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El Reno VFW Post 382 and Auxiliary are partnering with Feed the Children to provide free groceries and hygiene products to local families.

The event will be Friday, Dec. 10 from 1 to 3 p.m. outside the VFW, 1515 S. Rock Island.

This is the second consecutive year for the giveaway and it will again be a drive-thru event. Vehicles will pull into the parking lot and volunteers will load the food and hygiene products into their autos.

There is no qualification required.

For more information, call Nancy at 405-641-4284.

Robert Edgar Monday Jr., also known as Bob, was an Aviation Radioman First Class for the U.S. Navy during World War II.

A graduate of El Reno High School in 1936, he passed away on Nov. 11, 1944, due to a head injury sustained in an earlier incident while in the service.

He was 26 years old.

Monday was stationed on the battleship USS Nevada at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack on Dec. 7, 1941, where he was commended for bravery under fire.

A brisk north wind greeted the annual Christmas parade in downtown El Reno on Saturday.

People lined Rock Island and Bickford as the El Reno High School Marching Band and the Heritage Express Trolley led the colorful parade.

Floats representing church groups and businesses took part in the event, as well as the El Reno Fire Department, police and Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.

Also involved in the celebration were more than a dozen classic cars from the El Reno Cruisers.

El Reno High’s drama department turned the parking lot into its own Bedford Falls for a live radio broadcast of It’s a Wonderful Life last week.

City Manager Matt Sandidge called the latest housing permit numbers issued for El Reno “impressive.”

Community Development Director Shelly Dalla Rosa released the figures last week.

With one month left in 2021, El Reno so far has issued 147 permits for new housing.

In November, 20 housing permits were issued, making it the second highest monthly total for 2021. In March, El Reno issued 36 permits for new homes.

Only in September were no housing permits issued, the city information shows.

A new Canadian County district map has been finalized.

State law requires all counties in Oklahoma to be divided into three districts “as equal in population as practical,” according to an amended resolution approving county commissioner district boundaries.

Populations by district are: District 1 (51,403), District 2 (50,862) and District 3 (52,140).

Under the Voting Rights Act, county commissioner district populations must be within 5 percent of each other.

On Tuesday, hundreds of visitors from Oklahoma and across the United States gathered at the USS Oklahoma Memorial to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

When Japanese dive bombers descended over Pearl Harbor, the USS Oklahoma was among the first battleships to be attacked, taking eight torpedoes and sinking with 415 Sailors and 14 Marines aboard.

The loss of life was second only to the USS Arizona, which lost 1,177 Sailors and Marines.

Three well-spaced offensive runs helped El Reno High School’s girls basketball team, ranked third in the first Class 5A poll of the season, keep Shawnee at bay in a battle of top 10 teams.

The Indians defeated the ninth-ranked Wolves 51-30 in the season and Suburban Conference opener for both teams.

The 21-point victory extended EHS’ current win streak over Shawnee to six games. It’s the third straight year for El Reno to open the season on a winning note.