August 2023

Kenneth Dwayne Basinger of Sherman, Texas, passed away Aug. 21, 2023.

He was born Jan. 24, 1940, in Harrah, Okla., to Millard and Margaret Basinger. He was the oldest of five children.

Dwayne graduated from McLoud High School in 1958. His first job during school was delivering newspapers in McLoud on his bicycle. In 1959 at the age of 19, Dwayne enlisted and served in the United States Air Force, where he served honorably in the United States and Ankara, Turkey. He married Martha Louise Sedberry on Dec. 27, 1964, and they were married for 58 years.

Al Harrell of Mustang was winner of a quilt raffled off by the Canadian County Association for Oklahoma Home and Community Education during the Canadian County Free Fair.

Harrell is shown with Donna Jung, Canadian County Family Consumer Sciences Educator.

The quilt was made using the blocks from the 2022 Quilt Block Challenge Contest, and was put together and sewn by Serenity Jennings of El Reno and quilted by Macrae Putnam of El Reno.

Approximately $1,000 was raised with proceeds benefiting the Canadian County OHCE High School Scholarship Fund.

Memorial services for Rocky L. Faulkinberry of Oklahoma City will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 at Bible Baptist Church in El Reno.

Cremation was handled by Alternatives Cremation and Funeral Service.

Rocky passed away Aug. 11, 2023. He was born Dec. 6, 1960, in El Reno. He worked at CMI/Terex for 35 years until retirement in 2020. He was a youth leader at Southern Heights and Amity Baptist Church.

The Ice Cream Freeze-Off was a new contest this year at the Canadian County Free Fair.

Named as champion was Marbi Symes with her butter pecan ice cream.

The trophy was sponsored by Ken Carpenter Auction and Realty.

Services for Dee Allen Ricketts were held Wednesday at First Christian Church with Rev. Colton Lott officiating. Burial followed in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Dee died Aug. 27, 2023, at his home in El Reno. He was born Nov. 21, 1939, in El Reno. He was a Cub Scout and Boy Scout in his younger years and graduated from Lawton High School. His career as a lineman spanned 44 years, part of which was with the Public Service Company. He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

In its closest match of the season, El Reno High School’s volleyball team held off a late run by Shawnee to post a 3-2 win over the Wolves in Suburban Conference action.

The Indians won by scores of 23-25/27-25/25-19/18-25/15-11 to improve to 3-4 on the season and 1-1 in the conference standings.

Qyra Jones led the offensive attack with 12 kills as the team finished with 41 total. Trinity Black closed in double digits with 11 kills, followed by Lily Elliott with six and four kills from Jewell Graham.

DEL CITY – A pair of big second-inning offensive explosions propelled El Reno High School’s fast-pitch softball team to back-to-back District 5A-2 victories last week while extending the Indians win streak in the process.

El Reno has won five games in a row for the second time after beating Santa Fe South (13-0) and Del City (16-2) to improve to 9-4 on the season.

The Indians remain fourth in the district standings at 3-3 behind Piedmont, Carl Albert and Noble.

Run production continues to be an issue for both Union City and Calumet High School’s fast-pitch softball teams as both squads earned only one win in eight combined games last week.

Union City slipped to 3-11 on the season with its lone win over four games, a 15-3 decision against Ninnekah.

The Tigers dropped games to Elmore City/Pernell (8-1), Rush Springs (14-1) and Empire (11-1).

The team went 21-of-78 (.269) from the plate with two triples and a double from Morgan Brothers. Victoria Stucks, Lily Russell and Trestan Sutton logged a double each.