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A quick-acting adult was able to pull a child from Four Mile Creek after the girl slipped into the fast-moving water.

El Reno Assistant Police Chief Ken Dickerson said officers were called to the area of North Grand and Comanche after a 911 call reported the young girl had fallen into the creek. The child, whose age or name was not released, was reportedly swept downstream before an adult in the area was able to pull her out.

The adult was not identified.

Rafe Goucher put his health on the line for football as he and 73 other high school players statewide took part in the 2020 Oklahoma Football Coaches Association’s All-State Game.

It was by design.

“We had our first practice in Kingfisher two days earlier and they told us this was the first 11-man football played in Oklahoma since the state championships.

“They said this would go a long way to determining how football season would go this year for high schools. I didn’t mind being a guinea pig as long as I got to play football,” said Goucher.

With more than 300 children in DHS custody in Canadian County alone, it is CASA’s goal to provide every child with a volunteer advocate to speak up for them and in most cases, be the one consistent adult figure in their life.

MUNICIPAL COURT

Sandy Mae Smith, El Reno, trespassing, $295.

Jose Roman Sanchez, Minco, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Ginger Suzanne McVay, Enid, possession of drug paraphernalia, $300.

Casidy Hope Klusmeyer, El Reno, failure to wear seat restraint, $20.

Deborah Sue Osborn, Kingfisher, speeding in a construction zone, $295.

Connor Quaid Scott, Oklahoma City, speeding in a construction zone, $295.

Jose Quiroz, Minco, speeding in a construction zone, $295.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and what one owner calls “Hollywood greed,” El Reno’s Reno Cinema 8 may have shown its last movie.

Closed since March due to the coronavirus, Curtis Blanc said the six-screen theater is going on the market.

Blanc is one of three partners in El Reno Cinema LLC, which owns Reno Cinema 8. B&B Theaters and Ruthy Mittelstaedt are the other partners in the company.

The City of El Reno and the Airpark Authority are producing a video to help promote the upcoming Fly El Reno event. The community event will highlight improvements made at El Reno Regional Airport and plans for a new $1.3 million terminal.

The video will be promoted on social media before the Aug. 22 El Reno Fly-In. The day will feature a Warbird Flyover, food trucks, classic cars and tours of the A-26 Lady Liberty.

Redlands Community College classes will start Aug. 17, and beginning this week all individuals on campus will be required to wear a face covering.

“We have established guidelines for the use of face coverings for the health and safety of everyone on campus,” said Redlands President Jack Bryant.

“These are very challenging times, and we are implementing these procedures so we can provide services and on-site classes as safely as possible in this situation.”

Acceptable coverings include reusable cloth masks, disposable paper masks and face shields.

El Reno’s Children of Hope Community Outreach held a STEM camp recently as part of its Young Gardeners Summer Camp. Youth learned about building self-esteem
and confidence through a series of speakers and groups.

Officials with the Canadian County Health Department say they are gearing up to test hundreds of people each week for the coronavirus.

Heather Ward, an educator with the health department, said the agency is expanding its curbside testing for the COVID-19 virus.

Currently, testing is available by appointment at the two health centers in Yukon and El Reno. However, Ward said beginning this week, they will provide “point of distancing” services that allow people to drive up to the facility and be tested without an appointment.

The Oklahoma State Board of Education voted last week 4-3 to recommend school districts follow a new COVID-19 alert system, but stopped short of making it mandatory.

It was a move which left El Reno Public Schools Superintendent Craig McVay puzzled about the state's leadership considering the constant rise in Oklahoma’s coronavirus cases over the past two months.

“I have always been a proponent for local control but I felt like there are school districts that are put in incredibly bad situations that needed the guidance from the State Board of Education.