October 2021

Graveside services for William “Corky” Schulte Jr. of El Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9 at Holy Trinity Cemetery in Okarche with Father Lance Warren officiating. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Graveside services for Larry M. McNeil were held Wednesday at the Concho Cemetery, under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Larry died Sept. 30, 2021, at Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Aug. 29, 1940, in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

GIRL – Joy and Eric Vandergrift of El Reno are parents of a girl, Martha Ruth, born Aug. 21 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. She weighed 8 pounds and measured 20.5 inches in length. Martha has a sister, Grace. Maternal grandparents are Elroy and Valora Unruh of Meno.

Maple September Citizenship Award winners, front row from left, Remi Story, pre-kindergarten, Daxton Gatz, second grade, Korbyn Penick, third grade, Jack Hunt, first grade, and Eli Ritch, kindergarten; back row, Colsen Blagg, fifth grade, Payton Blagg, seventh grade, Alice Park, sixth grade,...

In 1930, Mrs. E.A. Jackson, a local piano teacher, called about 12 of her musician friends to meet in her home to discuss the possibility of organizing a ladies music club.

DUNCAN – El Reno High School’s softball team will have to take the long road back through the consolation bracket to make the state tournament after dropping a 2-1 game to host Duncan in the Class 5A Region 2 Championships.

In a top 15 Class 5A battle, seventh-ranked Piedmont played the spoiler role with a 3-0 win over El Reno High School’s volleyball team on senior night.

After snapping a 15-match on-field losing streak, Redlands Community College’s soccer team suffered its second double-digit loss to Rose State College for the 2021 season. The Cougars fell to the Raiders 18-0 at Memorial Stadium as Rose State outscored Redlands 37-1 in the two meetings this fall.

While El Reno did not have a female runner at the recent Edmond Pre-State Cross Country Meet, the Indians did field a full team for the boys Class 5A Division.

The youth deer gun season is a perfect time to get youngsters into the woods for a great hunting experience when the weather is a bit warmer than during regular deer gun season.