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Thomas E. Pitts

Earned a number of honors while serving in the U.S. Army

Died at the age of 74.

“My hero.” - Co Pitts

Pete Stapperfend

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

1972 to 1975

Flotilla 1010

New York Harbor Patrol

SSGT William Means

U.S. Marine Corps, 2001-2005, 2008-current

Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom

Harland Schweitzer

July 1959 to June 1965

Oklahoma Army National Guard

By Thebe Brandon
El Reno High School junior
(Brian Rukes’ AP English 3 class)

William Stanley “Tex” Titterington was born December 18, 1954, at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, Texas.

By Daniel Castanon
El Reno High School junior
(Brian Rukes’ AP English 3 class)

Note: The El Reno Tribune and the El Reno Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum at Redlands Community College. Around 50 residents attended and more
than 900 watched via live-stream on the Tribune’s Facebook page. Candidates answered questions printed in advance in the Tribune, followed by questions submitted from the audience.

The city of El Reno will have a new mayor for the first time in a decade and a half and the two men seeking the position both said a change in the style of leadership is coming.

Note: The El Reno Tribune and the El Reno Chamber of Commerce hosted a candidate forum at Redlands Community College. Around 50 residents attended and more
than 900 watched via live-stream on the Tribune’s Facebook page. Candidates answered questions printed in advance in the Tribune, followed by questions submitted from the audience.

El Reno Public Schools teacher Jacqueline Smith has been honored for her use of technology in the classroom as well as promoting the importance of community involvement by her students.

The K20 Center at the University of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Electric Cooperative (OEC) named Smith, a ninth-grade English teacher at El Reno High School, as a 2022 SKIE (Supporting K20 Innovative Educators) Award recipient for northwest Oklahoma. 

The 11th Annual Canadian County Veterans Day Parade will roll through downtown El Reno Sunday at 3 p.m. A program at 3:30 is scheduled to follow the parade.

Food trucks will be available starting at 2 p.m.

The colorful and patriotic event will feature the Canadian County Veterans of the Year chosen from each community in the county as well as comments from Major Ed Pulido, U.S. Army Retired, a decorated war veteran who struggled back from deep depression after being severely wounded in 2004 by a roadside bomb.

Pulido lost a leg in the explosion.