While Jack may have gotten lucky with the magic beanstalk beans he received when he traded his cow, gardeners may not be so lucky when purchasing seeds for their gardens. Casey Hentges, host of Oklahoma State University Agriculture’s television program “Oklahoma Gardening,” has a word of caution for gardeners purchasing seeds this growing season.
Men could not be placed in women’s prisons or allowed in women’s domestic violence shelters, or similar facilities, even if the male identifies as a transgender female, under legislation approved by the Oklahoma House of Representatives.
On April 14, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Airman First Class Jack Teixeira with copying and sharing information “connected with” or “relating to” the “national defense.”
The government alleges that Teixeira is the man behind “leaks” of classified information which worked their way from the Massachusetts Air National Guard to a Discord chat server for gamers and thence to social media, and finally and unfortunately only very partially, to the U.S. “mainstream” media.
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El Reno High School’s baseball team lost the consolation finals at the 2023 89ers Classic in Guthrie by way of a 4-1 loss to Perkins-Tryon, but the big story came a day earlier.
Sophomore pitcher Gavin Tinsley threw his first-ever perfect game in the Indians 8-0 shutout win over Kingfisher.
It was El Reno’s second win of the year over the Yellowjackets.
“I was extremely excited and proud of him. Gavin pitched with conviction and commanded all three pitches and was dialed in from the first pitch to the last,” said El Reno head coach Keith Hill.
El Reno High School’s girls soccer team had its two-match win streak snapped last week as playoff hopes took a serious, if not fatal, setback with a 5-0 shutout loss to Guymon.
It was El Reno’s fourth shutout loss in league play as the Indians slipped to 5-6 on the season. The loss dropped EHS to sixth in the district standings at 2-4.
Guymon led 2-0 at the half after squeezing two of its seven shots off the hands of El Reno keeper Bri Vickers.
Guymon scored on its first and fourth shot attempts of the first half and steamrolled past El Reno High School’s boys soccer team 11-1 in a critical District 5A-2 match for both teams.
The win kept the Tigers within striking distance of third, while the loss kept El Reno locked in seventh place in the district standings at 1-5. The Indians slipped to 3-8 on the season.
While dropping back below the 400-stroke mark, El Reno High School’s boys golf team ran into a strong field at the 2023 Kingfisher Yellowjackets Invitational.
El Reno carded a round of 387 to place 21st in the 23-team field, beating Putnam City North (401) and Anadarko (442).
Oklahoma Christian School won the event with a 274, followed by Heritage Hall (291) and Elk City (297).
Cooper Park led El Reno’s effort with a 92, followed by Jackson Albrecht with a 94.
Tuning up for a run in the NJCAA Southwest District Championship, Redlands Community College’s golf team tied for third last week at the 2023 Susie Maxwell Berning Classic.
Playing at the Lincoln Park Golf Course in Oklahoma City, the Cougars carded a 36-hole total of 606 (305/301) to tie with Bellevue University.
Oklahoma City University won with a 573 and Texas Wesleyan University was second at 592.
Clara Peake paced Redlands with a 144 tally (74/70), which tied her for fifth in the individual medalist chase.
What are the two greatest threats facing the United States today?
U.S. Congressman Frank Lucas said, in his opinion, the major threats are the $32 trillion national debt and the aggressive nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Lucas was in El Reno last week hosting a town hall gathering at Redlands Community College. The event attracted about 100 people and Lucas seemed to cover almost that many topics during the hourlong session.
