October 2022

Calvin Sankey Jr.

Body An all-night wake for Calvin Coolidge Sankey Jr. will be held beginning at 6 p.m. Sunday, with funeral services at 2 p.m. Monday. Both services will be at the Concho Emergency Response Center with Rev. Waylan Upchego officiating.
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Banner fire safety

Body Banner School students learned fire safety tips from the El Reno Fire Department last week. October is Fire Safety Month.
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Velma Bensmiller

Body Graveside services for Velma Jean (Womack) Bensmiller of Chickasha will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22 at the Friendship Cemetery southwest of Minco. Services are under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home. Jean died Oct. 12, 2022, in Chickasha.
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Public Records - 10/22/2022

Body LAWSUITS Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Raychel L. Warren and Sean M. Warren for $5,061.44 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. MidFirst Bank vs. Diana Jenkins for $3,162.78 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Discover Bank vs. Julia A.

Numbers jump

Body El Reno High School’s season stats took a jump last week in the Indians 20-15 win over Ardmore.
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RCC harriers fifth in OBU Invitational

Body Both Redlands Community College teams were the lone two-year squads entered in the 2022 Oklahoma Baptist University’s Cross Country Invitational and ran away with a pair of fifth-place finishes. The Redlands women ran the 5-kilometer (3.

El Reno seeks $1.5 million OWRB loan for well fields

Body The city of El Reno is seeking a $1.5 million loan from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board to enhance the well fields that provide water for the city. And once the work is completed, as much as 25 percent of the debt could be written off.