February 2021

Sophie Vandendriessche knocked down four 3-pointers en route to a team-high 18 points as Okarche High School’s girls basketball team defeated Thomas Fay-Custer 50-45.

The win came in the semifinals of the Class A, Area 1, Region C Winners Bracket and moved the Warriors into the finals against Woodland. Okarche, ranked eighth in the state, is now 14-5 on the season.

The win carried with it an automatic berth in the area round of the postseason for Okarche, now two wins away from a repeat trip to the state tourney.

Calumet High School’s boys basketball team, ranked fifth in the state, cut its magic number to make the Class A state tournament down to two victories over the weekend with a 67-44 win over Wellston.

The Chieftains moved to 15-0 on the season with the win in the semifinals of the Area 1, Region C Winners Bracket. Calumet was slated to play Thomas Fay-Custer for the regional title.

Jacob Mayfield’s team automatically earned a spot in the area around with the victory.

The Senate last week unanimously adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 4 to encourage and invite exhibitors, breed associations and partners to return to Oklahoma in 2022 and again participate in the second annual Cattlemen’s Congress. The resolution was authored by Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt.    

Oklahoma City played host to the inaugural Cattlemen’s Congress in January, bringing more than 2,500 exhibitors from 41 states and three Canadian provinces to the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds to showcase their cattle.

At this time, consumers are not likely to experience any sudden spike in beef prices brought on by mid-February snowstorms. The beef industry itself will be weathering the consequences, said Oklahoma State University experts.

“Cold weather robs production, but the overall effect shows up more as increased costs to cattle operations, feedlots and processors than prices at the grocery store,” said Derrell Peel, OSU Extension livestock marketing specialist and holder of the university’s Charles Breedlove Professorship in Agribusiness.

LAWSUITS

9500 Land LLC vs. Reeter Oilfield Services LLC for $28,097.69 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Mark S. Curtis for $10,577.28 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

American Express National Bank vs. Eric Jones for $12,946.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Swift Financial LLC vs. Inspired Gifts and Graphics LLC for $63,369.46 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Denise K. Meyer, 62, said goodbye to her earthly family and joined the heavenly chorus in the presence of her Savior on Feb. 12, 2021, in Salina, Kan.

Betty Jean Taylor of El Reno passed away Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Oklahoma City. She was born in El Reno on Dec. 24, 1949.

She grew up in Union City and attended Union City schools. She had been a resident of El Reno for numerous years.

Betty graduated from Canadian Valley Vo-Tech LPN School in 1970. She loved to work with the elderly and worked in nursing homes during the course of her career. She was a huge animal lover and raised exotic animals with her husband and life partner, Kenneth Taylor of El Reno.

Memorial service for former El Reno resident Ada Foster Fisher will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Rev. Dick Kurtz officiating.

Ada passed away Feb. 16, 2021, at her home in Shawnee. She was born Nov. 29, 1930, in Piedmont and moved to El Reno in 1975. She was an administrative secretary at Park View Hospital and a member of Trinity Baptist Church.

Ada is survived by her daughter, Tammy Powers of Shawnee; seven grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.

Carrie G. (McAfee) Sinyard was born April 3, 1931, in Shawnee, Okla., to Thomas Joel McAfee and Viola Orr, and went to be with her Lord and Savior on Feb. 13, 2021, in Oklahoma City.

Carrie moved to El Reno in 1942 and graduated from El Reno High School in 1949. She loved her home where she lived for 56 years. As her health became where she was unable to live at home, she moved to St. Katharine Drexel Retirement. She enjoyed her time there and made many new friends, she will be missed at St. Katharine.

Statement from the City of El Reno