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Rose Witcher LC teachers excited to return to classrooms
Rose Witcher Learning Center is so excited to begin the 2021-2022 school year.
We are welcoming back our entire staff, plus two new teachers. Makenzie Hickman and Brittany Voth are joining the team as second-grade teachers.
Nicky Howell is changing roles, providing our school’s social-emotional services.
Cynthia Bennett will be the full-time librarian at RW beginning this year, while Kaitlyn Taber will be working with the Reading Lab.
Hillcrest Learning Center staff ready to shine bright
Welcome to the 2021-22 school year at Hillcrest Learning Center.
We are ready to “shine bright” and share the many experiences that Hillcrest has to offer.
We are excited and ready to start another year of learning.
The staff has been super busy getting our school ready to meet our shining Head Start, pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students.
Hillcrest Learning Center welcomes Aubrey Findley, Deangelo Jenkins and Jennifer Harding teaching Head Start, Christi Frank and Jessica Meyers teaching kindergarten, and Sara Heasley as our SEL director.
McVay: Delta variant expected to move quickly
State health officials believe the Delta variant of COVID will move quickly through Oklahoma.
That’s what El Reno Schools Superintendent Craig McVay said at Thursday’s El Reno Now broadcast. He was joined by Mayor Matt White.
McVay said officials from the state Health Department believe the Delta variant will spread quickly and with less harmful effects as the original COVID virus. The thought is by mid-September it may have run its course.
Mayor says COVID-19 utility, rent assistance could be available
Help with utility bill payments and rent assistance may be available to qualifying residents if they fell behind because of COVID-related issues.
El Reno Mayor Matt White said the COVID-19 Assistance Program is being coordinated through the Community Action Agency. He made the comments at last week’s El Reno Now program.
Vacation photos Ole’
El Reno resident Joe Garcia made good on a bucket list trip this summer, attending a bullfight in Tijuana, Mexico.
Garcia, an avid sports photographer, captured numerous photos of the bullfight in progress. He said all eight fights he witnessed ended well for the bullfighter, not so for the bull.
Oklahoma pow wow held at Concho
Native American Royalty was on hand at the El Reno Municipal Building last week to help kick off the 31st Annual Oklahoma Indian Nation Pow Wow.
The event, held at Concho, featured traditional Native American dance, food, music, a 5K Buffalo Run and entertainment.
On Friday, El Reno Mayor Matt White presented Dara Franklin, one of the organizers, with a plaque recognizing the event and the contributions it makes to the community.
Warr Acres driver killed in collision with Union Pacific train near Okarche
The driver of a truck was struck by a Union Pacific train and killed Friday near N.W. 234 and Country Club Road, said Sarah Stewart, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman.
The collision happened about 3 p.m. on Union Pacific Railroad tracks on the southwest side of Okarche behind Mainer Ford, authorities report.
The man killed was identified as Hugo J. Barrera, 22, of Warr Acres. Barrera was driving east on N.W. 234. He was not wearing his seat belt and was ejected.
