September 2023

Calumet’s pre-kindergarten through sixth grade cross-country team ran with their cross-country coach Morgan Jech and Principal Lindy Renbarger in the Great American Relay.

OKLAHOMA CITY — The state continues to bet that it can be a national leader in the growing hydrogen sector, but officials are still waiting to find out whether Oklahoma will get a coveted federal designation and access to billions in federal funding.

Angela Kay Davis was born June 4, 1992, and was raised in El Reno. Her parents were the late Sherry Sue Douglas Davis and Allen Davis.

Angela passed from this earth on Sept. 7, 2023, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City following a lengthy illness.

Angela attended and graduated from El Reno Public Schools. As an adult, she enjoyed assisting in her grandmother’s insurance business and served on the board of the Mary K. Ashbrook Foundation for El Reno.

OKLAHOMA CITY— Sen. Roland Pederson, R-Burlington, and Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, held an interim study last week to investigate rural development through industrial hemp production.

“This study allowed us to see what industrial opportunities there are in hemp production,” Pederson said.

Okarche FCCLA officers recently attended the North District 2 Leader Training in Enid.

FCCLA adviser is Jacqueline Radford. Officers attending were Maddie Vogt, Belle Beam, Allie Baustert, Kate Baustert, Brianna Mollohan, Jade Jackson and Jordyn Darst.

LAWSUITS

Carrington Mortgage Services LLC vs. Ariane Franklin for $94,130.41 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lots 19 and 20,
Block 16, Lakeview Addition, El Reno.

Susan Walker and Olivia Vickers vs. Monte Sission for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Discover Bank vs. Bradley Kincer for $25,075.50 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Funeral services for Charles Matthew Sellers were held Thursday, Sept. 21 at Life Church in Yukon with Pastors Phil Kemberling and Tim Knox officiating. Burial followed in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Charlie died Sept. 16, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born Nov. 1, 1971, in El Reno. He was the owner of Sellers Trenching and a member of Life Church.

On Aug. 6, 1994, Charlie and Melissa Weach were married in El Reno. Melissa survives him.

The longest road trip of the season for El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team produced its biggest doubleheader sweep as the Indians ventured into the Oklahoma panhandle for the first time since 2021.

The eight-plus-hour round trip to Guymon netted a 12-3 and a 13-5 win over the Tigers that catapulted El Reno from fifth into third place in the District 5A-2 standings with a 7-4 record.

El Reno leap-frogged both Guymon and Noble for the third spot with the sweep.

El Reno High School’s volleyball team is still seeking its first win for the month of September after Santa Fe South, ranked 12th in Class 5A, rallied for a 3-1 win over the Indians.

The St. Bernards took the first game inside Jenks Simmons Field House, 25-22, after watching El Reno rally from a seven-point deficit to make it a two-point game.

El Reno would win a see-saw second game by a 25-22 margin to even the match at 1-all. Santa Fe South, which defeated the Indians earlier in the year at the EHS Invitational, took the final two games by scores of 25-11 and 25-15.

Graveside services for Miller Red Cherries Jr. will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Miller died Sept. 14, 2023, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Oct. 25, 1940, in Clinton. While in high school he ran cross-country track. He graduated in 1960 from Haskett Institute where he studied printing. He was a talented silversmith specializing in turquoise jewelry.