April 2023

Science, brains and creativity were all on display last week when the BlueSTEM AgriLearing Center held its annual Agriscience Symposium.

The eighth affair of its kind, the event was held in the Austin Family Conference Center at Redlands Community College.

Students from El Reno, Yukon, Edmond Santa Fe High School and Epic Charter Middle School took part in the symposium, showing the results of their months-long experiments.

BlueSTEM was created in 2015 as a partnership between the USDA at Fort Reno and El Reno High School.

Kara Watts snaps a picture on her cell phone of senior Ryan Sigler and his date, Brooklynn Mitchum before the two teenagers walked down the red carpet at the 2023 El Reno High School prom.

See more photos of the red carpet walk in Saturday’s edition.
 

A company has been hired for a software upgrade aimed at providing Canadian County property owners with better online access to detailed information about property values and related data.

The Canadian County Assessor’s Office will convert to a new Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) system.

CAMA is a foundational system the assessor’s office uses to collect data about all property in Canadian County to establish market value.

Work is under way on a structure that will protect a major Canadian County investment from the elements.

A 15,750-square-foot equipment building is under construction at Canadian County District 3’s yard, 1205 N. Calumet Road.

In February, Robinson Brothers Construction was awarded a $203,500 contract to build the double-sided “lean-to” behind the District 3 shop. The El Reno company had the lower price of two vendors submitting bids.

Redlands Community College students took part in last weekend’s Keep El Reno Beautiful.

The RCC crew walked along South Country Club collecting litter as part of the effort.

The event was a partnership between the city of El Reno, Chamber of Commerce, RCC and volunteers.
 

Canadian County District 1 employees Charles Ballard, Quentin Clements and Jimmie Moseley have received their Certificate of Completion for the Roads Scholar Program.

This is offered through the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), an outreach program of the College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology at Oklahoma State University.

Every Canadian County District 1 employee is now a Roads Scholar.

LAWSUITS

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Patricia Jones for $762.75 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Stacie Brown for $3,088.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Galaxy International Purchasing LLC vs. Robert Wright for $2,074.93 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Baylen Hill for $1,717.83 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

El Reno High School’s baseball team needed, but did not get, just one or two clutch hits in last week’s non-district clash with Class 6A’s Ponca City – which ended in a 2-0 loss to the Wildcats.

The Indians had six base runners in the game and left five of those stranded on base.

Four were in scoring position, with two left stuck at third on two-out strikeouts.

The loss dropped El Reno to 12-18 on the season.

Back-to-back setbacks will leave El Reno High School’s girls soccer team in sixth place in the final District 5A-2 standings following a 6-0 road loss to Carl Albert.

El Reno was slated to wrap up the regular season Tuesday night at Mount St. Mary, a non-district contest, after posting a 2-5 mark in 5A-2 play. The Indians took a 5-7 overall record into the match with the Rockets.

Carl Albert outshot El Reno 14-2, with 12 of those shots by the Titans on frame.

Ximena Salazar and Maddie Rochdi recorded the shots for the Indians.

El Reno High School’s boys soccer team dropped its third straight match last week with a 3-0 setback to Carl Albert to end District 5A-2 action.

The Indians slipped to 3-9 on the season and 1-6 in league play, leaving El Reno in seventh place.

It was the fourth shutout loss for EHS in District 5A-2 play.

El Reno had eight shots in the loss, four of those from Kenneth Solis. Edgar Perez and Maurico Ruiz added two shots each.

Eduardo Flores was in net for the Indians, allowing all three goals but logging eight saves.