June 2021

Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, along with state Sen. Lonnie Paxton (R-Tuttle), and State Rep. Rhonda Baker (R-Yukon), helped kick off A Small Town Weekend in El Reno when they drove the original 1926-1932 alignment of Route 66 through El Reno neighborhoods.

Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed Redlands Community College alumna Kass Newell to a seven-year term on the college’s Board of Regents, succeeding Yukon businessman Jim Kitch.

In a letter sent to Oklahoma’s two U.S. senators, the secretary of the Oklahoma State Election Board warned that an election bill promoted by congressional Democrats “guarantees chaos in our elections.”

Remembrances of the Tulsa Race Massacre have focused largely — and understandably — on the tragic and unnecessary loss of life and property. But Oklahomans should not ignore other lessons provided by the rise and resurrection of “Black Wall Street,” Tulsa’s Greenwood district.

Pictured are the winners from the 2021 A Small Town Weekend Hot Wheels Races, from left, Henry Weaver of Chickasha (13), Mattison Norton of El Reno (3) and Asher Schweitzer of El Reno (6). 

Canadian Valley Technology Center had several dozen state contest placers, including many state champions. El Reno Campus National Contest Business Professionals of America (BPA) Ian Fowler placed eighth in Server Administration Using Microsoft as well as 10th in Computer Security.

Okarche junior high students Brenna Crider and Jaici Easton were recognized at the annual Delta Kappa Gamma conference held recently in Oklahoma City.

Honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre have been announced for the 2021 spring semester. An undergraduate student earning all A’s in 12 or more hours during a semester qualifies for the President’s Honor Roll.

In an effort to get more competitive against upper-tier opponents, El Reno High School girls basketball coach Jennifer Douglas has opted to put her players up against some of the best teams in the state this summer. So far the move has paid off.

It wasn’t long after he first picked up a glove and started throwing a baseball around that Rhett Kouba dreamed of one day playing on the biggest stage in college baseball – the NCAA College World Series.