August 2022

Lynn Dale Maly went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. He was born Feb. 5, 1958. He fought the good fight of faith and God provided peace from the pain and suffering caused by cancer.

Lynn is survived by his wife, Sandy, and sister, Barbara O’Neal of Calumet; daughter, Mandy Richey, and sister, Vera Mae Morse of El Reno.

Lynn was preceded in death by his parents, Bohumil and Emma Maly; sister, Emma Lea Billings; and son, Justin Maly Winans.

El Reno High School’s football program was slated to wrap up its four days of non-contact preseason drills on Thursday, before putting the pads on for the first time this preseason on Friday.

The Indians will travel to Elk City Aug. 19 for their lone scrimmage.

Zadan Levi Wolf Knight died Aug. 1, 2022, at Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, Texas, at the age of two months and 26 days. He was born May 6, 2022, in Midland to Kevin Knight and Ci’Leayah Shelton. His parents survive him.

He also survived by his paternal grandparents, Chris Knight of Midland and Elizabeth Knight and Terrence Pitts of Midland; maternal grandmother, Andrea Beaver of El Reno; paternal great-grandparents, Kenneth and Brenda Callahan of West Plains, Mo.; maternal great-grandmother, Mary Sankey of El Reno; and brother, Ace Sankey.

El Reno’s Maizlynn Steenbergen, a fifth-grader at Banner School, recently won the Girls 11 and Under age bracket during the 2022 Lake Hefner Golf Championship.

LAWSUITS

Shelter Mutual Insurance Company vs. Whilhmena Holt for $6,210.37 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Midland Credit Management Inc. vs. Veronica L. McClane Delarosa for $1,840.23 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Synchrony Bank vs. Lisa Nichols for $4,731.54 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Dusan Bozovic for $3,041.52 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The El Reno Arts Council is inviting all children to come to Gadberry Park at 4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12 to take part in the “Art in the Park” program.

Kids can spend an hour learning stamp art creation. The program is free.

Gadberry Park is located just south of the 400 block of Amity Lane.

Our sweet daddy went to be with Jesus on Aug. 8, 2022.

Wendell was a lifetime resident of El Reno. After graduating from El Reno High School and owning his own gas station, he was a conductor for the railroad.

His favorite pastime was reading the Bible and spending time with his fun-loving kids, grandkids and great-grandkids. He loved gardening, woodwork and being at his farm.

He was a lifetime member of the El Reno Church of Christ at London and Macomb.

Nameplates and offices may have changed over the summer inside the El Reno Public Schools administration building, but incoming Superintendent Matt Goucher is quick to point out the mission remains the same.

“We will operate off four questions. What do we want them to learn? How are we going to know they learned it? What are we going to do if they didn’t learn it? And what are we going to do if they did learn it.

Welcome to school year 2022-23!

The excitement and hopeful anticipation I feel at the beginning of a new school year has never faded, even though I am about to begin my 31st year in education. I am particularly eager to kick off this year as I am now serving as superintendent.

There are so many accomplishments made during summer and I want to share some of them with our community, as our faculty and staff have been busy!