Funeral services for Joyce Mae Hacker of Bethany were held Monday at the Church of the Nazarene in Mustang, with burial following at the Mustang Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home in Minco
Joyce was born May 13, 1934, in Addington. She was raised in Minco and Hazel Dell, attending Hazel Dell Baptist Church. Joyce was a homemaker and had attended the Church of the Nazarene.
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Funeral services for Kenneth Luther Sorensen will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Benson Memorial Chapel under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Kenneth died Dec. 17, 2022, at his home in El Reno. He was born April 30, 1944, in Chicago Heights, Ill. He served in the U.S. Air Force and received a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. He was the first juvenile officer in El Reno and was a systems administrator retired from the Federal Correctional Institution.
Kenneth was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Elk City and El Reno.
U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Masquerading-as-I -- VT) said in a Dec. 13 statement, “I withdrew from consideration by the U.S. Senate my War Powers Resolution after the Biden administration agreed to continue working with my office on ending the war in Yemen. Let me be clear. If we do not reach agreement, I will, along with my colleagues, bring this resolution back for a vote in the near future and do everything possible to end this horrific conflict.”
Promises, promises.
Vera Mae Sweeney died Sunday at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon.
Services are pending with Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
With Piedmont scheming to shut down El Reno High School’s top two scorers in James Reveles and Carter Roman Nose, the Indians needed another player to step up and fill in the void in this top 10 battle.
Alex Elizondo was happy to oblige.
The point guard scored a team-high 16 points as El Reno defeated the seventh-ranked Wildcats 54-47. The Indians, ranked sixth in the same Class 5A poll, improved to 6-1 on the season and 2-0 in the Suburban Conference standings.
In what could be the final regular-season meeting in the cross-county rivalry between El Reno High School’s girls basketball team and Piedmont, the Wildcats snapped a four-game losing streak with a 39-35 victory.
El Reno, ranked fourth in Class 5A, dropped its second straight game to slip to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the Suburban Conference standings.
Piedmont, ranked 11th in the same poll at 5-2, earned the win in its league opener.
Municipal Judge Richard Lewis ended his more than 45-year career with the city of El Reno in grand fashion last week, administering the oath of office to a new mayor as well as three new members of the city council.
Lewis said it was an “honor” to serve the El Reno community for such an extended period. He said he had worked for numerous city managers as well as with a number of police chiefs and literally dozens of city council members.
Lewis will be replaced on the municipal bench by Jennifer King. The new municipal judge will be sworn into office in January.
An energy company planning to drill near a livestock barn owned by El Reno Public Schools will have to redirect its efforts or pay more money.
The El Reno Public School Board voted unanimously to reject a request by Revolution Resources II LLC and Revolution Operating Company LLC for a sub-surface easement deal with the district.
“I would make a motion to reject the lease agreement as presented,” said school board member Curtis Blanc.
After interviewing the three candidates who filed to run for the vacant Ward 2 seat, the El Reno School Board voted unanimously to appoint Roberta Hamilton to fill out the remainder of the term.
The seat was held by Dallas Curtis, a six-year veteran of the district’s leadership.
