Calumet High School graduate Kaleb Melvin (8) helped the Enid Majors win the 2021 Connie Mack World Series, held recently in Farmington, N.M.
The Majors went undefeated on the season at 36-0 including a 10-2 win over the Dallas-based D-Bat United squad in the title game.
The Majors went 7-0 in New Mexico and was the first team ever from Oklahoma to qualify for the World Series after winning the South Plains Regional.
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Canton: July 30.
Elevation above normal, water 86 and clear.
Striped bass hybrids, striped and white bass excellent on live shad in the main lake. Channel catfish good on shad and worms along the spillway.
Foss: Aug. 2.
Elevation 1 1/3 ft. below normal with gates closed, water 90s and clear.
Striped bass hybrids slow on drifting live bait in deep water. Walleye slow on worms. Crappie slow to fair around docks. Catfish fair on trotlines baited with cut bait and stinkbait.
Colsen Matthew Girty, age 10, of Healdton, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Fox, Okla.
Colsen was born in El Reno on March 7, 2011, the son of Jeremy Girty and Whitney Sides.
Colsen was a lively, talkative and outgoing young man. He was known by his family and friends to be smart, funny and a budding philosopher and rock-hound.
Colsen was very compassionate and had heart and aspiration for helping others in need.
Funeral services for Carol Jean Hunt of El Reno were held Thursday, Aug. 5 at First Baptist Church.
Carol Jean passed away July 31, 2021, to be in heaven with her Lord and Savior. She was born Jan. 6, 1934, to Edward and Lydia VonTungeln of El Reno.
After graduating from El Reno High School in 1951, she attended Oklahoma Baptist University for one year before going to work at the Agricultural Office at the Oklahoma Capitol in downtown Oklahoma City.
Funeral services for William L. Pawnee Jr. will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Concho Community Hall, with burial following in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
William died Aug. 3, 2021, in El Reno. He was born Dec. 17, 1962, in Clinton. He was a construction framer and member of the Native American Church.
William is survived by his brother, Freeman Pawnee of El Reno; stepbrother, Rodney Candyfire, and stepsister, Shelley Yates, both of Clinton.
A wake for Louis Sequoyah Locust will be held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Concho Community Hall. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday, also at the Concho Community Hall, with burial following in the Concho Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Sequoyah passed away July 29, 2021, at Bear Butte State Park in South Dakota.
After meeting with the leadership from the Oklahoma State Department of Health and Canadian County Health Department Infectious Disease Specialists and consulting with local medical providers, El Reno Public Schools will begin school Aug. 12, 2021, much like we ended school last May.
The district will follow Centers for Disease Control recommendations in regard to the spread of the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus (except in areas of the recommendations which are forbidden due to changes in Oklahoma State Statute).
All summer long I’ve wondered how we can recover from the aches, pains, bruises and scars from the last 18 months.
We’ve all been quarantined, sick, scared, and in many cases lost co-workers, colleagues, friends and family members. How in the world do we attempt to recover? Then, as in most cases my entire life, an inner voice told me to get up, buck up, grow up and quit feeling sorry for myself.
On Monday, July 19 I was driving around our school district checking on back-to-school progress when it hit me.
Dear El Reno High School families:
I am excited, along with the dedicated and enthusiastic staff, to welcome back all of our students.
It is our mission to ensure every student’s achievement and inspire excellence.
The first step in fulfilling this mission is to help every student feel welcomed, connected, and a part of our EHS family.
