As El Reno and the area moved into the fall and winter months, the news kept coming. There were more celebrations and traditions as well as challenges. Let’s take a look.
SEPTEMBER
A three-person race developed for the Ward 1 El Reno City Council seat.
Incumbent Amy Neathery would be challenged by Aaron J. Hines and Phillip Church.
The person with the most votes would earn the right to represent Ward 1 during a four-year term.
Canadian County commissioners, at their final meeting of 2024, obligated the last of the county’s COVID-19 stimulus award to the Cardinal Point Family Justice Center.
Commissioners approved a subrecipient agreement distributing to Cardinal Point the $294,342.39 left from $28,806,702 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds awarded to Canadian County in 2021.
“Cardinal Point’s request was just over $336,000,” said District Attorney Tommy Humphries, whose office administers the county’s ARPA funds.
An Oklahoma City nun who worked at the Center of Family Love died Thursday afternoon in a crash near Okarche in Canadian County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Sister Veronica Higgins, 74, was pronounced dead by the state medical examiner after the crash about 3:15 p.m. on Northwest Expressway/State Highway 3 and NW 192 about 4 miles south of Okarche, the patrol reported.
Higgins was the case manager at the Center of Family Love in Okarche.
She was also a past administrator and principal at the former Villa Teresa School in Oklahoma City.
The El Reno Animal Shelter will host a low-cost vaccine clinic and pet adoption event on Saturday, Jan. 11.
The event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the El Reno Animal Shelter, 2400 Spur Lane.
The event is open to the public, but to pre-register, email angelfundokc@gmail.com. To learn more, visit www.angelfundokc.org.
