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Two Canadian County attorneys and a Canadian County judge received recognition at the Nov. 11 Annual Meeting of the Family Law Division of the Oklahoma Bar Association.

Attorney David Halley received the Guardian Ad Litem of the Year Award. This award recognizes the contributions made in family law matters representing the minor children of the parties.

Attorney Mark Osby received the Integrity Award of the Year, and Judge Charles Gass received the Family Law Judge of the Year Award.

El Reno High School’s girls basketball team will debut one of the best 1-2 guard punches in Class 5A Friday night when the Indians host Shawnee for the 2021-22 season opener.

Ashlyn Evans-Thompson and Tetona Blackowl are two of the three returning starters off last year’s state semifinal team which went 15-6 and spent most of the COVID-19 shortened season ranked in the top 20.

“A lot of what we do will go through them because they are the best ball handlers and have the most experience,” said El Reno head coach Jennifer Douglas.

LAWSUITS

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Mark Long for $1,000 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Lacey Wilkerson for $2,497.44 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Bobby Tillman for $8,255.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Deborah K. Epperson for $2,079.09 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of a two-part look at efforts to revitalize Sunset Drive.

Emily Fitzsimmons spent hours pouring over old photos at the Canadian County History Museum.

Working with Hoffner Design Studio, Fitzsimmons was there to find anything and everything she could about what Sunset Drive looked like decades ago.

With help from Museum Director Vicki Proctor, she found plenty.

Standing in the bed of the family’s pickup, Trey Ratliff kept a close eye on the flames from the massive wildfire which engulfed miles of cedar trees, brush and farmland southwest of Calumet.

His wife, Melodie and daughter, Ella were inside their house along Karns Road packing up clothes and valuables when a large pop could be heard from a distance inside the growing wall of flames.

“That must have been the transformer which popped,” said Ratliff, after his wife emerged from the house saying the electricity was off.

Entering its 40th year, Canadian County’s Intervention and Crisis Advocacy Network – ICAN - now has two county locations.

Executive Director Matt Whetzel, who joined the nonprofit team in March, is working with the board and staff, expanding services and making sure everyone can access them when needed.

“ICAN is the certified domestic violence agency for Canadian County, and we are an onsite partner agency at Cardinal Point,” Whetzel said.

Calumet High School recently held its 2021-22 basketball homecoming festivities.

Senior Brie Myers was named queen and Matt Snyder was selected as king. The queen’s court included Isabella Peters and Kameron Pond.
 

Lamplighters Chapter of OHCE met recently at a local church with Joan Herr calling the meeting to order and offering prayer.

Janice Taylor led the flag salute, while Carol Stine gave the devotional titled “Thanksgiving a Sacrifice.”

Jan Maddox presented Article 9 of the OHCE Constitution. She also gave the leader lesson on food pantries and related information about food pantries in our area and the ways we can help.