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Jennifer Douglas has never mixed words when it comes to losing games.

“Of course I want to win. Of course I was mad we lost. I’m never OK with losing,” said Douglas.

However, the veteran El Reno High School girls basketball coach knows that her team can learn a lot from the back-to-back losses going into the holiday break.

“We lost to Choctaw, which is top four in Class 6A and to Piedmont, which was ranked 11th at the time in Class 5A, and we feel we should have been higher because we ranked them in the top six.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Lonnie Paxton will continue to serve in his leadership position as Assistant Majority Floor Leader for the 59th Legislature, along with some new committee assignments.

Senate Pro Tempore Greg Treat appointed the Tuttle Republican to serve as chair of the Energy and Telecommunications Committee and vice chair of the Rules Committee.

“I’m honored to once again have the opportunity to serve as Assistant Floor Leader and help guide our caucus and the business of the Senate,” Paxton said.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball program held its annual alumni game recently inside Jenks Simmons Field House.

The Indians current varsity team defeated the team of former players by a narrow 73-70 score.

See Wednesday’s edition for a mid-season breakdown of the Indians basketball team ahead of the tournament in Anadarko set for Jan. 5-7.

The Canadian County Fair Board recently approved a measure to develop a 4-H and FFA youth advisory board to focus on quality herdsmanship and livestock advocacy.

LAWSUITS

Arvest Bank vs. Pamela A. Davis for $3,513.76 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Michael D. Grayson for $3,820.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank USA N.A. vs. McKinsey Hastings for $581.26 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. David L. Kurtz for $2,056.05 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

High school students are performing authentic research under the mentorship of scientists and historians in a Canadian County agricultural setting close to home.

The BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center, 3232 N. Jesse Reno Street, is housed at Historic Fort Reno. The program is a collaborative effort between U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grazinglands Research Laboratory and Historic Fort Reno.

“Everything that we do here is hands-on,” said Ann Marshall, BlueSTEM director and education coordinator. “We don’t have textbooks.

Before the Christmas break, El Reno High School students in Erin Leiting and Celia Caro’s class conducted a STEM project organized by paraprofessional Theresa Barton.

Students made parachutes out of coffee filters, fishing line and cups.

The parachutes were weighted by coins and cutouts of Santa Claus and dropped from a balcony to a target on the floor.

Inmates being booked into the Canadian County Jail may want to think twice about trying to sneak contraband into the building.

That’s due in large part to a full-body scanner now operational in the receiving area at the county lock-up.

“It’s a great tool – a great deterrent,” Detention Capt. Austin Moore said. “It’s going to help us keep the contraband down in this jail.