April 2021

Madison Phillips and Baylor Stilley, both of Calumet, announce their plans to be married May 8 at the Schmidt family farm in Mulhall.

Phillips is the daughter of Jeremy and Abby Schmidt of Mulhall.

A 2017 graduate of Mulhall-Orlando High School, she earned an associate of applied science degree from Murray State College.

She is employed at Cimarron Nursing Home.

Stilley is the son of Mike and Malinda Stilley and grandson of Janice and Leon Bomhoff, all of Calumet.

Maple March Citizenship Award honorees, back row from left, Graham Phillips, fourth grade, Ashlyn Hardy, sixth grade, Dustin Stokes, seventh grade, Maddie Moss, eighth grade, and Bryson Cooper, fifth grade; middle row, Case McPeak, kindergarten, Kinsley Bonilla, second grade, John Henry Von Tungeln, first grade, and Brennan Ayers, third grade; in front, Ellie Rose Von Tungeln, pre-kindergarten.

Calumet March Students of Month, from left, Blanca Beard, Jaxon Olive, Connor Goff and Makyla Nitzel.

LAWSUITS

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Jamie T. Hollis and Brandy J. Hollis for $52,173.28 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Commerce Bank vs. John Kearby for $17,575.81 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Cie A. Checotah for $10,061.24 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

American Express National Bank vs. Ajin Joy for $29,421.38 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

In 2016, Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby stressed to members of Congress that there “are no reservations in Oklahoma. People from many backgrounds are neighbors who live, work, play and worship together.” Anoatubby said this created “a sense that we all share in a common destiny in our communities.”

Today, “common destiny” has been shattered by the U.S. Supreme Court’s McGirt decision, which held the Creek Nation’s reservation was never disestablished. Instead, crime victims of all races are seeing claims of tribal sovereignty translate into justice denied.

Public visitation for Marie Deatherage was held Wednesday, April 7, with family present, at Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Private services were held Thursday at El Reno Cemetery. Marie passed away at home on Easter Sunday, April 4, with family at her side following a brief illness.

Born Ruth Marie Ferguson in El Reno on Nov. 4, 1938, she lived with her family in Kansas and Arizona. Upon returning to El Reno, the family purchased a washing machine. It was delivered to the house by a “tall, skinny kid” named Don Deatherage, and she decided on the spot that he was the one for her.

Wayne Donald “Don” Fees was born May 28, 1937, at home in El Reno to Wayne and Virginia Bright Fees. He died April 3, 2021, in Edmond.

Aside from some time away on military assignment, Don and his wife, Faun spent most of their life in Canadian County around their El Reno home or the family farm in Calumet.

Don had a career in the military where he served as a Major in the U.S. Military Police in the United States Army.

Whether it was from the right side or the left side of the mound, El Reno High School’s pitching staff found the strike zone often in last week’s District 5A-2 series with Capitol Hill.

Four pitchers combined to strike out 24 of the 42 batters faced over the two-day series as El Reno’s baseball team posted 15-2 and 16-4 wins over the Red Wolves. The Indians improved to 12-9 on the season and 8-0 in the 5A-2 standings.

UNION CITY – Mixing in eight timely hits between 12 walks, Union City High School’s slow-pitch softball team rallied from an early 4-0 deficit to defeat cross-county rival Calumet 12-8 last week.

The win lifted Class A’s 20th-ranked Tigers to 13-9 on the season and a rivalry sweep, while the Chieftains slipped to 3-9 for the spring.

Union City scored three runs off bases-loaded walks, with the rest plating on a team batting average of .307 as the Tigers went 8-of-26. Kaitlyn Linson batted .750 after going 3-for-44 with a double, a triple and two runs batted in.

El Reno High School’s boys and girls tennis teams both took fifth place last week at the 2021 Suburban Conference Championships hosted by Shawnee.

The boys team had only two entries as Xiven Wallin and Jacob Guerrero both finished in sixth. Wallin played No.1 singles, losing to Guthrie’s Auden Wandt (6-0/6-1) and Carl Albert’s Grayson Guild (6-2/6-0).

Guerrero played No.2 singles, losing in straight sets to both Piedmont’s Jacob Curtis and Carl Albert’s Brandon Enterling.