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When reviewing the more than 100 individuals inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame since 1985, Ruth Genevieve Hudson stands out — because Hudson, inducted in 1994, is one of the very few career classroom teachers to make the cut.

While Hudson spent 45 years primarily teaching music at Sand Springs, Tulsa and Blackwell Public Schools, as well as in the state of Kansas, her lengthy classroom service is in stark contrast to many of the other people honored in the educators hall.

LAWSUITS

Click N Close Inc. vs. Jermaine M. Lewis and Shilah K. Lewis for $155,691.27 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 18, Block 22, Ranchwood Hills Addition Section 5, Yukon.

Jean Paily and Aiyana Golson vs. Gerald Hardy for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

CALUMET - A 47-year-old Calumet woman suffered burns on 30 percent of her body after a water heater in her home north of the town exploded.

Canadian County Sheriff Chris West identified the woman as Leann Schiffman, but said that the investigation was conducted by the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal’s Office out of Oklahoma City.

“We responded and held the scene until the Oklahoma State Fire Marshal’s Office arrived,” said West.

The home, located at 12605 192nd Northwest according to preliminary reports from the marshal's office, was deemed a total loss.

It was a gathering of the faithful that transcended the Catholic faith, bringing together thousands to celebrate the life of a man who made the ultimate sacrifice for those in his care.

And more than 41 years after Father Stanley Rother – now Blessed Stanley Rother – died in his rectory in Guatemala, the shrine built to honor him is a symbol not only of his life and that sacrifice, but the example he continues to be for millions of people far beyond the Okarche farm he first called home.

February was a good month for El Reno sales tax collections, as the city easily surpassed revenues posted in January and February 2022.

Sales Tax Revenues

Oklahoma Tax Commission’s February records indicated the city of El Reno collected $1.16 million during the current reporting period. That compared to the $948,824 posted by the city in February 2022 and January’s tally of $935,963.

Most Canadian County’s municipalities this month also saw increases, when compared to February 2022, with two exceptions.

A new Canadian County elected official is updating her district shop with more equipment.

Over the past few weeks, commissioners have awarded contracts for a detachable lowboy trailer and a generator in District 3.

First-year District 3 Commissioner Tracey Rider recommended both purchases.

Kirby Smith Machinery earned the contract after submitting a $111,051.94 price. The Oklahoma City company was selected based on availability, although its price was not the lowest.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Legislation intended to help prevent fentanyl overdose deaths passed the House Alcohol, Tobacco and Controlled Substances committee unanimously.

House Bill 1987, authored by Minority Whip Rep. Mickey Dollens, D-Oklahoma City, would allow Oklahomans to carry fentanyl test strips legally without the strips being considered drug paraphernalia.

“Fentanyl testing strips are an easy, smart way to give people at risk of fentanyl exposure more information to help keep them safe,” Dollens said.

LAWSUITS

Carrington Mortgage Services LLC vs. Chris Adam Cagle for $160,698.99 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lots 20 and 21, Block 31, Town of Sherman, and Lots 22-24, Block 31, Original Townsite, Town of Union City.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Lancelot Primeaux for $43,754.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

JCM Investments LLC vs. Kingmaker GP LLC for an amount in excess of $175,000 for alleged damages.

While the Cheyenne and Arapaho languages are respectively known as endangered, there is a growing desire among those involved in the Cheyenne and Arapaho language program to teach and pass on the knowledge they’ve gained from the few fluent speakers left within the tribes.

With the Arapaho language, also known as an Algonquian language, spoken by less than 1,000 people, most of whom are located in Wyoming, many of the language speakers are over the age of 60.

An Etta Dale Junior High student is recovering from injuries suffered after being struck by a vehicle shortly after classes had been released on Feb. 15.

El Reno Police Chief Ken Brown said his department was notified at 3:45 p.m. and responded to Cooney Street and Bickford Avenue – which is the road between the school and the district’s Media Arts Center, according to school officials.

Brown said a 13-year-old was struck by a vehicle driven by a male in his mid-50s.