Pauline Black-Harmon continued her quest to become El Reno High School’s all-time leading female rebounder with her third double-double of the season in the Indians road game against Elgin.
The senior’s 18 points and 12 rebounds, both team highs, led El Reno to a 63-40 win over the Owls as the Indians head into the holiday break undefeated for the first time under head coach Jennifer Douglas.
Robert A. Barcus passed away Dec. 11, 2023, in Oklahoma City. He was born Sept. 18, 1944, in Nowata. The family moved to Bartlesville in 1945 where he attended Bartlesville schools. The family moved to El Reno in the fall of 1961.
Robert stayed with an aunt and uncle in order to graduate from College High School in 1962. Bob joined the family in El Reno after graduation, living there until late 1965 when he joined the Army. He served in Nha Trang, Vietnam, from 1966 to 1967.
With playoff seedings in the upper divisions resting solely on the outcome of league games, winning each night in District 5A-1 has become a critical factor - especially on the road.
“District road wins are tough,” said El Reno head coach Rodney Haydon.
El Reno seems to have winning away from Jenks Simmons Field House down to a science as the Indians picked up a 66-45 victory over Elgin. The 21-point decision moved EHS to 5-0 in road games this season, two of those in district play.
Calumet High School’s basketball teams split homecoming games with Corn Bible Academy last week.
See Saturday’s edition for county action wrap-up.
Elsie Ruth Lamebull Ross
Born June 1, 1933
Departed Dec. 16, 2023.
Elsie Ruth was known as such as her Aunt Elsie, who was married to Bill Lamebull, was known as Elsie Lamebull. Elsie Ruth was born in Enid on June 1, 1933, to Mr. and Mrs. John and Pearl Lamebull. She died Dec. 16, 2023, in the early morning hours. It appears that she may have passed away in her sleep. The family was notified that CPR was being administered shortly after 7 a.m. after she was discovered unresponsive after a shift change.
With an eye toward the future, El Reno city leaders approved the creation of a master plan for Adams Park, expanded the downtown improvement district and restructured some city authorities, the intention being a sharper focus on economic development.
All three items received unanimous support last week from the five-member city council.
The Adams Park Master Plan is intended to “lay out the future of Adams Park and the Lake El Reno area.
El Reno honored a retiring police officer at last weekvs city council meeting.
K-9 Rocco was recognized for having served the department since 2015. The K-9 will retire and was given to his handler, Sgt. Sandy Dowdle.
In recommending Rocco be retired and turned over to Dowdle, Police Chief Ken Brown wrote: “Over the past eight years, Rocco has located missing children, several hundred pounds of illegal narcotics and participated in numerous community events.
Members of El Reno High School’s cheerleading squad performed their annual holiday dance routine during halftime of the girls and boys basketball games last week with Crossings Christian School inside Jenks Simmons Field House.
Plans are proceeding to build an estimated $50 to $55 million Canadian County Courthouse complex at the site of current county administrative and judicial offices.
Canadian County commissioners met with other county elected officials and department directors to discuss the new courthouse proposal. No action was taken.
The project will be paid using budgeted funds without asking voters to approve a tax increase, Commissioner Dave Anderson said.
WASHINGTON — The beat of drums echoed off the walls of the Department of the Interior auditorium as members of the Native American Women Warriors Color Guard moved toward the stage with tribal flags in hand.
It was the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration’s Third Annual Tribal Nations Summit, and more than a hundred Indigenous leaders from across the nation were gathered to hear the president’s plan for strengthening relationships with Tribal Nations and advancing tribal sovereignty and self-determination.
