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SWOSU releases spring ’24 honor rolls

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Southwestern Oklahoma State University announced the list of graduates for the spring 2024 semester, with a total of 687 students having successfully completed their academic programs, including 173 graduate degrees, 442 baccalaureate degrees and 72 associate degrees.

Among those local graduates are Ashli Robinson, School Counseling, Master of Education, Breanna Ray, General Studies, Associate of Science, Kayli Swigart, Early Childhood Education, Bachelor of Science in Education, and Kierra Vaughan, Public Health, Bachelor of Science, all of Calumet.

Public Records - 7/6/2024

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Working hand and foot toward World gold

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Urged by the love of his life as well as his longtime coach, a man enters a national tournament in an unknown sport and ends up stunning the field by winning a championship.

Sounds like the script for a Hollywood movie?

“One-hundred percent,” said Brandon Shelton.

Yet, that's just what happened to the former EHS standout wrestler who now teaches several sports through his Shelton Wrestling Academy in Norman.

On a whim he entered the 2024 United States Sambo Championships, held in Denton, Texas, and walked away with the gold medal at 79 kilograms (173.9 pounds).

Brandon Shelton (center) stands with his wife, Kyla and George Burton

Water rescue

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Members of the El Reno Fire Department’s Water Rescue Team were able to safely locate a missing 13-year-old female on Lake El Reno over the weekend.

According to Fire Chief Jason Duff, the girl was riding a personal watercraft that had become disabled.

The girl was located floating on the north end of the lake near the rocks at the bottom of the dam, according to firefighters on the scene.

The girl and the craft were towed back to the safety of the boat ramp, said Duff.

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El Reno native on panel to talk film ‘The Three Guardsmen’

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The famed frontier lawman is buried at the Frisco Cemetery, nestled between El Reno and Yukon.

He is remembered as one of The Three Guardsmen.

His name is Chris Madsen.

Dee Cordry, an El Reno native and a retired agent with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, is a historian who wrote the book, “Alive if Possible … Dead if Necessary,” in 2005 about Chris Madsen, Bill Tilghman and Heck Thomas, the frontier lawmen known as The Three Guardsmen. He has recently been interviewed for an OETA documentary also called “The Three Guardsmen.”

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Market fresh

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Ross Seed has fresh food and more available at the Farmers Market which runs from 8 a.m. to noon each Wednesday and Saturday.

Austin Escalante shows off oversized produce

Commissioners approve annual CASA contract

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The leader of a program that helps Canadian County’s most vulnerable youths expressed gratitude to county officials for their enduring support.

Canadian County commissioners unanimously approved an annual contract that provides $25,000 to the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for fiscal year 2025.

One of 19 local CASA programs in Oklahoma, Canadian County CASA serves abused and neglected youths in the foster care system.