Hispanic numbers double in 6 Oklahoma counties

BY JULIE BISBEE

Published: November 8, 2008


CLAREMORE — It's no surprise to Carol Ann Kritzmire that the Hispanic population in Rogers County is growing. She sees it in the faces of the children entering the sacrament classes at St. Cecilia Catholic Church.

Each year, more families are enrolling their children in the classes, which prepare children for their first Holy Communion in the Roman Catholic Church.

“About 48 percent of the children in the sacrament classes are Hispanic,â€