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New Hope Women’s group hold meeting

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New Hope Women’s Missionary Union members and guests met recently at the church for a salad and dessert luncheon, followed by the September business meeting.

Guests present were Rayma Richey, Dean Smith, Marquita Barber, Brenda Kurtz and Virginia Becktol. Members attending were Mary Jones, Carol Johnson, Irene Higgins, Marilyn Schmidt and Peggy White.

Pastor Dick Kurtz gave opening prayer. Jones led the group in reading of the Women’s Missionary Union Watchword and Mission Statement.

Lamplighters OHCE gather at local church

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Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at a local church.

Carol Stine opened the meeting and read a devotional titled “Not Now God.”

Maxine Little read minutes from the last meeting and gave the treasury report.

Members welcomed guest Ann Neimann.

Discussion was held about the recent county fair, noting that the club booth placed second, while the educational display placed third.

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Calumet STEM

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Calumet Elementary students and teachers gather for a ribbon-cutting to celebrate its Cal Ripken Sr. Foundation STEM Center — Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. Devon Energy gifted the learning lab during the pandemic.

The STEM Center includes 3D printers, Snap Circuits, Bee-Bots, Ozobots and other materials to facilitate an understanding of science and the basics of coding.

Curriculum and teacher training were provided by the Ripken Foundation.

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Riverside Citizens Award winners

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Riverside School August Citizens of the Month, front row, Beau Hernandez; second row, Jaxon Ward, Nolan Reynolds, Legend Hatton, Korrah Spencer, Emma Vega, Kathryn Trujillo and Hunter Elkins; third row, Jace Abshire, Malachi Lockler, Sassy Brushwood, Nichol Perry, Jeremiah Castillo, Zach Queen, Glenn Boese, Dawson Sneed, Brylee DuPris, Alx Grant, Lilly Fraze and Kyndall Thompson; fourth row, Kolt Laub, Rafe Rowland, Lena Pope, Sean Funk, Carolyn Trujillo, Bailey Ashley, Rosario Ramos, Jordan Lockler and Ridley Jefrey.

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EHS students learn forensics

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El Reno High School’s science department recently worked on lab assignments called Locard’s Principle.

Students were given articles of clothing with different hair samples and using a visual description and a microscopic analysis, they had to see which suspect the victim’s clothes matched based on a transfer of evidence.

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Maple Students of the Month

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Maple August Students of the Month, front row from left, Galin Smith, pre-kindergarten; Lillian Bollinger, first grade; Declan Brothers, second grade; Kynlee Shamblin, third grade; and Fredrick Tredway, kindergarten; back row, Makenzie Caldwell, fourth grade; Waylon Baker, seventh grade; Leighton Wedman, eighth grade; Kaelyn Racca, sixth grade; and Ayvah Fudge, fifth grade.

El Reno Wranglers discuss events

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The El Reno Wranglers met recently for their monthly meeting with Trish Duncan leading in the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by prayer offered by Gary Sorrells.

The club discussed upcoming events including a Play Day set for Sept. 17, Veterans Day Parade Nov. 6 and a Thanksgiving dinner/auction Nov. 13.

Next meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 6 at the 4-H building.

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Wiedemann named county’s Outstanding Citizen

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During the Canadian County Free Fair Family Night festivities, Anna Belle Wiedemann of El Reno was awarded the 2022 Outstanding Canadian County Citizen Award.

Anna Belle’s family attended on her behalf and were presented with a certificate and the top winning cookie jar fair entry, made by Underwood OHCE.

Anna Belle was nominated by OSU Extension director Kyle Worthington and below is what he wrote: