October 2023

To the Editor:

History is the study of change over time and covers all aspects of human society.

In regards to the preservation of the Canadian County Jail and its historical meaning, I sincerely hope that common ground can be found to restore it as a museum. This would benefit our community and our citizens for generations to come,

Previous administrations made the decision to tear down our most treasured landmark, the original Canadian County Courthouse, built in 1902.

Frontier Chevrolet General Manager Shane Tuck last week presented Canadian County Sheriff Chris West and a few of his deputies with a check for $5,000 as part of the Chevy First Responder Appreciation program.

The program is a partnership allowing Chevrolet to support local first responders who serve and protect communities around the nation.

Two Canadian County rural water districts were awarded shares of Canadian County’s federal stimulus funding.

The Okarche Water District will receive $136,619 and the Banner Water Authority will receive $180,795 from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

County commissioners last week voted 3-0 to approve their final ARPA fund distribution for rural waterline projects. They had $317,414 left in the rural water category.

Funeral services for Effie Maxine Bamburg of Fort Cobb were held Thursday, Oct. 12 at Eakly First Assembly of God Church, with burial following at the Eakly Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home of Minco.

Maxine died Oct. 8, 2023, at the Arbor House Nursing Home in Mustang.

Those named to the Riverside Superintendent’s Honor Roll, front row from left, Avery Cameron, Autumn McLearen, Emma Royse, Alx Grant, Laylonie Marquez, Avry Royse, Piper Sneed, Sassy Brushwood and Camryn Rinehart; back row, Nahla Cabrera, Carolyn Trujillo, Maggie Calzada, Maci Cline, Brylee DuPris, Maddax Lehman, Sawyer Baker, Makay Wooten, Bailey Ashley and Camrynn Foster.

Steady play on both offense and defense, which carried Calumet High School’s baseball team through a 16-game late-season winning streak, abandoned the Chieftains when it was needed most – the state title game.

Calumet, ranked No.2 in the state, committed four errors leading to six runs for top-ranked Fort Cobb-Broxton as the Mustangs run-ruled CHS 10-0 to win the 2023 Class B Fall State High School Baseball Championship.

Though the end goal of reaching the Class 5A State Championships slipped his team’s grasp, El Reno High School fast-pitch softball coach Jason Little was proud of the way his players competed.

El Reno posted a 2-2 record in the Region 2 Championships, defeating Lawton MacArthur twice by scores of 24-1 and 17-0. The Indians were eliminated from state contention with losses to host and fourth-ranked Elgin by scores of 10-0 and 8-3.

“We played hard and never gave up and hopefully we learned a lot about how to get to that next level,” said Little.

These are students listed on Riverside Principal’s Honor Roll, front row from left, Kevin Beamer, Michael Queen, Aldo Saldana, Westley Wilkerson, Dawson Sneed and Zachary Queen; middle row, Jace Abshire, James Burke, Alexi Evans, Ava McCall, Natalie Ramos, Banx Ellison, Mersylla Brinker, Malachi Lockler, Korbyn Kraft, Abel Kerr and Calee Thompson; back row, Meghanne Burke, Eli Meeks, Zane Ledlow, James Hudson, Mason Martin, Jewel Hensley, Tristan Autrey, Haley Al-Mufleh and Jenna Manuele.

The El Reno Wranglers held their October meeting at the 4-H building. Annual election of officers was conducted, with Jimmy Johnston elected as president; Gary Sorrells, vice president; Betty Kappus, secretary-treasurer; Julie Huber, reporter; and Betty Johnston, historian.

Board members include Marie Hirst, Gordon Hirst, Delmar Barthelme, Dennis Duncan, Fred Kappus, Eric Kappus, Mickey O’Dell and Gary Bunn.

Club queen is Trisha Duncan.

MIDWEST CITY – With Piedmont jumping up to Class 6A, the door was left wide open for a new champion at the 2023 Suburban Conference Cross Country Championships – and Guthrie stepped through it.

The Bluejays won both the girls and the boys titles by a margin of 30 points or more. El Reno was fifth in the girls division with 120 points, 96 behind Guthrie, while the EHS boys were seventh with 181 points, 155 back of the champions.