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I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream – at the first-ever Ice Cream Freeze-Off held in conjunction with the 69th Annual Canadian County Free Fair. An event for all ages, participants can milk their favorite homemade ice cream recipes for top bragging rights at 11:30 a.m. this Saturday, Aug. 26, by the Canadian County Expo Center Stage, 3001 Jensen Road East.

The sponsor for the event is Canadian County District 2 Fair Board member Ken Carpenter.

El Reno’s Sacred Heart Catholic School was named an Oklahoma A+ Schools of Distinction last week.

Oklahoma A+ Schools Institute (OKA+) at the University of Central Oklahoma advances its mission of helping schools to think, plan and behave more creatively.

Sacred Heart Catholic School joins the network of close to 60 schools representing early childhood education through high school in urban, suburban and rural Oklahoma communities.

The Dragonfly Home will host its Eighth Annual Crown of Beauty Gala in support of its services for victims of human trafficking on Thursday, Sept. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Embassy Suites in downtown Oklahoma City.   

“Oklahomans are realizing more and more that human trafficking is very real and it’s happening here, and they want to make a difference,” said Whitney Anderson, executive director of The Dragonfly Home.

LAWSUITS

Capital One N.A. vs. Mallory Gray for $4,718.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Rabey Begum for $3,557.32 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Robert Prigmore for $5,769.75 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Skye Lowther for $3,130.24 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Missed opportunities has put El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team behind the eight-ball in the district standings as the Indians losing streak hit three games last week.

El Reno dropped home games to Noble (2-1) and Carl Albert (14-4) to slip to 4-4 on the season. The loss, both in a 24-hour period, left the Indians in fourth place in the District 5A-2 standings with a 1-3 mark.

In the setback to the Bears, El Reno trailed 2-1 going into the bottom of the seventh before Justine Johnson singled.

El Reno Athletic Director Rodney Haydon checks the temperature of the turf at Memorial Stadium prior to last week’s scrimmage.

Record heat has forced several sports to move back starting times into the evenings.

In the first home action of the season, El Reno High School’s volleyball team fell to Santa Fe South in the medal round play at the 2023 EHS Invitational to close the event with a 2-2 record.

El Reno defeated Seminole (25-13/25-19) and avenged a season-opening loss to Tecumseh (26-24/26-24) in pool play, but dropped a three-set match to Guymon (25-15/20-25/6-15).

In the medal-round match, the St. Bernards won by scores of 25-14/25-22. The 2-2 tourney effort left El Reno with a 2-3 overall record.

BOY - Melanie Thompson and Dustin Hutchings of El Reno are parents of a boy, Dawson Gene Hutchings, born July 30 at Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City.

He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 20 inches in length.

Dawson has three siblings, Camron, Holly and Mackenzie Hutchings.

Maternal grandparents are Robert and Susan Thompson of Azle, Texas. Great-grandmother is Margaret Evans of El Reno.

Paternal grandparents are David and Yuvonne Hutchings of Oklahoma City. Great-grandmother is Carol Meadows of El Reno.