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Riverside recently inducted nine members into the Canadian County Rural School Honor Society during a ceremony held at Canadian Valley Technology Center.

Students must have maintained a 3.75 or greater grade point average in their core classes during the year to qualify.

Those inducted included, Malachi Lockler, Emma Royse*, Sassy Brushwood, Avry Royse*, Makay Wooten* and Sawyer Baker*. Back row, Superintendent Eric Bilderback, Alx Morales-Grant*, Westley Wilkerson and Maddax Lehman.

The asterisk denotes those students who maintained a 4.0 GPA all year.

Baccalaureate services were held recently for the Okarche High School Class of 2025 in the high school gymnasium.

Guests for the event included, Bob Barnett, guest speaker and OHS science instructor; Dr. Juanita Krittenbrink, moderator; Pastor James Inman of First Baptist Church of Okarche; Kaylene Ullom, Okarche elementary school instructor; and Father Zak Boozman, Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Okarche.

Apron Annies scholarship recipient from the Okarche senior class of 2025 is Zoe Palmer.

She was named a Universal Scholar and obtained many local and state speech awards.

Upon graduation, Palmer plans to attend OSU-OKC to become a radiation technician.

She was recognized by Juanita Krittenbrink, left, past Apron Annies president, and Mary Nell Brueggen, current Apron Annies president.

Okarche High School April Students of the Month are Zoe Palmer, Hannah Carnott, Hudson Mueggenborg, Colin Stover, Hartli Ford and Kate Osborn.

Okarche April Lion and Lioness honorees are Easton Roby and Scout Payne.

LAWSUITS

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Angela Payne for $8,399.51 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. Deshawn Wright for $1,782.34 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Timothy Yost for $1,543.14 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Scott Botkin for $3,115.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Kristen Maddox-Pierce for $1,915.37 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Better late than never.

El Reno High School’s football program kicked off spring drills last week, nearly two weeks later than normal, due to the extended spring athletic schedule used by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association.

“The OSSAA has some rules and we abide by those rules,” said El Reno head coach Russell Cook.

According to the OSSAA manual, football-playing schools cannot conduct spring padded drills until after the last state championship for spring sports has been contested.

Both Calumet and El Reno sent three players each to last week’s Western Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association’s All-Star Games in Weatherford.

See Wednesday’s paper for a recap of the Small and Large School games.

Adams Park could become home to the world’s largest bison sculpture. And that could attract a massive herd of tourists to El Reno. 

So says Nathan Pratt, the son of legendary artist Harvey Pratt and a noted artist in his own right.

Pratt pitched the idea of creating the world’s largest bison sculpture to the El Reno City Council at last week’s regular monthly meeting.