May 2021

Nerves may have played a part in the outcome for El Reno High School’s two entries in the 2021 Class 5A Girls State Golf Championship. Junior Shayne Castrop and sophomore Berkley Smith were making their first-ever appearance at state, playing the Chickasaw Point Golf Club Course in Kingston.

Nancy Karol Davison was born in El Reno on Dec. 20, 1935, and was the third child to Leona “Mimi” and W.S. “Bill” Brown. She grew up in El Reno and graduated from El Reno High School in 1954 where she met James “Jim” Davison.

Funeral services for Ross “Cappy” Burchfield of Calumet, former Minco resident, were held Tuesday at the Hazel Dell Baptist Church, with burial following in the Hazel Dell Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home in Minco.

Funeral services for Jewel Dean Apple were held Monday at First Baptist Church with her son, Ray Apple officiating. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Jewel died May 5, 2021, at her home in El Reno.

El Reno has been named the first city in Oklahoma to achieve Film Friendly Community Certification, according to the Oklahoma Film and Music Office.

El Reno’s proposed city budget for the coming fiscal year will be in a word, flat. City Manager Matt Sandidge will present the proposed Fiscal Year 2021-22 budget to the city council during a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

It wasn’t your typical Burger Day, but it was outdoors, it had some cornhole and it was fun. That was the thinking after El Reno celebrated the famous fried onion hamburger after a year hiatus.

The blanket of a Cheyenne chief among those killed at the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre will be displayed at the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal Headquarters in Concho. C&A Gov. Reggie Wassana said the viewing of the blanket of Chief White Antelope will be a somber occasion.

A group of Canadian County women working to protect the stability of families is being recognized. Ten Canadian County members of Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) attended last week’s Canadian County commissioners meeting to accept a proclamation declaring May 2-8 as “OHCE Week.”

El Reno Elks Lodge #743 recently inducted officers.