September 2020

Arbuckle Level: Above average. Water temp and clarity: 1 foot up, 76-79. Best action: Channel catfish good. Baits: Dough bait and sponge bait. Largemouth and smallmouth bass slow on topwater lures early in the day.

Rosary for Emily Ann Ramirez will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 at the Benson Memorial Chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22 at Sacred Heart Church with Rev. Lance Warren and Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating.

Irene Reeder, born Nov. 28, 1926, in Pauls Valley, passed away Sept. 13, 2020, at River Oaks Nursing Home in El Reno. Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Glen Reeder.

Graveside services for Donna Grace Hawk-West will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Donna died Sept. 15, 2020, at the VA Medical Center in Oklahoma City.

Memorial services for Brenda Duran of Amarillo, Texas, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in La Crosse, Kan., with burial in the La Crosse Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Lighthouse Funeral Services, Amarillo.

If all goes as planned, by this time next year the new Canadian County Fairgrounds will have hosted its first free fair.

Another teacher at Lincoln Learning Center has tested positive for COVID-19. El Reno Public Schools issued a statement saying the teacher worked at Lincoln. It’s the second teacher at the district’s third- and fourth-grade center to test positive. “This is very frustrating and very serious.

Youngsters were out last week trying to raise money to help support Little League football. The funds are to purchase uniforms and pay for fees.

This relay race has spanned a half-century. The baton has passed from one superintendent to the next just four times in Canadian Valley Technology Center’s 50-year history.Yet the mission of preparing people to succeed is unchanged.

Private graveside services for Judith Stevenson Thompson of El Reno will be held in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Judith died Sept. 12, 2020, at her home. She was born March 2, 1937, in El Reno. She was the owner of Thompson’s Gift and Office Supply.