January 2024

Canadian County District Judge Khristan Strubhar administered the oath of office Tuesday afternoon to Tommy Humphries, newly-appointed district attorney for District 4, which includes Canadian, Kingfisher, Grant, Garfield and Blaine counties.

Humphries follows in the footsteps of Mike Fields, who retired after nearly 28 years of public service.

He was appointed by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

Humphries leads a staff of about 50 employees among the five county prosecutors offices in the 4,800-square-mile area that comprises District 4. 

The Gary E. Miller Canadian County Children’s Justice Center recently completed its annual food drive.

Employees donated easily prepared meals and kid-friendly snacks to assist families in need over the winter break.

The donations were placed in new laundry baskets and were delivered to families engaging in services at the center.

Judge Bob Hughey is shown with some of the donated items.

LAWSUITS

Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Samuel Brence and Jana Brence for $117,697.73 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 6, Block 69, Mustang Heights Phase II Addition Section 10.

Guild Mortgage Company LLC vs. Hailee Roley for $138,828.13 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 3, Block 3, Sterling Heights 1st Addition, Mustang.

Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Edgardo Zeron for $11,618.78 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Wake service for Adrienne Harjo will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday, with funeral services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday. Both services will be held in the Benson Memorial Chapel, with burial in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Adrienne died Jan. 2, 2024, at Clinton Regional Hospital. She was born June 4, 1975, in Lawton. Her early years were spent in Oklahoma City and Watonga before moving to El Reno where she graduated from El Reno High School.

Last season, Kaylee Davis and Hannah Koen made history by becoming El Reno High School’s first two qualifiers for the Oklahoma Girls State High School Wrestling Championships.

Last week the two seniors added yet another first to their EHS resumes.

The duo scored 12 team points in just over two minutes of action to lead the EHS girls wrestling team to a 36-12 victory over Clinton in the first-ever girls home dual in school history.

Still shuffling spots in its lineup, El Reno High School’s boys wrestling team opened up 2024 with a lopsided 58-12 win over Weatherford last week in the first home dual of the season.

The 46-point win over the Eagles snaps a two-dual slide for the Indians, ranked ninth in Class 5A, improving Anthony McDonald’s team to 3-2 on the season.

“We wrestled pretty well tonight. We are still working through some injuries.

“We got some guys back and we lost a couple of guys, but I saw some good things,” said McDonald.

Juanita Charlene (Ashley) Doolittle, a resident of Claremore, passed away with grace and dignity on Dec. 23, 2023, at the age of 75. 

A celebration of life service was held in the chapel at DeLozier Funeral Service in Chelsea on Thursday, Jan. 4, with burial following at Dawes Cemetery in Chelsea.

Charlene was born Oct. 30, 1948, to the late Charlie Nelson Ashley and the late Almeda Ree (Christopher) Ashley in El Reno. Charlene was the second of five children and graduated from El Reno High School in 1966.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball program held two workouts over the holiday break against former players.

Seeking its first win of the 2023-24 season, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team came close in last week’s road game at Geary but settled for a 40-39 loss to the Bison.

Calumet slipped to 0-11 on the season and 0-5 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.

The Chieftains held a two-point lead with a minute left in the contest, said head coach John Garrett, before Geary hit what proved to be the game-winning 3-pointer off an inbound play in the waning seconds.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team showed little rust last week from an 18-day holiday break, rolling into the 2024 portion of its schedule with an 87-19 win over Geary.

The Chieftains, ranked No.1 in Class B, improved to 12-0 on the season with their 11th game with more than 70 points on offense. Eight of those have gone for 80 or more points as Calumet has now won 32 regular-season games in a row dating back to last season.

The win moved Calumet to 5-0 in the Washita Valley Conference standings.