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El Reno High School Class of 2003 celebrated its 20-year reunion recently at the Crimson Creek Golf Course.

The event brought together 50 graduates from the EHS class of 2003, along with about 40 guests of alumni.

The reunion was organized by class president Tess (Maune) Mattioda, class secretary Heather (Elmenhorst) Haglund and student council president Nicki (Bosler) Byrd.

The group enjoyed fried onion burgers, live music by Matt Cowell and a night full of fun and new memories with old friends.

Don and Kay Bornemann are celebrating their 65th wedding anniversary.

The couple were married Sept. 20, 1958, at the United Methodist Church in Union City.

Don grew up on a farm in Banner and Kay grew up on a farm east of Union City.

They resided at the Bornemann homestead in Banner until 1991 when they moved to their present home east of Union City next to where Kay was raised.

The El Reno Wranglers held their September meeting at the 4-H Building, with Jimmy Johnston opening the meeting.

Trish Duncan and Brady Armold led in the flag salute, with Gary Sorrells offering prayer.

Glen Matthews was welcomed as a guest.

The club discussed upcoming officer and board member elections that will be voted on at the October meeting.

The Wranglers will participate in the Hinton Parade on Saturday.

Next meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 at the 4-H Building.

Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at Mount Zion Methodist Church, with Carol Stine calling the meeting to order.

Jan Maddox read a devotional from Psalms for Women.

Maxine Little read minutes from the previous meeting, while Patricia Morrison gave the treasurer’s report.

Stine was recognized as birthday honoree.

A thank-you card was read from the 4-H thanking members for their contributions and support of their activities.

The leader lesson this month was “Not So Spooky Spiders.”

Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education met recently in the home of Janan Fletcher. Other members present were Vicki Duncan, Natalia Valenzuela and Bernita Davis.

The group enjoyed a spider-themed lunch to go along with the program titled “Not So Spooky Spiders.” Fletcher gave the devotional, “God and the Spider.”

The program included facts about spiders found in Oklahoma. Only two are considered venomous, the brown recluse or fiddle back and the black widow.

El Reno High School students Audrey Bilderback (left) and Sam Curtis mug for a cell phone photo in the middle of the student section at Memorial Stadium during a timeout at last week’s football game between El Reno High School and Weatherford.

During the Canadian County Free Fair Family Night festivities, Lynda Landrith of Yukon was awarded the 2023 Outstanding Canadian County Citizen Award.

Donna Jung, Canadian County Family Consumer Sciences Educator, presented Landrith with a certificate and the winning cookie jar fair entry, made by Sunshine OHCE of Mustang.

Al Harrell of Mustang was winner of a quilt raffled off by the Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education during the Canadian County Free Fair.

Harrell is shown with Donna Jung, Canadian County Family Consumer Sciences Educator.

The quilt was made using the blocks from the 2022 Quilt Block Challenge Contest, and was put together and sewn by Serenity Jennings of El Reno and quilted by Macrae Putnam of El Reno.

Approximately $1,000 was raised with proceeds benefiting the Canadian County OHCE High School Scholarship Fund.

The Ice Cream Freeze-Off was a new contest this year at the Canadian County Free Fair.

Named as champion was Marbi Symes with her butter pecan ice cream.

The trophy was sponsored by Ken Carpenter Auction and Realty.

BOY - Melanie Thompson and Dustin Hutchings of El Reno are parents of a boy, Dawson Gene Hutchings, born July 30 at Baptist Medical Center, Oklahoma City.

He weighed 6 pounds, 3 ounces and measured 20 inches in length.

Dawson has three siblings, Camron, Holly and Mackenzie Hutchings.

Maternal grandparents are Robert and Susan Thompson of Azle, Texas. Great-grandmother is Margaret Evans of El Reno.

Paternal grandparents are David and Yuvonne Hutchings of Oklahoma City. Great-grandmother is Carol Meadows of El Reno.