March 2020

If you are feeling alone, disconnected or just need help with errands because normal daily life has been upended by the coronavirus, the El Reno Ministerial Alliance wants to hear from you.

Meal service provided by El Reno Public Schools will return starting Monday despite the district not being in session due to the coronavirus epidemic.

The fear of COVID-19 has taken over. Schools are closed. Churches are offering online services and businesses are suffering. In Canadian County, two cases of the virus have been reported.

Frank “Rootbeer” Hedge of El Reno, born Nov. 20, 1941, in Santa Monica, Calif., died peacefully on March 11, 2020, in Edcouch, Texas. Frank was preceded in death by his parents, Frank McCrory Hedge and Ivy Florence Olive (Bowell) Hedge.

Funeral services for Margaret Frances Patrick were held Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Jeff Klade officiating. Burial followed in the El Reno Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.  Mrs. Patrick died March 16, 2020, at her home in El Reno.

Aaron West knew he would have big shoes to fill when he was named head coach of Okarche High School’s boys basketball team, but he also knew he had learned under the best possible mentor – his father.