September 2022

ENID – The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) announced Maggie Jackson as the new Regional Area Director (RAD) for District 2.

Located in north-central Oklahoma, District 2 includes Alfalfa, Grant, Major, Garfield, Blaine, Kingfisher, Canadian and Logan counties.  

Jackson earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology and Spanish from Oklahoma State University and a master’s in public health from the University of Oklahoma.

New Hope Women’s Missionary Union members and guests met recently at the church for a salad and dessert luncheon, followed by the September business meeting.

Guests present were Rayma Richey, Dean Smith, Marquita Barber, Brenda Kurtz and Virginia Becktol. Members attending were Mary Jones, Carol Johnson, Irene Higgins, Marilyn Schmidt and Peggy White.

Pastor Dick Kurtz gave opening prayer. Jones led the group in reading of the Women’s Missionary Union Watchword and Mission Statement.

To the Editor:

While I enjoy the events I have attended and am proud of the investments and improvements that have been made, I would like to bring up an area that has not been given enough attention or focus - seating for the handicapped.

At the county fair and the El Reno Fly-In, seating is still a problem, especially for handicapped people.

Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at a local church.

Carol Stine opened the meeting and read a devotional titled “Not Now God.”

Maxine Little read minutes from the last meeting and gave the treasury report.

Members welcomed guest Ann Neimann.

Discussion was held about the recent county fair, noting that the club booth placed second, while the educational display placed third.

Daniel Paul Gallagher, 69, died Sept. 19 at Integris Health in Oklahoma City.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, Sept. 24 at 2 p.m. at the First Pentecostal Church of God with Dub Cash officiating.

Daniel was born Feb. 9, 1953, in Jonesboro, Ark. He worked in the oil field in the ‘80s, then went to work for Gene Sears Supply where he worked until he passed.

LAWSUITS

OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Samantha K. Moore for $10,156.30 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

MARS Inc. vs. Matthew Sandburg for $1,065.42 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society vs. Tonnya Lewis-Stone for $1,610.94 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Kirk Brock for $831.98 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

A come-and-go celebration of life for Carrie Ann Riblet will be held at Maple Public School on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. She will be cremated and coming home with her family.

What could have been a moving day in the district standings turned into a two-game dogfight as El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team battled to a split with Guymon.

The Tigers scored seven runs in the fourth inning to rally for a 13-8 win in the series opener, but El Reno rode a six-run fifth inning to a 13-3 win in game two for the split.

El Reno improved to 10-15 on the season and 6-6 in the District 5A-2 standings.

With two league games left, the Indians remain in fifth place but now trail Guymon by a half game in the loss column following the split.

Taking advantage of a series of unforced errors by Amber-Pocasset, El Reno High School’s volleyball team snapped a four-match home losing streak with a 3-1 win over the Panthers.

The 25-16/25-21/20-25/25-20 non-conference win moved El Reno to 9-12 on the season and 2-4 inside Jenks Simmons Field House for non-tournament matches.

The Panthers committed 59 errors in the loss but were able to take leads in three of the four games after El Reno struggled to 44 total miscues. The Indians had a strong serving night with 14 aces and a 95 percent team serving effort.

A schedule swap sent El Reno High School’s cross country team back to Anadarko for a second time in a week for the 2022 Warriors Invitational.

The boys team placed 15th overall with 447 points. Logan Singletary led the effort in 51st place with a time of 22 minutes and 44.8 seconds over the 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) course.

Shane Caso Estrada (24:45) took 93rd, followed by Cobyn Mendez (25:20) in 102nd and Jayden Taylor (25:49) seven spots back. Bryce Black (30:55) took 137th.