March 2021

DIVORCES GRANTED

Tonja Truitt vs. Woodley Oren Truitt III.

Steven Ronald Fleming vs. Angela Keeton Fleming.

Charles Creighton Cornelison vs. Alyssa Michelle Cornelison.

Jennifer Lynn Egelhoff vs. Brian Roy Egelhoff.

Larry Herring II vs. Rhonda Herring.

Shane Kopepasah vs. Kristina Kopepasah.

Sloane Markwardt vs. Darren Markwardt.

LAWSUITS

Federal Mechanical Inc. vs. Riverside School District for $36,135 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Viewing for Fred Singleton will be held on Wednesday, March 24 from 10 a.m. to noon at Bill Merritt Funeral Home in Bethany.

Mr. Singleton passed away March 18, 2021.

Tyler Willoughby followed the crowd after graduating high school.

He enrolled in college, figuring that’s the next logical step. Slightly more than half of high school graduates start college, according to information supplied by colleges statewide. Census Bureau data shows one in four Oklahomans complete a bachelor’s degree or higher by age 25.

Willoughby, a Union City High School graduate, was relegated to a statistic when he dropped out of college. He said college was just not the right fit for him.

Canadian County’s domestic violence center is up and running – and a grant is again being sought to help fund operations.

Cardinal Point, a Family Justice Center for domestic violence victims, now occupies a 5,000-square-foot space inside the Canadian County Children’s Justice Center at 7905 E. Highway 66.

Cardinal Point Director Kristie Chandler and her staff work with resource partners offering programs to serve Canadian County residents.

In 2018, state lawmakers approved some of the largest tax increases in Oklahoma history, arguing a larger tax burden was required to increase teacher salaries, which politicians claimed were necessary to reduce teacher shortages. Lawmakers approved an average teacher pay raise of $6,100 in 2018 and added another $1,200 in 2019.

Indian Health Service, Clinton Service Unit (CSU) has moved into the third phase of the vaccination program for COVID-19. Clinton, El Reno and Watonga Indian Health Centers has extended COVID-19 vaccination priority to American Indian and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) and local non-Native community members 16 years of age and older.

The service unit, in partnership with Indian Health Service, is working to ensure the vaccine reaches Indian country as quickly and equitably as possible. As of March 12, 2021, CSU has vaccinated over 4,600 individuals.

The need for quality horse hay, shorthand for attributes desirable in hay fed to equines, has not quite lifted yet.

“We’re still in hay feeding season as pastures have not greened up as yet, and now is not the time to cut back on horses having ready access to hay to meet their nutritional needs,” said Kris Hiney, Oklahoma State University Extension equine specialist.

Attributes of desirable horse hay include:

TULSA – Moving out of the first round of the state tournament for just the second time in school history, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team had its run to the Class 5A title game stopped in the semifinals.

Top-ranked Sapulpa, which went on to win the state championship, hit five 3-pointers to start the game and fended off a handful of comeback attempts by El Reno to hand the fifth-ranked Indians a season-ending 73-55 loss.

El Reno High School added another state title to its trophy case as the Indians won the Oklahoma Football Coaches Association’s Class 5A State Powerlifting Championship last week at the meet held at Jenks Simmons Field House. El Reno was hosting the event for a third time after it was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s event was spread out over both gyms at the field house for safety protocols. See Saturday’s edition for a breakdown of the meet.

El Reno High School’s winter wrestling season came to a close last week as the Indians dropped a narrow 39-27 match to fifth-ranked Coweta in the quarterfinals of the 2021 Class 5A Dual State Championships.

The Indians, ranked sixth in the state, slipped to 8-2 on the year with their second straight trip to dual state.

El Reno won six weights, starting with Niko Gonzalez’s 7-4 victory over Colby Eighinger at 106 pounds. Will Heger (120) pinned Brock Hickman in 1:21, followed by Cole Mitchell’s (132) 3:41 pin of Brian Ballard.