By Carolyn Cole
Published on July 5, 2008

Canadian County wheat farmers reaped a record harvest for 2008 with high field yields and high-quality grain meeting skyrocketing prices.

Life-long farmer Ray Bornemann said his family has finished harvesting their 1,300 acres of wheat, with yields ranging from 45 bushels per acre to 70 bushels per acre. He said most farmers are satisfied with a 40-bushel per acre average.

“We have had real good yields,” he said. “Some of it has been the best I have ever harvested.”

By Traci Chapman
Published on July 5, 2008

Area officials announced changes to the county’s floodplain areas Monday and urged residents to make
sure their homes have not been included in the new maps.

By Traci Chapman
Published on July 5, 2008

It has been 117 years since construction began on a stately house in the middle of the Oklahoma prairie. Recently, Fort Reno celebrated the rebirth of that house during its annual meeting.

Fort officials said the large Victorian home was built “in the middle of nowhere” when a well-to-do father learned his daughter was living in a tent with her husband, a cavalry officer stationed at the fort.