July 2023

Reggie Wassana is the only person to ever be re-elected governor of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. He’s also the only C&A official to say the Tribes have offered a long-term lease to the federal government to continue scientific research at Fort Reno, should the land be given back to the C&A.

Wassana spoke to a packed crowd at last week’s El Reno Now Breakfast. The event, hosted by the city of El Reno and El Reno Public Schools, is held quarterly at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street.

The city of El Reno celebrated the successful completion of the filming of Twisters in downtown last week with a block party.

The After the Storm event featured food and music as well as games and activities for children.

Investigators with the Canadian County Sheriff's Office arrested a 41-year-old man on complaints of child rape, incest and abuse. The arrest was made after children posted pornographic video on social media, leading to the investigation.

Sheriff Chris West said Robert Damron was responsible for the sexual abuse of multiple children in his residence.

Matt Sandidge and Matt Goucher laid out a list of accomplishments and rolled through a lengthy list of thank you’s as they hosted last week’s quarterly El Reno Now Breakfast.

The city manager and school superintendent, respectively, were hosts to a packed house at the Public Safety Center on SW 27th Street. Mayor Steve Jensen joined in the event which hosted Gov. Reggie Wassana of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes.

Services for Larry Fred Reuter will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 3 at CrossBridge Nazarene Church with Revs. Matthew Lowry and Terry Rohlmeier officiating. Burial will follow at the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Larry died Saturday, July 29, 2023, at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born Jan. 30, 1943, in Chickasha. He was a lifelong resident of El Reno, graduating from El Reno High School in 1961 and was a member of Future Farmers of America.

El Reno High School class of 1956 gathered for a birthday party for those class members turning 85 this year.

There were also classmates attending from 1957 and 1959.

The tree was planted by the class at their 60th reunion in 2016, with the benches later added.

SHAWNEE – Before leaving to fulfill his military commitment to the Army, Ryan Sigler worked in a meat processing plant in Mustang while preparing for his final football game of his high school career.

Sigler and fellow teammate Evan Roman Nose were among the three El Reno High alums to represent the school in the 2023 Oklahoma Coaches Association’s All-State Football Game.

Both players were on defense for the West squad, while student athletic trainer Julia Woolworth served as a member of the East squad after being promoted off the alternate list.

Graveside services for Mabel Reynolds of Rochester, Minn., will be held Saturday, Aug. 5 in the El Reno Cemetery with Darryl Bullock officiating.

Mabel passed away Nov. 24, 2022, in Rochester. She was born Feb. 24, 1920, in El Reno. She was retired from the government and was a member of the Eastern Star.

Mabel is survived by her son, Thomas Reynolds of Ferron, Utah; daughter, Vonne Mello of Stewartville, Minn.; sister, Willis Loyall of Edmond; and four grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Playing in what could be her last basketball game for the foreseeable future, Okarche High School alum Emma Stover did what she has done so many times in the past for the Warriors – be a leader.

Stover was the top scorer for the West in the Oklahoma Coaches Association’s Small School Girls Basketball Game last week. It was a bittersweet ending as the East defeated Stover and company 41-36.

“She is going to Oklahoma State and concentrate on nursing school so this was it for her.