Could the partnership that created the BlueSTEM AgriLearning Center at Fort Reno have imagined how sweet of an education experience the program would become for area students?
Now in its sixth year, BlueSTEM has grown from its original class of three students to 31 this school year. High school students from El Reno, Yukon and Calumet are members of the current BlueSTEM class.
A race has developed for the El Reno City Council Ward 2 seat.
Incumbent Bob Ballhorn will be challenged by Peter Stapperfend for the position that will be decided in the Nov. 9 election.
The candidate winning the most votes will be elected to serve a four-year term.
Ballhorn, 61, currently serves as vice mayor. He said he is running because he wants to help continue the forward momentum he said El Reno is experiencing.
During the Canadian County Fair Family Night festivities, Kate Kearby of Piedmont and Joan Herr of El Reno were recognized with the 2021 Outstanding Canadian County Citizen Awards.
Kearby and Herr were presented with a certificate and the top winning cookie jar fair entries, made by Underwood OHCE and Sunshine OHCE Groups.
Kearby was nominated by Jim and Judy Swaim and below is what they wrote:
A group of people involved in the million-dollar renovation of Memorial Stadium gathered last week to celebrate the improvements.
A few hours later they learned the El Reno High School football game scheduled for Friday night would be canceled because of COVID.
School board members Dallas Curtis, Brad Baker and Curtis Blanc were on hand for the celebration. Curtis was singled out by Superintendent Craig McVay for his efforts in pushing the project forward.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Researchers from the University of Oklahoma and OU Health have detected a major increase of SARS-CoV-2 in sewage samples collected in the state’s metropolitan areas, which predicted the current surge in COVID-19 cases across the city and the state as a whole.
Over the past two weeks, the concentrations of SARS-CoV-2 in the different samples from wastewater-treatment plants have been anywhere from 33 to 67 times higher than when they were measured in May.
Take away a horrific start and El Reno High School’s softball team outplayed and outscored Guthrie in the first game of a key District 5A-2 matchup at the Ashbrook North complex.
However, the Indians could not overcome the 13 runs given up to the Bluejays in the first three frames, leading to an 18-8 setback.
The loss dropped El Reno to 3-7 on the season and kept the Indians in the fifth-place spot in the league standings at 1-3. Guthrie improved to 8-1 in 5A-2 action and maintained its hold on the No.2 position.
The Indians, ranked 10th in Class 5A, were on the road against Duncan last week, dropping a 3-0 decision to the Demons, who are ranked 15th in the same poll.
EHS was slated to be home on Tuesday to play Chickasha.
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