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

Carol Stine led the flag salute and gave a devotional titled “Strength for the Weary.”

Maxine Little read minutes from the previous meeting, with Patricia Morrison giving the treasury report.

It was noted that Janice Taylor attended the Canadian County commissioners meeting in which the commissioners proclaimed May 1-7 as OHCE Week.

Kenny Charles Brown II is among those graduates of Humble High School Class of 2022.

He plans to attend Texas A&M University-College of Engineering.

Brown is the son of Julie Lang, formerly of El Reno, and the late Kenny Brown Sr., grandson of Rhonda Lang and the late Edward Lang Jr. and great-grandson of the late Mary McDaniel.

The University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Fine Arts and Design recently awarded more than 125 scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year. Among those recipients is Jillian Ferguson of El Reno.

Ferguson, a senior studying commercial music, received the Connor Hicks Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship.

El Reno Kiwanis Club presented $500 scholarships to four members of the El Reno High School graduating class of 2022, from left, Molly Carson, Carlie Golden, Caroline Huber and Julie Holdcraft.

Riverside’s Chapter of the Canadian County Elementary School Honor Society 2022 inductees, from left, Jonah Dew, Becky Fraze, Zaida Kraft, America Atilano, Nataly Arellano, Diesel Baker and Michael Castanon.

Students must maintain a 3.75 or higher GPA to qualify for recognition in the honor society.

The University of Central Oklahoma College of Education and Professional Studies recently awarded El Reno resident Dana Hunka a scholarship for the upcoming fall and spring semesters in recognition of academic achievements and outstanding service to the university.

Hunka, a junior majoring in organizational leadership, received the Leland and Pauline Cooper Endowed Scholarship.

Among those local students named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Winter 2022 President’s List are Mackenzie Spears, Tanya Garrison and Shayla Fuston of El Reno.

Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above are named to the President’s List.

Students named to the Maple A Honor Roll for the fourth nine weeks, front row from left, Addison Brandley, Easton Horn, Presley Swigart, John Prince, Lainey Rowell, Grady Menz, Raina Crawford, Halle Hunt and Kinsley Bonilla; middle row, Andrew Eisenhour, Stoney Baker, Tace Tech, William McPeak, Lane Hudson, Candice Barker, Dominic Steinbruck, Kaelyn Racca, Gavin Basler, Hayden Rosholt, Colsen Blagg and Audrey Eisenhour; back row, Isabella Hart, Lexi Porter, Quinn Charmasson, Alice Park, Ethan Brooks, Pierson Brandley, Brantlie Charmasson, Presley Swigart, Bryson Cooper, Jackson Arnold, Payt

Students named to the Maple A-B Honor Roll for the fourth nine weeks, front row from left, Braxten Birdsong, Makenzie Caldwell, Jentry Cullen, Brennan Ayers, Hunter Lorenzen, Levi Bass, Jasper Whitman, Lyla Smith, Jacob Bugaj, Ayvah Fudge and Brinley Porter; second row, Piper Siler, Karalynn Ellis, Erica Niles, Rowdy Penwright, Brody Crawford, Micah Pafford, Ayden Overholser, Daughtry Swigart, Zoey Pawnee, Christopher Barker, Joshua Bass, Rhett Davis and Katie Ellis; third row, Adison Steffler, Raquel Seymour, Aydan Steffler, McCray Whitman, Rylee Girten, Clayton Hudson, Landy Giesbrecht, K

The Oklahoma City Community Foundation has selected three El Reno High School seniors to receive $3,000 scholarships for the 2022-2023 academic year through the Community Foundation’s Community Foundation Scholars Program. 

Those three seniors are Kaitlyn Awbrey, Jovanna Espinoza and Olivia Walters-Hunt.

The Community Foundation Scholars Program is one of hundreds of scholarship opportunities at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation that benefit more than 800 students with a total of $2.8 million every year.