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The 2022 valedictorians for El Reno High School are Kylee Chandler, Reese Davis, Mariana Esparza Torres, Hailey McBroom and Wyatt Mehan.

These students earned this distinction by obtaining all A’s during their high school career and taking 13 Pre-AP and AP courses with an AP course in each core subject.

Carlie Golden is the 2022 salutatorian. She took the same number of Pre-AP and AP classes and has the next highest GPA.

Reese Davis is the daughter of Megan Reed and Terrence Davis. Her siblings are Ryleigh, Raleigh, Kiera, Addison and Tre.

Each summer, a free weeklong camp is offered to Canadian County children who have been affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse or witnessed violence in some way.

The vision of the camp is to help break the generational cycle of family violence by offering healing to youth who have experienced abuse. The camp is now accepting applications for campers and counselors.

PIEDMONT – In a near repeat of last year’s postseason run, El Reno High School’s baseball team exited the Class 5A, Region 1 Championships with two losses to Lawton Eisenhower.

El Reno ended its season with a 17-20 record after dropping a 1-0 contest to the Eagles in the elimination round. Lawton Eisenhower held off a late rally by the Indians in the opening round of the regional for a 7-5 win. In the contest, El Reno led 1-0, giving up seven runs in the bottom of the first inning before chipping away at the deficit.

El Reno High School junior Madison Patswald placed 64th overall as an individual medalist last week during the 2022 Class 5A Girls State Golf Championship.

Playing at Chickasaw Pointe Golf Club in Kingston, Patswald carded rounds of 114 and 112 for a 226 total.

Durant won the team title with a 632 tally for 36 holes, followed by Tulsa Bishop Kelley (669) and Carl Albert (683).

The Suburban Conference had two other teams make state as Piedmont (773) was sixth and Guthrie (785) was seventh.

Nearly 850 4-H and FFA students and over 250 coaches from 34 states gathered May 5 for the 69th National Land and Range Judging Contest.

After two days of practice at sites in the Oklahoma City area, the contest was held at Concho on the Cheyenne and Arapaho tribal lands.

The Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD) was the primary host along with about 30 additional sponsors.

LAWSUITS

Christina Hernandez-Cassady vs. CC Transports and Consulting Services LLC for $15,000 for alleged damages.

Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Gary Don Boyanton for $196,121.82 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lots 7A and 7B, Block 42, Westbury Addition, Oklahoma City.

U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Desarea L. Duncan for $195,783.13 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 23, Block 7, Calm Springs Addition Section 2, Oklahoma City.

Property is being sought to move the Canadian County Health Department in El Reno.

County health officials have applied for $10 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds awarded to Canadian County. Canadian County commissioners “in a few weeks” are expected to decide on how to distribute the county’s $28.8 million American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocation during an open meeting, Commissioner David Anderson said.

El Reno native and acclaimed author Brandon Hobson has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honors bestowed on a writer, historian, scholar or artist.

The award is the second garnered by Hobson this year. In April, his most recent book, “The Removed” was honored as the Western Heritage Outstanding Fiction Book of 2021.

His parents, Fred and Jeanne Hobson, accepted the award during a gala at the Western Heritage Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.