August 2023

Clyde Gene Miller was born June 22, 1941, in El Reno to Homer James and Gladys Doretha (Eaton) Miller. Clyde grew up southwest of Calumet. He graduated from Calumet High School in the Class of 1959 and graduated from Capital Business University in 1961 and attended El Reno College.

Fresh Anointing Church will host a Holy Smokes Barbecue Cook-Off at the church on Saturday, Aug. 19 from 10 a.m. until they run out of food. The funds raised will go to re-stocking the church’s pantry.

Funeral services for Edward Dennis Metz of El Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 4 at First Christian Church. Burial will be in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Ed died July 29, 2023, at El Reno Post-Acute Rehabilitation Home.

El Reno student Rylan Fleenor recently attended the 2023 American Farmers & Ranchers (AFR) Youth Leadership Summit. The annual retreat develops leadership skills in junior high and high school students that will prepare them for future educational and professional experiences.

Terry Dale Wooldridge passed away Friday, July 28, 2023, at his home in Medicine Park. He was born Feb. 4, 1961, the youngest child of Jimmie Jack and Tawina Wooldridge. He was raised in Minco and graduated from Minco High School in 1979.

The July meeting of the Underwood Oklahoma Home and Community Education group was held recently in the home of Janan Fletcher. The flag salute was led by Ann Ricketts. Roll call was answered by telling a favorite pineapple recipe.

Funeral services for Nadine (Lott) Taylor Archer will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4 at Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Burial will be at the El Reno Cemetery following the service. Nadine passed away July 29, 2023, at her home. She was born Oct. 9, 1936, in Cougar to Hayden and Lorea Lott.

With a little over a week of practices and a handful of preseason outings, El Reno High School’s softball team is set to open the 2023 season at Yukon Monday night. It’s an opener scheduled quicker than most expected but one that new head coach Jason Little is comfortable with having.