With the help of El Reno VFW Post 382, special education students from Etta Dale Junior High and EHS were treated to a visit from the bunny, which stopped by to say thanks to the students for helping with a class fundraiser in which students stuffed more than 3,000 plastic eggs full of candy.
The eggs were purchased by El Reno residents and will be delivered to yards around the city the night before Easter.
Helping El Reno High School to a seventh-place finish at the recent Class 5A State Academic Bowl has earned Ella McReynolds and Madison Craig honors by the Oklahoma Academics Coaches Association.
McReynolds has been selected to the All-State team, while Craig was named as honorable mention.
“Both were amazing for our team this year,” said El Reno team adviser Patrick King.
McReynolds, a senior, was ranked 21 out of the 71 students nominated by high school coaches across the state.
King said the top 36 students earn the All-State recognition.
Changes are coming for telephone customers in the 405 area code.
Starting April 24, all local calls within 405 will require 10-digit dialing. That means you will have to dial the area code plus the local number.
The move to 10-digit dialing for local 405 area code calls is necessary to enable the addition of another area code for the area currently served by only 405.
The additional area code (572) is needed to ensure there will be enough telephone numbers available for the area.
On Saturday, April 3 from 10 a.m. to noon, Wesley United Methodist Church will provide an opportunity for your pet to have its photo taken with the Easter bunny.
The Easter bunny will be sitting among a festive background at the church at 101 S. Barker.
Guests are encouraged to bring their pet and camera to take the photo. Pets should be on a leash.
Children and families are also welcome to have their picture taken with the Easter bunny.
Members of the El Reno High School Leadership class pose with rescue dogs from the Oklahoma Humane Society. The Leadership class hosted Puppy Love during February. It was a month-long fundraiser that supported the rescue center. Leadership, along with other classes raised $2,500 in two weeks.
Canadian County District Judge Paul Hesse has been named to serve as the presiding judge of the state’s multi-county grand jury.
Hesse was appointed to the position last week by the chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court. He will begin his administrative and judicial duties of the multi-county grand jury immediately.
The multi-county grand jury investigates crimes that occur in every county of the state, as well as crimes that implicate multiple counties.
LAWSUITS
Synchrony Bank vs. Nathan Lane for $2,072.07 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Harbor Insurance Company vs. Christopher Holland for $5,087 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bank of America N.A. vs. Sunny Adrienne Graham for $3,850.53 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Bank of America N.A. vs. Andrew Darryl Whiteaker for $6,972.76 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Tea towels may very well help preserve the first mural painted in downtown El Reno. And possibly help create some more.
The El Reno Chamber of Commerce and the Main Street program are partnering in an effort to preserve the mural created by the late Charlie Beecham.
Beecham painted the History of El Reno mural in the early 1980s. It can be seen above the MidFirst Bank drive-thru on Woodson, between Rock Island and Bickford.
Redlands Community College will again be on the front lines of the state’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts, after hosting Canadian County’s first large-scale shot portals earlier this year.
Redlands has partnered with Indian Health Service to offer vaccines to both its student body as well as its college employees. The first pod will be Friday, April 2, with a follow-up pod set for April 30.
Redlands students and employees wishing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 on those dates must register online.
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.
