January 2022

LAWSUITS

Protective Insurance Company vs. D Circle Logistics Inc. for $2,141.24 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Kelli J. McDaniel for $5,573.66 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Saralyn A. Elliott for $2,214.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Robert Zamarron for $5,229.67 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Shooting 41 percent from the floor, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team rebounded from its first conference loss of the season with a 58-44 road victory over Guthrie, ranked 17th in Class 5A.

El Reno, the third-ranked team in the same poll, moved to 9-2 on the season with its seventh win by double digits and improved to 3-1 in the Suburban Conference standings.

The Indians were 24-of-52 from inside the arc for 46 percent but had their overall shooting mark pulled down five points after going 1-of-9 from the perimeter.

Jennifer Douglas knows firsthand the gut-wrenching feeling to look up at the scoreboard at the end of a game and see your team on the wrong end of a 70-plus-point loss.

Toward the end of her first year as a head coach in 2014, Douglas’ U.S. Grant Generals suffered an 80-8 playoff loss to Edmond Santa Fe.

“It was tough, I can tell you that. A lot of things go through your head and you question, what do you do? How do you keep pushing those girls and how do you get them to still like basketball and encourage them to do so?” said Douglas.

The second time around made little difference in the efforts to build a new airport terminal at the El Reno Regional Airport as bids for the proposed project came back higher than the first go-around.

With that in mind, the city council denied all bids received and instead may look at converting an existing hangar into a new terminal.

Mayor Matt White said it made no sense to “chase” a matching grant of $500,000 from the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission with the low bid submitted for the project still costing the city more than was budgeted.

One of Oklahoma’s most well-known ambassadors of music will bring his fiddle-playing magic to El Reno for a concert at the Centre Theatre.

Riverside’s 2022 homecoming court was held recently, with both boys and girls teams winning against the Banner Bombers.

Riverside December Students of the Month, front row from left, Adlee Vega, Yitzel Casanova, Lyric Emmons, Aizen Etcitty and Jose Perez; middle row, Ryder Kitchco, Paxton Burdine, Alice Schumacher, Sassy Brushwood, Jace Abshire, Eli Matias and Maddax Lehman; back row, Zac Queen, Baylor Heinrich, Diesel Baker, Aden Sam and Jaylon Trujillo.

Maple December Citizenship Award winners, front row from left, Atley Walker, pre-kindergarten; Douglas Bland, second grade; Hayden Rosholt, fourth grade; Case Elliott, first grade; and Hollis Wedman, kindergarten; back row, William McPeak, third grade; Kassidy Ferguson, fifth grade; Sawyer Williams, seventh grade; Rylee Girten, sixth grade; and Keylee Henley, eighth grade.

El Reno High School’s cheerleading squad is usually 16 strong but due to positive COVID-19 tests and quarantines from close contacts, the squad was down 12 members to four during last week’s basketball game against Del City at Jenks Simmons Field House. Those cheering were, from left, Kyston Haines, Faithe Hunt, Ja’Niya Loreto and Audri Loy.

Best Western Hotels & Resorts has announced the appointment of local Oklahoma businessman John Kelly as the board chairman for 2022.

Kelly owns and operates the Best Western Plus Yukon. The property has achieved incredible quality assurance scores, achieving nine perfect scores in the past nine years.

The property has also received numerous accolades from Best Western Hotels & Resorts including eight consecutive outstanding quality awards and four MK Guertin Awards.