MARRIAGE LICENSES
Erika Bianca Briseno, 43; Kaitlyn Elizabeth Vandever, 33.
Conner Shane Poage, 26; Allisen Mackae Corlee, 24.
Austin Kirtis Hartzler, 33; Mackenzie Beth Kane, 26.
Bryan Trujillo, 27; Alma Martinez Moreno, 27.
Tristen Wyatt Burns, 22; Sierra Paige Canterbery, 31.
Juan Vicente Tovar, 28; Jackie Lam Dinh, 26.
Jordan Eugene Hiesler, 29; Bailey Mackenzie Justice, 28.
DIVORCES GRANTED
Holly Jolene Bradley vs. Joseph Boyd Bradley.
On a night when all eyes were on Malachi Nicholson’s quest to break the 2,000-yard rushing mark for the season, the senior served as a decoy on the most critical snaps – scoring chances.
Nicholson was held without a touchdown for the first time this season but El Reno got five scores from three different ball carriers en route to a 35-10 win over Ardmore.
“I’m always all right with that, giving my teammates the ball and not always to me so other teams cannot just focus on me. They have got to worry about other people,” said Nicholson.
Entering the latter stages of the regular season, the phrase “coach speak” tends to pop up in just about every aspect of high school football.
Coaches use phrases like “one game at a time,” “control our own destiny” or “can’t overlook anyone” in interviews and team meetings.
In the case of El Reno High School’s football team, each one of those phrases is a reality with three games left in the regular season.
“It’s really true. We’ve got to do our job first and foremost and take things one game at a time,” said head coach Russell Cook.
A longtime former mayor and successful businessman, an award-winning broadcast journalist and a renowned architect are this year’s recipients of the El Reno High School Distinguished Alumni Award.
Matt White, Tess Maune Mattioda and Roland Lemke will be honored for their life achievements at the annual Distinguished Alumni Banquet set for 6:30 p.m. Nov. 7 at the Canadian Valley Technology Center.
Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by calling 405-820-3800.
Tamara Nelson is the chairperson for this year’s banquet.
Soccer has grown into the fourth most popular sport in the United States with over 31 percent of all Americans considering themselves a fan, according to a 2019 Gallup survey.
And at Redlands Community College, there may be more of those fans in the stands considering a number of the players on the women’s team are from local high schools.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association fields 1,057 women’s teams alone over its three levels of competition, with 347 of those being Division 1 programs.
With a pledge to “clean up” El Reno, the city council last week voted to seek condemnation through court action of one property.
The council also gave two other owners a bit more time to get their respective properties in order. A house owned by Ed Graham at 716 S. Rock Island was condemned by the council in a unanimous 5-0 vote. An attorney for Graham said the house had been vacant for 20 years, but Graham had only owned it for less than two years.
A $3.6 million remodeling project is under way at the future site of the Canadian County Health Department.
The inside of a 33,000-square-foot-building at 6100 E. Highway 66 is being renovated for the new county health clinic and offices.
In June 2022, commissioners spent $6 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal stimulus funds to acquire the property near SH-66 and Evans Road.
A contractor has been hired to replace the parking lot and sidewalks for the Canadian County Assessor’s Office.
Canadian County commissioners awarded a $213,197 low bid contract for a parking lot replacement project at North Choctaw and Highway 81.
Atlas Paving Co.’s price is $201,997 to install a new asphalt surface on the parking lot. Meanwhile, King Electric will be paid $11,200 to provide basic electricity to charge assessor vehicles.
To the Editor:
History, historical buildings and architecture are awesome reminders of things past and were intended to be passed from one generation to the next. It comes in many forms.
Sometimes it’s those who came before us and their writings or maybe their actions taken. Sometimes it’s the buildings and architecture that are of a historical nature, which can't be replaced or duplicated once it is destroyed.
