Maple School November Citizenship/Students of the Month, front row from left, Sanger Hood, kindergarten; Robbie Stevenson, first grade; Ryker Penwright, third grade; Matthew White, second grade; and Tinsleigh Awbrey, pre-kindergarten; back row, Jasper Whitman, fifth grade; Lexi Richardson, sixth grade; Clayton Hudson, seventh grade; Karis Racca, eighth grade; and Easton Horn, fourth grade.
The Damrosch Music Club will perform Christmas music at First Assembly of God Church located at 1701 S. Jensen beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14. A reception will follow.
For more information, contact Nancy Sharp at 405-530-2428.
Members of the Okarche High School speech team recently earned second-place sweepstakes honors in Class 3A from competition in Marlow.
In addition, OHS qualified 14 events for the regional speech and debate competition later in 2023.
Senior Brody Sadler placed second in original oratory and third in domestic extemporaneous speaking.
Senior Riley Black was named tournament champion in humorous interp, and senior Kylie Bailey placed second in dramatic interp and qualified for regionals in poetry.
Four El Reno students placed in their respective categories at the American Farmers and Ranchers Southwest District Speech Contest held recently in Cache.
Rylan Fleenor placed third in Intermediate Agribusiness; Brady Hardaway placed second in Senior Agriscience; Aubrey Rainestrain placed second in Senior Natural Resources; and Maddie Tech placed third in Senior Ag Policy.
Members of the El Reno High School class of 56 had a get-together recently at the Chamber of Commerce office.
Workers from The Lord’s Harvest joined with the El Reno Masons recently for a pancake breakfast that ended in a donation of $4,000 from the Masons. The Lord’s Harvest volunteers prepared a dozen baskets for a silent auction and the Masons cooked pancakes.
A large crowd, including the entire El Reno football team, were served and in addition, 16 blood donations were gained with the Oklahoma Blood Institute on hand for the event.
Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at a local church. Carol Stine called the meeting to order and read a devotional and prayer titled “Caring for the Temple.”
Election of officers for the coming year was held, with Stine elected as president, Jan Maddox, vice president, Maxine Little, secretary, and Patricia Morrison, treasurer.
Plans were made for community activities and club projects for 2023.
Maddox gave the leader lesson on “Fun Party Foods.”
She prepared many examples of the foods and offered menu ideas for the holiday season.
Okarche High School October Students of the Month are Jace Rother and Sara Jacobs.
Okarche High School’s October Lion and Lioness are seniors Landon Goble and Jalie Rother.
For the second time in three years, Okarche High School’s yearbook staff has been awarded the gold level of the National Yearbook Program of Excellence.
First winning the Gold Award in 2020 and last year placing at the bronze level, the 2022 yearbook staff recently learned they placed first again.
To place at the gold level, a yearbook must excel in three areas of focus: All students included in the book (most at least three times), meeting every deadline and exceeding the previous year’s sales by at least 2 percent.
