June 2024

The El Reno Tribune’s Small Town Weekend Preview section for 2024 contains the following:

2024 Small Town Weekend schedule

Cruising in time

Let them roll

Smoke the tires

Tonya Fisher was having trouble finding help to clean up a lot next to her father’s home on West Woodson.

The property is apparently owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and had become a popular place for people to discard limbs and unwanted household items, like appliances.

It was a big job and even with the help of people like Sarah and Kody LaFoe, Billy Fisher, Stacy Johnson and Willie Grant, more muscle would be needed to get the job done.

El Reno’s Carnegie Library kicked off its Camp Summer Reading Program last week with a party which included a petting zoo, sidewalk chalk, cornhole board and of course, books.

The goal is for every person in the program to read at least 10 hours this summer, with a community goal of 162,000 hours.

The program is open to all ages.

Canadian County sheriff’s deputies made a pair of significant drug busts in May, reports from the sheriff’s office said.

On May 13, deputies conducted two traffic stops on Interstate 40 in Canadian County. The stops resulted in seizing 40 pounds of marijuana and 19 pounds of fentanyl.

A public trust will be formed to oversee operations at Canadian County’s $20 million fairgrounds venue.

County commissioners voted 3-0 last week to create a Title 60 trust for the Canadian County Expo and Event Center.

The county-owned Expo, 3001 Jensen Road East, opened in July 2021 and is consistently busy with event bookings.

Commissioners are working with Expo Center Director Mandy Davis and District Attorney Tommy Humphries on creation of the new Title 60 trust.

John R. Edwards was born in St. Louis, Mo., on Feb. 11, 1937, to Oran Lyle and Mollie Josephine (Reynolds) Edwards. He was raised in Oklahoma City and lived in Bethany before moving to El Reno in 1977. He was a talented sign painter. He served in the Army Reserves and was a member of the American Legion.

John was a devoted and active member of First Baptist Church, serving as a deacon and Sunday school teacher, member of the Oklahoma Baptist Disaster Relief and Royal Ambassadors, participated in the Awana and was a vacation Bible school volunteer bus driver.

The Center of Family Love will host its multimillion-dollar Gift of Love Gala, celebrating 43 years of creating new possibilities by empowering those with developmental disabilities that have been left behind for generations.

This year’s gala will be Saturday, June 15 at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.

At the heart of this year’s event, the residents of the Center of Family Love (CFL) will take center stage, hosting the gala and showcasing their talents and abilities.

Frances Mae Mitchell, 92, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on May 30, 2024, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. Frances Mae was born July 27, 1931, in Long Beach, Calif., to Charles Edwin and Frances Josephine Humphreville. She lived for several years in the Montana area until 1942 when her family moved to Wister, Okla.

LAWSUITS

OneMain Financial Group LLC vs. Elizabeth Wright for $7,625 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

LVNV Funding LLC vs. Mitchell Higgs for $2,976.25 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Capital One N.A. vs. Jacob Lambert for $2,568 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Joshua Furr for $5,334.85 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Michael Flanigan for $8,215.82 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Leroy David Schein was born Aug. 4, 1945, in Oklahoma City to Walter Herman Schein and Anna Mary (Hollman) Schein. He passed from this life on May 29, 2024, at the age of 78 at his home in Pocasset.

Leroy grew up in Pocasset. His family moved there shortly after he was born to start the family farm, and growing up Leroy enjoyed helping his dad work on the farm. He was the youngest of six children and loved spending time with his brothers and sisters growing up.