October 2021

El Reno storms Capitol Hill, 56-0

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Snapping a six-game losing streak dating back to last season's playoff loss, El Reno High School's football team scored touchdowns on eight of nine possessions en route to a 56-0 shutout of Capitol Hill.

The Indians improved to 1-5 on the season but more importantly, 1-2 in the District 5A-1 race, climbing out of a three-way tie for last place with both Duncan and the Red Wolves.

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Honoring Hope

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The first ever Honoring Hope luncheon was named appropriately.

About 200 people gathered at the new Canadian County Expo Center last week to learn why supporting Cardinal Point is most definitely a way to honor hope.

Cardinal Point is the Family Justice Center created in Canadian County to help victims of domestic violence. It’s only the fourth such center in Oklahoma. Since opening earlier this year, Cardinal Point has already assisted 256 people victimized by domestic abuse.

Mike Fields explains his passion for helping victims of domestic violence

C&A Tribes purchase ER’s Best Western site

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The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes has officially acquired the Best Western El Reno.

Lucky Star Hospitalities LLC (LSH), a solely tribally-owned Limited Liability Company of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, closed the purchase of the 60-room Best Western El Reno, 2701 S. Country Club Road.

The purchase represents a strategic expansion into the hospitality industry for the Tribes and their Lucky Star Casinos, said Gov. Reggie Wassana.

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Colorful pressure

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The El Reno Fire Department was performing a yearly pump test on its ladder truck and several other units.

According to firemen, the required tests are performed by siphoning water out of the lake with special hoses and then spraying the water back into the lake and monitoring the pressure and temperature of the trucks during the process.

 

Terrell Thompson and Dillon Macias watch a colorful rainbow form

CC domestic violence center awarded grant

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Canadian County’s domestic violence center has been awarded a $492,576 federal grant that offers some financial sustainability.

These grant funds, through the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office on Violence Against Women, will be accepted over four years to support operations at the Cardinal Point Family Justice Center.

The grant program is titled “Improving Criminal Justice Responses to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault and Stalking.”

Local runners take turns carrying baton in Great American Relay

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Two Calumet residents took part in the Great American Relay over the weekend.

Shawn Davis ran from El Reno’s Heroes Plaza to the Calumet Y, while Lindy Renbarger took the baton and ran from the Y to Cherokee Trading Post. Both runners traveled down Historic Route 66.

The El Reno Fire Department, Calumet Volunteer Fire Department and the Calumet Police Department provided escorts for the run.

The Great American Relay is a coast-to-coast relay consisting of 415 stages covering 3,500 miles over 38 days and 18 states.

Calumet residents came out to cheer on the local runners

El Reno bank evacuated, searched following bomb threat over phone

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On Sept. 29 at approximately 1 p.m., El Reno police were called to BancFirst, 2000 S. Country Club Road, in reference to a bomb threat.

The threat was made by phone. Police reports said the caller was believed to be a younger male who made references to destroying the bank.

Bank employees and customers were evacuated from the building.

A K-9 team from the Highway Patrol was brought to the BancFirst location

Frontier donation

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El Reno’s Frontier Chevrolet donated $10,000 last week to El Reno Public Schools.

Presenting the check, front row from left, Frontier’s Shane Tuck and Stacey Gaylord, ERPS’ Brooke Robertson, Frontier’s Linda Cosgrove and Debbie Denwalt, ERPS’ Matt Goucher and Frontier’s Kyle Smith. Back row, Frontier’s Jana Ferguson and Mindy Tech and ERPS Superintendent Craig McVay.

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Yukon man arrested in Ada on charges of child pornography

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Paul Hobbs, 44, of Yukon, was arrested Aug. 10 at his workplace in Ada on charges of possession of child pornography.

Hobbs was taken into custody after an investigation by the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children sent a tip to the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office regarding Hobbs uploading child pornography to the Internet cloud. The images that were uploaded contained children as young as 6 years old being forced to pose nude.

Public Records - October 9

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DIVORCES GRANTED

Nadia Jones vs. Robert Carl Jones.

Rebecca Ruth Yacyszyn vs. Kevin Wayne Yacyszyn.

Megan Van Vechten vs. Nicholas Van Vechten.

Brandon Joe Box vs. Ashley Leann Box.

Laurie Blalock Bennett vs. Matthew Bennett.

Tarek Samara vs. Ilona D. Samara.

Amanda L. Hickman vs. John R. Hickman.

Monica Nicole Ramey vs. Blake R. Ramey.

Kendra Lynn Kennedy vs. Samantha Dawn Kennedy.

Mandy Lee Buchman vs. Jason Michael Bushman.

Mary Janaan Hensley vs. James Quintin Hensley.