December 2020

For too long, Oklahoma has tried to diversify its economy by passing special-interest tax breaks and subsidies. That bureaucrat planning has failed.

Longtime El Reno resident Marcus Anthony Gallaway died Dec. 16, 2020, at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon due to COVID-related symptoms.    Visitation was held Saturday at the Benson Memorial Chapel, with a private family service on Monday at the El Reno Cemetery Pavilion with Revs.

Melvin Lee McCormack, 87, passed away Dec. 18, 2020, in El Reno. A full obituary can be read at www.wilsoncares.com.  

Services for Durwood Randolph Snead are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Mr. Snead died Dec. 19, 2020, in Pawhuska.  

LAWSUITS Gerald Fortney vs. Thomas Mauchahty-Ware III for an amount in excess of $10,000 for injuries and damages alleged to have occurred during an automobile accident.

Dear Santa, I want a toy turtle, toy car octopus, toy car elephant, toy car dinosaur, choo choo train, a swimming car shark and a swimming alligator car. I would also like a Rattlesnake Jake game.

With little momentum in its perimeter shooting, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team went old school in the fourth quarter in a rivalry game with Piedmont.

After battling back from two shooting slumps which led to a double-digit deficit, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team squandered a golden opportunity to knock off defending Class 5A state champion and No.8 Piedmont.

The latest step in eradicating the COVID-19 virus in the city took place shortly after 2 p.m. Thursday as SSM Health St. Anthony’s cardiologist Dr. Radwan Kesserwan was given the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine in El Reno. “I’ve always supported anything to do with the COVID-19 vaccinations.

Many know Ed Zweiacher as an educator and accomplished photographer.