Scaled-down Burger Day plans announced; White praises local vaccine work

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El Reno Live focused on the upcoming Burger Day festival and included applause for the Indian Health Service and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes for helping to vaccinate area residents against COVID-19.

Mayor Matt White and Main Street Director Shana Ford were joined by Morgan Schwarz, owner of Hot Mess Station in the weekly program that airs live on the city’s Facebook site.

House pushes protections for women, state delegation split

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WASHINGTON -- The House used Women’s History Month to serve as the backdrop for passing legislation to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act and to remove the 1982 deadline for states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.

House Democratic women dressed in suffragette white to commemorate the occasion and to usher through what they say are landmark pieces of legislation to advance women's rights.

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Tribes to get record funding from American Rescue Plan

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WASHINGTON — Tribes in Oklahoma are both hopeful and anxious as they wait for the funds and spending rules from the American Rescue Plan that President Joe Biden signed last week.

Native American tribes nationwide will receive more than $31 billion as part of the American Rescue Plan, the largest one-time investment to Native American communities in history.

However, the amount of money set to be given to Oklahoma tribes on an individual basis is largely unknown and likely will be until further tribal consultation has occurred.

Boomers edge ER girls in shootout

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OKLAHOMA CITY - Woodward slipped three goals past Kinley Golden and one by Krystiana Guzman as the Boomers edged out El Reno High School’s girls soccer team 4-3 in a shootout for third place in the 2021 Northwest Classen Invitational.

The Boomers win on penalty kicks gave Woodward the match by a 5-4 score as El Reno slipped to 4-2 on the season. The Indians went 1-2 in the tourney, held at Taft Stadium, beating the host team 3-0 before losing in the semifinals to Edmond Memorial, 5-1.

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