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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.