May 2022

Brown earns diploma from Humble High

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Kenny Charles Brown II is among those graduates of Humble High School Class of 2022.

He plans to attend Texas A&M University-College of Engineering.

Brown is the son of Julie Lang, formerly of El Reno, and the late Kenny Brown Sr., grandson of Rhonda Lang and the late Edward Lang Jr. and great-grandson of the late Mary McDaniel.

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Faith in her game

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Having had five of the most prolific female scorers in El Reno High School history play before her, El Reno graduate Ashlyn Evans-Thompson never felt like she was breaking new ground during her career.

That all changes Saturday.

Evans-Thompson will add yet another first to her record-setting story at El Reno when she becomes the first female player in school history to compete in the famed Faith 7 Bowl Basketball Game.

Ashlyn Evans-Thompson will play in Saturday’s Faith 7 contest

El Reno’s Ferguson receives UCO’s Hicks Scholarship

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The University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Fine Arts and Design recently awarded more than 125 scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year. Among those recipients is Jillian Ferguson of El Reno.

Ferguson, a senior studying commercial music, received the Connor Hicks Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship.

Redlands pair selected for NJCAA honors

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Redlands Community College’s baseball team had two players earn postseason honors from the spring season which saw the Cougars finish with a 20-36 overall record.

Outfielder Reece Burke and shortstop Tyson Eastwood were named to the second team on the 2022 NJCAA Region 2, Division 2 All-Region squad.

Burke led the Cougars in hits for the season, going 65-of-172 from the plate for a .378 batting average. He logged 15 doubles, a triple and seven home runs leading to 53 runs batted in and 44 runs – both of which were team highs, while drawing 20 walks.

Tyson Eastwood gets a lead off first base

County 4-H shooters catch Duncan awards in their sights

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Earlier this month the Canadian County 4-H Shotgun Club set its sights on Duncan to compete at the 2022 Duncan Spring 4-H Trap Shoot.

The club is led by Canadian County 4-H Shotgun Sports certified volunteers Eric Kappus, James Brummett, Larry Quisenberry and Colt Quisenberry and has 30 active members.

The trap competition hosted six Oklahoma 4-H counties with competitors ranging in ages 10-18. Three Canadian County 4-H teams returned home with top honors and one individual finished in the top five.

Olson Johnson was one of the local shooters to place in the Duncan event

Fishing Report - 5/28/22

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CENTRAL

Arcadia: Elevation 1 ft. above normal and rising, water 67 and stained.
Blue catfish and channel catfish good on cut bait and worms around points and riprap. Bluegill sunfish excellent on crickets and worms along riprap. Saugeye good on crankbaits, jigs and minnows around docks.

Public Records - 5/28/2022

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LAWSUITS

Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Annette B. Wagner for $1,287.78 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Corey J. Beckman for $3,551.77 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Nathanael J. Dion for $6,988.99 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

CKS Prime Investments LLC vs. Jodi Nunn for $1,230.29 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Power of 100 serves up Mobile Meals donation

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The Power of 100 Canadian County strikes again.

This time the all-female organization that goes about the county helping not-for-profit organizations poured more than $17,800 into the coffers of El Reno’s Mobile Meals program. To say the recipients were thankful would be a grand understatement.

Several Mobile Meals board members and volunteers as well as program director Norman Sheridan and his assistant, Jasper Hill were on hand when representatives of the Power of 100 Canadian County presented the oversized check.

Members of the Power of 100 present El Reno Mobile Meals with a donation