Gladys Van Buskirk celebrated her 107th birthday on Nov. 6. She has lived on the same road all of these years.

When she was a little girl, Gladys would get a new pair of shoes and she told her mother she wanted to walk to Harry’s house to show them to her friend.

Her mother would walk with her the three-fourths- mile trek to Harry’s house where little Gladys would show off her new shoes.

Riverside October Citizens of the Month are Archer Kerr, Isaac Benson, Colton Price, Izzy Vincent, Camryn Rinehart, Greyson Walker, Alivia Ontiveros, Arrelyn Muskett and Dreydan Shawnee.

Also, Solomon Baker, Hazel Dillion, Rylee Deshields, Greyson Perez, Kason Ward, Lane Clark, Yitzel Casanova, Shane Funk, Kevin Factor and Whitney Sneed.

Acknowledging their decision was practically a toss-up, Canadian County commissioners selected a company to conduct the county’s bridge inspections for a two-year period.

Commissioners voted 3-0 Monday to use CEC Corporation of Oklahoma City to perform routine bridge safety inspections in the county from April 1, 2026, to March 31, 2028.

Commissioners recently interviewed vendors from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s pre-qualified bridge inspector list.

The El Reno Wranglers recently held their October meeting, with Trisha Duncan opening with the flag salute and Gary Sorrells leading in prayer.  

The group discussed the upcoming Veterans Day Parade and the annual Thanksgiving dinner/auction set for Nov. 16. 

The club nominated and voted in new officers and board members. They are as follows: Julie Huber, president; Gary Sorrells, vice president; Betty Johnston, historian; Queen Trisha Duncan and Princess Lidy Novak.