June 2021

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Mobile Meals needs help

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El Reno Mobile Meals is seeking volunteers with a valid driver’s license to help deliver meals to those in need. Volunteers are primarily needed on Thursday mornings, but there is a need every weekday. In addition to delivery drivers, Mobile Meals needs volunteers in the kitchen to help prepare and serve the daily meals.

Lucky Star hacked

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Lucky Star Casino became one of the latest victims of a ransomware attack after the Cheyenne and Arapaho operation was hacked by computer pirates last weekend. The casino joins a growing list of businesses, government agencies, public school systems and hospitals that have been affected by ransomware attacks.

In recent months several casinos in Las Vegas, the city of Tulsa and the Menominee Casino Resort in Keshena, Wis., have all been victims of external computer attacks.

A statement released by Lucky Star Casino read:

Council tables land purchase

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El Reno City Council tabled a plan to possibly purchase 10 acres because the address of the land was not included in the agenda for the special meeting.

The special meeting was held at noon on Tuesday. Council member Tim Robinson did not attend the meeting.

After about 20 minutes in a closed executive session, council returned and Mayor Matt White made a motion to allow the mayor, city manager and city attorney to seek an appraisal and a first right of refusal on the land. The agenda item did carry the legal description for the property.

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Blessing Baskets readies for Christmas in July event

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Blessing Baskets is operating the Families with Children Summer Food Program as well as planning the sixth annual “Festival of the Trees, Christmas in July.” The dinner and auction fundraiser event will be held July 22 at the Palace Event Center, 2310 N. Banner Road.

“We continue to see there is more need in the community and Blessing Baskets is happy to be able to help. No child should be hungry,” said Blessing Baskets coordinator Donna Dyer.

Skunks can cause more than smelly problems for pet owners

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The nose knows. Even the slightest hint of a skunk’s presence can send pet owners scrambling to find a way to get rid of the scent.

But it isn’t just the odor that is cause for concern. Skunks are the primary reservoirs of rabies in Oklahoma, followed by bats, said Dr. Barry Whitworth, Oklahoma State University Extension veterinarian.

When it comes to rabies, Whitworth said, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

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OMRF study shows strawberries lower serious health risks

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As little as 130 calories per day could make a significant impact on your cardiovascular health. That’s approximately how many calories are in about 2.5 cups of strawberries. And it’s the amount a new study led by Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation physician-scientist Hal Scofield, M.D., found is needed to lessen our risk of heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

“This is the ideal health finding,” said Scofield, a physician and medical researcher in OMRF’s Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program.

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Kids baseball camp

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El Reno High School’s baseball program held its first youth skills camp since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The camp brought 80 players from El Reno, Okarche, Calumet and other towns to the Hub Reed Complex for three days of fundamentals.

Public Records - June 26

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LAWSUITS

Wells Fargo Bank N.A. vs. El Reno Health Care LLC for $33,912 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

The City of Oklahoma City vs. Kenneth P. Haley for appointment of freeholders to inspect subject property and consider damages sustained by acquiring easements.

The City of Oklahoma City vs. Jay Mack McDaniel and Diane R. McDaniel for appointment of freeholders to inspect subject property and consider damages sustained by acquiring easements.

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Elks donates to Blessing Baskets

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Brien Detamore, El Reno Elks Lodge #743 Exalted Ruler, presents Donna Dyer with Blessing Baskets a $3,500 donation to help with the program’s summer food distribution.

The Families with Children Summer Food Program helps provide groceries to approximately 250 families in need twice a month during the summer.

The funds were from the Elks National Foundation’s Beacon Grant.