The El Reno Wranglers met recently for their June gathering, the first meeting since March due to COVID-19. There were 29 members present and one guest, Emily Marchman.
Brady Armold led the flag salute and Gary Sorrells offered prayer.
Members discussed riding in the Chickasha parade June 27. Possible trail rides and upcoming play days were also discussed.
The next meeting will be held July 2 beginning at 6 p.m. with a cookout and trail ride.
To the Editor:
My heart is heavy for the mainstream media and people everywhere who didn't get President Donald Trump’s message at the close of his march.
“Take your Bible and go to your church and pray.”
Let us all, every day, pray for all people and our country.
Louise Wallace
“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”
As Americans, we have all recited the Pledge of Allegiance thousands of times throughout our lives.
In the morning at school, at the start of community meetings and even before members begin their daily session in Congress, we look toward our flag, place our right hand over our heart and recite those words.
MUNICIPAL COURT
Fritz Jimmie Woods, El Reno, driving under suspension, $395.
Mason Allen Ross, El Reno, expired tag, $165.
Tyson David Ward, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.
Matthew E. Harms, El Reno, dog at large, $145.
Samantha J. Woodruff, El Reno, dog at large, $145.
Donnie Ray Everhart, El Reno, dog at large, $145.
Yolanda G. Castilleja, Yukon, violation of property maintenance code, $145.
Garth Allen Strider, El Reno, improper equipment, $105.
Services for Kimberly Gale Evans of El Reno were held Wednesday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Jerred England officiating. Burial followed in the Oakland Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Kim died June 6, 2020, at her home. She was born Dec. 5, 1981, in Chickasha. She lived most of her life in El Reno, graduating from El Reno High School. She was a receptionist at the Canadian County Children’s Justice Center and a member of the Del City Church of Christ. She enjoyed cooking, baking, grocery shopping and garage and estate sales.
Judy “Sue” Snell Minyard was born Oct. 8, 1945, in Texas and passed peacefully in her sleep on June 9, 2020, at her in home in Oklahoma City.
In 1963 she married Wayne Minyard and they had 56 years together before Wayne’s death in August 2019. Sue was an avid golfer and she enjoyed fishing.
She loved her dogs dearly.
Sue was preceded in death by her husband, Wayne Minyard Sr.; her parents, Jim and Helen Snell; and a sister, Jimmie Snell Boyett.
Memorial services for Sherrill Lynn King of Yukon will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, June 25, 2020, at El Reno First Baptist Church with Glen Chapman officiating.
Sherrill passed away May 14, 2020. She was born Feb. 14, 1955, in Oklahoma City. She graduated from Orange High School in Orange, Calif., and earned a bachelor’s degree from Redlands Community College. She worked for the U.S. government for 25 years at the VA Hospital, then with the FAA.
While not running on all cylinders due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers could not have been more pleased with the outcome of the 22nd annual A Small Town Weekend.
“Considering the situation with the coronavirus, I think it was as good as it could possibly have been,” said El Reno Cruisers President Allen Conner.
The event schedule was trimmed, but crowds still turned out, said Conner.
The popular Route 66 Burnout as well as the Hot Wheels races and the drag races were not held this year.
While the El Reno High School graduation of 2020 was more than memorable for a number of reasons, another fact will be included in the pages of EHS history.
EHS English instructor Brian Rukes and his students spent more than a year researching the 44 men who died as a result of service in World War II who had attended El Reno public schools. The rededication of Memorial Field in October 2019 in honor of these fallen patriots captured attention far and wide.
It also led to a number of other areas where these men could be honored.
