December 2023

The historic Fort Reno Visitors Center, shown in this file photo, has received a $50,000 grant from T-Mobile.

The $50,000 grant will go toward replacing outdated windows to ensure the Visitors Center and Museum continues being enjoyed by frequent Route 66 travelers.

The project was submitted by the Historic Fort Reno Visitors Center and Museum.

Each quarter, T-Mobile awards 25 Hometown Grants to small towns with populations of 50,000 or less.

Several blocks of downtown Yukon were closed last week for the filming of a scene in an upcoming epic disaster film.

Yukon’s Main Street, between 3rd and 6th streets, was shut down after dark Dec. 8 as a second unit crew filmed a driving shot for the movie Twisters.

The movie’s cast and director were not present, according to unit publicist Amanda J. Brand.

No interviews or photos of the filming were permitted due to Universal Pictures’ “closed-set” policy and non-disclosure agreements.

High prices for conventional supplements have cattle producers scrambling to determine ways to reduce costs.

One of the ways to reduce costs is to improve feeding accuracy when providing winter supplements, according to the Canadian County OSU Extension.

The question is how accurate is your cake or cube feeder? All feeders will supply slightly different amounts of supplement and variability can occur between different feed types (blended, cubes, pellets).

Sound advice from U.S. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT): “As a rule, Americans shouldn’t trust any bill so large that it has to be delivered by handcart.” He’s referring to the latest National Defense Authorization Act, which weighs in at more than 3,000 pages.

Stopping at “Americans shouldn't trust any bill” would improve Lee’s rule, but he’s a politician, so let’s give him some (cough) Lee-way and credit him with a good start.

Okarche High School November Students of the Month are Aldo Franco and Andrew Walker.

Okarche High School November Lion and Lioness are seniors Mason Magness and Kera Avilez.

LAWSUITS

Conn Appliances Inc. vs. Trena Mack for $7,481.57 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Madison Mowdy for $2,335.63 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

NCB Management Services Inc. vs. Lana Ingram for $3,475.09 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Dakota Gilbert for $3,748.74 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Farrah Shomali for $861.49 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Note: Knowing Jolly Old St. Nicholas is a subscriber and reads the El Reno Tribune each edition, the staff decided to help him out and deliver local children’s Letters to Santa in print. Letters will appear over the next few editions but in time for his Christmas Eve flight from the North Pole.

Dear Santa,
My name is Bentin Reed. I am 8 years old. I have been a good boy this year. For Christmas I would like Lucky Charms marshmallows, Lego Sets and Scale 1/32 Fast and the Furious cars. 
Love, Bentin

Services for Joseph Thomas “Jay” Miller of Minco were held Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Minco, with burial following at the Evergreen Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Jay died Dec. 10, 2023, at the Integris Hospice House. He was born Dec. 20, 1938, in Banner. He graduated from Minco High School in 1958. Jay had worked as a sheet metal installer, retiring from Oklahoma Roofing and Sheet Metal in 2005.

Riding a dominating first-period scoring blitz, El Reno High School’s girls basketball team took over sole possession of first place in the District 5A-1 standings with a 54-24 win over Crossings Christian School.

El Reno moved to 6-0 on the season and 3-0 in the 5A-1 standings and sit a half game ahead of Elgin, which the Indians were slated to visit Friday, for the lead.

“We have not been starting off games like we should and our first and third periods have been our worst. We’ve talked about the need to start games stronger and not gamble on things later on.

El Reno High School’s boys basketball team had an early-season upset bid derailed by a fourth-period shooting slump as Crossings Christian School escaped Jenks Simmons Field House with a 55-46 win.

The Knights, considered a top five team in Class 5A, had beaten their first three opponents by double digits, including a 14-point win over Carl Albert. The win over El Reno lifted Crossings Christian to 4-0 in the District 5A-1 standings and top of the league.