Scoring from all three phases of the game, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team wrapped up Suburban Conference play last week with a 73-51 road win over Noble.
El Reno, the West’s seventh seed for the upcoming playoffs, picked up its fourth win in a row to improve to 13-9 on the season.
El Reno closed Suburban Conference play in second place behind Del City with a 7-2 record, both losses coming to the top-ranked Eagles.
Karen Copeland Mangan died Feb. 19, 2022, at her home in El Reno. She was born May 21, 1959, in Leavenworth, Kan.
Karen was a registered nurse devoted to her profession and patients. She worked in various facets of health care including home health and as an emergency room nurse. She worked for the West Virginia Board of Nursing.
Her hobbies were gardening and antiquing.
On Nov. 16, 2014, Karen married Robert “Rick” Mangan. Rick survives her.
Memorial services for Joseph Samuel McMahan Jr. will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, at Calumet United Methodist Church with Rev. Travis Ewton officiating.
Services are entrusted to Turner Funeral Home, Hinton.
Sam went to be with his heavenly father on Jan. 11, 2022. He was born in Calumet on July 12, 1933, to Joseph Samuel Sr. and Hallie (Clayson) McMahan. He was the third child born to this union.
Graveside memorial services for Wanda Cicillia Nicholson were held Tuesday in the Geary Cemetery with Rev. Waylon Upchego officiating. Services were under the direction of Turner Funeral Home.
Wanda passed away Feb. 15, 2022, at the Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon, She was born Nov. 20, 1949, in Monterey Bay, Calif. She spent the majority of her last 40 years as a resident of Geary.
Funeral services for Kayla Julia Cherice Yates were held Monday at Geary First Baptist Church, with burial in the Geary Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Turner Funeral Home.
Kayla passed away Feb. 14, 2022, in Oklahoma City. She was born Feb. 16, 1991, in El Reno. She grew up in El Reno and Geary, graduating from Geary High School in 2009. She was working on her associate degree in business management and had worked as a CNA. Kayla was a member of All Tribes Baptist Church.
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Editor’s Note: This is the first article looking at the efforts by El Reno Blessing Baskets Inc. to transform the historic Municipal Swimming Pool Bathhouse into a working headquarters for the organization.
For more than two decades, El Reno Blessings Baskets Inc. has reached out to help those in the community most in need, whether it was with food assistance throughout the year or making sure youngsters have a toy to play with come Christmastime.
A special group of horseback riders will continue to “saddle up” thanks in part to the generosity of a Canadian County women’s philanthropic organization. Power of 100 Canadian County has selected Yukon’s Savannah Station therapeutic riding program as its quarterly Hope Award recipient.
Power of 100 members recently presented a huge gift – totaling $16,565 – to executive director Andi Holland, board chairman Tom Manske and volunteers at Savannah Station, 13420 Frisco Road.
Canadian County will pay off early a $3.5 million loan on the county Expo and Event Center construction project.
Commissioner Dave Anderson will notify BancFirst of the county’s intention to pay in full a series 2019 use tax revenue note that helped fund the new fairgrounds complex that opened in July 2021.
To finance construction of the facility on Jensen Road East, the county secured construction loans from BancFirst for $10 million in 2018 (at a 3.5 percent interest rate) and $3.5 million in 2019 (at a 3.85 percent interest rate).
The city of El Reno received a loan of $7.5 million from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) to make improvements to the municipal water system.
The funds will be used to renovate the existing water treatment plant and will include repair of the aerator tower, the installation of a raw water meter at the plant, a new claricone and repair of a recarbonation basin vault.
