June 2020

Funeral services for Janice Lynn Frye of Pocasset were held Friday at the Pocasset Community Center with Jim Ross officiating. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home in Minco.

On Saturday, El Reno High School pulled off what might be one of the most remembered graduations in the school’s history. The graduating class of 2020 lost about three months of its school year to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill Edwards has never forgotten El Reno. A 1954 graduate of El Reno High School, Edwards has lived for years in the small village of Whitesville, N.Y. He stays in touch with friends in El Reno and has on occasion penned a letter to the editor which has been published in the Tribune.

This week, we’re all going to get some much needed R and R. In spirit, A Small Town Weekend is close to Burger Day. People from all over come to El Reno and enjoy the local hospitality, eating good food and sharing good stories. They are both events that the whole community can get behind.

El Reno High School athletes returned to their venue of choice Monday morning, ending an 11-week hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Like many, Jonathan Johnson survived to high school graduation. But his survival story is unlike most. On a cold winter evening a few months ago, Johnson, 17, of Yukon, drove to visit his girlfriend and her family on their Missouri farm.

Graveside services for Monte Ray Dirickson will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 3, in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Monte was born in El Reno to Bill and Helen Dirickson on Oct. 31, 1950.

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