Residents flock to pod testing
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By the lines that formed last week at the Canadian County Health Department’s pod testing site, residents are still highly concerned about contracting the COVID-19 virus.
April 2020
El Reno Community Chorus cancels spring performances over concerns of COVID-19
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The El Reno Community Chorus has canceled its 2020 spring program.
It was not a decision made lightly, said director Nancy Sharp.
Digital learning during and after the crisis
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Digital learning and home-schooling have hit K-12 education like — well, like a pandemic.
When man replaces God as God
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When man denies the existence of God, or even believes himself an agnostic, he, in effect, replaces God with himself as the highest entity of intelligence. This impacts his political thinking in virtually every way.
Charles Michael Sykes
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Private graveside services for Charles Michael Sykes, 77, of Chickasha will be held in the El Reno Cemetery.
Charles Michael Sykes, known as Mike, was born Jan. 19, 1943, in Oklahoma City to William Boyd Sykes and Olar A. (Rallans) Sykes.
Jerry Lou Phelps
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Private graveside services for Jerry Lou Phelps of Minco will be held in the Evergreen Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.
Jerry passed away April 18, 2020, at her home in Minco. She was born March 8, 1945, in Lawton and was raised in Oklahoma City.
Thomas Russell
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Private graveside services for Thomas Dwain Russell of Minco will be held in the Friendship Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.
Mr. Russell passed away April 18, 2020, at his home in Minco. He was born Oct. 9, 1945, in Pocasset.
Malaina Tallbear
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A private graveside service for Malaina Sue Tallbear will be held Thursday in the El Reno Cemetery with Rev. Jim White officiating.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Benson Memorial Chapel.
Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Healthy stitches
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Laboring hours over a sewing machine in a small room tucked away in the belly of the Centre Theatre is nothing new to Kristin Richardson.
It’s what you do when you are a member of the costume department for the El Reno Community Theatre.
Rural Oklahoma to peak behind state
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While Gov. Kevin Stitt said the state is starting to flatten the curve in the fight against COVID-19, rural county health departments are gearing up for a possible spike in the number of cases.
