November 2021

Albert “Dutch” Musser served in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1945-46. Musser also served in the Korean War from 1950-54.

Military service in the United States was once more common than it is today. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, the draft for military service was ended in 1973, a point in time when 2.2 million men and women made up the country’s active military personnel.

Memorial Day and Veterans Day each honor the military, though the two holidays are not the same. Memorial Day, which is celebrated annually on the last Monday in May, honors the brave men and women who lost their lives while serving in the American military.

Service members make numerous sacrifices in defense of their countries.

Captain Aaron Youngheim enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was stationed in the South Pacific as a pilot of a B-24 bomber for approximately four years. Aaron was a true hero in the South Pacific and to all who knew him. Estelle Cash is his daughter.

A proposal has been approved to expand a rural water district’s footprint in an area between El Reno and Yukon. Canadian County commissioners voted 3-0 to approve a petition to annex unincorporated land into the Green Valley Rural Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Management District.

Thousands of residents from El Reno and surrounding communities, both two- and four-legged, converged on downtown over the weekend for the annual El Reno Main Street Spooktacular. Dressed in a wide range of Halloween costumes, attendees were treated to candy by area businesses and organizations.

With more support coming through grants and fundraisers, Canadian County’s new domestic violence center will get $44,195 in public funds for its second operating year.