March 2021

A collaborative road project that was about a decade in the making was celebrated last week as Cheyenne and Arapaho leaders joined with a Canadian County commissioner in a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Too many people with water let their faucets run wide open for several days, hoping their pipes would not freeze. That’s the story in a nutshell as to why much of El Reno was without water for a week, said Mayor Matt White and members of the city staff.

A limited number of people will be able to attend the Canadian County Junior Livestock Show this year for the 2021 premium sale that will be online. The 49th annual show starts at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 6 and ends at 6 p.m. March 9 at the Canadian County Fairgrounds.

After allowing Tulsa Bishop Kelley nine straight points to tie the game, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team went on a 33-12 run to close the first half and pull away from the Comets.

OKLAHOMA CITY – In his first season back on the sidelines, Rodney Haydon’s team is one win away from making a return to the Class 5A state tourney after missing the Tulsa trip last year. El Reno, ranked 16th in Class 5A, defeated No.15 Southeast 69-62 to win the Class 5A West Region 2 Championship.

OKLAHOMA CITY – While El Reno High School’s wrestling team fell short of a team or individual title at the Class 5A Oklahoma State High School Wrestling Championships, the Indians still finished as the highest placer from the west.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team has fallen a win shy of making the state tourney, losing two games in the Class A, West Area 1 Championships. The fifth-ranked Chieftains had their 16-game win streak snapped with a 36-33 loss to third-ranked Arapaho-Butler.

LAWSUITS Adventure Enterprises Inc. vs. Myco Construction Corporation for $83,157.42 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Consumer Portfolio Services Inc. vs. Charles Kittell and Lorae Kittell for $17,599.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

How would it be to have the name Grace, be the perfect example of that name and pass through the gates to see our Savior? That’s what happened Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, for Grace Marie Whitcraft.

Barbara Joan (Lanier) Chronister passed peacefully into the arms of our Savior on Feb. 23, 2021, at the age of 90. She was born Jan. 8, 1931, in the small community of Sickles, Okla., to Floyd and Mattie (Armstrong) Lanier.