February 2022

Struggling with a full-court press from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, Redlands Community College women’s basketball team dropped a 64-55 home game to the Norsemen.

The loss moved Redlands to 12-11 on the season and 6-9 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings for sixth place. The loss came on the heels of an 83-65 road win over Western Oklahoma State College.

Shakira Patterson led all Redlands scorers for the set with 36 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals. Kristen Readel followed with 28 points, 15 rebounds and five assists.

Redlands Community College men’s basketball team jumped into a tie for sixth place in the NJCAA Region 2 standings with a 78-67 home win over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M.

The victory came a day after a 74-73 road loss to Western Oklahoma State College.

The split left Redlands with a 14-14 overall record and a 7-8 mark in Region 2 play.

Deng Deang led the Cougars in scoring over the two games with 39 points and a double-double in each outing with 23 rebounds. Elijah Herron followed with a line of 29 points, 16 rebounds and eight steals.

In March, the Bass Law Firm will become the legal counsel for the city of El Reno.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said longtime City Attorney Roger Rinehart will serve in the capacity until March 1.

Rinehart has been El Reno’s city attorney since March of 2001 and has worked for seven different city managers.

Sandidge said the city last year interviewed three local law firms, Rinehart Law, Bass Law and Fogg Law.

Sandidge said Bass Law brings seven attorneys to the table and with growth in El Reno, the extra support was necessary at this time.

Redlands Community College has purchased property along South Country Club Road with plans to expand its athletic offerings.

At the last RCC Regents meeting, the board voted to purchase approximately 10 acres adjacent to the baseball field on the college campus. The purchase will be financed through the State Master Lease Program, said RCC President Jack Bryant.

Canadian County’s spring youth livestock competition will reach a milestone this week.

The 50th annual Canadian County Junior Livestock Show and Sale will be held Feb. 26 through March 4.

“It’s the golden anniversary,” Canadian County Fair Board Secretary Brad Tipton said.

More than 200 Canadian County youth will exhibit from Yukon, Mustang, El Reno, Union City, Piedmont, Okarche and Calumet.

FFA and 4-H members will show 520 animals during the weeklong livestock show including 94 sheep, 26 goats, 318 swine and 80 cattle.

El Reno residents, both two- and four-legged, took advantage of the warmer temperatures last week to get out of their homes for some park fun. 

Temperatures reached into the 70s over the weekend but was forecasted to dip back below freezing on Wednesday with the possibility of snow and ice.

Judge Paul Hesse said he will seek a second full term as Canadian County district judge.

Hesse was appointed to the bench in 2017 by Gov. Mary Fallin following his nomination by the Judicial Nomination Commission.

He was then elected to his first four-year term in 2018 without opposition.

The filing period for judicial offices is April 13-15.

Hesse shares his duties with Judge Jack McCurdy in hearing civil, criminal, probate and guardianship cases. Hesse is also the presiding judge over the drug, mental health and veterans courts.

Major Adam Flowers of the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office will offer tips on how parents can protect their children from social media dangers on Tuesday, Feb. 22 and again on March 29.

The seminars will be held at the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center and will begin at 6:30 p.m.

Flowers said parents should be especially aware of what their child is doing on social media. He said child predators frequent the social media sites.

Utilizing nine different players to score points, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team locked up second place in the Suburban Conference standings last week with a 55-29 road win over Noble.

El Reno, the West’s second seed for the pending playoffs, improved to 18-4 on the season with the 26-point win over the Bears – the 12th seed in the East bracket.

Jennifer Douglas’ team completed Suburban Conference play with a 7-2 record, with losses to Del City and Carl Albert.

Only the Titans, unbeaten in league action, have a better win-loss record than EHS.