April 2021

Redlands Community College’s golf team tuned up for the upcoming NJCAA Region 2 Championship by placing second in the 2021 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team stepped up into the Division 1 ranks of the Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference last week, losing a close 5-1 game to Seminole State College. The loss dropped the Cougars to 9-24 on the season.

National Crime Victims Rights Week is April 18-24. To commemorate the advancement of victims rights and highlight issues surrounding victimization, District Attorney Mike Fields announced they were once again hosting a Victims Vigil.

El Reno issued 36 permits for new home construction in March, just about doubling the numbers issued during the same month the past two years combined. Community Development Director Shelly Della Rosa issued a report showing the numbers. She called the March figures “impressive.”

Geese are beautiful flying through the air and they are wonderful to look at gathered together on a pond or a lake. But the throngs of Canada geese that have made their homes in Legion Park, Lake El Reno and other areas of town are also quite messy.

Oklahomans in Canadian County facing a housing crisis and eviction as a result of COVID-19 are encouraged to review their eligibility to determine if they qualify for rent and/or utilities assistance through Community Cares Partners.

This donation box at Hillcrest Learning Center, which is designated for clothing and shoes only, has been a popular dumping spot for a wide range of unwanted items. The company that services the boxes has said in the past that items other than clothing or shoes will be thrown away.

To help improve roadway safety, Canadian County officials will now have access to an online database of commercial driver’s license, CDL, holders.

Legislation that would limit women’s sports to individuals who are biological females has been approved by a state House committee. “Two out of every five young women in the state of Oklahoma choose to participate in sports,” said Rep. Toni Hasenbeck, R-Elgin.

In the late 1980s, as a pre-med major at the University of Pittsburgh, I pulled many all-nighters at Scaife Hall at Pitt’s School of Medicine.