August 2023

Rose Witcher is thrilled to welcome you to the 2023-2024 school year. We are working hard preparing the school for another wildly fun year. The teachers and staff of Rose Witcher are eager to begin the school year.

Students need many different supplies to help them move to the head of the class. Teachers frequently post lists online before school begins or advise students in the early days of the new year. Therefore, parents may want to wait to go back-to-school shopping until they learn what’s needed.

Welcome to the 2023-24 school year at Hillcrest Learning Center. We are super excited to have “groovy” learners and share some “groovy” memories as students begin their learning journey at Hillcrest.

An all-night wake for Phillip Keith Redbird was held Thursday. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 11 at the Concho Emergency Response Center. Burial will follow in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Robert Earl “Bob” Vincent, 80-year-old El Reno resident, will be held Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, at 2 p.m. at Sickles Community Church with Tom Clifton officiating. Burial will follow in Eakly Cemetery under the direction of Lockstone Funeral Home of Weatherford.

In Kirby Woolard’s backyard on his El Reno property, he has built his own 48-inch, horizontal sawmill. He cuts a lot of wood these days.  A large cedar tree trunk waited to be turned into the boards needed for a pergola on a mid-July day.

The filing period for El Reno City Council Ward 1 and Ward 4 elections is Aug. 28 to Aug. 30, said Canadian County Election Board officials. Candidates can file at the election board in downtown El Reno from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Amy Neathery is the current Ward 1 council representative.

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes cut the ribbon officially opening the new expanded Emergency Youth Shelter. The first tribal youth shelter was opened by the tribes in 1991. Sophie Burgess was the houseparent on-site.

Four-year-old Donna Franklin of El Reno runs through a wall of water while cooling off in the downtown splash pad recently. After several days of triple-digit heat, temperatures are forecasted to cool slightly into the 90-degree range with storms possible over the weekend.