October 2022

MUSTANG – El Reno High School’s cross country season came to an end at the Class 5A West Regional recently as eight runners missed out on qualifying for passes to state.

Running at Wildhorse Park, El Reno had three entries in the girls 5-kilometer (3.1-mile) race, with Piedmont winning the team title after taking five of the top 10 individual finishes.

Cielo Caso Estrada was El Reno’s top finisher in 71st place after posting an average kilometer time of five minutes and 12.66 seconds. She completed the course with an overall time of 26:03.

El Reno High School has developed a run-first ground attack which has racked up over 1,600 yards on the ground through eight games.

Despite stronger play over the second half of the 2022 season, Redlands Community College’s soccer team fell one victory shy of making the field for the NJCAA Region 2 Championships.

Redlands dropped its final two matches of the regular season, traveling to Missouri for a 3-1 setback against Crowder College to split the season series with the Roughriders.

“We outshot them, just couldn’t find the back of the net,” said Redlands head coach Beau Richmond.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a four-part series looking at this year’s recipients of the El Reno High School Distinguished Alumni Award. Four EHS graduates are being honored for their education and life achievements.  

There may not be a trophy case large enough to hold the awards Mark Henricksen has been recognized with during his career as an attorney. He’s about to get one more.

October is Fire Safety Month and the El Reno Fire Department has been busy taking its traveling safety program to schools in El Reno and surrounding areas.

Last week students at Riverside School went through a two-stage hands-on demonstration. Older students toured the ERFD Fire Safety House, while younger students had an age-appropriate class.

Tracey Rider will get an early start – quite literally – as the newest Canadian County commissioner.

The lifelong county resident was elected this summer to succeed Jack Stewart as the District 3 commissioner.

The next four-year term doesn’t start until Jan. 1, 2023, but Rider will take office almost six weeks early. That’s because Stewart has been elected to the Oklahoma State Senate and will begin his official legislative duties Nov. 23 at the State Capitol.

Property adjacent to Canadian County’s juvenile center will be surveyed in preparation for a possible sale.

County commissioners have approved an agreement with Elevation Land Surveying to survey a parcel of land at the site of the Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center, 7905 E. Highway 66.

The property is directly north of Youth & Family Services Donald W. Reynolds Caring Center.

“They have reached out to see if there would be any interest in us selling that property to them,” Commissioner David Anderson said.

Two deputies with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office were recognized with awards during the annual Oklahoma Sheriffs Association training conference and awards banquet.

During the awards ceremony, Lt. Bruce Reynolds and Sgt. Cody Palmer received Meritorious Service Awards in recognition of the significant contributions they provide as firearms instructors with the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office. 

With the stock market down nearly 20 percent year-to-date in 2022, investors are paying close attention to the financial performance of their portfolios: seeking to protect 401Ks, looking for safe havens and trusting that their fiduciary asset managers are making the right decisions with ever-shrinking nest eggs.

The last thing any investor would want now is for asset managers to be investing in companies for any reason other than to maximize financial return.