January 2021

Oklahoma, Canadian and McClain counties will receive $338,884 through the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board to supplement emergency food and shelter programs.

The Emergency Food and Shelter National Board is a program of the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency, and consists of representatives from American Red Cross, Catholic Charities, U.S.A., National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., The Salvation Army, United Jewish Communities and United Way.

The Canadian County Extension Service will conduct a home landscaping design workshop on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at the Canadian County Fairgrounds, 220 N. Country Club Drive, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The seminar, with a $10 registration fee, is open to home gardeners, landscape professionals and amateur horticulturalists.

DIVORCES GRANTED

Tia Rena Goode vs. Glen D. Arnett.

Terry Scott Copelin vs. Vivien Vogel Copelin.

Melissa Marie Wilkerson vs. Michael Tak Wilkerson.

Evens Prophete vs. Angela Prophete.

Connie Rae Palmatary vs. Kevin H. Palmatary.

Gena Dale Davis vs. Kimberly Kaye Wellman.

Susanne James vs. Clifford James.

Jackson Stewart McNeil vs. Madison Sue McNeil.

Gentry Gabrielle Wilson vs. Brandon Michael Wilson.

Danielle Renea Hoeltzel vs. Curtis Ryan Hoeltzel.

Graveside service for Joyce Ann Morrison of Augusta, Kan., formerly of El Reno, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021, at St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Union City. Funeral Mass was held Friday at St. James Catholic Church in Augusta.

Joyce passed away Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. She was born in Milan, Tenn., on Dec. 23, 1928, to the late Cleo (Usesy) and William Harvey Staton. She was a homemaker for most of her life and she also worked at a dry cleaners for several years. In August of 1949, she married Lawrence Hendy in Kingfisher.

Ursula Elfriede Zais was born Aug. 6, 1938, to Dr. and Mrs. Ernst Zais in Stuttgart, Germany, and was welcomed into the arms of her loving Lord and Savior on Jan. 8, 2021, in Oklahoma City at the age of 82, with her family and pastor by her side.

After graduating from high school, she traveled to America in 1957, aboard the “MS Berlin.” She eventually found her way to Oklahoma and met the love of her life, Jackie Maine.

They were married May 18, 1963, at Trinity Lutheran Church in El Reno, where she was a dedicated member.

Surviving a horrendous opening five minutes, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team found its scoring groove over the final 26 minutes to snap a three-game losing streak against Del City in Suburban Conference action.

El Reno, ranked seventh in the state in the latest Class 5A poll, improved to 5-2 on the season and 2-1 in the league standings. The Indians remain 1-0 in games that count toward the Suburban Conference title as they will face the Eagles again on Feb. 5.

For more than 14 minutes, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team went toe-to-toe with Del City last week as the Indians exchanged baskets with the Class 6A powerhouse in a key Suburban Conference matchup.

Unfortunately, the effort seemed to wake up the sleeping giant.

Riding an advantage in size and strength in the paint, Del City used a 13-1 run to close out the first half and cruised to an 81-58 win over the Indians. The loss was the third in a row to Del City as El Reno slipped to 4-3 on the season and 1-2 in the Suburban Conference standings.

Doubling up their opponent in scoring in the championship game, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team won its second tournament of the season with a 84-42 blowout of Stratford.

The 42-point victory gave Calumet, ranked fifth in Class A, the Alex Longhorn Classic title for a fourth straight season.

Calumet won the three games of the tourney by an average of 32 points after beating Cement (18th/B) 87-44 and Alex (18th/A) 51-39 en route to the finals.

For a sixth straight year, Okarche High School’s girls basketball team asserted itself as one of the top teams in the Three Rivers Conference, defending its tournament title with a 52-29 win over Fairview.

The Warriors have placed no worse than third over the six-year span, while finishing runner-up three times before taking the 2020 title. En route to the 2021 championship, Okarche defeated Oklahoma Bible Academy (62-32) and Watonga (58-54) before the 23-point blowout over FHS.

El Reno’s First Baptist Church will be the site for COVID-19 vaccinations beginning Jan. 18.

The Canadian County Health Department is moving the vaccination site from Redlands Community College after the Friday, Jan. 15 distribution in an effort to deliver shots on a daily basis.

“Redlands has been great and we are thankful for everything they have done. There are some scheduling conflicts coming up when Redlands starts back to in-person classes and some upcoming events they have,” said District 2 Public Information Officer Maggie Jackson.