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Public Records - September 29

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LAWSUITS

Capital One Bank N.A. vs. Kailey N. Castro for $6,493.79 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One Bank N.A. vs. Rebecca Towery for $4,149.13 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One Bank N.A. vs. Brian Hall for $6,692.57 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ford Motor Credit Company LLC vs. Patrick D. Ballew for $573.80 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

El Reno returns to gridiron action in loss

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NOBLE – After a three week hiatus and two periods of near misses, El Reno High School's football team finally found its offensive groove in the second half of its District 5A-1 opener against Noble.

Unfortunately, so did the Bears.

Noble, holding a slim 7-0 halftime lead, outscored El Reno 39-21 over the final two periods en route to a 46-21 win.

The loss dropped El Reno to 0-2 on the season while Noble improved to 3-1. The game was the Indians first since August 27 due to a two-week COVID-19 lock down and a open week.

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El Reno opens new Rock Island overpass

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The Rock Island overpass is officially open.

A ribbon cutting ceremony Friday afternoon celebrated the construction of the $10 million project, tabbed by the Oklahoma Department of Transportation as the U.S. 81 Rock Island Bridge.

The day featured the El Reno High School Marching Band along with more than a dozen classic automobiles driven over the bridge by the El Reno Cruisers Car Club.

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Cavalry returns

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The sounds of charging horses, rattling sabers and pistols firing returned to the parade grounds at Historic Fort Reno Wednesday as the 2021 U.S. Cavalry Association's Bivouac and National Competition returned.

The four-day event runs through Saturday, with daily events starting at 9 a.m.

“It’s good to be back,” said U.S. Cavalry Association President Bill Tempero.

The event was canceled last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the first time the competition was not held since the association moved its national headquarters to Fort Reno.

Members from the famed 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment ride in formation

Suit filed in death of inmate

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The husband of a Canadian County Jail inmate who died in custody is suing the county commissioners, sheriff, jail administrator and the jail’s medical provider.

Lesley Sara Hendrix, 27, died Oct. 12, 2020, at a hospital after suffering from a flesh-eating disorder called necrotizing fasciitis. She had been an inmate since January 2016 at the Canadian County Jail.

Hendrix was charged in Canadian County District Court in the death of a 23-month-old toddler she had been baby-sitting in November 2015.

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El Reno BID meeting held downtown

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Dan Galloway said he and his wife visited downtown Stillwater in 1992. That was before he became city manager for the Payne County municipality.

“There were maybe three stores open,” Galloway said.

He was talking last week to about a dozen people who had gathered in the Centre Theatre in downtown El Reno. They were there to hear and discuss the possibilities of creating a Business Improvement District for the downtown.

Downtown El Reno looking north on Bickford Avenue

Police arrest El Reno man toting machete, bag of meth

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An El Reno man was taken into custody after police reportedly found him hiding in bushes in the 600 block of North Bickford, allegedly with a large machete and a bag of meth.

Reports said Quentel Eugene Perkins, 36, was arrested just before 1 a.m. on Sept. 14. Police had been called to the area on North Bickford after receiving reports that a man carrying a light was seen walking in the area.

Quentel Eugene Perkins

Redlands instructor trains students how to be professional on Zoom

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In 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced students at Redlands Community College to switch to online learning, Zoom and other group communications technology became a part of daily life.

For students, learning the ins and outs of Zoom was hard enough, but Professor of Communications Elise McCauley Row soon discovered even professional adults were making critical mistakes and goofy errors when engaging with others on such platforms.

Elise McCauley Rowe speaks with her students over Zoom