June 2023

“The Industrial Revolution and its consequences,” reads the opening lines of “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski’s notorious manifesto, “have been a disaster for the human race.”

BETHANY – After having several rally attempts halted in the first game of a doubleheader against Bethany on defensive plays by the Broncos, El Reno’s junior high baseball team got its revenge in the nightcap.

LAWSUITS LVNV Funding LLC vs. Delaney Ravencraft for $1,623.81 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. LVNV Funding LLC vs. Tina Jaggers for $1,017.14 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Ross Seed, 100 S. Choctaw, is again hosting a summer Farmers Market. Vendors with fresh vegetables, fry bread, homemade salsa, canned and frozen food items, banana bread, and slow-cooked barbecue are set up inside the covered garden area on the west side of the store.

The Canadian County Free Fair Board is seeking vendors and food trucks to be a part of the 2023 annual fair.

As residents make plans and preparations for the Fourth of July holiday, El Reno city leaders are reminding citizens fireworks are not allowed to be used within city limits. This includes all city parks. Anyone caught shooting off fireworks in town could be hit with a $295 fine.

High school and college students aren’t taking a break this summer as Redlands Community College is seeing a 9.9 percent increase in enrollment for the current eight-week session. With an increase in several areas, enrollment is up 23.7 percent in concurrent students and 4.8 percent in sophomores.

Oklahoma lawmakers questioned officials with the Commissioners of the Land Office over their $8 million investment in a local company that buys houses in a rent-to-own program for residents who can’t qualify for a mortgage.

Pictured are the youth who took part in the 2023 El Reno High School Volleyball Skills Camp.

Margaret Dianne Cotten of El Reno, known to all as Margie, brought laughter and love into the world from the moment she entered it on March 13, 1964, in Fort Chaffee, Ark.