Samuel Grant Griesel Jr., 80, of El Reno, passed away on Wednesday, June 16, 2021, at Integris Baptist Medical Center surrounded by his family. He was born Dec. 31, 1940, to Samuel Grant Griesel and Ida Josephine Wright Griesel of El Reno. He has one brother, Stephen E. Griesel of El Reno.
He was preceded in death by his parents and grandparents.
Funeral services for Bonnie Lee Padgett were held Tuesday, June 22, 2021, at the El Reno Cemetery Pavilion with Pastor Kevin Fouts of Discovery Church in Yukon officiating. Services were under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.
Yolanda Rae Jackson passed away June 12, 2021, in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 15, 1986, in Clinton. Yolanda grew up in California and attended Ventura High School.
She was a member of the Pentecostal Church in El Reno.
Survivors include her mother, Stephanie Wolfe of Fort Cobb; her siblings, Kelvin Goodbear of Fort Cobb and Jacqueline Jackson of El Reno; and numerous half brothers and sisters.
No services are to be held. Arrangements are under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Hinton.
Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell has been touting the importance of Route 66 to local municipalities, especially when it comes to tourism dollars flowing in from other places.
Such a push from state leaders is welcome news to George Higgins, who owns and serves as rally master for the annual Mother Road Ride Rally.
“I think cities need to embrace Route 66 and I wish there were cities which did because it would give us more places to stop. It would make it easier to find different places,” said Higgins.
Canadian County commissioners will partner with the Fair Board to purchase livestock pens for the new Expo and Event Center.
Commissioners asked members of the Fair Board to pitch in $20,000 to help with the purchase of the pens. The pens are expected to cost in the neighborhood of $50,000.
The pens will be used when the Canadian County Free Fair gets under way in August at the new Expo site on Jensen and Alfadale roads. The location is just east of U.S. 81 and south of I-40. It rests in an unincorporated area just outside the El Reno city limits.
El Reno Masonic Lodge members waited more than a year for a marker to be made to honor late Canadian County legend, U.S. Deputy Marshal Chris Madsen. Now that it appears the COVID-19 pandemic is more past than present, the marker is in place.
The Masons raised more than $1,500 after hearing of the cause, but then had to wait due to the high demand and short supply of memorial markers for cemeteries.
After criticism of how the May 8 citywide spring cleanup was handled, the Oklahoma Environmental Management Authority has agreed to host a second cleanup, this one in July.
In a letter to El Reno Mayor Matt White, OEMA General Manager David Griesel said OEMA will offer an additional cleanup on Saturday, July 17.
“We will provide up to 20 roll-off containers at no charge to the city of El Reno,” Griesel said. Any additional roll-off containers would cost $200 per container, the letter stated.
This small group of Angus and Hereford cows found a way to beat the 97-degree heat last week by standing in a farm pond on South Country Club Road near the El Reno Regional Airport.
The one black cow to the right sticks out his tongue to try and catch droplets of water that were splashed off the swinging tail of another.
The United States has long been the world leader in science and technology. That’s no accident — it’s the result of sustained investment in our research enterprise. But we’ve let our commitment slip and we’ve lost focus on the importance of scientific and technological leadership.
It’s time we redouble our efforts and reinvest in American science and technology.
The House Science Committee is taking up two bipartisan bills to do just that.
Canadian County agriculture producers have a free resource if they have wildlife damage on their properties.
This service is provided through a cooperative agreement Canadian County has with the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry’s Wildlife Services Division.
The annual agreement, recently renewed by Canadian County commissioners, is for “wildlife damage management activities and programs conducted in Canadian County” pursuant to state statute.
