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LAMPLIGHTERS MEET FOR MEAL
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Lamplighters OHCE met recently at a local restaurant for its monthly meeting with Betty Reiter calli... read more

RED HATS MEET
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Sharon Brock recently hosted the Red Hats of the Prairie at a luncheon at a barbecue restaurant in O... read more

MILITARY NOTE
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Navy Seaman Recruit Brandon J. Hileman recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Traini... read more

NARVRE MEETS
Sunday, November 08, 2009
Bill Webb opened the monthly meeting of the National Association of Retired Veteran Railway Employee... read more

TUESDAY STUDY CLUB MEETS
Sunday, November 01, 2009
The Tuesday Study Club met recently in the home of Jesse Grady with Wanice Durham presiding. Gladys ... read more

LAMPLIGHTERS OHCE MEETS
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Lamplighters OHCE met recently at a local restaurant for their monthly meeting with Betty Reiter cal... read more

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETS
Sunday, November 01, 2009
The October meeting of the Canadian County Genealogical Society was held recently in the Carnegie Li... read more

EL RENO STUDY CLUB MEETS
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Happenings in Our Town is the current theme of the El Reno Study Club. The October meeting featured ... read more

DAMROSCH MUSIC CLUB MEETS
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Damrosch Music Club met recently in the home of Patricia Boddy-Black. Program title for the month of... read more

CLASS OF 1958 MEETS
Sunday, October 25, 2009
El Reno High School classmates of 1958 met recently for their monthly meeting at a local restaurant.... read more

CULTURE CLUB MEETS
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Women''s Culture Club met recently in the home of Marjorie Morse. Gayle Meinberg introduced guest sp... read more

LOCAL ARTIST FEATURED AT FESTIVAL
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Jeannie Boling was recently featured in the first Rock Island Arts Festival in Chickasha. She was o... read more

DEVELOPING A LOVE OF READING
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Beth Bley, director of after-school programs for El Reno Public Schools, recently hosted Jumpstart''... read more

PARKVIEW AUXILIARY MEETS
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Carrie Sinyard opened the monthly board meeting of Parkview Hospital Auxiliary with Jean Gholston re... read more

BANNER SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE SCHOOL BOARD VACANCY
Sunday, October 25, 2009
The Board of Education of Banner Public School District announces that statutorily qualified individ... read more

CENTER CELEBRATES FALL
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Fall is in the air at St. Katharine Drexel Retirement Center. Recently the center hosted a pumpkin p... read more

FAMILY HOLDS REUNION
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Descendants of Henry William Christian and Emma Louise Dunnerman Schumacher met recently for their a... read more

RED HATS MEET
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Theleda Fuller and Barbara Higdon recently hosted the Red Hats of the Prairie for an Oklahoma River ... read more

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN NAME HONOREES
Sunday, October 18, 2009
The Professional Women of El Reno met recently for monthly meetings at First Christian Church with I... read more

TOWNSEND GRADUATES FROM RECRUIT TRAINING
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Rickey Townsend, a graduate of El Reno High School, recently graduated from U.S. Marine Corps Recru... read more

PROFESSIONAL WOMEN OF EL RENO
Sunday, October 11, 2009
The Professional Women of El Reno met recently at First Christian Church with Inatha Vaughn calling ... read more

FEDERAL PRISON RETIREES
Sunday, October 11, 2009
The Sooner Chapter of Federal Prison Retirees met recently for a covered-dish dinner and meeting wit... read more

PARKVIEW TO HOST BLOOD DRIVE OCT. 15
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Donors will receive their choice of a free University of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State University blood... read more

NARVRE
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Bill Webb opened the October meeting of National Association of Retired Veteran Railway Employees wi... read more

GIBBONS RECOGNIZED FOR SERVICE
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Eileen Gibbons received her 20-year pin from Girl Scouts-Western Oklahoma Inc. recently at Girl Scou... read more

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETS
Sunday, October 11, 2009
The Canadian County Genealogical Society met recently at the Carnegie Library with Nelson Stout pres... read more

103 YEARS YOUNG
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Velma Paulk of Calumet was honored on her 103rd birthday Sept. 10 with a party at her home with 25 g... read more

PRISON RETIREES
Sunday, September 27, 2009
The Sooner Chapter of Federal Prison Retirees Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for a cover... read more

LUNCH BUNCH
Sunday, September 27, 2009
EHS class of 1950 Lunch Bunch met recently at a local restaurant. Attending from out of town were A... read more

LOVE CLASS
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Love class of First Baptist Church held its monthly meeting at the church with Bea Carroll as hostes... read more

LAMPLIGHTERS OHCE
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Lamplighters OHCE met recently at a local restaurant for their monthly meeting with Betty Reiter cal... read more

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Jehovah''s Witnesses in the El Reno area will attend a special assembly day of spiritual instruction... read more

BEREAN CLASS
Sunday, September 27, 2009
The Wesley Berean Sunday school class held its regular monthly buffet and fellowship with John Blurt... read more

GIRL SCOUT SIGN-UPS SLATED
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Sign-up dates for Girl Scouts of Western Oklahoma are set for Sept. 29 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Oct... read more

FAMILY HOLDS 24TH ANNUAL REUNION
Sunday, September 20, 2009
The 34th annual Barker reunion was held recently in the 4-H building at the Canadian County fairgrou... read more

HIGGINS READIES FOR DEPLOYMENT
Sunday, September 20, 2009
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Amber Higgins, an El Reno High School graduate, is enjoying a 10-day leave w... read more

NARVRE MEMBERS COMBINE MONTHLY MEETING WITH FITNESS
Sunday, September 20, 2009
National Association of Retired Veteran Railway Employees met recently for their monthly gathering w... read more

FORT RENO DAR SETS MEETING
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Fort Reno Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution will meet Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Mabel ... read more

RED HATS MEET
Sunday, September 13, 2009
The Red Hats of the Prairie met recently for lunch at an Oklahoma City restaurant, with Dot Shuford ... read more

KEENAN COMPLETES NAVAL BASIC TRAINING
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Navy Seaman Recruit Martin Keenan recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training C... read more

EL RENO FAIR WINNERS
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Following are results from the recent Canadian County Free Fair: 1st Place Senior Farmhand Olympic... read more

CONNER GRADUATES FROM BASIC TRAINING
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Air Force Airman Andrew P. Conner graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base,... read more

HOLCOMB RETURNS FROM TRAINING
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Sgt. James S. Holcomb II, B Battery, 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery, recently returned home fro... read more

CHS SENIOR ENTERES DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Justin Messer, a senior at Calumet, recently enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program... read more

EHS GRAD RECEIVES SCHOLARSHIP
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Corey Comer, an El Reno High School graduate, is recipient of a $4,000 scholarship from Shikar-Safar... read more

FELINES HEADED TO YUKON CAT SHOW
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Fancy and not-so-fancy cats will get a chance to strut their stuff when the Oklahoma City Cat Club S... read more

PARKVIEW AUXILIARY MEETS
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Myrtle Chapman opened the monthly board meeting of Parkview Hospital Auxiliary, with Jean Gholston r... read more

FAMILY CELEBRATES 17TH REUNION IN UNION CITY
Sunday, August 23, 2009
The 17th annual Nutt family reunion was held recently at St. Joseph Catholic Hall. Among those atten... read more

EL RENO RIDER TOP 10 FINALIST
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Bailey Morton Thurston of El Reno was a top 10 finalist in tie-down roping and breakaway roping with... read more

CHORUS TO BEGIN REHEARSALS
Sunday, August 23, 2009
El Reno Community Chorus will begin rehearsals for its fall program Sept. 14 at Redlands Community C... read more

CASA TRAINING SCHEDULED
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Canadian County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) will be offering training starting Sept. 12... read more

SCOUT NIGHT SLATED FOR THURSDAY
Sunday, August 23, 2009
The Last Frontier Council of the Boy Scouts of America will hold a “Scout Night” to sign up elementa... read more

RED HATS GATHER IN KINGFISHER
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Lila Parsons recently hosted the Red Hats of the Prairie for lunch at Tom's Drugstore in Kingfisher.... read more

LAMPLIGHTERS DINE IN KINGFISHER
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Lamplighters OHCE met recently at a local restaurant for their monthly gathering with Betty Reiter c... read more

CV RANGERETTES SWEEP COMPETITION
Sunday, August 16, 2009
The Canadian Valley Rangerettes ride tall in the saddle in their 40th year. The Rangerettes swept th... read more

ROTARY TO SUPPORT FAMILIES AFFECTED BY AUTISM
Sunday, August 02, 2009
The El Reno Rotary Club met recently for its weekly meeting with guest speaker Dee Blose, director o... read more

CALUMET GRAD FINISHES BASIC TRAINING
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Air Force Airman Jacob Q. Blurton graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base,... read more

TWINS CELEBRATE 90TH BIRTHDAY
Sunday, August 02, 2009
Twins Bezzie Laughlin and Ezzie McFarland will celebrate turning 90 years old on Aug. 5. They were b... read more

VAUGHAN RECEIVES HONORS
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Jordan Vaughan, 18, of El Reno, was recently named 2010 Miss Conclave of the Oklahoma DeMolay Associ... read more

PARKVIEW HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MEETS
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Parkview Hospital Auxiliary met recently for a monthly board meeting with Myrtle Chapman opening the... read more

COMMUNITY CHORUS DINNER PLANNED
Sunday, July 26, 2009
The El Reno Community Chorus will hold a potluck dinner Aug. 1 beginning at 6 p.m. in the Conference... read more

CLASS OF 1958 MEET
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Members of El Reno High School class of 1958 met for their monthly meeting in a downtown café with c... read more

LOCAL MUSICIAN RETURNS FROM CARNEGIE HALL PERFORMANCE
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Katrina Hedrick has just returned from New York City, performing with the Carnegie Hall Symphony Orc... read more

LAMPLIGHTERS HOLD MEETING
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Lamplighters OHCE met recently at a local restaurant for their monthly meeting with Margaret Zweiach... read more

NARVRE MEMBERS HOLD MONTHLY MEETING
Sunday, July 19, 2009
The National Association of Retired Veteran Railway Employees met recently with Bill Webb conducting... read more

FAMILY VISIT HIGHLIGHTS 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Relatives from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska traveled to visit their sister, Jean Stanley, a ret... read more

RANGERETTES TAKE THIRD CONSECUTIVE CROWN
Sunday, July 12, 2009
A 40-year-old local equestrian organization based out of Mustang recently traveled to Tyler, Texas, ... read more

EL RENO NATIVE DEPLOYED TO SIXTH FLEET AREA
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Navy Lt. j.g. Donald L. Cantrell and 188 fellow sailors aboard the Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate... read more

MORK GRADUATES BASIC TRAINING
Sunday, July 05, 2009
Army National Guard Pvt. James A. Mork has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Col... read more

GLADYS WINTERMUTE BIRTHDAY
Sunday, July 05, 2009
A birthday celebration was held last week in honor of Gladys Wintermute, who turned 92 on June 30. ... read more

SUMMER READING PROGRAM KICKS OFF
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Carnegie Library is trying something a little different this summer with its teen summer reading pro... read more

STOUT FAMILY HOLDS 55TH REUNION
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The 55th Stout family reunion was held recently at Mount Zion Methodist Church. Attending from out o... read more

CLUB LEARNS ABOUT MASTER GARDENER PROGRAM
Sunday, June 28, 2009
The Canadian County Herb and Garden Society met recently in the home of Pat Eischen with Connie Hodg... read more

MULTI-STATE CONFERENCE SLATED
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Educators from a five-state area will gather in Oklahoma City Feb. 4-6 for the 33rd Southwest IRA Re... read more

THURSTON GAINS WRANGLER SPOT
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Bailey Thurston, an eighth-grade student at Banner School, has earned a position on the Oklahoma Wra... read more

LAMPLIGHTERS OHCE MEET
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Members of Lamplighters OHCE met recently at a local restaurant for their monthly meeting with Betty... read more

PARKVIEW HOSPITAL AUXILIARY MEETS
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Carrie Sinyard opened the monthly board meeting of Parkview Hospital Auxiliary with Jean Gholston re... read more

CEMETERY ASSOCIATION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
Sunday, June 14, 2009
The Oakland Cemetery Association met recently in the Ashbrook Room of the Carnegie Library with Howa... read more

STUDY CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL BOOK REVIEW, TEA
Sunday, June 07, 2009
The El Reno Study Club, which has been in existence since 1927, held its annual Guest Day Book Revie... read more

PARKVIEW AUXILIARY HOLDS MEETING
Sunday, June 07, 2009
Carrie Sinyard opened the monthly board meeting of Parkview Hospital Auxiliary with Jean Gholston re... read more

DAMROSCH CLUB HOLDS ANNUAL TEA
Sunday, May 31, 2009
The Damrosch Music Club met recently at First Methodist Church for the annual Guest Day Tea. The Dam... read more

CLASS OF 1958 REFLECTS BACK ON HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES
Sunday, May 31, 2009
El Reno High School classmates of 1958 met recently for their monthly luncheon at a downtown café, w... read more

RED HATS MEET FOR LUNCH
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Kay Lackey hosted the Red Hats of the Prairie for lunch recently at a fish restaurant in Oklahoma Ci... read more

AUXILIARY MEMBERS HOLD QUARTERLY MEETING
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Parkview Hospital Auxiliary met recently for a quarterly meeting in the hospital conference room fea... read more

VIEWEG WINS STATEWIDE PAGEANT
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Lyndzee Vieweg, an El Reno graduate, was recently crowned Miss Teen Oklahoma International 2009. She... read more

UNDERWOOD OHCE
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Underwood OHCE group met recently in the home of Eleanor Bollinger with Neta Liebscher opening with ... read more

EL RENO STUDY CLUB
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The El Reno Study Club met recently in the Ashbrook Conference Room of the Carnegie Library with hos... read more

SISTERS CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Sisters LaVerne Buser Rhodes of El Reno and Ellen Buser Galtz of Spokane, Wash., celebrated their bi... read more

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY MEETS
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The Canadian County Genealogical Society met recently at the Carnegie Library with Nelson Stout pres... read more

CLASS OF 1958
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The 1958 classmates of El Reno High School met for their monthly meeting in a local downtown café wi... read more

CALUMET AUTHOR TO BE FEATURED AT BOOK SIGNING
Sunday, May 03, 2009
A former Parkview Hospital nurse will be signing copies of her latest novel in Yukon May 9. Dorothea... read more

Local woman warns of tick bite dangers
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Ruth Boyer said she first noticed the small red bite mark, but thought nothing of it, she felt fine,... read more

Retired educators
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Canadian County Retired Educators Association met recently at Redlands Community College with Roy Ca... read more

Railroaders Day
Sunday, April 12, 2009
The 2009 El Reno Railroaders Day was held recently, with attendees enjoying music provided by the Gr... read more

Elks March Student of the Month
Sunday, April 12, 2009
El Reno Elks Lodge 743 has selected Kelsey Auten as March Student of the Month. Auten is a member of... read more

El Reno Study Club
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Members of the El Reno Study Club gathered recently for their March meeting in the conference center... read more

Lamplighters OHCE
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Lamplighters OHCE met recently along with Frisco OHCE at the home of Donna Jones. Frisco president ... read more

Parkview Hospital Auxiliary
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Carrie Sinyard opened the monthly board meeting of Parkview Hospital Auxiliary with Jean Gholston r... read more

Federal Prison Retirees
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Sooner Chapter of Federal Prison Retirees Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday for a cove... read more

Genealogical Society
Sunday, March 29, 2009
The Canadian County Genealogical Society met recently at the Carnegie Library with Nelson Stout pre... read more

Uptown BPW
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The Uptown Business and Professional Women's Club met recently at First Christian Church with Inath... read more

EHS class of 1959
Sunday, March 22, 2009
El Reno High School classmates of 1959 met recently to discuss plans for their upcoming reunion set... read more

NARVRE
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Bill Webb opened the March luncheon meeting of the National Association of Retired Veteran Railway ... read more

Hollrah to celebrate birthday
Sunday, March 22, 2009
A 90th birthday celebration honoring Armilda Hollrah of Austin, Texas, will be held today at Festivi... read more

El Reno Wranglers
Sunday, March 22, 2009
The El Reno Wranglers met recently at the Canadian Valley Technology Center for a potluck dinner an... read more

Friendly Circle
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Friendly Circle Home Community Education group met recently with hostess Georgia Rother, who gave t... read more

El Reno Study Club
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Members of the El Reno Study Club gathered in the City Council chambers for their February meeting ... read more

Damrosch Music Club
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Damrosch Music Club met recently at Bible Baptist Church with the Damrosch Chorus opening with its ... read more

Military notes
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Navy Lt. j.g. Donald L. Cantrell and 190 fellow sailors aboard USS Klakring, homeported in Mayport,... read more

Lamplighters OHCE
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Lamplighters OHCE met recently at a local restaurant for their monthly meeting with Betty Reiter ca... read more

El Reno High School class of 1958
Sunday, March 08, 2009
El Reno High School classmates of 1958 met recently for their monthly luncheon in a downtown café w... read more

Parkview Hospital Auxiliary awards
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Parkview Hospital Auxiliary met recently in the hospital conference room for a general meeting and ... read more

EHS class of 58
Sunday, February 08, 2009
El Reno High School class of 1958 met recently in a downtown restaurant for its monthly meeting. Sa... read more

Damrosch Music Club
Sunday, February 08, 2009
Damrosch Music Club met recently at Mount Moriah Baptist Church with the Damrosch Chorus opening th... read more

Katies OHCE
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Joann Nitzel, Fern Moore, Roxie Meade and Dianna Bailey met recently at the Moore home for a regula... read more

NARVRE
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The National Association of Retired Veteran Railway Employees met recently for their January meetin... read more

El Reno Study Club
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Members of the El Reno Study Club met for their December meeting in the sanctuary of First Presbyte... read more

Federal prison retirees
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Sooner Chapter of Federal Prison Retirees met recently for a covered-dish dinner and meeting with P... read more

Red Hats of the Prairie
Sunday, January 25, 2009
The Red Hats of the Prairie met recently for lunch in Oklahoma City with Lori Abner and Myles Ann W... read more

Niles Christmas dinner
Sunday, January 18, 2009
A Christmas dinner and gift exchange was held in the home of Peggy Niles. Among those attending we... read more

Loucks graduates
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Richard Loucks recently graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee with a bachelor's deg... read more

Lamplighters Christmas luncheon
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Lamplighters OHCE met recently in the home of Gladys Erbar for a December meeting and Christmas lun... read more

Darnell Christmas dinner
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Four generations gathered in the Shirley Darnell home for Christmas Eve dinner and gift exchange. ... read more

Retired educators
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Canadian County Retired Educators met recently at Redlands Community College with DeWayne Thornton ... read more

Damrosch Music Club meets
Sunday, January 04, 2009
The Damrosch Music Club met recently at First Baptist Church with hostesses June Cash, Trela Young a... read more

BPW holds Christmas Party
Sunday, January 04, 2009
The Uptown Business and Professional Women's Club held its annual Christmas party recently in the ho... read more

Kirby birthday
Sunday, January 04, 2009
Averill Kirby of Elk City will be honored on her 80th birthday with a reception to be held from 2 p.... read more

Rosella House Honored
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Rosella House was recently honored at the Caddo County Women In Agriculture and Small Business Confe... read more

Lord's Harvest
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Nikki Pruitt, director of Lord's Harvest, will start counting canned goods this week - as soon as lo... read more

Happy Campers
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Fifteen campers recently traveled to Methodist Canyon Camp near Hinton for their first retreat calle... read more

Parkview Hospital Auxiliary
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Bea Carroll opened the monthly board meeting of Parkview Hospital Auxiliary with Jean Gholston readi... read more

Herb and Garden Society
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Jimmy and Betty Johnston and Bobette Steanson hosted the Canadian County Herb and Garden Society rec... read more

Daughters of the American Revolution
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Officials with the Daughters of the American Revolution are looking for members across Canadian Coun... read more

Cheerleaders Day Camp
Sunday, September 14, 2008
El Reno High School and Etta Dale Junior High pom squads took part in a day camp last week with inst... read more