May 2022

What started out as a promising battle with Northern Oklahoma College of Tonkawa turned sour over the final three games as Redlands Community College’s baseball team lost the series to the Mavericks 3-1.

The Cougars took the opening game by a 7-2 score before dropping the final three outings by tallies of 10-9, 12-6 and 21-11.

Those losses left Redlands with a 9-23 record in NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 play and in ninth place.

Clara Bushyhead died in early January after battling cancer. She would have turned 58 in July.

On Saturday, her life will be remembered and honored as the Main Stage at El Reno’s Burger Day Festival is dedicated in her memory.

Bushyhead of El Reno was an active member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

She represented the C&A on a number of boards and was very involved in building community relations.

BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center recently held its annual Agriscience Symposium at Redlands Community College.

Established in 2015, BlueSTEM students have for the past several years displayed posters explaining their agriscience projects at the symposium and this year was no different.

Students from El Reno, Yukon and Calumet high schools are enrolled in BlueSTEM, a collaborative effort between the USDA, area high schools and other partners such as Redlands.

Being able to help people “on their worst day” is why Misti McClellan said it means so much to her to be part of the American Red Cross.

A 1989 graduate of El Reno High School, McClellan serves as the Red Cross executive director for Central and Southwest Oklahoma. Her territory covers 17 counties. And in Oklahoma, that’s a lot of area where a lot of things can go wrong.

In a hurry.

McClellan was in El Reno recently speaking at the El Reno Now gathering hosted by Mayor Matt White and School Superintendent Craig McVay.

El Reno High School held its 2022 Junior-Senior Prom last week at The Festivities in downtown El Reno. Students and their dates were treated to a red carpet experience during the Grand March.

See Saturday’s edition for more prom photos.

One of three ranked teams in the Class A, Region 5 Championships, Calumet High School’s baseball team reached the title round before dropping an 18-2 decision to fifth-ranked Dewar.

The Chieftains, ranked No.17 in the same poll, posted a 2-2 record in the regional round, losing an earlier game to Dewar by a 4-0 tally.

Calumet defeated No.12 Elmore City/Pernell twice by scores of 13-3 and 15-1.

PIEDMONT - El Reno High School’s track team took a small mix of freshmen and upperclassmen runners to compete in the 2022 Suburban Conference Track and Field Championships.

Madeline Taylor and Jasmin Caso were the lone varsity runners for the girls. Taylor ran a 15.62-second, 100-meter dash to place 13th, then posted a 31.81-second effort in the 200 meters to take 12th.

Caso ran the 800 meters with a time of four minutes and four seconds to finish in 13th place.

On Jan. 7, 2021, Barbara Spencer-Powell, age 81, died peacefully at the Orange Blossom Villa Assisted Living Facility in West Palm Beach, Florida.

During her long battle with heart disease and dementia, she was sustained by her faith.

Barbara was born Aug. 29, 1939, in El Reno to parents, Don and Libby Arnold, who predeceased her.

She graduated from El Reno High School and from Oklahoma State University. She was an elementary teacher in Olathe, Kansas, until her children were born. Later she worked in the antique business, specializing in Asian art.

Graveside services for Laverna M. Herbert were held Tuesday at Pleasant View Cemetery in Union City with Rev. Dick Kurtz officiating. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Laverna died April 29, 2022, at her home in El Reno. She was born Sept. 3, 1924, in El Reno. She was a lifelong resident of the community and a member of First Baptist Church where she volunteered in the nursery. She was a homemaker and worked with her mother at the Dairy Hut for several years.

Funeral services for Howard E. Miller, 84, of El Reno were held Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Shane Carrington, minister of the Southside Church of Christ in Sulphur Springs, Texas, officiating. Burial followed in the El Reno Cemetery. 

Howard was born March 23, 1938, in Geary, to Hershel and Maudie (Boyer) Miller. He passed away April 29, 2022, peacefully at home surrounded by his family.

Howard married Cleta Carmichael on Nov. 16, 1957, in the El Reno Courthouse. From this union came their three children, Lisa, Mark and Matthew.