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On Sunday, Sept. 25, runners will be crossing Canadian County as part of the Great American Relay.

Local runners will help carry the baton as part of the relay that started in California and will end in New York City at the World Trade Center.

The annual event is a way to help support first responders. Two of the local runners are Shawn Davis and Lindy Renbarger.

The path will include Calumet and El Reno before moving east along SH 66 and to the Oklahoma City Memorial.

El Reno High School Class of 1959 met recently on the southeast corner of El Reno High School to see the new black marble bench that the class had made and installed.

After a lot of pictures and reminiscing, the group headed to a local restaurant for lunch.

The class also presented a check to Norman Sheridan for El Reno Mobile Meals.

The ALLOT Initiative, A Lot of Love for Our Teachers, celebrated a milestone in the program’s history.

Since 2016, ALLOT has provided El Reno Public Schools teachers more than $100,000 in retail value of books and supplies for their classrooms.

Wesley United Methodist Church, through its mission team, Wesley in ACTSion, launched the ALLOT Initiative in October 2016. The program provides free classroom supplies for any ERPS teacher.

ENID – The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) announced Maggie Jackson as the new Regional Area Director (RAD) for District 2.

Located in north-central Oklahoma, District 2 includes Alfalfa, Grant, Major, Garfield, Blaine, Kingfisher, Canadian and Logan counties.  

Jackson earned a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology and Spanish from Oklahoma State University and a master’s in public health from the University of Oklahoma.

New Hope Women’s Missionary Union members and guests met recently at the church for a salad and dessert luncheon, followed by the September business meeting.

Guests present were Rayma Richey, Dean Smith, Marquita Barber, Brenda Kurtz and Virginia Becktol. Members attending were Mary Jones, Carol Johnson, Irene Higgins, Marilyn Schmidt and Peggy White.

Pastor Dick Kurtz gave opening prayer. Jones led the group in reading of the Women’s Missionary Union Watchword and Mission Statement.

Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at a local church.

Carol Stine opened the meeting and read a devotional titled “Not Now God.”

Maxine Little read minutes from the last meeting and gave the treasury report.

Members welcomed guest Ann Neimann.

Discussion was held about the recent county fair, noting that the club booth placed second, while the educational display placed third.

LAWSUITS

OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Samantha K. Moore for $10,156.30 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

MARS Inc. vs. Matthew Sandburg for $1,065.42 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Wilmington Savings Fund Society vs. Tonnya Lewis-Stone for $1,610.94 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Kirk Brock for $831.98 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

What could have been a moving day in the district standings turned into a two-game dogfight as El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team battled to a split with Guymon.

The Tigers scored seven runs in the fourth inning to rally for a 13-8 win in the series opener, but El Reno rode a six-run fifth inning to a 13-3 win in game two for the split.

El Reno improved to 10-15 on the season and 6-6 in the District 5A-2 standings.

With two league games left, the Indians remain in fifth place but now trail Guymon by a half game in the loss column following the split.