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Chapter AE of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) of Oklahoma met recently at a local coffee shop. President Christy Eichholz gave highlights from the recent state convention. She reported the new state president, Dana Bertrand, gave a list of cascading goals for the 2024-25 year: Champion the Advancement of Women, Promote Philanthropic Vitality and Strengthen Chapter Vitality. She also announced the new theme, “Seize the Day in P.E.O.” and gave three challenges for the Oklahoma chapters.

There were 147 chapters represented and 121 new initiates were added this year.

LAWSUITS

Discover Bank vs. Michael Jarrett for $14,590.13 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

American Express National Bank vs. Eric Foster for $16,706.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Anthony Nelson for $19,281.99 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

El Reno head softball coach Bri Michalicka (above) held her first youth skills camp recently.

More than 40 young players took part in three days of skills training such as fielding, throwing, catching and base running.

The event ended with snow cones and a slip and slide.

El Reno High School begins its 2024 preseason drills Monday.

The old Ponderosa Motel will be coming down, but not until asbestos is removed from the dilapidated eyesore condemned by the city.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said the property at 2408 Sunset Drive was found to have a considerable amount of asbestos.

This led to the city bringing in a professional asbestos removal company. That firm designed a plan for the city which was acceptable to the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the Oklahoma Department of Labor. 

Caylee Massey, 9, along with her pet lizard, Speedy Stewart, were offering fresh lemonade last week.

A sale was interrupted when Speedy fell off Caylee’s arm, but after a quick search in the grass, Caylee’s business partner was returned to his station.
 

In a journey which took over two hours to complete, Canadian Valley Technology Center was the final destination on the flight log for a T-1A Jayhawk aircraft.

Donated from the United States Air Force, the Jayhawk is a twin-engine medium-range trainer used in the advanced phase of specialized undergraduate pilot training for students selected to fly airlift or tanker aircraft, according to the USAF website.

The swept-wing aircraft is the military version of the Beechcraft 400A and has structural enhancements for increased bird strike resistance and added fuselage fuel tank.

El Reno police officers patrolling the area of Country Club and Shuttee were flagged down by a person who said a man had just stolen a work truck with a trailer attached.

This happened on July 11 at about 5:40 p.m., Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said. 

Officers began to search the area and soon located the vehicle near Foreman Road and North Keith Avenue.

In an effort to cool off last week from the near triple-digit heat in El Reno, brothers Ethan (left) and Hudson Mize slide through a wall of water at the end of a sliding lane outside their home.

Temperatures are expected to dip close to 15 degrees later this week and into the weekend.