El Reno High School’s October Students of the Month are Alivia Jackson, Kobe Little, Sabrina Tooley, Jamalay Ruiz and Cloe Gunsolus.
Also earning the award were Garrett March, Alejandro Baeza and Issac Scraper.
A mother/daughter teacher duo taught the same poem to their respective classes, although they didn’t know it.
When they realized what had happened, they brought their classes together for a combined performance.
Jeanna Miller’s kindergarten class from Hillcrest and Kaylee Stine’s third-grade class at Lincoln Learning Center joined together recently to recite “Mystic Magination Night.” The photo is from the performance.
Pictured above are the Hillcrest Learning Center pre-kindergarten October Responsibility Awards, from left, Rylee DeShields, Barbara Taylor, Olivia Abbe, Keldyn Webb, Romina Reyes, Lyric Kaup, Everleigh Burnett, Mia Perez, Amirah Scott, Lincoln Probert, Jackson Schuldt, Everly Norman, Willow Hart, Dayana Jaramillo, Mila Bautista, Lynn Davis, Nevaeh Colbert, Cooper Hines, Uriel Ortiz Acevedo and Melanie Moreno Lopez.
Pictured are Hillcrest Learning Center’s kindergarten October Responsibility Awards, back row from left, Abril Avalos, JR Chavez, Alethea Littlebear, Marlee Collins, Jade Ortiz, Elena Ballew, Erin Hunt, Davina Kubica, Symphany Scott, Avery Baughman, Lexlyn Milburn, Layla Mendez, Sebastian Mora Garcia, Ryan Wallace and Zander Jones; front row, Lucas Keeler, Ellie Wells, Parker Cooksey, Jailene Naranjo, Sarahy Gallegos, Gentry Wilson, Everly Garcia, Isaiah Avila, Sawyer Webster and Luna Spruill.
For three consecutive years, Okarche High School’s yearbook staff has been awarded the gold level of the National Yearbook Program of Excellence. The yearbook program placed at the gold level in 2020, 2022 and 2023, and placed at the bronze level in 2021.
Over the first weekend of November, the Okarche speech team attended the OSSAA 4A State One-Act Competition in Choctaw after taking second at regional competition.
The state competition was composed of the top nine 4A one-acts in the state. Okarche speech earned sixth place with its play titled “Tracks.”
MUNICIPAL COURT
Terri Jean Fletcher, El Reno, dog at large, $145.
Cristy Marie Ford, El Reno, speeding, $165.
Joni Simone Curtis, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
Jacob Randall Taylor, Healdton, speeding, $245.
Brooke Anne Sanchez, Rialto, Calif., failure to wear seat restraint, $20.
Evan Garrett Riddle, El Reno, speeding, $175.
Kevin Theodore McMillan, El Reno, operating ATV without permit and operating vehicle in restricted area, $390.
Eliaz Limpy, El Reno, dog at large, $145.
Mass of Christian Burial for Anna Loretta Demmer was held Thursday, Nov. 7 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Rev. Lance Warren and Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating. Burial was in the St. Joseph Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Anna Loretta died Nov. 3, 2024, at St. Ann’s Skilled Nursing and Therapy in Oklahoma City. She was born Sept. 16, 1934, in Union City to Leo and Anna Hentzen Demmer.
After months of research, fundraising, construction and preparation, Memorial Stadium’s updated Gold Star Plaza was unveiled to applause, tears and gratitude.
The three new monuments are dedicated to those from El Reno who lost their lives in either World War I, Korea or Vietnam. The 61 added veterans, including 18 more names related to service in World War II, join the original 44 WWII vets first honored in 2019.
Brian Rukes said he knew the minute the original WWII Gold Star Plaza was dedicated, the journey was not over.
World War I Monument
Pvt. Grover Benjamin Bannister, U.S. Army
Pvt. Frank Welker Coit, U.S. Army
PFC Dick Dulaney, U.S. Army Med. Corps
Appr. Seaman Sidney McKillop Empey, USNR
1st Sgt. Clyde Osborne Hoffman, U.S. Army
S2c Ulysses Simpson Houser, U.S. Navy
Pfc. Ernest Moore, U.S. Army
Sgt. Michael Hugh O’Connor, U.S. Army
Pvt. Charles A. Penwright, USMC
PFC James Lincoln Reynolds, U.S. Army
Cpl. Stephen Robert “Bob” Shaw, U.S. Army
Pvt. Laurence L. Sheckler, U.S. Army
