After 25 years with the Canadian County Assessor’s Office, Joe Farley retired.
A reception was held in his honor last week with Sen. Jack Stewart presenting a Certificate of Appreciation from the state of Oklahoma for Farley’s years of dedicated service.
Farley and his wife, Judy, were greeted by more than 60 people at the reception, including his entire family with the exception of two grandchildren who were unable to attend.
Five members of the Okarche speech team earned second-place sweepstakes honors at the Shattuck Invitational Speech Tournament. Every OHS student competing won at least one medal.
Hunter Buck took second in prose and was a finalist in domestic extemp. Maddie Vogt placed first in public-forum debate, with Anna Shirey taking third in foreign extemp and second in championship standard oratory.
Shirey, in addition to placing first in public-forum debate with Vogt, took third in domestic extemp and third in championship original oratory.
Funeral services for Kathryn Sue Dorey will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 4 at Evans Chapel of Memories in Poteau with Jim Cook officiating. Burial will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Poteau, under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home.
Kathy passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. Her kind and gentle spirit has gone to be with her dad in heaven. She has a new healthy body.
Kathy was born Sept. 8, 1961, in El Reno. She was the daughter of Louis and Mary Sue Dorey.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Paul Rosino, R-Oklahoma City, will host a remembrance vigil for Oklahomans who’ve lost loved ones from COVID-19.
Rosino said people are asked to gather before sunrise on the south plaza of the state Capitol on Monday, March 6 would have been his son, Gregory’s 36th birthday. He passed from COVID on July 4, 2021, one of nearly 18,000 Oklahoma deaths attributed to the virus since it first was detected in the state in 2020.
LAWSUITS
Bank United N.A. vs. Craig B. Smith for $154,435.15 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 10, Block 2, Rancho Acres Addition, Oklahoma City.
U.S. Bank N.A. vs. Brock Ramsey for $180,117.89 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees and foreclosure of mortgage on Lot 2, Block 7, Feddersen Addition Section 2, El Reno.
Funeral services for Ronald Carl Hopkins will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 4 at Red Rock United Methodist Church with burial following in the Red Rock Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.
Ronald was born Oct. 24, 1938, in Ada, and went to heaven on Feb. 27, 2023, in Oklahoma City after a brief illness.
Ronald was the beloved son of Bernie and Virginia (Arnold) Hopkins.
Competitive is the word being stressed on the diamond as El Reno High School’s baseball team arguably faces one of the toughest district and season schedules in Class 5A.
Over the course of 23 head-to-head games, three tournaments and a festival, the Indians are set to face eight state tournament teams, three defending state champions and three runner-up programs.
Funeral services for Billie Ruth Taylor will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, March 6 in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Rev. Paul Roach officiating. Burial will follow at the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Billie died Feb. 27, 2023, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 9, 1959, in Okarche.
She was lifelong resident of El Reno and was employed at Diffie Motors.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Sporting the longest winning streak in the classification heading into the 2023 Class B Boys Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships, Calumet added yet another victory to that total Thursday.
The Chieftains, ranked fourth in the state, improved to 27-1 on the season with a 62-54 quarterfinal win over No.12 Sentinel. Calumet takes a 25-game win streak into the semifinals against the winner of the Kinta/Buffalo Valley quarterfinal.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Okarche had just one 3-pointer for the game but that 19.7-foot shot could not have come at a better time.
Jalie Rother netted her third shot of the night from the perimeter with 3:32 left in the fourth period to spur the Warriors to a 60-55 win over No.6 Cyril in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Class A Girls Oklahoma State High School Basketball Championships.
“It was a huge basket and a lift for the team when we needed it,” said Okarche head coach Haley Mitchell.
