a new partnership between the two publicly funded institutions. CV Tech students can earn between 24 and 42 hours of block credit in qualifying programs.