December 2021

Holding Hinton to single-digit scoring for three of the four periods, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team picked up back-to-back wins for the second time this season.

The 56-28 win over the Comets lifted unranked Calumet to 4-4 on the season going into the Canton tourney.

Calumet shot 45 percent from the floor, while holding the Comets to eight made baskets for the night.

The Chieftains held the edge in made two-point (15-5) and 3-point (7-3) baskets, while Hinton led 9-5 in made free throws.

For the first time since 2017, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team has two losses before the holiday break after Hinton stunned the state-ranked Chieftains 73-67.

The loss dropped Calumet, which fell to No.8 in the latest Class A poll, to 6-2 on the season heading into the Canton tourney.

Calumet, with two setbacks before the holidays in both the 2016-17 and 2017-18 campaigns, has lost only one game in the months of November and December over the past two seasons.

Redlands Community College women’s basketball team bounced back from its worst loss of the season to defeat Southern Nazarene University’s junior varsity squad 81-63.

The non-conference win lifted the Cougars to 6-4 on the season.

Redlands shot 38 percent in the win, hitting 30-of-79 shots. Mixed into the figure was a 9-of-24 effort from the 3-point arc for 38 percent. The Cougars were 12-of-17 from the free-throw line for 71 percent.

In yet another high-scoring game, Redlands Community College men’s basketball team had its two-game win streak halted recently with an 89-72 loss to Dallas College North Lake.

The Cougars are now 8-6 on the year after the road loss, which came on the heels of an 89-58 victory over Southwestern Christian University in Bethany.

Redlands has now played in nine out of 15 games in which both teams have scored 60 or more points. Five of those outings have been 70 or more points.

El Reno VFW Post 382 and Auxiliary are partnering with Feed the Children to provide free groceries and hygiene products to local families.

The event will be Friday, Dec. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. outside the VFW, 1515 S. Rock Island.

This is the second consecutive year for the giveaway and it will again be a drive-thru event. Vehicles will pull into the parking lot and volunteers will load the food and hygiene products into their autos.

There is no qualification required.

For more information, call Nancy at 405-641-4284.

Robert Edgar Monday Jr., also known as Bob, was an Aviation Radioman First Class for the U.S. Navy during World War II.

A graduate of El Reno High School in 1936, he passed away on Nov. 11, 1944, due to a head injury sustained in an earlier incident while in the service.

He was 26 years old.

Monday was stationed on the battleship USS Nevada at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941, where he was commended for bravery under fire.

A brisk north wind greeted the annual Christmas parade in downtown El Reno on Saturday.

People lined Rock Island and Bickford as the El Reno High School Marching Band and the Heritage Express Trolley led the colorful parade.

Floats representing church groups and businesses took part in the event, as well as the El Reno Fire Department, police and Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.

Also involved in the celebration were more than a dozen classic cars from the El Reno Cruisers.

El Reno High’s drama department turned the parking lot into its own Bedford Falls for a live radio broadcast of It’s a Wonderful Life last week.

City Manager Matt Sandidge called the latest housing permit numbers issued for El Reno “impressive.”

Community Development Director Shelly Dalla Rosa released the figures last week.

With one month left in 2021, El Reno so far has issued 147 permits for new housing.

In November, 20 housing permits were issued, making it the second highest monthly total for 2021. In March, El Reno issued 36 permits for new homes.

Only in September were no housing permits issued, the city information shows.

A new Canadian County district map has been finalized.

State law requires all counties in Oklahoma to be divided into three districts “as equal in population as practical,” according to an amended resolution approving county commissioner district boundaries.

Populations by district are: District 1 (51,403), District 2 (50,862) and District 3 (52,140).

Under the Voting Rights Act, county commissioner district populations must be within 5 percent of each other.