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Mayor’s leadership style to change

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Note: The El Reno Tribune and the El Reno Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum at Redlands Community College. Around 50 residents attended and more
than 900 watched via live-stream on the Tribune’s Facebook page. Candidates answered questions printed in advance in the Tribune, followed by questions submitted from the audience.

The city of El Reno will have a new mayor for the first time in a decade and a half and the two men seeking the position both said a change in the style of leadership is coming.

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English teacher selected as SKIE Award winner

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El Reno Public Schools teacher Jacqueline Smith has been honored for her use of technology in the classroom as well as promoting the importance of community involvement by her students.

The K20 Center at the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (OEC) named Smith, a ninth-grade English teacher at El Reno High School, as a 2022 SKIE (Supporting K20 Innovative Educators) Award recipient for northwest Oklahoma. 

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11th Annual Canadian County Veterans Day Parade Sunday

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The 11th Annual Canadian County Veterans Day Parade will roll through downtown El Reno Sunday at 3 p.m. A program at 3:30 is scheduled to follow the parade.

Food trucks will be available starting at 2 p.m.

The colorful and patriotic event will feature the Canadian County Veterans of the Year chosen from each community in the county as well as comments from Major Ed Pulido, U.S. Army Retired, a decorated war veteran who struggled back from deep depression after being severely wounded in 2004 by a roadside bomb.

Pulido lost a leg in the explosion.