February 2022

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LAWSUITS Kino Financial Co. LLC vs. Roberta Sage for $13,107.94 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Gay Rice and Steve Rice vs. the Justin E. Vogt Revocable Trust for $20,498.12 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

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.

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.

Canadian County will pay off early a $3.5 million loan on the county Expo and Event Center construction project.

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.