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Bank of America N.A. vs. Diane L. Welch for $7,529.02 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Kay Jewelers vs. Jason Fox for $1,448.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Melika Chatman for $856.42 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Juan Melchor for $1,162.90 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Kassie Hoehner for $1,894.60 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Could the partnership that created the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center at Fort Reno have imagined how sweet of an education experience the program would become for area students?

Now in its sixth year, BlueSTEM has grown from its original class of three students to 31 this school year. High school students from El Reno, Yukon and Calumet are members of the current BlueSTEM class.

A race has developed for the El Reno City Council Ward 2 seat.

Incumbent Bob Ballhorn will be challenged by Peter Stapperfend for the position that will be decided in the Nov. 9 election.

The candidate winning the most votes will be elected to serve a four-year term.

Ballhorn, 61, currently serves as vice mayor. He said he is running because he wants to help continue the forward momentum he said El Reno is experiencing.

During the Canadian County Fair Family Night festivities, Kate Kearby of Piedmont and Joan Herr of El Reno were recognized with the 2021 Outstanding Canadian County Citizen Awards.

Kearby and Herr were presented with a certificate and the top winning cookie jar fair entries, made by Underwood OHCE and Sunshine OHCE Groups.

Kearby was nominated by Jim and Judy Swaim and below is what they wrote:

A group of people involved in the million-dollar renovation of Memorial Stadium gathered last week to celebrate the improvements.

A few hours later they learned the El Reno High School football game scheduled for Friday night would be canceled because of COVID.

School board members Dallas Curtis, Brad Baker and Curtis Blanc were on hand for the celebration. Curtis was singled out by Superintendent Craig McVay for his efforts in pushing the project forward.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Researchers from the University of Oklahoma and OU Health have detected a major increase of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage samples collected in the state’s metropolitan areas, which predicted the current surge in COVID-19 cases across the city and the state as a whole.

Over the past two weeks, the concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 in the different samples from wastewater-treatment plants have been anywhere from 33 to 67 times higher than when they were measured in May.

LAWSUITS

American Express National Bank vs. Suzy Hodge for $9,209 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Lucia Wyant for $1,773.88 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Shana E. Pettigrew for $2,399.54 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Michele R. Overton for $1,420.22 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Record attendance estimated at more than 20,000 people came to last week’s 67th Annual Canadian County Free Fair.

The fair was held Aug. 23-28 at the new Canadian County Expo and Event Center, 3001 Jensen Road East.

“It was a tremendous success,” Canadian County Fair Board Chairman Kelly Beck said. “This year’s fair was just very exciting and something for us to build on. We look forward to growing it.”

Canadian County commissioners have officially approved applying for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021. The county is eligible for $28 million.

“This is taking that first step,” District 1 Commissioner Marc Hader said. “This doesn’t obligate us for anything. We haven’t made any decision on what we’re going to spend the money on.”

The ARPA of 2021 is a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill. It’s intended to help local governments recover from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Banner School FFA member Charli Kinder keeps a firm grip on her heifer while showing to the judge during the recent Canadian County Free Fair.

Results from the 2021 fair held at the new county fairgrounds will be published in the Tribune once they are certified by county officials.