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Bruce and Deanna (Stepp) Carroll will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary.

They were married July 25, 1964, at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Jack James officiating.

The couple have three children, Tammy and Joe Garrett, Tracy Carroll and Kevin and Kalen Carroll, six grandchildren, Zackary and Broghan Garrett, Zane and Kaitlyn Garrett, Kaydee Garrett, Garrett and Paris Carroll, Chandler Carroll and Brittney Carroll Wilson, as well as seven great-grandchildren, Colton and Everly Garrett, Kobe and Shiloh Garrett, Reese and Rose Carroll and Hayden Carroll.

The El Reno Wranglers held their annual cookout recently at Adams Park.

Members discussed the upcoming rodeo set for Aug. 2 and 3 at the Denny-Crump Arena.

The club welcomed new members, the Sears family and the Phillips family.

Next regular meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Aug. 8 at the 4-H building.

Chapter AE of P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization) of Oklahoma met recently at a local coffee shop. President Christy Eichholz gave highlights from the recent state convention. She reported the new state president, Dana Bertrand, gave a list of cascading goals for the 2024-25 year: Champion the Advancement of Women, Promote Philanthropic Vitality and Strengthen Chapter Vitality. She also announced the new theme, “Seize the Day in P.E.O.” and gave three challenges for the Oklahoma chapters.

There were 147 chapters represented and 121 new initiates were added this year.

OKLAHOMA CITY – An El Reno church was awarded a grant for close to $54,000 to help fight food insecurity in the community. 

The news was announced this week by Rep. Rhonda Baker, R-Yukon.

Wesley United Methodist Church has been awarded $53,904 through the Food Insecurity Grant Program authorized by Senate Bills 1186 and 1192, signed into law over the past two years. 

“Access to healthy nutritious food is literally lifesaving, helping children grow and develop and helping adults stay strong and mentally sharp,” Baker said.

Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education held its July meeting recently in the home of Ann Ricketts.

Others attending were Vicki Duncan, Bernita Davis, Janan Fletcher, Delpha Miklautsch and Natalia Valenzuela, along with guest, Ranée Schweitzer.

Valenzuela called the meeting to order with the roll call of “How do you prepare for the holidays?” Handouts on holiday crafts and goodies were handed out and discussed.

Ricketts gave the devotion on “Being Respectful” using I Peter 2:17.

The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced students named to the university’s honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards.

For the spring 2024 semester, 1,523 students were named to the President’s Honor Roll, an honor achieved by those who recorded a straight-A or 4.0 GPA.

In addition, 1,279 students were named to the Dean’s Honor Roll, a list of those who achieved a 3.5 GPA or better for the semester and no grade lower than a B.

Among those local spring 2024 graduates of the University of Central Oklahoma are Katlyn Gore, MPA, Urban Management, Juan Aceves, BFA, Theatre Arts-Performance, Joel Santillano, BS, Biology-Biomedical Sciences, and Jamie Daniels, With Honors, MED, Library Media Education, all of El Reno.

A one-day cooking class for youth is coming to El Reno at the Canadian County Oklahoma State University Extension Center.

There are four chances to take the one-day class for children ages 6 years to 10 years old, either Tuesday, July 16 or Wednesday, July 17, and Wednesday, July 24 or Thursday, July 25. 

The class on July 16 or July 17 is a three-hour class for $15 a child, and the class on July 24 or July 25 is five hours long and the cost is $20.

June 25 marked the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Cavalry Camp at the Cheyenne Agency that later became known as Fort Reno. 

To mark the occasion, Leslie Dietrich, Regent of the Fort Reno Chapter, NSDAR, requested a mayoral proclamation of El Reno Mayor Steven Jensen.

The Board of Historic Fort Reno and the Daughters of the Fort Reno Chapter greeted visitors, served cookies and punch and gave out door prizes along with tours of the Fort Reno Visitors Center Museum. 

Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education Group met recently in the home of Vicki Duncan. The meeting was called to order with members Bernita Davis, Delpha Miklautsch and Ann Ricketts present. 

Davis read minutes of the May meeting.

It was decided the club will donate to the 4-H Achievement Awards Banquet.

Members discussed booth entries and volunteer work at the upcoming Canadian County Free Fair, with each member contributing to the Underwood display booth.

The June lesson was on Savory Pies, with lesson pages passed out including several recipes.