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Hundreds of residents, both young and old, from El Reno and surrounding communities lined the streets of the downtown area for the annual Christmas parade and community tree lighting event.

The parade covered several city blocks and featured floats decorated in vivid holiday colors.

Classic cars, horses and some traditional holiday characters like that pesky green Grinch were present.

Santa Claus was in the parade lineup and was given a lift by the El Reno Fire Department. Santa stayed around to greet dozens of children in a special meet-and-greet setting.

Blake Foster has joined Canadian County as safety coordinator and emergency manager.

Foster, who grew up in Mustang and now lives in the Yukon area, is a former emergency medical technician with a background in environmental health and safety. He comes to the county government after being a regional manager with Amazon.

Having worked for private companies in his career, Foster said he embraced an opportunity to grow professionally in the public sector and make a larger difference to benefit county employees and residents alike.

The 41st Annual Community Christmas Dinner will be held at 11 a.m. Dec. 24, said the founder of the event.

Dwight Kennedy and his wife, Diane, along with their family and a host of community volunteers have been hosting the free dinner for more than four decades now.

Kennedy made a vow when the dinner was first created that as long as he was living in El Reno, the dinner would go on.

Except for a couple of years when he lived out of town, the promise has been fulfilled.

“Everyone is welcome, come all,” Kennedy said.

El Reno attorney Roger Rinehart was recently elected to serve during 2025 as chairman of the Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners, which governs admission to the practice of law in the state. 

Rinehart, who has served on the board since 2012, was recently reappointed by the Oklahoma Supreme Court to serve on the nine-member statewide board as an examiner representing Supreme Court Judicial District 9.

His appointment was at the request of Justice Richard Darby. 

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, along with governors from 16 other states, signed a joint letter last week urging Congress to reauthorize the farm bill and to provide “immediate financial assistance” to the agricultural sector.

Our nation’s agriculture industry is in trouble and if meaningful support is not provided soon, the well-being of the nation is at risk, the letter read.

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The Jenks Simmons Field House Annex was the site for the Eighth Annual El Reno Archery Tournament over the weekend.

The event hosted 760 archers representing 40 schools and is the first of two qualifying events for state that El Reno will host.

El Reno High School was runner-up to Lawton MacArthur, while El Reno’s junior high team took third behind Altus and Clinton.

Ethen Turner releases an arrow toward a 10-meter target. (Tribune photographer/Glen Miller)

Overcoming a dismal shooting night from the 3-point arc, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team extended its regular-season winning streak to 31 games in a row with a 27-point win over Hinton.

The Chieftains, ranked second in the state in Class B, moved to 6-0 on the season with a 71-44 decision over the Comets.

Calumet struggled to a 3-of-23 effort from the 3-point line against Hinton for 13 percent.

Talon Arnold, Kaleb Thiessen and Kingston Arnold posted a trey each.