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The Oklahoma City Community Foundation recently awarded $15,000 in scholarships to three El Reno High School graduates for the 2022-23 academic year through the state’s largest independent scholarship program.

Matthew Ford, Morgan Girten and Hailey McBroom are all recipients of the Patel Family Scholarship, a $5,000 award offered to graduating high school seniors who participated in the Redlands Community College TRIO Upward Bound program throughout high school.

FCCLA Take AIM Leadership Conference was held recently at Moore Norman Career Tech.

FCCLA chapters from all around Oklahoma participated.

Okarche students Brianna Mollohan, Jordyn Darst, Ella Reherman and Macki Suanny attended with their adviser, Jacqueline Radford.

Lamplighters OHCE of Canadian County met recently at a local church. Carol Stine opened the meeting with a devotional titled “God’s Picket Fence.”

Patricia Morrison read minutes from the last meeting and gave the treasury report.

Membership forms were filled out and dues collected for 2023. 

Janice Taylor presented the lesson on “Health Warning Signs,” reviewing symptoms of heart disease, heart attack, stroke and diabetes.

Others present were Jan Maddox and Ann Niemann.

First Christian Church will be hosting a Healthy Aging Fair for all ages on Sunday, Oct. 23 from 2 to 5 p.m.

There will be a mix of booths and workshops for participants to attend on topics such as wills, funeral planning, planned giving, medical documentation and more.

This is open to the public and is being funded by a grant received from the Oklahoma Disciples Foundation.

Experts in these fields will help participants navigate difficult topics that if planned, will help individuals and their families.

Banner School won second place for its student-made float during the Yukon Czech Parade.

STEAM students in kindergarten through eighth grade designed and constructed the float.

Magic 104 and American Fidelity recently presented Riverside teacher Bailey Smith as the first Magic 104 Teacher of the Month.

She received $250 and tickets to a Carrie Underwood concert.

Smith is the middle school ELA teacher and assistant basketball coach. She was nominated by a personal friend who has observed firsthand that she works long hours and puts her whole being into her work as a teacher.

The nomination stated that Smith works just as hard to teach her students life lessons as she does academic lessons. 

Pictured are Riverside’s September Citizens of the Month, front row from left, Makay Wooten, JoshuaDave WhiteHorse, Alexi Evans, Grace Baughman, Avery Coccimiglio, Kyden Christianson and Kiera Noear; middle row, Korbyn Kraft, Piper Sneed, Camryn Rinehart, Teegan Billings, Avery Cameron, Nate Al-Mufleh, CohenAbshire, Aldo Saldana, Emily Saldana, Jasmine Gonzalez and James Hudson IV; back row, Zaia Seamster, Whitney Sneed, Jose Lozano, Ares Noear, Caroline Bender, Deleana WhiteThunder, Knox Coccimiglio, Eden Baughman, Willow Baker and Paulina Calzada.

El Reno Masonic Lodge #50 will host a Pancake Breakfast and Bedlam Battle Blood Drive on Saturday, Oct. 1 from 7 to 10:30 a.m.

All donors will receive their choice of a new OU or OSU T-shirt.

El Reno Public School Foundation is announcing its newest scholarship endowed at Oklahoma City Community Foundation.

Priscilla Carder decided soon after her husband’s death that she wanted to do something permanent in memory of Dr. Kent Carder.

Dr. Carder owned and operated Carder Chiropractic in El Reno for over 60 years. They raised their family here and continue to support the community. Dr. Lacey Carder-Holden continues in this same practice.