September 2023

A billion-dollar entertainment district could soon replace the sunflower fields between Max Westheimer Airport and Interstate 35 if the stars align for Team Norman.

LAWSUITS Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Bradley Bellinger for $163,479.44 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 15, Block 3, Emerald Pointe Addition Section 1, Piedmont.

Sunni Redfawn Goodbear, 38 years on this earth. Sunni was a proud member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and the Pawnee Nation, Skidi and Chaui Bands. Sunni was a gifted singer, songwriter and Traditional Southern Cloth Dancer.

El Reno High School students Audrey Bilderback (left) and Sam Curtis mug for a cell phone photo in the middle of the student section at Memorial Stadium during a timeout at last week’s football game between El Reno High School and Weatherford.

Sometimes in a David vs. Goliath confrontation, the big guy gets the upper hand. Weatherford quarterback Stone Chism, a 6-2, 217-pound junior, scored on a 4-yard run with 29.5 seconds left as the Eagles rallied in the fourth period to defeat El Reno High School’s football team 28-26.

El Reno High School’s softball team ran into a buzz saw over the weekend as the Indians dropped four games in the Bixby Invitational, three of those against Class 6A opponents. The losses were to Broken Arrow (5-1), Muskogee (11-3) and Bixby (12-4), followed by an 8-0 shutout at the hands of Perry.

El Reno lost three matches over the weekend in the Noble Invitational. See Saturday’s edition for a complete roundup from the event as well as EHS’ recent road loss at Elgin.

Amya Lindsay scored a hat trick and then some last week as Redlands Community College snapped a four-match losing streak to start the season with a 5-1 win over Connors State College. The win lifted the Cougars to 1-4 overall and 1-3 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings and into seventh place.

Jannell Ridenour was born Jan. 29, 1939, to Arthur F. and Ina Louise (Sand) Tech in Calumet. She passed away Sept. 9, 2023, at her home in Calumet at the age of 84.  Jannell graduated from Calumet High School and from Draughn’s Business School in Oklahoma City.