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.

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...

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.