September 2022

For 35 years, ICAN has served domestic violence victims in Canadian County.

Its services have never been in greater demand. With the reshuffling of the Canadian County Health Department due to the purchase of the former Halliburton building, Cardinal Point, along with ICAN, could be expanding to Yukon.

The number of clients ICAN serves has risen in recent years. Executive Director Matt Whetzel said in the past fiscal year, ICAN staff worked with 639 total clients, of whom 271 are from Yukon.

Peggy Ann Hill, 71, of El Reno. Oklahoma, passed away suddenly on September 13, 2022.

Peggy was born on June 5, 1951 to Charley and Ruth Chandler at El Reno Hospital. She attended El Reno High School then went on to study nursing at Redlands Community College in El Reno. After becoming a Registered Nurse, she began her 20 plus year nursing career and found her passion in geriatrics.

She found joy in the sun and water and her beloved pets Jagger, Sissy, & Zeke in addition to precious time with family and friends.

STILLWATER — Before a food product reaches a shelf or freezer section of a grocery store, the manufacturing process transforms raw ingredients into consistent products for consumption.

But what if the gourmet ice cream created from a blend of dairy products such as cream and condensed milk resulted in a food recall?

LAWSUITS

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Ryder Curtis for $49,017.71 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bank of Oklahoma vs. Christie Lavonne Patton for $220,993.11 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 21, Block 2, Pikes Pointe Addition, Oklahoma City.

Mychael Diaz Shouse vs. Melissa Harrison for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

El Reno High School senior Ryan Sigler holds up the American flag while kneeling with teammates for a pregame prayer before a recent home football game. After a week off, El Reno is slated to travel to Elgin Friday night to kick off District 5A-1 play.

For a fifth straight year, El Reno High School’s football program has had an open date on its regular-season schedule, but that doesn’t mean the Indians took last week any differently than normal.

“The off week has been good. We have been trying to focus on us and trying to get better each and every day,” said El Reno head coach Russell Cook.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team heads into three winnable matches this week after dropping a 3-0 home outing to the Lawton MacArthur Highlanders, ranked third in Class 5A.

The 25-20/25-13/25-13 Highlanders win dropped El Reno to 8-12 on the season. The Indians have upcoming outings with Amber-Pocasset, Noble and Santa Fe South, which they have beaten once this season in tourney action.

In the loss to MacArthur, El Reno served at 94 percent with a team-high three aces from Madison Patswald. Makenna Curtis, Emma Patswald and Trinity Black added one ace each.

Just eight pitches into its series with Capitol Hill and El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team was leading 2-0 en route to a twinbill sweep of the Red Wolves in less than two hours.

El Reno posted wins of 15-0 and 15-1 to improve to 9-11 for the season. The sweep moved the Indians to 5-5 in the District 5A-2 standings.

Kira Taber hit a lead-off single for El Reno and would circle to score on a stolen base, wild pitch and a passed ball. Kaydence Pawnee reached by error and scored two pitches later on a passed ball.

Both Oklahoma and Oklahoma State picked up big wins over the weekend to remain undefeated on the season.

Redlands Community College’s soccer team dropped its third straight league match last week with a 2-0 shutout at the hands of Eastern Oklahoma State College.

The loss came on the heels of setbacks to Seminole State (9-0) and Murray State (2-0). The Cougars slipped to 1-6 on the season and 1-4 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings.

Moriah Reed led the Cougars in shots with eight over the three matches, followed by Gladis Avalos with six, Yesenia Rodriguez with five and Amya Lindsay with three shots.