A crowd gathered to vote in last Saturday afternoon’s Canadian County District 2 Fair Board election.
Incumbent Ken Carpenter of Mustang defeated challenger Jason Cooper of El Reno, 109-37, to win the next three-year term on the nine-member fair board.
A longtime Canadian County auctioneer and realtor, Carpenter earned his fifth term as a District 2 fair board member with a 74.7 percent majority of votes cast.
The Centre Theatre for the Arts will perform the delightful Southern comedy, “The Red Velvet Cake War.”
Under the direction of Johnlee Lookingglass, performances are scheduled for Feb. 21, 22 and 28 and March 1 at 7 p.m. Matinee shows are set for Feb. 23 and March 2 at 2 p.m. All performances are inside the historic Centre Theatre in downtown El Reno.
El Reno Acts of Kindness Day was Feb. 19.
But actually, it should be celebrated every day.
Kindness is easy but it is not always natural. National Random Acts of Kindness Day (Feb. 17) aimed to help make kindness purposeful for one day, with the hope that the acts of kindness continue.
Patrick Jerome Sheehan, USMC Gunnery Sgt. Retired, of Calumet, passed away Dec. 27, 2024, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Clinton after a long battle with cancer.
Patrick was born Sept. 17, 1957, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served his country for 23 years in the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps with duty as a small boat coxswain, CADRE trainer, infantry unit leader, scout sniper and machine gunner. He retired from the Marine Corps as a gunnery sergeant in 1996.
Patrick was a weapons expert, gun enthusiast and a member of the Catholic Church and VFW Post 382 in El Reno.
OKLAHOMA CITY – Dreu Kopf wiped back tears as she relived the day she was shot and her friend lay mortally wounded protecting Kopf’s two toddlers in another room.
The Pardon and Parole Board last week voted 4-1 to deny clemency for Wendell A. Grissom. Susan Stava cast a vote for clemency.
Grissom is set to die March 20 for the Nov. 3, 2005, shooting death of Amber Dawn Matthews, 23, during a break-in at an isolated home near Watonga.
William “Skip” Harris, a beloved husband, stepfather, grandfather and friend, passed away peacefully Feb. 11, 2025, at the age of 70.
Born July 1, 1954, in Greenville, Miss., he was the son of William B. Harris and Billie Harris.
Skip was a hard worker and a dedicated family man.
He dedicated 42 years of service to the same company in the oil and gas industry.
He is survived by his loving wife of 22 years, Donna; his stepson, John Wigley; and his sister and brother-in-law, Betty and Stan Woodcock of Greenville, Miss.
LAWSUITS
Capital One N.A. vs. Christopher Potts for $5,696.46 to pay a debt plus costs.
Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Viet Le for $3,347.07 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Synchrony Bank vs. Ashley Davis for $5,154.86 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Synchrony Bank vs. Katie Yount for $4,203.19 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
LVNV Funding LLC vs. Adrianus Werner for $1,754.26 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.
Services for Steven Anthony Gallaway were held Monday, Feb. 17 at Huber-Benson Funeral Home with Rev. Grant Findley officiating.
Burial was in the El Reno Cemetery.
Steve died Feb. 12, 2025, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
He graduated from El Reno High School in 1976. He owned Johnnie’s Grill (1995-2016) and was a member of First Baptist Church. He enjoyed watching sports, especially football.
MIDWEST CITY – Carl Albert used a 9-0 run in the final three minutes of the third period to pull away from El Reno High School’s girls basketball team for a 54-38 victory and dethroned the Indians as the District 5A-1 champion.
The Titans (24-1) swept the series from El Reno en route to a 14-0 run to the league title.
The Indians, coming off a 71-14 win over Santa Fe South, slipped to 19-3 overall and 12-2 in the league to finish second.
Both teams will host a regional in the upcoming 5A playoffs.
MIDWEST CITY – A questionable string of events over the final 10 seconds allowed Carl Albert to hand El Reno High School’s boys basketball team a 61-54 loss in the final District 5A-1 game for both squads.
The loss dropped El Reno to 21-2 on the season but the Indians still won the league title with a 13-1 record after the split with the Titans. The Indians won the first meeting by five points.
Despite the loss, El Reno retains the top seed from 5A-1 as the champion and will host a regional next week. The Indians were slated to wrap up the regular season at Mustang.
