June 2020

El Reno Regional Airport and Industrial Park is among the most used airports in the state of Oklahoma. Not bad considering there are 108 registered in the Oklahoma Airport System Plan.

Tradition is looking a bit different these days, but what’s important is that it's being kept. Wesley United Methodist Church is going ahead with its usual summer missions. The Bun Run, an annual 5K event, normally coincides with Burger Day.

Alison Toney took all the precautions as a nurse working on the frontlines in the fight against the coronavirus. Still, she got sick.

Constitutionally, this year’s session of the Oklahoma Legislature had to adjourn by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 29. But the session has been effectively adjourned for weeks, other than a single day when lawmakers returned to override gubernatorial vetoes.

LAWSUITS Debra K. Bradfield vs. McKenzi R. Harvey for an amount in excess of $75,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Kenneth Wayne Dickerson, Navy veteran, attorney, retired judge and part-time farmer and rancher, passed away May 30, 2020. Ken was born Jan. 21, 1939, and was raised on a farm north of Piedmont, the youngest of four children.

Barbara Clements McCray of El Reno died June 2, 2020, at her home. She was born Aug. 6, 1937, in Wellsville, N.Y. Barbara was preceded in death by her husband, Bill McCray; grandsons, Anthony Clements and Nathan Ward; and parents, Vincent Leroy and Grace Edwards.

Wake services for Zella Marie Addison Pekah will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Monday, June 8, with funeral services on Tuesday at 1 p.m., both at the Pow-Wow Grounds in Concho with Rev. Waylan Upchego officiating.

Graveside services for Jannine Frances Niedo will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 6 in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Jannine died May 30, 2020, at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon.

Graveside services for James Edmond Black Bear Jr. was held Thursday in the Concho Cemetery with Rev. Floyd Black Bear officiating. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. James died May 27, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Watonga.