“Cheyenne people and Arapaho people always find their way home, either in life or in death … they always come home.”
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes held a burial remembrance ceremony to lay to rest the remains of two young females and one male repatriated under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) from the University of Denver.
The ceremony took place Dec. 20.
The El Reno Public Schools Foundation has another scholarship to award after the Matt and Elisha White Scholarship was created.
Dana Gibson, longtime board member of the ERPS Foundation, said the scholarship will be endowed at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation and will provide a minimum of $1,000 per year to the selected student.
White, the former mayor of El Reno and his wife created the scholarship as a way to “give back” to the community.
Several annual appointments were finalized as Canadian County commissioners conducted their first meeting of 2023.
Mustang’s David Anderson, the four-term District 2 commissioner, will continue as chairman of the three-member board for this calendar year. Commissioners typically rotate chairmanship, but Anderson agreed Jan. 3 to remain chair for another year since two-thirds of the board has changed since late November.
“The chairman conducts the meetings and does all of the official communication on behalf of the board to anyone who corresponds with us,” Anderson said.
TUSKAHOMA — A Texas developer canceled plans for a $1.5 billion hydroelectric storage project in this southeast Oklahoma river community last week, citing protests from 200 residents and opposition from the Choctaw Nation.
Tomlin Energy LLC proposed using Kiamichi River outflow to produce energy that would stabilize grids in Oklahoma and Texas during extreme weather.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Bradley Kyle Burke, San Antonio, speeding, $185.
James Logan Oliver, El Reno, failure to stop at stop sign, $165.
Seth Andrew Lambert, El Reno, expired tag, $130.
Iris Janell Gonzalez, El Reno, possession of marijuana, $550.
Marie Littleraven, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $245.
Tura Jean McLaughlin, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $245.
Tyler Minear, El Reno, failure to comply, $145.
Adriana Corrales, El Reno, expired tag, no insurance and driving under suspension, $855.
ANADARKO – Senior James Reveles, the tournament’s Most Valuable Player, was one of three players in double digits as El Reno High School’s boys basketball team defeated Class 5A’s 13th-ranked Lawton MacArthur 67-33 to win the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.
El Reno, ranked fourth in Class 5A, was making its second straight tournament championship appearance but claimed its first trophy.
The Indians are winners of four in a row and are now 9-1 after beating Capitol Hill (92-35) and Cache (64-37).
ANADARKO – Reagan Bugaj’s one-handed 3-pointer at half-court sailed wide left as El Reno High School’s girls basketball team suffered a 51-50 loss to Class 5A’s 12th-ranked Lawton MacArthur in the finals of the 2023 Anadarko Warriors Classic.
El Reno, ranked fifth in Class 5A, was making its second tournament championship game this season but settled for runner-up again with the one-point loss. The Indians are now 7-3 on the year after beating Capitol Hill (64-15) and Chickasha (52-42) to make the finals.
El Reno High School’s wrestling team passed its biggest classification test of the season last week, defeating fourth-ranked Guthrie Bluejays 51-27.
The Indians, who hold the top spot in the same Class 5A poll, earned their first win of the year against a team on the same classification and fourth against a top 15 squad in five tries.
Guthrie led only once with a 5-0 win over EHS’ Terry Guzman (106) before El Reno got a forfeit win at 113 pounds from Foxx Kurtz.
Kylar Kurtz (120) followed with a 1:06 fall over Allyn Orndoff.
