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Pictured are the winners from the 2021 A Small Town Weekend Hot Wheels Races, from left, Henry Weaver of Chickasha (13), Mattison Norton of El Reno (3) and Asher Schweitzer of El Reno (6). 

Canadian Valley Technology Center had several dozen state contest placers, including many state champions.

El Reno Campus National Contest

Business Professionals of America (BPA)

Ian Fowler placed eighth in Server Administration Using Microsoft as well as 10th in Computer Security.

State Contest

Business Professionals of America

C+ Programming: Austin Bole, first.

Okarche junior high students Brenna Crider and Jaici Easton were recognized at the annual Delta Kappa Gamma conference held recently in Oklahoma City.

The girls submitted essays to the DKG’s annual essay contest, and after placing first in the countywide contest, continued to the state level, each placing first at her grade level.

Brenna and Jaici received certificates of achievement and a monetary award.

Their teachers are Traci Fuller and Lyndal Westmoreland.

Honor rolls at Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford and Sayre have been announced for the 2021 spring semester.

An undergraduate student earning all A’s in 12 or more hours during a semester qualifies for the President’s Honor Roll. Recognition on the Dean’s Honor Roll includes completion of 12 semester hours of undergraduate work with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher with no grade lower than a C.

Tom and Bunny Mathews are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married June 8, 1961, at El Reno First Christian Church.

Tom was employed with the Bureau of Prisons and the couple moved around the United States with his job. They have lived in Texarkana, Texas, Washington, D.C., Seagoville, Texas, Philadelphia, Pa., and Dallas, Texas.

The couple returned to El Reno where Tom retired. Bunny worked with juveniles at the Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs.

The University of Central Oklahoma’s College of Fine Arts and Design recently awarded more than 130 scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year.

El Reno resident Jillian Ferguson, a contemporary music performance major, received the Connor Hicks Memorial Endowed Music Scholarship.

El Reno Kiwanis Club 2021 scholarship winners are Hannah Skaggs, Zane Avant, and Ella McReynolds. Hannah will attend Oklahoma City University, Zane will attend Eastern Oklahoma State College and Ella will attend Oklahoma State University.

Each recipient received a $500 scholarship.

Redlands Community College recently announced students named to the college’s honor rolls for the spring 2021 semester.

Students listed on the President’s Honor Roll have completed 12 or more credit hours and have earned a GPA of not less than 3.8, with no grade less than a B — excluding 0-level courses.

The Vice President’s Honor Roll is for students who have completed 12 or more hours of coursework and have earned a GPA of 3.5 to 3.79, with no grade less than a C — excluding 0-level courses.

Maddison Fryar of El Reno is among those named to the Dean’s List at Olivet Nazarene University in Bourbonnais, Ill.

A student must have been enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student and must have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or higher on a 4.00 grading scale for inclusion on the Dean’s List.

Okarche High School’s contest play, “Kindertransport,” placed third in the OSSAA’s one-act play contest for the 2020-21 school year.

Cherokee was named state champion, with Alva being selected as state runner-up.

Also, OHS junior Emily Neuenschwander was named to the All-State play cast, an honor that goes to the top 10 performances among the eight plays that qualified for state competition.