March 2021

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.  

Junior guard Ashlyn Evans-Thompson logged a career milestone which helped El Reno High School punch its ticket back to this week’s Class 5A Girls State Basketball Championship.

A questionable split-second call helped end the season for El Reno High School’s boys basketball team, as the Indians fell 63-61 to No.18 Ardmore in the Class 5A West Area 1 Consolation Championship.

A quarantine issue at Oklahoma Christian Academy forced El Reno High School’s baseball team to cancel last week’s doubleheader at the Hub Reed Complex.

El Reno High School’s Hunter Yeakey and Daegen Griffin will be in action Friday at 9:30 a.m. as the Indians take on Glenpool in the quarterfinals of the Class 5A Dual State Championships in Enid.

Picking up a second straight road win, El Reno High School’s girls soccer team improved to 2-1 on the season with a 7-0 shutout of U.S. Grant in non-district action. El Reno held a lopsided edge in overall shots (31-7), shots on goal (26-5) time of possession (45:27-32:41) and 5-2 in corner kicks.

Union City kicked off its high school softball and baseball spring seasons recently, with both clubs finding the win column in early action. The Tigers baseball team is 2-1 following wins over Casady (8-1) and Binger-Oney (12-8), with a 13-10 loss to Fletcher.

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.

Funeral services for Carroll Forrest Thompson will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 10, 2021, at First Christian Church with Rev. Colton Lott officiating. Burial will follow in the Geary Cemetery under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Geary.

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.