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James Elliott has been working to attain his Eagle Scout rank. He has been in the Scouts since he was 5 years old.

Elliott recently completed his Eagle Scout project. He built an engraved wooden bench that will rest at The Lord’s Harvest, an El Reno nonprofit food ministry. The Lord’s Harvest is operated by its founder, Nikki Pruitt.

Elliott and his grandparents, DeDe and John Henderson, recently presented and dedicated the project, known as “Sitting with God.”

United Way of Canadian County’s 13 Partner Agencies received a donation of $6,000 each in honor of Love’s 60th anniversary.

The company surprised United Way of Central Oklahoma by donating $408,000 to the 2024-2025 Annual Campaign and designating $6,000 to each of the 68 United Way Partner Agencies, including Logan and Canadian counties.

The $408,000 total donation is expected to help address issues from homelessness to food insecurities and crisis intervention.

LAWSUITS

Discover Bank vs. Micky Marsee for $4,752.55 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Kayla Belmarez for $1,529.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Velocity Investments LLC vs. Marian McMahan for $2,765.21 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bank of America N.A. vs. Brittany Galvan for $2,565.53 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bank of America N.A. vs. Julius Petnyin for $2,612.44 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Stymied to four hits, El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team had its four-game win streak snapped by the host of last week’s 2024 Elk City Festival.

The Elks handed El Reno a 6-2 setback which dropped the Indians to 1-1 overall for the festival and 4-2 for the season. Bri Michalicka’s team opened the event with an 8-3 win over Leedey.

El Reno’s bats were held to a pair of singles by Micah Woods and Sarah Hernandez in the loss. 

YUKON – After a close opening game, El Reno High School’s volleyball team was unable to get on track offensively in its cross-county battle with Southwest Covenant School. El Reno led three times late in the first game before the Patriots rallied for a 25-23 win.

Southwest Covenant then posted scores of 25-13 and 25-15 to win the match 3-0.

The loss dropped the Indians to 3-4 on the season after winning the Silver Bracket Championship at the 2024 El Reno Invitational.

UNION CITY – Bragging rights in the Canadian River Rivalry went south as Minco defeated Union City High School’s fast-pitch softball team 9-0 in their only scheduled meetings this season.

The loss to the Bulldogs was part of a triangular with Amber-Pocasset, with the Tigers winning 13-1 after scoring 13 unanswered runs. The split left Union City with a 4-4 overall record following a 2-2 run in the recent Olustee Invitational. The Tigers defeated Granite (9-0) and Calumet (5-2) but fell to Geronimo (1-0) and Carnegie (5-2).

Kyler Thiessen struck out the final batter in the bottom of the eighth inning last week as Calumet High School’s baseball team snapped a two-game losing streak to Fort Cobb-Broxton with a 2-1 victory.

The Mustangs defeated Calumet twice last year in the state championship games of the fall and spring seasons.

The Chieftains win leaves CHS with a 2-1 record this fall after a close road loss at Okarche (2-0).

NORTHEAST

Birch: Elevation is 1 ft. below normal and stable, water temperature 85°F and stained.
Crappie good on jigs and minnows around brush structure.

Copan: Elevation is normal and stable, water temperature 84°F and stained.
Blue, channel and flathead catfish good on chicken liver, cut bait, live bait, live shad, shad, sunfish and worms below the dam, main lake, riprap, rocks and shorelines. Crappie slow on hair jigs, minnows, PowerBait, small lures and tube jigs around brush structure and docks.