A common theme of commemorations of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was that the event was swept under the rug.
Some officials say the way schools have handled the 1921 massacre provides another glimpse of how students can be shortchanged by a one-size-fits-all approach to education where providers are assigned based solely on geographic location, and demonstrate why families need robust school choice.
LAWSUITS
Discover Bank vs. Roger Swagerty for $1,688.81 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Brett McCain for $3,948.31 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Chelsea E. Hogan for $7,102.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Second Round Sub LLC vs. Ashleigh Klaus for $1,504.54 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
OKLAHOMA CITY – With a large number of new players on the varsity roster this summer, El Reno head coach Keith Hill went looking for extra games to get added playing time.
Hill was able to pick up two games outside of Red Dirt League play last week against Capitol Hill, with El Reno defeating the Red Wolves 11-0 and 5-0.
El Reno improved to 3-3 on the summer season with the sweep. The Indians are still 1-3 in Red Dirt League play.
Gloria Kathrine Bleigh passed away June 9, 2021, at the age of 86.
She was born to Talbert and Ella Grimes on Nov. 11, 1934, on Kickapoo Street in Tecumseh. Gloria and her family moved to El Reno when she was 7.
On Aug. 9, 1952, Gloria married the love of her life, Leslie Bleigh, and the two had three beautiful girls, Peggy, Kathy and Gaylyn. In her downtime, Gloria loved to crochet and do all kinds of crafts. She also loved to raise canaries.
Gary Dean Stokes, 74, died June 10, 2021, at SSM Health, St. Anthony Hospital-Midtown, Oklahoma City, after tests revealed multiple disease processes following an Ischemic Stroke.
Funeral services were held Monday, June 14 at Yanda and Son Funeral Home in Yukon, followed by burial in the El Reno Cemetery.
Memorial services for Jerry Parker of El Reno were held Friday, June 11 at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Allen Carson officiating.
Jerry passed away in the comfort of his home on June 7, 2021. He was born Feb. 9, 1946, to William and Carmen Parker in Oklahoma City. He was raised in El Reno, where he attended and graduated from El Reno schools, and faithfully attended Wesley United Methodist Church.
Funeral services for Celena Jean “Jeanie” Karty were held Monday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Thomas Cannon officiating. Burial followed at the Indian Mennonite Cemetery in Canton under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Jeanie died June 9, 2021, at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon. She was born July 6, 1943, in Clinton.
She made her home in El Reno and retired from the Lucky Star Casino with 17 years of service.
She was a full-blood Arapaho and a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.
Memorial service for George Ray Mosher of El Reno will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Assembly Church of God with Pastor Mike Moss officiating.
Ray died June 7, 2021, in El Reno. He was born June 28, 1966, in Okarche, and attended El Reno High School. After school, he drove with Escort Service.
He was employed as a stocker with Beachler’s for over 20 years.
Ray is survived by eight stepchildren, 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
A group of women descended on The Lord’s Harvest last week and they came bearing gifts in the form of more than $17,000 to be used by the food-based ministry to help support the El Reno community. The Power of 100 Canadian County presented founder and director Nikki Pruitt with the oversized check.
The Lord’s Harvest was the most recent Canadian County organization to benefit from the generosity of The Power of 100 Canadian County.
Lt. Mike Grimes has seen what a bulletproof vest means during his roughly 50-year career in law enforcement.
“I’ve seen them save lives,” Grimes said.
That’s why Grimes is again helping to put together a grant application to bring protective vests to the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.
On Monday, county commissioners threw their support behind the grant application. If funded, Grimes said the office should expect a rebate of about “30 to 50 percent” of the costs of the vests.
