October 2020

Two of the most popular student-driven events on the calendar each year at El Reno High School will take place despite COVID-19, but the gatherings will look different than in the past.

El Reno Public Schools Veterans Day and Gifts to the Yanks assemblies will be held virtually.

“We looked for ways in this environment we could still do the events. We don’t ever want to stop doing it and felt like it was in the best interest of everyone to do it virtually.

A ribbon-cutting welcoming T-Mobile to El Reno was held last week. The El Reno Chamber of Commerce hosted the event at the store’s location at 1566 SW 27th St. Kristina Goss serves as the store manager.

More than 100 pieces of jewelry remains locked away inside the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.

The presumed costume jewelry was stored for safekeeping at the old Canadian County Jail before 2016 after a possible store burglary.

Lt. Jerry Hendrick, who began working to find the owner of the jewelry in the spring of 2016, said the 80 to 100 pieces of inexpensive jewelry has manufacturing tags still attached.  

The sheriff’s office has been unable to identify where the jewelry came from because there is not a store name on the tags, just the company that made it.

Memorial service for Lesley Sara Hendrix-Yelton of El Reno was held Oct. 22, 2020, at First Pentecostal Church of God with Dean Eskew officiating.

Lesley passed away Oct. 12, 2020, at Integris Canadian Valley Hospital in Yukon. She was born May 21, 1983, in Oklahoma City. She was a homemaker, wife and mother. Lesley loved playing basketball, riding 4-wheelers and watching her sons play football. She was a great aunt to her nieces and nephews.

Graveside service for Keeton Thomas “Keeter” Humphrey of Chickasha was held Saturday at the Friendship Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home of Minco.

Keeter passed away Oct. 21, 2020, at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born May 31, 1996, in Chickasha.

Keeter was raised in the Minco community, graduating from Minco High School and Canadian Valley Vo-Tech HVAC program in 2014. He was a member of the Canaan Baptist Church in Minco. Keeter was employed as an oil field hand.

While all the teams in District 5A-1 will enter the playoffs this season after last week's decision by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, the order of finish may have settled itself on the field.

El Reno remains the only unbeaten team in the district following Friday night's 34-16 win over Ardmore at Memorial Stadium.