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WASHINGTON – Summer camp is a place where time stood still, say young women who camped at Camp Mystic.

To those who’ve spent summers there, these camps are more than just summer retreats. They are places of deep tradition, personal growth and lifelong connection, drawing individuals from across the country including states like Arkansas and Oklahoma, making the recent loss all the more profound.

No matter how much the world changed with new technology or passing trends, Mystic remained constant.

LAWSUITS

Discover Bank vs. Kenny Lopez for $2,525.33 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Kino Financial Company LLC vs. Jonathan Jones for $1,698.96 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TD Bank N.A. vs. Savannah Stanley for $6,866.05 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Wakefield & Associates LLC vs. Wendy Bennett for $1,395.00 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The building at 405 W. Watts, originally the El Reno office to the Rock Island Railroad, will likely be coming down after it was declared a public nuisance and condemned by the city of El Reno.

El Reno Police Chief Ken Brown was honored at Tuesday night’s city council meeting.

Brown has served the El Reno community for more than 45 years, joining the police department at the age of 19.

The audience at the meeting gave him a standing ovation as Mayor Steve Jensen and City Manager Matt Sandidge presented him with a proclamation recognizing his many years of service.

Sandidge quipped that Brown had only “45 more years to go” before retirement.
 

Redlands Community College and CL Boyd are partnering to create career opportunities for students in the Industrial Automation Applied Technology Program.

College officials said this collaboration establishes a direct pipeline from education to employment, offering students the chance to earn college credit, complete their associate degree, launch their professional careers and receive significant financial support for their education.

SALLISAW — Anyone who has not been involved in the American legal system cannot fully appreciate the applicable idiom, “The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.”

Monday was another example of the long and arduous process of jurisprudence.

It took longer for Sequoyah County sheriff’s deputies to escort Stacy Lee Drake from his cell into District Judge Timothy King’s courtroom than the proceeding itself.

Road trip! Daniel and I drove to Staunton, Va., for our niece’s wedding last month.

Julia, Daniel’s sister, and her husband, Wayne had the family out for their daughter, Leigh’s wedding. It was a beautiful outdoor ceremony with dinner and dancing afterwards.

Members of the newly-created El Reno Emergency Management Services Department were recognized at Tuesday night’s city council meeting.

Ed Fowler, fifth from left, will serve as director for the EMS Department.

Members who were able to attend the meeting introduced themselves.

The city created the ambulance service, that went live on July 1, in an effort to provide better service to the citizens of El Reno.

Enid artist Tox Murillo (lower right) sprays paint on some of the final sections of a mural he is creating on the side of the Redlands Community College gymnasium.

Murillo said he expects to have the mural, the second he’s done locally, completed in a few days.

His other mural is at Darlington School.

Relation Insurance Services has acquired the assets of Advantage Insurance Group. The transaction went into effect May 31. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

“Our new partnership with Relation takes our business to the next level,” said Geoff Eaton, owner of Advantage Insurance Group.