June 2021

The Oklahoma City Community Foundation has selected El Reno High School seniors Madison Craig, Emma Gilliland and Erick Loera to receive a $2,000 scholarship for the 2021-2022 academic year.

Lamplighters Oklahoma Home and Community Education Association of Canadian County met recently at a local church. Joan Herr led the group in prayer and called the meeting to order, with Janice Taylor leading the flag salute. Carol Stine gave a devotional titled “Do the Next Thing.”

Bible Baptist Church Ladies conducted a recent meeting, with Jennifer Pearson offering opening prayer. Stephanie Vandever presented the lesson on prayer from I Thessalonians 5:16-25 and John 14:3. Pearson led in a game called Bible Blurt.

Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education Association of Canadian County met recently in the home of Ann Ricketts. Natalia Valenzuela called the meeting to order, with Ricketts offering the devotional. Bernita Davis read minutes of the last meeting, while Ricketts gave the treasury report.

Okarche Elementary School Superintendent’s Honor Roll Second grade - Bailee Ahlden, Max Gruntmeir, Kendon Kremeier, Rose Lawrence, Jordan Maddux, Jennings McDaniel, William McIlvain, Chase Parham, Hadley Rankin, Vivienne Roy, Clara Warden and Easton West.

Funeral services for Homer Neal Gholston were held Thursday, June 24 at Wilson Funeral Home, with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery. Homer was born March 4, 1932, in El Reno to Homer Franklin and Wilma (Smith) Gholston.

Funeral services for Carrol Jean Mason were held Friday at New Hope Baptist Church with Pastor Dick Kurtz officiating. Burial followed in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Carrol died June 22, 2021, at St. Katharine Drexel Retirement Center in El Reno.

Prayer service for Elizabeth Margaret Kuehn was held on Wednesday, with Mass of Christian Burial on Thursday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Rev. Cory Stanley and Deacon Max Schwarz officiating. Burial followed at Holy Trinity Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

After a lifetime career of farming and ranching in western Canadian County, Frank Austin is now laying the foundation for future generations to find their path through education.

A motorcycle group called “End of Watch: Ride to Remember” will visit cities across the country where a law officer was killed in the line of duty in 2020, and one of the cities will be El Reno. Canadian County Sheriff’s Lt. Shirley Lanning died in a crash last year.