October 2020

Two of the most popular student-driven events on the calendar each year at El Reno High School will take place despite COVID-19, but the gatherings will look different than in the past.

El Reno Public Schools Veterans Day and Gifts to the Yanks assemblies will be held virtually.

“We looked for ways in this environment we could still do the events. We don’t ever want to stop doing it and felt like it was in the best interest of everyone to do it virtually.

El Reno Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts will be canvassing neighborhoods on Nov. 7, hoping to collect canned and non-perishable food items as part of the annual Scouting for Food campaign.

The food will go to The Lord’s Harvest, a local food bank ministry that has been involved in helping the community for about three decades.

Lori Benge said Scouts will be out in force that Saturday morning, collecting plastic bags that have hopefully been filled with food items by residents.

A ribbon-cutting welcoming T-Mobile to El Reno was held last week. The El Reno Chamber of Commerce hosted the event at the store’s location at 1566 SW 27th St. Kristina Goss serves as the store manager.

More than 100 pieces of jewelry remains locked away inside the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.

The presumed costume jewelry was stored for safekeeping at the old Canadian County Jail before 2016 after a possible store burglary.

Lt. Jerry Hendrick, who began working to find the owner of the jewelry in the spring of 2016, said the 80 to 100 pieces of inexpensive jewelry has manufacturing tags still attached.  

LAWSUITS

AmeriHome Mortgage Company LLC vs. Wade Greggory Chase for $157,622.62 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of a mortgage on Lot 16, Block 3, Summerhill Phase I Addition, Oklahoma City.

Citizen Energy III LLC vs. Carl Samek for $244,818.72 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

King Electric vs. Intrada El Reno, LP for $101,324.40 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Bill was born in Cherokee, Okla., to William E. and Mary (Anderson) Kerr on Jan. 9, 1942. He attended first grade in Cherokee before his family moved to Enid.

Bill graduated from Enid High School in 1960. He lettered two years in football. After a year at Cameron University, he continued his education at the University of Oklahoma, achieving a B.A. in marketing with a management minor.

Bill served as house manager at Sigma Nu fraternity. He married Georgia Compton prior to his senior year at OU.

Memorial service for Lesley Sara Hendrix-Yelton of El Reno was held Oct. 22, 2020, at First Pentecostal Church of God with Dean Eskew officiating.

Lesley passed away Oct. 12, 2020, at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon. She was born May 21, 1983, in Oklahoma City. She was a homemaker, wife and mother. Lesley loved playing basketball, riding 4-wheelers and watching her sons play football. She was a great aunt to her nieces and nephews.

Graveside service for Keeton Thomas “Keeter” Humphrey of Chickasha was held Saturday at the Friendship Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home of Minco.

Keeter passed away Oct. 21, 2020, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born May 31, 1996, in Chickasha.

Keeter was raised in the Minco community, graduating from Minco High School and Canadian Valley Vo-Tech HVAC program in 2014. He was a member of the Canaan Baptist Church in Minco. Keeter was employed as an oil field hand.

Graveside service for Kenneth Eugene Dodd will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Pocasset Cemetery.

Viewing will be held at Wilson Funeral Home on Thursday from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

While all the teams in District 5A-1 will enter the playoffs this season after last week's decision by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, the order of finish may have settled itself on the field.

El Reno remains the only unbeaten team in the district following Friday night's 34-16 win over Ardmore at Memorial Stadium.

The Indians improved to 5-2 on the season and 4-0 in the 5A-1 standings, while Ardmore slipped from a tie for second place into fifth at 2-2 overall and 1-2 in the league.