Wesley in ACTSion, the mission team of Wesley United Methodist Church, has added five new Blessing Boxes to El Reno. The new boxes are located at Farm Bureau and The Lord’s Harvest on Sunset, King Electric on Shepard, going into the neighborhood off 27th Street behind Montana Mikes, and Sunrise Missionary Baptist Church on Admire.
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 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:
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.
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.
Dyer said returning to an in-person event after a year off because of COVID is welcome news.
Spirit will be the name of this colorful foal born Sunday, said owner Joseph Knight.
A veteran El Reno police officer, Knight said the horse was sired by Snowcapped Spirit and birthed by Maid by Midnight. Knight said Spirit will be made a cutting horse as it grows older.
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.”
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.
