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The popcorn is back

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After a year without caramel popcorn thanks to COVID-19, Ross Seed has brought the Wednesday treat back.

Ross Seed has made a practice of giving away free popcorn to customers with Wednesday designated caramel corn day.

 

Tom Ross fills a bag with the gooey corn

Public Records - March 10

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LAWSUITS

Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Linda O’Brien for $2,586.74 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Joan M. Richardson for $1,292.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Forest W. Stanley Jr. for $2,603.94 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Hang Nguyen for $4,373.77 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Rose Witcher’s Hudson selected as district’s top 2020-21 educator

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Teaching is a calling for those who pick up the banner for public education and spend years learning and honing their skills in an effort to mold and open the minds of young students in a traditional classroom setting.

But the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic has created a new traditional classroom setting. And for El Reno educators, add school closures caused by winter storms and lack of running water.

Shelly Hudson records herself reading a book

Burger Day put on the back burner

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El Reno will put off Burger Day for one more year, but the first Saturday in May won’t be without plenty of fun as a new festival will be launched before moving to July in 2022.

Shana Ford, Main Street director, said the inaugural Route 66 Family Fun Fest and Cornhole Tournament will replace the annual Fried Onion Burger Day Festival, normally held the first Saturday in May.

But only for this year.

Lovers of El Reno’s Big Burger will have to wait until 2022

El Reno picks top teachers

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El Reno Public Schools released Teacher of the Year honorees for each of its seven educational sites for the 2020-21 school year.

El Reno High School
Chris Burdine

Burdine teaches high school Algebra 2, Algebra 3 and Pre-Calculus. This is his fourth year teaching, all in El Reno.

Burdine was in the construction industry for 20 years before going back to school to obtain a teaching degree.

Chris Burdine teaches a problem on a smartboard

Senate passes Ida’s Law, now off to House

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation to address the issue of unsolved cases of missing and murdered Native American people has been approved unanimously by the full Senate. Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City, is the principal author of Senate Bill 172, known as Ida’s Law.

The measure is named for 29-year-old Ida Beard from El Reno. A citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, she went missing in 2015 and has never been found.

LaRenda Morgan, Beard’s cousin, helped craft the legislation.

Ida Beard

Federal disaster loans available for county businesses, residents

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Oklahoma businesses and residents as a result of President Biden’s major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration Acting Administrator Tami L. Perriello announced.

The declaration covers Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Comanche, Cotton, Hughes, Jefferson, Le Flore, McIntosh, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Pittsburg, Stephens, Tulsa and Wagoner counties as a result of the severe winter storms that occurred Feb. 8-20, 2021.

Senate passes changes to Education Open Transfer Act

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The Senate approved legislation last week expanding educational opportunities for Oklahoma families.

Senate Bill 783, by Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, modifies the Education Open Transfer Act to allow students to transfer to another public school district year-round.

Pugh, who serves as the chair of the Senate Education Committee, said the bill is needed to provide families more flexibility to find the school that meets the needs of their child.

Adam Pugh
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