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Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at a local church with Carol Stine offering devotionals titled “Beauty is Fleeting.”

Maxine Little read minutes of the previous meeting, while Patricia Morrison gave the treasury report.

Members remembered their past president and friend, Joan Herr, who passed away in June. A memorial will be sent in her honor to her home church, Highland Baptist.

Members also expressed appreciation for Highland allowing them to conduct their meetings there.

The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced those students named to the university’s honor rolls. For the spring 2022 semester, 1,343 students were named to the President’s Honor Roll, an honor achieved by those who recorded a straight-A or 4.0 GPA.

In addition, 1,376 students were named to the Dean’s Honor Roll with a 3.5 GPA or better and no grade lower than a B.

The Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education Association of Canadian County met recently at a local restaurant with Natalia Valenzuela calling the meeting to order.

Bernita Davis read minutes of the previous meeting, while Ann Ricketts gave the treasury report.

Delpha Miklautsch made a motion to donate to the 4-H Awards.

It was noted the 87th Annual State Conference will be held at the Champion Convention Center in Oklahoma City July 10-12.

Members discussed items needed for the county fair.

El Reno High School Class of 1959 met recently for lunch at a Yukon restaurant.

Those attending included Marvin Starkey, Ida and Larry Stephens, Mike Titterington, George Hamilton, Judy Lopez, Krin Boswell, Beverly Faler, Marilyn Louton, Janice Southwick, Kenneth Potts, Otis Bruce, Connie Chitwood, Karen Doughty, Bunny Mathews and Judy Hedrick.

Another get-together is being planned for early August.

CHICKASHA – Coaches for winter and spring sports at El Reno High School have the luxury of sitting back and viewing data collected from summer league action for retooling their programs as needed.

That’s not the case for fall sports like volleyball, which will have less than a month before kicking off preparations for the 2022 season.

“We really don’t even have a month, it’s more like two weeks,” said El Reno head coach Kristen Koehler.

With Lake El Reno in its own backyard, it’s natural to think the El Reno Fire Department would have always housed a dive team in case of emergencies.

That’s not always been the case.

El Reno Fire Chief Jason Duff said the department first created a dive team under former chief Kent Lagaly.

“Kent and some of the other guys at the time thought it would be a good idea and created it. It’s more of an extra service that not all stations offer,” said Duff.

El Reno moved a step further in the possible quest to build a city-owned Internet network last week when the city council threw its support behind the idea.

Council unanimously approved a resolution of support for the city of El Reno to pursue development of the project. The resolution directs the city staff to pursue the effort. The resolution points out that almost 25 percent of El Reno households do not have an Internet subscription of any type.

A local contractor is the apparent low bidder for a large bridge rehabilitation project in far west Canadian County.

OBC Inc., which has offices in Okarche and Edmond, submitted a bid totaling about $36.4 million to rebuild the historic Yellow Bridge over the South Canadian River.

“The bridge is tremendously long,” District 3 Canadian County Commissioner Jack Stewart said.

“It’s where Canadian, Blaine and Caddo counties come to a point on the west end.”