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El Reno High School May Students of the Month are Annie Kerr, Ashley Gonzales, Jasmin Caso, Caleb Wiyninger, Alejandra De La Torre, Davin Shamblin, Antonio Baxcajay, and Gavyn Bracken.

Members of the Calumet FFA Chapter won first-place honors in the state FFA milk quality and products career development event during the 2024 Oklahoma FFA Interscholastics held May 4 at Oklahoma State University.

Team members are Tina Ortiz, Summer Goff, Aspen Burns and Kieran Lunsford.

In individual rankings, Ortiz, Goff and Burns earned third-, fourth- and sixth-place honors, respectively.

Calumet agricultural education instructor and FFA adviser is Phillip Major.

MaryAnne Whetstone, 2019 El Reno High School valedictorian, recently graduated with dual majors from the University of Oklahoma.

She earned a bachelor of science in education, Magna Cum Laude, from the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education as well as a bachelor of arts in political science, Magna Cum Laude, from the Dodge Family College of Arts and Sciences.

After mission work overseas this summer, Whetstone plans to teach in the Oklahoma City metro area next fall.

The Ladies Frisco Cemetery Association met recently for a luncheon at a Yukon restaurant.

The organization is celebrating 108 years.

President Pat McDaniel conducted the meeting. She welcomed everyone and called upon Mary Culver to read minutes of the December meeting as well as the treasury report.

The ladies discussed a newly installed bulletin board at the cemetery in a display case built by Cotton Ruzicka, chairman of the Frisco Cemetery Board.

It shows all the burial plots at Frisco Cemetery.

The 2024 Okarche High School baccalaureate program was held recently in the school gymnasium.

The program was hosted by the Okarche Apron Annies OHCE.

El Reno High School April Students of the Month are Leyla Estrada, Brooklynn Black, Bailey Schmidt, Raley Wicker-Hartley, William Elledge, Jonas McClure, Jackson Dixon and Jesse Hardy.

Riverside April Citizens of the Month, front row from left, Samuel Powell, Kynlee Long, Braxton Crone, Alx Grant, Dawson Sneed, Isaac Shropshire and Korbyn Kraft; back row, Hazel Blakely, Barrett Moss, Braelynn Hudson, Rafe Rowland, Jaxon Merveldt, Elvee Campbell, Presleigh Mangold and Camila Tores.

Maple A Honor Roll front row from left, Riley McKee, Blaiklyn Barton, Kynlee Shamblin, Kennedy Prince, Bryson Brandley, Dean Davis, Cale Wedman, Abby Bass, Fritz Hoffman, Douglas Bland, Ella Ratliff, Ryker Penwright, Elizabeth Eisenhour, Sophie Tredway, Able Overholser and Madison Basler; second row, Blayke Steinbruck, Kutter Bow, John Prince, Josh Bass, Kaelyn Racca, Zoey Pawnee, Emma Brothers, Colsen Blagg, John Henry Von Tungeln, Audrey Eisenhour, Rhett Davis, Charlee Charmasson, Drake Rosholt and Kinlsey Bonilla; third row, Ashtyn Stokes, Garett Moss, Caroline Phillips, Audrey Bilderbac

Maple A-B Honor Roll, front row from left, Matthew White, Elizabeth Wilkerson, Journey Swigart, Laken Meschberger, Carder Holden, Teegan Siler, Kinlsey Racca, Declan Brothers and Brinlee Bland; second row, Ryder Striegel, Timber Westervelt, Braelyn Hutchings, Marlowe Menz, Jacob Bugaj, Michael Cullen, Addison Brandley, Easton Horn, Grady Menz, Levi Bass, Ayvah Fudge, Taylor Dill, Paylynn Smith and Adrianna Trujillo; third row, Andrew Eisenhour, Jasper Whitman, Katie Ellis, Lainey Rowell, Graham Phillips, Jaden Smith, Stoney Baker, Kenneth Munoz, Hudson Cooper, Kara Ellis, Erica Niles, Hunte

Maple School April Students of the Month, front row from left, Andie Fudge, pre-kindergarten; Legend Gatz, second grade; Brinlee Bland, third grade; Aniyah Chaffin, first grade; and Penelope Badillo, kindergarten; second row, Cale Wedman, fourth grade; McCray Whitman, seventh grade; Alice Park, eighth grade; Raina Crawford, fifth grade; and Audrey Eisenhour, sixth grade.