Equine owners would find life easier this summer if their horses could communicate as well as Mr. Ed from the popular 1960s television sitcom. The talking equine always had something to say, but real horses require closer attention to understand their signals.
BOY – Bailey and Paige Denny of El Reno are parents of a boy, Brand Hayze, born June 17 at Mercy Hospital.
Brand weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and measured 19.5 inches in length.
Maternal grandparents are Jeff and Mindy Hesser of Watonga. Great-grandparents are Jack and Billie Hesser and the late Gloria Hesser, and Carol Hiner and the late Carl Hiner, all of Stillwater.
The Canadian County Democrats awarded $500 Robert Burton Scholarships in early June to a trio of outstanding Democratic students, including Darius Moore of El Reno.
Moore graduated from El Reno High School in 2021 with a 3.63 grade point average. He will attend Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in Miami on a football scholarship with plans to study kinesiology, physical therapy or sports medicine.
Okarche junior high and high school awards assembly:
Academic Awards:
Eighth Grade Algebra — Parker Schieber, Jace Rother and Ruby VanDenDreissche.
Algebra II — Abigayle Johnson and McKenzie Stewart.
Trigonometry — Adyson Arms, Trenton Neiderer and MacKenzie Schneiter.
Calculus — Hayley Coffey.
Seventh Grade Science — Ben Weeres and Jacob Hammons.
Eighth Grade Science — Kylie Harper and Kyle Sadler.
Eighth Grade Pre-Algebra — Macki Suanny.
Keyboarding — Cody Endres.
Computer App I — Jace Rother and Kori Cox.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Justin Brian Adams, 23; Stacie Lei Ann Roberts, 28.
Henry Clay McCoy, 34; Quynh Nguyen, 32.
Dustin Duane Broostin, 36; Sarah LeeAnne Goodson, 38.
Theodore Justin Gatlin, 36; Kelcy Christine Kennedy, 32.
Nicolas Armendariz, 61; Ronda Marie Trumbly, 60.
Derek Tyler Delclef, 25; Amanda Kae Krauss, 26.
Justin Ryan Clark, 36; Alexandria Marie White, 35.
Chad Lane Daves, 42; Jennifer Lynn Richardson, 43.
Kyler Keith Haverfield, 21; Emily Jade Lingle, 21.
Sydney Haggins started her career as an endurance athlete a long time ago on a beach far, far away.
However, the El Reno doctor’s success in the sport of triathlons came to a head last week by qualifying for the 2021 IronMan 70.3 World Championships.
During the IronMan 70.3 qualifying event in Lubbock, Texas, the Okarche resident posted a career-best time of six hours, 19 minutes and 18 seconds.
In a special meeting June 28, the Oklahoma Wildlife Conservation Commission approved significant changes for wild turkey hunting season date
CENTRAL
Arcadia: June 27.
Elevation above average, water 72 and stained.
Blue and channel catfish excellent on cut bait, live shad and stinkbait around channels, coves, dam and points. Crappie slow on hair jigs and jigs around brush structure, dam and docks.
Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord
Frances Lorene Schwab Eubank MacNeil, born in El Reno, Oklahoma, on September 11, 1933, the last of the six children of Victor and Mary Menz Schwab.
Lorene was raised on the family farm outside El Reno with her siblings: Richard, Bernardine (mother of Marilyn, Brenda and Loretta), Cletus, Robert and Genevieve.
After Mary died in 1948, Lorene lived with her brother Richard and his wife Zelda in California.
Funeral services for Clarence McLoud will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 7, 2021, at Hinton First Baptist Church with Rev. Keith Gillham and Rev. Steve Murray officiating. Burial will follow in the Hinton Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Turner Funeral Home.
Clarence was born March 16, 1927, in Roosevelt, Okla., to Claud G. and Ollie “Bill” (McMorris) McLoud. He passed away June 27, 2021, in Yukon at the age of 94. Clarence attended Pergatory, Shilo, California, and East Walnut schools.
