August 2022

The Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education Association of Canadian County met recently at a local restaurant with Neta Liebscher as hostess. Lester Liebscher was welcomed as a visitor. Natalia Valenzuela called the meeting to order.

In states across the country and nations across the globe, politicians’ embrace of a “Green New Deal” style of environmental policy has often been a comedy of errors. But the real-world results are no laughing matter.

Robert Anthony Pastorello, 71, of El Reno, went to be with our Lord and Savior on July 31, 2022, after a lengthy illness. Robert was born May 13, 1951. He was an Air Force veteran, serving in Vietnam and Korea. He worked at Deaconess Hospital in education and compliance for 32 years.

For several months, Americans have grown increasingly nervous that our nation’s economy was heading toward recession.

Funeral services for Eldon Ray Ventris of Minco were held Thursday at First Baptist Church in Minco. A private family burial followed at the Evergreen Cemetery, under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Ray passed away Aug. 1, 2022, at his home in Minco.

LAWSUITS U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Lisa L. Owens for $51,380.96 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Jesse K. Woods and Lisa Woods vs. Matthew Williams for $26,674.96 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

A year ago, El Reno High School’s softball team went on the road and beat higher-seeded Duncan twice to earn a trip to the Class 5A State Championships – the program’s second trip in three seasons.

With temperatures expected to reach near triple digits, El Reno High School’s football team will begin preseason workouts Monday with a non-traditional two-a-days schedule.

Billy Joe Hardin passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, at the age of 65. Bill was born Nov. 22, 1956. He married his wife, Nancy, in 1975 and was a longtime resident of El Reno. Bill began working at Cavin’s Paint-n-Body Shop in 1973 when he was only 17.

A proposal to build 360 new homes on land zoned Heavy Industrial (I-3) on SE 27th Street did not receive a warm welcome last week from the Municipal Planning Commission. In the words of MPC member Mike Freeman, it was a matter of “Not this, and not here.”