Dwight Kennedy and his family along with volunteers and members of Wesley United Methodist Church will host the annual El Reno Christmas Eve Dinner.
The dinner will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 24 at the Wesley Family Life Center, 100 S. Barker.
Kennedy and his family started the Christmas Eve Community Dinner in the early 1980s and have held it almost every year, the exception when the family moved out of town for a few years.
To Santa Caus
From Ellie
I want to get my ears peirced. a sqish melo. Makeup so I can see Santa, a raindear. a huverbord. a bike.
Love you
Dear Santa,
I have tried my hardest this year to be good. I still haven’t found my indoor voice but I’m working on it. For Christmas I would like a paw patrol toy and a doctor set. Thank you.
Love, Anakin Reed
An architect has been hired to design a renovation project for a new Canadian County Health Department clinic and offices.
County commissioners voted 3-0 to approve an agreement between Oklahoma City-based MA+ Architecture LLC and the CCHD for architectural services at the future health department site, 6100 E. Highway 66.
Work is due to begin next spring to update the 33,000-square-foot building, which previously housed El Reno’s Halliburton plant.
The Mayors Council of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Municipal League invite eighth- graders from home, public and private schools throughout Oklahoma to participate in a statewide essay contest, “If I Were Mayor, I Would ...” to tell others what they would do as mayor to make their city or town a better place to live.
Mary Margaret Amato departed for her heavenly journey Nov. 27, 2022, after a courageous battle fighting respiratory illness and heart disease.
Funeral Mass will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 20 at 2 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Union City with Rev. Lance Warren and Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating. Burial will follow in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Services are under the guidance of Huber-Benson Funeral Home, El Reno.
Members of the Banner 4-H Club met recently to make Christmas cards to deliver to assisted living centers in the area.
Arlene ZumMallen was born Jan. 21, 1933, in Fairmont, Okla. She entered into the arms of her Savior on Dec. 13, 2022.
She was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church in Fairmont and gave her Confirmation of Faith at Zion as well, on March 30, 1947. Her confirmation verse is Blessed are they that hear the Word of God and keep it. - Luke 11:28
Arlene was raised on the farm several miles east of Fairmont. With many brothers and sisters, work was the order of the day.
Banner eighth-grade students have been reading The Outsiders and recently visited the museum in Tulsa.
Lynda Lea Boyle (Gough) went peacefully in her sleep surrounded by her loving family to be with the Lord on Dec. 11, 2022.
Lynda was born to Perry and Inez Gough on Oct. 11, 1947, in McAlester.
Lynda later had two daughters of her own, Lisa Garland and Sherry Randall.
Lynda gave selflessly to the people she loved through the hardest times in her life. She became the caretaker of her father, mother and grandmother in the last years of their lives.
They all were able to live their last moments in their family home surrounded by family.
Riverside November Students of the Month, front row, Valentina Garcia, Alivia Ontiveros, Juan Rosales, Skyla Boutwell and Leyla Johnson; middle row, Sawyer Baker, Gustavo Saldana, Wyatt Buchanan, Guillermo Garcia, Elvee Campbell, Thea Sneed, Lincoln Rinehart, Braelynn Hudson, Shane Funk, Hawke Wooten and Ryett Rockers; back row, Kamryn Rucker, Dash Benavides, Hailey Lime, DoreneAllyn WhiteHorse, Macy Long, Shayla Altizer, Jaylon Trujillo, Auttum McLearen and Makay Wooten.
