July 2021

Todd Ebert is a regular driver on both the Southern and Kentucky Drag Boat Association circuits but has never been to Smoke on the Water.

“We have heard a lot of good things about the races from other drivers,” said Ebert.

To see for himself, Ebert packed up his family recreational vehicle along with two boats and racing supplies, a pair of support trucks and a party of 10 people to make the nearly five-hour, 338-mile trip from his northeast Kansas home of Wamego.

OKARCHE – On July 28, 1981, at 1:30 in the morning, three Spanish-speaking Ladino (non-indigenous) men snuck into the rectory of Santiago Apóstol Catholic Church in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, looking for the parish priest.

They found and seized Francisco Bocel, the 19-year-old brother of the associate pastor, put a gun to the terrified young man’s head, and threatened to kill him if he did not take them to the pastor.

Francisco led the attackers down the stairs and to the door of a corner utility room. He knocked, calling out in terror, “Padre, they’ve come for you.”

Your El Reno Tribune, as a way to say thank you to the local businesses that have chosen to consistently advertise in the newspaper, as well as keep readers better informed, created social media news videos.

The videos provided information about stories that would be published in the upcoming issue, as well as a salute to the businesses that help support local journalism.

The Tribune’s Lyndsay Bayne worked with co-publisher Sean Dyer to produce the videos. Businesses were included in the video free of charge.

Smoke on the Water race fans, two- and four-legged, found the coolest way to beat weekend temperatures that reached into the mid-90s by jumping into the lake between events.

The Canadian County OSU Cooperative Extension Center will host the Central Oklahoma Turf Conference Aug. 12 at the Redlands Community College Conference Center.

This turf conference will focus on commercial licensed professional turf applicators needs for Oklahoma Department of Agriculture Category 3A and 6 licenses.

Speakers will present the latest in turf and herbicide research, with ODAFF Category 3A and 6 CEU credits provided with each session.

The 2021 wheat harvest yields top the charts in many fields throughout Oklahoma. Farmers experienced an extremely late hard freeze in late April that dinged the yield potential for many fields in lower elevations throughout central Oklahoma, said Kyle Worthington, OSU Extension Service educator.

To prepare for next year’s harvest, Canadian County OSU Cooperative Extension Center will host an Early Season Wheat Management Conference set for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10.

LAWSUITS

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Brandon Marshall for $947.06 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Jack Manley for $1,926.20 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Melissa Green for $825.02 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Tammy Goff for $964.69 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Alex Givens for $957.29 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ruth Louise (Wilkerson) Wallace passed away July 20, 2021, in Yukon. Louise was born Dec. 14, 1925, in Banner to parents, Harry Brian Wilkerson and Lulu (Schumacher) Wilkerson. She was a lifetime resident of Canadian County, graduating in 1943 from El Reno High School. After high school she trained as a nurse through the Cadet Nurse Corps program at Western Oklahoma State Hospital in Clinton, graduating in 1946.

Twenty-one positive COVID-19 cases among the cast and orchestra has forced the temporary shutdown of El Reno Community Theatre’s production of Beauty and the Beast.

ERCT Director Kristin Richardson said the Centre Theatre, which is owned by the city of El Reno but leased to the group, has also been closed until it can be sanitized.

“We have not sanitized the theater yet so it will be shut down until we can get that done. We have ordered the products and are waiting for them to arrive,” said Richardson.

Educating through the initial wave of the COVID-19 pandemic was an 18-month ordeal calling for El Reno Public Schools employees to step up in ways never imagined.

Now the district is saying thank you.

On the recommendation of Superintendent Craig McVay, the El Reno School Board voted 4-0 last week to give every district employee a $1,000 bonus. Board member Brad Baker was absent.