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El Reno student Rylan Fleenor recently attended the 2023 American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Youth Leadership Summit. The annual retreat develops leadership skills in junior high and high school students that will prepare them for future educational and professional experiences.

More than 200 students from across Oklahoma participated in one of two AFR Leadership Summit sessions—Teen Summit and Senior Summit. Fleenor attended the 2023 AFR Senior Leadership Summit.

The July meeting of the Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education group was held recently in the home of Janan Fletcher.

The flag salute was led by Ann Ricketts. Roll call was answered by telling a favorite pineapple recipe.

Other members present were Vicki Duncan, Delpha Miklautsch, Bernita Davis and Natalia Valenzuela.

Minutes were read by Davis and approved. Fletcher gave the treasurer report and read a thank you note from the Canadian County 4-H Club for a recent contribution for their awards banquet.

With a little over a week of practices and a handful of preseason outings, El Reno High School’s softball team is set to open the 2023 season at Yukon Monday night.

It’s an opener scheduled quicker than most expected but one that new head coach Jason Little is comfortable with having.

“I think the longer you practice, sometimes it can be regressive and the kids get into the rut of just going through the motions. I want them feeling ready to go.

Reggie Wassana is the only person to ever be re-elected governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. He’s also the only C&A official to say the Tribes have offered a long-term lease to the federal government to continue scientific research at Fort Reno, should the land be given back to the C&A.

Wassana spoke to a packed crowd at last week’s El Reno Now Breakfast. The event, hosted by the city of El Reno and El Reno Public Schools, is held quarterly at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street.

The city of El Reno celebrated the successful completion of the filming of Twisters in downtown last week with a block party.

The After the Storm event featured food and music as well as games and activities for children.

Investigators with the Canadian County Sheriff's Office arrested a 41-year-old man on complaints of child rape, incest and abuse. The arrest was made after children posted pornographic video on social media, leading to the investigation.

Sheriff Chris West said Robert Damron was responsible for the sexual abuse of multiple children in his residence.

Matt Sandidge and Matt Goucher laid out a list of accomplishments and rolled through a lengthy list of thank you’s as they hosted last week’s quarterly El Reno Now Breakfast.

The city manager and school superintendent, respectively, were hosts to a packed house at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street. Mayor Steve Jensen joined in the event which hosted Gov. Reggie Wassana of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

El Reno High School class of 1956 gathered for a birthday party for those class members turning 85 this year.

There were also classmates attending from 1957 and 1959.

The tree was planted by the class at their 60th reunion in 2016, with the benches later added.