July 2022

While it does help to have a green thumb, keeping a landscape irrigated is key in successful gardening. The amount and frequency that gardeners water can make a big difference in plant health. These factors also have an impact on the pocketbook.

Graveside services for Traci R. Cooper of El Reno will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 at the El Reno Cemetery Pavilion with Dick Kurtz officiating. Traci passed away July 24, 2022, in El Reno. She was born April 22, 1971, in Okarche.

Most Oklahoma ponds are green thanks to algae that forms on the water, but just like anything else, too much algae can be a bad thing. Algae is a normal occurrence in ponds unless it becomes too thick. That is when pond owners are in danger of the most common fish kill scenario – algal die-off.

DIVORCES GRANTED Jaykubb Hull vs. Steeli Denae Hull. Brandon Graff vs. Danielle Graff. Angela Lee Sinclair vs. Kevin Scott Sinclair. Lorena Ruddell vs. Allan Demarco Ruddell. MARRIAGE LICENSES Robert John Parker III, 43; Lesley Meredith Payton, 51.

Being close to the winner’s circle on several occasions during the Southern Drag Boat Association’s season, only to have the proverbial rug pulled out from underneath them at the last second, El Reno’s Matt and Radley Miller both needed a confidence boost.

Vincent Walker always dreamed of one day playing in a Major League Baseball stadium, but never imagined it would happen before he ever threw a pitch in college.

Despite a triple-digit heat wave and the sinking of a boat on the first race of the event, the 2022 Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races was deemed a success by race organizers. Hundreds of race fans flocked to Lake El Reno for the three days of the event.

Funeral services for Kendall Lee Brown will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, July 29, 2022, at First Pentecostal Church of God in El Reno with Rev. Kevin Fouts officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in the El Reno Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

The 2022 Smoke on the Water Drag Boat Races wrapped up Sunday at Lake El Reno.

El Reno Carnegie Library did not get much attention when the pandemic was in full swing, but it is back and better than ever. Back in 2019, the library was renovated with new windows, new paint, new furniture and new carpet.