The El Reno Wranglers met recently for their monthly meeting, with Trisha Duncan leading members in the Pledge of Allegiance and Gary Sorrells offering prayer.
It was announced the club will be riding in the Chickasha parade June 25.
Members discussed the upcoming annual Wranglers Rodeo set for Aug. 26-27 at the Denny-Crump Arena.
Next Wranglers meeting is scheduled for July 7 at Adams Park.
High school students from Calumet, El Reno, Geary, Hinton, Minco and Union City will continue to receive free educational support from the Redlands Community College Upward Bound program with the renewal of the program’s federal grant funding for an additional five years.
The grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Education, totals approximately $1.7 million to continue the program.
“We are very pleased that our Upward Bound program has been renewed for another five-year period,” said Redlands President Jack Bryant.
Among those undergraduates named to spring honor rolls at Emporia State University, Emporia, Kan., is Matthew Goucher of El Reno.
To qualify for the university honor roll, students must earn a minimum 3.80 semester grade point average in at least 12 graded hours.
STILLWATER – Empowering women and providing educational tools to help them succeed in their agricultural endeavors is the goal of the upcoming Women in Agriculture and Small Business conference slated for Aug. 4-5 in Oklahoma City.
It seems a campaign ad for Gov. Kevin Stitt’s re-election campaign has caught the attention of the Oklahoma County District Attorney.
The Associated Press’ Sean Murphy writes DA David Prater has launched an investigation into the TV ad after a bi-partisan group of House legislators suggested it violates state law.
The campaign says the ad was reviewed by an attorney who said it was legal.
At issue is the inclusion of Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor, who is running to be elected to the office.
The Joint Committee on Pandemic Relief Funding has approved six proposals to use American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.
The six requests will move forward to the full Legislature when it reconvenes in special session later this month.
LAWSUITS
OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Jeremy S. McAbee for $8,984.67 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Best Oilfield Service Inc. vs. Richard McCracken for an amount under $10,000 for damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.
Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. LouAnn Foreman for $820.74 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Teri Dequasie for $1,299.38 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
MUSTANG – For 84 days, El Reno High School girls basketball coach Jennifer Douglas stewed over a four-point loss to McAlester in the Class 5A state championship game.
Sharing in that pain were two of her star guards, Ashlyn Evans-Thompson and Tetona Blackowl.
“It’s taken awhile to get over that pain,” said Evans-Thompson.
Blackowl agreed.
“It’s been hard and I’m not sure I’m really over it yet. I learned a lot from that game and I feel like I may never really ever get over it but I did learn from it,” said Blackowl.
