June 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — A discovery at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is paving a path toward a more accurate and less intrusive diagnosis of Sjögren’s disease, an autoimmune disorder affecting up to 4 million Americans.

Currently, at least 30 percent of people suspected to have Sjögren’s disease undergo a diagnostic lip biopsy because they lack a telltale biomarker found through a blood test, said OMRF scientist Darise Farris, Ph.D.

“That biomarker has traditionally played a primary role in diagnosing the disease,” Farris said.

Services for Debbra Jean Jaques will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, June 23 at Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Debbra died June 18, 2023, at Norman Regional Hospital. She was born June 10, 1959, in Oklahoma City.   

Debbie is survived by her husband, Lyndell Jaques of the home in Dibble; daughters, Valarie Botchlet of Blanchard, Lyndie Joseph of Calumet and Sabree Michaels of Weatherford; sister, Carla Jenkins of Calumet; and seven grandchildren.

Signing bonuses of as much as $50,000 are what Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said is needed to attract new and retired teachers to the classroom.

That’s also what makes his new bonus plan a risky policy.

MUSTANG – Having lost yet another doubleheader due to the lack of players by its opponent, El Reno High School’s Varsity 1 baseball team made its first road trip of the summer having played two games in eight days.

The lack of diamond time showed.

El Reno slipped to 4-3 on the summer in the Red Dirt League standings after being swept by Mustang’s Red Squad by scores of 7-5 and 10-4.

The Indians had been scheduled to host Clinton the night before, but the Red Tornadoes backed out of the twinbill hours before first pitch due to a lack of available players.

LAWSUITS

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Davida McClellan for $3,515.46 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Angelica Herrera for $1,907.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

ABC Supply Co. Inc. vs. Advance Seamless Guttering for $3,203.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Kimberly Turner for $1,357 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at Mt. Zion Methodist Church.

Carol Stine called the meeting to order and led in the Pledge of Allegiance, while also offering the devotional and prayer titled “Blessings to Come.”

Roll call was answered by naming each person’s favorite role model, with grandmothers being the favorite choice.

Maxine Little read minutes of the previous meeting and gave the treasury report. She also presented the leader lesson on “Oklahoma Women in History.”

What differentiates David Charles Grusch -- who claims that the U.S. government has in its possession “intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin” -- from previous people making similar claims?

The big and obvious difference is that his back story seems to check out.

For purposes of comparison: Bob Lazar, a celebrity in “The Truth is Out There” community, claims degrees in physics from MIT and electronics from CalTech.

On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the unconstitutional right to an abortion, a devastating error from the Roe v. Wade ruling in 1972.

On this historic day one year ago, the Court restored the unalienable right to life prescribed by our forefathers and rightfully returned the power to protect the unborn back to the states where it should have been all along.

While this ruling was an incredible step in protecting the unborn, the fight for life is far from over.

The El Reno Tribune was named one of nine divisional winners of the Sequoyah Award during voting in the Oklahoma Press Association’s annual Better Newspaper Contest.

The award was presented at the OPA’s annual convention held at the Grand Casino Hotel and Resort in Shawnee June 9-10.

City of El Reno worker Jacob Horn checks the water flow through a colorful array of plants in this planter he filled in the downtown area last week.

The city uses a trailer equipped with a water tank to water all the different planters around El Reno each week.