Red Andrews donation drive
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The Canadian County Bar Association and Court Clerk’s Office held a coat and toy drive for the annual Red Andrews Christmas Dinner. The dinner provides warm meals and toys to
November 2019
Hillcrest Responsibility
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Shown are Hillcrest pre-kindergarten students recognized with the Responsibility Award. Below are kindergarten students recognized with the award. ( Courtesy photos)
ERCT set to perform Fruitcakes
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The Theatre is back in town, just in time for the Christmas season. El Reno Community Theatre, a collection of actors with a passion for drama, is currently performing in
Underwood HCE gathers for meeting
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The Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education Association of Canadian County met recently in the home of Ann Ricketts. Neta Liebscher called the meeting to order and welcomed visitor Dianna
The name of hope
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If you are a Native American woman, statistics show your chances of being a victim of homicide are 10 times greater than everyone else who lives in the United States.
LaRenda Morgan fears one of her cousins may be one of those statistics. But her cousin has a name. It’s Ida Beard. She also has a family that loves her and misses her. Beard, 29, of El Reno, hasn’t been seen or heard from since leaving home one evening in June of 2015.
Matmen mix it up
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With football players having just one day of practice, El Reno High School wrestling coach Tyrone Lewis opted to trim down the annual Navy and White Ranking Dual to one combined night of 15 matches.
The teams were blended together of wrestlers from seventh grade and up instead of having two separate duals, one of junior high and the other varsity.
James Allen Moore
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Funeral services for James Allen Moore were held Friday at the Cross Bridge Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Mark Fryar officiating. Interment was in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Jimmy was born May 28, 1933, in El Reno and was a lifelong resident.
He graduated from El Reno High School and was an Army veteran serving during the Korean War.
He was a locksmith and owner of JKM Inc. and served as mayor of El Reno for nine years. He was a member of Rotary and honored as an El Reno High School Distinguished Alumni.
Jewel Lee VonTungeln
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Jewel Lee (Smith) VonTungeln was called home by her Heavenly Father on Nov. 19, 2019, in El Reno.
Jewel was born June 25, 1924, in Yukon to Fred and Mary Smith.
Jewel attended Yukon High School and graduated in 1941. She attended Central State Normal College before becoming a teacher.
On June 6, 1946, she married the love of her life, Lloyd Charles VonTungeln. Jewel taught children of various different ages for 29 years in the rural school districts around El Reno.
Doris Slover
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Prayer service for Doris Marie Sanders (Morrison) Slover was held Friday in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 23 at St. Joseph Church in Union City with Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Paul H. Hoebing
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Paul H. Hoebing was born Feb. 29, 1932, in Okarche to Leonard and Clara Wiewel Hoebing, the youngest of eight children.
He grew up in Okarche, completing his last three years of high school in Sedalia, Mo. He graduated in 1950 and returned to Okarche prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1952. He served in the Korean War as an engineer in the machine room of the USS Magoffin most of his four years of enlistment. After separation from the Navy, he attended OSU Tech at Okmulgee, with certification as an electrician.
