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Banner fifth and sixth grades recently participated in a track meet held at Maysville.

Student placings are as follows:

Bella Dinwiddie - second place in girls 100 hurdles.

Bella Dinwiddie, Maquire Jinkens, Kinsley Lote and Tesa Miller - second place in fifth-grade girls 400 relay.

Bella Dinwiddie, Maquire Jinkens, Kinsley Lote and Laney Hobson - third place in fifth-grade girls 800 relay.

Jaden Jump, Liam Dodson, Stellan Hansen and Maddox Piersal - third place in fifth-grade boys 800 relay.

Banner teacher Denise Faulkner taught the pre-kindergarten class about leprechauns from reading of the book, How to Catch a Leprechaun.

Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at Mt. Zion Methodist Church.

Carol Stine called the meeting to order, with Ann Niemann leading the flag salute.

Jan Maddox gave a devotional titled “Hugs to Encourage.”

Maxine Little read minutes from the previous meeting.

Patricia Morrison gave the treasury report.

A thank you was read from the sheriff’s department for cookies that were recently delivered to them.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to provide better access to child care for Oklahoma’s teachers and school employees passed out of the Senate. Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, authored Senate Bill 16 to create a pilot program to provide child-care grants to school districts.

“We’ve been working so hard in recent years to find innovative ways to help retain our current teachers and recruit more outstanding professionals to our classrooms.

OKLAHOMA CITY – A bill to provide an across-the-board pay increase for Oklahoma’s teachers and certified school personnel received overwhelming support in the Senate.

Sen. Adam Pugh, R-Edmond, chairman of the Education Committee and Education Appropriation Subcommittee, authored Senate Bill 482 to provide a scaled pay increase ranging from $3,000 to $6,000 based on years of service.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced legislation to authorize increased funding for Impact Aid programs for federally-impacted public school districts which have significantly less tax revenue due to the presence of non-taxable federal property.

Oklahoma has more school districts receiving Impact Aid than any other state in the nation.

LAWSUITS

Matthew Claverie vs. Tyrell Thomas, individually, and KLLM Transport Services LLC for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Linda Grimes vs. Ricky Michael for $19,018.07 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Snap-On Credit LLC vs. Eugene O’Kelley for $18,306.07 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Prestige Financial Services Inc. vs. Frankie Stafford for $9,317.90 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The inability to avoid big innings by opponents once again haunted El Reno High School’s baseball team as the Indians were swept by the Guthrie Bluejays in District 5A-1 play.

El Reno opened the series on the road with a 6-1 setback, before losing 9-1 at the Hub Reed Complex.

The sweep dropped the Indians to 3-7 on the season and 0-4 in the 5A-1 standings, for a tie for fifth with three other squads.