MUNICIPAL COURT
Michael Odell Compton, Alexandria, La., speeding, $165.
Tara Nicole Caruso, El Reno, dog at large, $145.
Juan Angel Cantu, Rio Grande City, Texas, speeding, $165.
James Brandon Cader, Jena, La., speeding, $165.
Charles Bradley Burtcher, Guthrie, speeding, $165.
Christopher Todd Burrows Jr., Hobart, speeding, $185.
Katherine Rebecca Brown Holcomb, Owasso, speeding, $165.
Dustin Michael Andersen, El Reno, speeding, $165.
Long before he became an All-State player at El Reno High School, Callen Haydon would spend his youth shooting countless jump shots through the Oklahoma wind in his driveway.
As fate would have it, and a never before seen COVID-19 pandemic, Haydon is once again back in his driveway shooting hoops in the state’s gusting winds.
“Just like a kid, putting up shots in the driveway. I’m trying to get some cardio going in the driveway and some shots but that’s pretty hard to do in the Oklahoma wind,” said Haydon.
Edwina Nell “Sissy” Blackowl-Melendez, 57, made the journey to be with her beloved son, father and brothers on Saturday, April 25, 2020. Sissy was born in El Reno on Feb. 26, 1963. She was raised and surrounded by a large family that consisted of two daughters and seven brothers along with her father, Clarence “Scorp” Blackowl and mother, Ann Sidonia (Osage) Blackowl.
Bobby W. Fulgham died April 24, 2020, at his home in El Reno, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Jan. 26, 1950, in West Point, Miss. His family relocated to the Berwick, Pa., area when Bob was approximately 6 months old.
Bob proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1968 to 1976. He married Donna Keena in 1983. During their marriage, they traveled and lived in numerous locations including Pennsylvania, Colorado, Louisiana, Maryland, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Texas, before returning to Oklahoma in 2016.
Vincent Cedric Lederer was born July 14, 1929, in Oklahoma City to Francis Cedrick Lederer and Orpha Nell Lill.
Vincent passed away April 6, 2020, in Arlington, Texas.
Vincent married the love of his life, Betty Jean Brown on the 4th day of September, 1953.
He was blessed to gain a host of family members, since Betty had a large family.
A hearing on a lawsuit filed by an El Reno family that claims roadwork done by the county near their home caused thousands of dollars in flood damage has been postponed.
County commissioners, meeting in an executive session last week, discussed the lawsuit filed in September by Rhonda Steenbergen, Donald Erwin and a minor identified as M.S.
The case had been scheduled for a hearing April 24, but was moved to May 22 before District Judge Jack McCurdy. The delay is the result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Although the Canadian County Courthouse remains closed to the public because of COVID-19, judges and their staff continue to work from the courthouse.
The judges are working on rotating shifts from the courthouse or from home.
One district judge and one special judge, along with their bailiffs and a court reporter are available and working in the courthouse, District Judge Jack McCurdy and District Judge Paul Hesse said in a prepared statement.
Tyler McKenzie, a student at Redlands Community College, is one of 50 recipients of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation’s Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. The highly competitive national scholarship will provide McKenzie with up to $40,000 a year to complete his bachelor’s degree.
“We are incredibly proud of Tyler and all of his accomplishments. He has worked so hard and taken advantage of every opportunity from concurrent courses in high school to leadership opportunities in college,” said Jack Bryant, president of Redlands.
