June 2025

The El Reno Public School Foundation recently awarded 11 scholarships to local students. Below are the bios of the scholarship winners.

Cooper Park

Members of Chapter AE of P.E.O. met recently for their June meeting in the home of Janan Fletcher.

Others attending were Christy Eichholz, Karen Pappas, Becky Reuter, Karen Rushing, Lindsey Vise and Margaret Price.

The Opening Ode, Objects and Aims, along with the devotional thought, was led by Eichholz. Vise read the previous minutes, with Pappas giving the treasurer’s report.

Eichholz presented a report from the 116th state convention.

She said there are currently 154 chapters of P.E.O. in Oklahoma. 

Okarche Masons Teacher of Today is Lynda Riedlinger and Masons Student of Today is Alia Suanny.

Not pictured is Hunter Mueggenborg, also named Student of Today.

Redlands Community College recently announced students named to the college’s honor rolls for the spring 2025 semester. 

Students listed on the President’s Honor Roll have completed 12 or more credit hours and have earned a GPA of not less than 3.8, with no grade less than a B – excluding 0-level courses. 

Those listed on the Vice President’s Honor Roll have completed 12 or more hours with a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79, with no grade less than a C – excluding 0-level courses.

LAWSUITS

Mariner Finance LLC vs. Jonell James for $3,594.93 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Mariner Finance LLC vs. Derek Buchanan for $1,474.28 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Ashlynn Hendricks for $3,788.45 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Steven Salerno for $1,384.68 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

After two of its three summer outings, El Reno High School’s girls basketball coach Jennifer Douglas has been reminding her players one simple phrase.

“Trust the process,” said Douglas.

The Indians have four wins and just as many close calls as the back-to-back Class 5A state champions have been dealing with retooling an offense hit hard by graduation.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Due to several veteran holdovers committed to travel ball teams or nursing nagging injuries, El Reno High School baseball coach Keith Hill has switched up his summer routine.

Instead of playing in the annual Red Dirt League, Hill has put a junior varsity team in an independent league splitting dates between Southeast and Putnam City. Hill has been mixing in the veteran players when available.

“I wanted to focus on developing those younger kids who will be key for us next spring,” said Hill.

El Reno High School’s girls basketball program recently held a two-day youth skills camp.

Each day had two sessions where fundamentals such as dribbling, passing, shooting and rebounding were taught.

The 27th Annual A Small Town Weekend celebration was hampered by rain but still drew large crowds.

See Saturday’s edition for more coverage of the event.

Along Black Kettle Road, red dresses swayed gently, dancing in the wind like silent sentinels. 

Hung from trees with intention and grief, these dresses serve as a symbol. Bold, vivid and not easily ignored, they remind of a crisis that has shaken Indigenous communities across the country, the ongoing epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples (MMIP).

For the fifth consecutive year, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes hosted the MMIP Parade and Remembrance Day.