February 2021

MUNICIPAL COURT

Elijah Blue Ervin, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Cheyenne Yeakey, Yukon, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Lonnie Lee Monaco, El Reno, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Stephanie Crone, El Reno, dog at large, $145.

Geneva Kay Gililland, El Reno, speeding, $165.

Mark Allen Demoss, Yukon, speeding, $295.

Cherwin Rodrick Black-Harmon, El Reno, speeding and leaving scene of accident resulting in property damage, $370.

James Lewis Constanzer, Edmond, speeding, $165.

Funeral services for Charlene Wright of Geary were held Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at Stegall-Long Field House with Rev. Dicky Kurtz officiating. Burial followed in the Geary Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Turner Funeral Home.

Charlene passed away Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 77. She was born Dec. 5, 1943, to Buster O. and Minnie Mae (Hutchins) Huggins in Muldrow.

Ruth Maxine Sikes passed away peacefully at home in Yukon on Feb. 2, 2021, at the age of 89.

Maxine was born May 7, 1931, at home in Calumet to Joseph and Hallie McMahan. She was a longtime resident of Calumet.

She married Carl Sikes, the love of her life, in 1949. They had three daughters, Edith, Nancy and Gina (who they lovingly referred to as “Rick.”) They always had an open door and welcomed numerous family members and friends into their home over the years.  

The average price of a college education is $140,000.

Very few people have the resources to cover that cost, so they must turn to student loans to make attending college possible. Often with caution thrown to the wind, 70 percent of college students take out student loans.

In fact, roughly 45,000,000 Americans owe a staggering $1.6 trillion, which has resulted in a national and personal financial crisis of significant proportions. Many students incur huge debt, hoping that it all will turn out well.

Sparked by a 22-3 run in the first period, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team took control of the race for the Suburban Conference title with a 52-40 win over Del City.

The win lifted El Reno, ranked seventh in Class 5A, to 10-4 on the season. The Indians are 3-1 in conference play but moved to 3-0 in games which count toward the championship.

The fast start was paced from the 3-point line as Kenzie Holsted and Sierra Sioux both hit two shots each.

While playing Class 6A’s second-ranked Del City close in the middle periods, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team could not match the starting and closing efforts of the Eagles.

Del City outscored El Reno 34-18 in the two book-end periods combined en route to a 73-52 win over the Indians in Suburban Conference action.

The loss dropped El Reno, ranked 14th in Class 5A, to 7-8 on the season and 2-3 in the conference standings.

The Indians are 1-2 in games which count toward the league title.

With six falls and a handful of forfeits, El Reno High School’s wrestling team, ranked sixth in the Class 5A Dual Rankings, defeated Geary last week 60-6 for its sixth straight victory.

El Reno matched its largest winning margin of the season for on-mat matches to improve to 8-1 on the season.

The contest, wrestled in Piedmont as part of a triangular, replaced the Noble match which was lost by a scheduling snafu by the Bears.

Redlands’ Kristen Murcer shoots during last week’s 65-53 win over Murray State.

RCC is 4-0 on the year.

While getting games played due to COVID-19 has been a challenge, Calumet High School’s boys basketball team will start the Class A playoffs this weekend as one of just two undefeated teams in the top 20.

The Chieftains closed the regular season with a 72-35 blowout of Crescent despite a two-week break due to the virus. Calumet, ranked fifth in Class A, will take a 13-0 record into the Region 1, District 8 championship game against either Pond Creek-Hunter or Oklahoma Bible Academy.

Game time is 8 p.m. Saturday.

El Reno residents looking to get one of the two approved COVID-19 vaccinations will need to travel to Mustang for the foreseeable future.

The Canadian County Health Department will only give the Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines at the Mustang Recreation Center inside Wild Horse Park.

The vaccines will be administered on a daily basis.

The county had held two weekly vaccination pods at Redlands Community College, before moving to a daily pod at El Reno’s First Baptist Church Jan. 18. That pod was shut down Jan. 29.