February 2020

Canadian Valley Art Guild will host a demonstration meeting on Saturday, March 7 beginning at noon at Farfalla Winery, 505 Poplar Avenue in Yukon. March demo artist will be gouache landscape painter Jay Holobach.

There’s a new library open. It’s about 19 inches tall, 15 inches wide and made out of wood. Dubbed the Little Free Library, this new addition at Iron Tree Coffee Co. is an opportunity for the public to read on the go.

First Christian Church is helping families recover. The denomination, Disciples of Christ, is made up of many congregations, five of them in Canadian County. Right now they are working together to assist the citizens affected by the spring storms of 2019.

The El Reno Chamber of Commerce likes to connect people, according to Karen Nance.

El Reno High School senior Rafe Goucher became the first football player off the Indians 2019 playoff team to sign a national letter of intent. Goucher signed with Emporia State out of Kansas, following in the footsteps of another EHS All-State player, Justin Brown.

After nearly ending its Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference losing streak in a three-point loss at Northern Oklahoma College of Enid, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team was blown out in its regular-season final.

While it got a little dicey toward the end, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team won the 2020 Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference Championship.

Under the new format for the budding sport of secondary school archery, El Reno Public Schools qualified both its middle and high school teams for the NASP National Shoot.

El Reno High School’s powerlifting team is gearing up for next weekend’s regional meet by racking up some extra pounds during recent meets.