May 2024

Maple A Honor Roll front row from left, Riley McKee, Blaiklyn Barton, Kynlee Shamblin, Kennedy Prince, Bryson Brandley, Dean Davis, Cale Wedman, Abby Bass, Fritz Hoffman, Douglas Bland, Ella Ratliff, Ryker Penwright, Elizabeth Eisenhour, Sophie Tredway, Able Overholser and Madison Basler; second row, Blayke Steinbruck, Kutter Bow, John Prince, Josh Bass, Kaelyn Racca, Zoey Pawnee, Emma Brothers, Colsen Blagg, John Henry Von Tungeln, Audrey Eisenhour, Rhett Davis, Charlee Charmasson, Drake Rosholt and Kinlsey Bonilla; third row, Ashtyn Stokes, Garett Moss, Caroline Phillips, Audrey Bilderbac

Maple A-B Honor Roll, front row from left, Matthew White, Elizabeth Wilkerson, Journey Swigart, Laken Meschberger, Carder Holden, Teegan Siler, Kinlsey Racca, Declan Brothers and Brinlee Bland; second row, Ryder Striegel, Timber Westervelt, Braelyn Hutchings, Marlowe Menz, Jacob Bugaj, Michael Cullen, Addison Brandley, Easton Horn, Grady Menz, Levi Bass, Ayvah Fudge, Taylor Dill, Paylynn Smith and Adrianna Trujillo; third row, Andrew Eisenhour, Jasper Whitman, Katie Ellis, Lainey Rowell, Graham Phillips, Jaden Smith, Stoney Baker, Kenneth Munoz, Hudson Cooper, Kara Ellis, Erica Niles, Hunte

On Monday, May 6, 2024, Judy Lea Farley passed away peacefully in her home alongside her loving husband of 44 years, Joe.

Judy was born Aug. 30, 1942, in El Reno to Robert Lee and Ruth O. (Ellison) Austin. Judy grew up in Geary, where she graduated from Geary High School. She attended college at Southwestern State University, graduating in 1970 with a degree in education.

Maple School April Students of the Month, front row from left, Andie Fudge, pre-kindergarten; Legend Gatz, second grade; Brinlee Bland, third grade; Aniyah Chaffin, first grade; and Penelope Badillo, kindergarten; second row, Cale Wedman, fourth grade; McCray Whitman, seventh grade; Alice Park, eighth grade; Raina Crawford, fifth grade; and Audrey Eisenhour, sixth grade.

Earl George Leon Kortemeier, 86, of Norman, died May 5, 2024.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 12 at Havenbrook Funeral Home, Norman, with family present from 2 to 4 p.m.

Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Monday, May 13 at Bethel Baptist Church, Norman, with burial following in Sunset Memorial Park. Visit www.havenbrookfuneralhome.com.

LAWSUITS

Discover Bank vs. Randall Franklin for $17,947.05 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC vs. Michael George for $87,062.69 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 28, Block 2, Westbury Addition, Oklahoma City.

FundBox Inc. vs. Travis Tech for $38,226.17 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank N.A. vs. Kyle Edgar for $24,550.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

BLANCHARD – Cooper Park had just one desire over the final 18 holes of the 2024 Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association’s Class 5A Boys Golf Championships – post a sub-80 score.

The El Reno High School senior came within inches of doing just that as his 14-foot par putt on the 18th green rolled just past the cup. Park would tap in for a bogey and final round of 80.

“It was just the putting. I just needed to turn those three putts into two putts,” said Park.

Local seniors will have little time off before taking the diamond again with six players earning roster spots for the two outings of the Western Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-Star Games.

Being played Wednesday in Weatherford, El Reno High School will be represented by Grady Lesperance and Austin Castanon in the Large School Game at 4 p.m.

Calumet will have four players in the Small School Game at 7 p.m. Those selections are Hunter Arnold, Dalton Belcher, Hunter Navanick and Derrick Krantzman.

Redlands Community College’s baseball team may have lost the war in its season-ending series against No.14 Western Oklahoma State College, but the Cougars did win one battle – in a big way.

Cade Sims, a redshirt freshman from Waxahachie, Texas, tossed a no-hitter against the Pioneers in a 3-0 win between losses of 16-10 and 5-0. It was the first no-hitter of the season for a RCC pitcher and the first since Josh Harrell in 2019.

Wet weather for the 36th Annual El Reno Burger Day Festival did not keep the world’s largest onion-fried burger from hitting the grill to the delight of thousands of hungry visitors.

See Saturday’s edition for more coverage.