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After a lifetime career of farming and ranching in western Canadian County, Frank Austin is now laying the foundation for future generations to find their path through education.

With an initial donation of $200,000 to the Redlands Community College Foundation, Austin has made it possible for the foundation to award up to 10 scholarships each year, and eventually the college will be able to expand its agricultural operation with the donation of nearly 2,000 acres of farmland.

A motorcycle group called “End of Watch: Ride to Remember” will visit cities across the country where a law officer was killed in the line of duty in 2020, and one of the cities will be El Reno.

Canadian County Sheriff’s Lt. Shirley Lanning died in a crash last year. Her unmarked patrol car collided with another vehicle along Northwest Expressway on Friday, Feb. 14, killing her and injuring a Piedmont couple, an Oklahoma City police report states.

Reports said Lanning apparently experienced a possible stroke prior to the collision.

Crews from Anadarko Dozier are digging up the south side of Legion Park in a move designed to create more storage for water during heavy rains.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said the process should be complete in about 45 days and will include new sod being laid.

The city council approved the work as a way to improve drainage through the creek area that feeds into the pond at Legion Park.

A second drainage project will begin soon when Community Development Block Grant money is used to construct a lined drainage canal to the north of the Legion Park pond.

In a few short months, El Reno Regional Airport has gone from having no flight school onsite to now boasting a pair of businesses teaching people how to become certified pilots.

Oklahoma Aeronautics Academy opened its doors earlier this month. Ken Larcher built the business literally with his own hands and with the knowledge acquired from a lifetime of aviation experience.

While teams they have faced during summer league action may have been fine-tuning their lineups for the upcoming 2021-22 basketball season, El Reno High School coach Rodney Haydon has been evaluating a new crop of players.

“It’s a completely new team for us and we have been trying to get as much court time to start evaluating the kids and see who plays well together and see who plays well in what positions,” said Haydon.

After scoring just two runs in the first two games earlier this summer with Heritage Hall, El Reno High School’s baseball team put up 10 runs against the Chargers but lost 9-4 and tied 6-all.

Catcher Gabe Compton reaches up to snag a throw to the plate as a runner slides in.

(Tribune photographer/Glen Miller)

El Reno had 56 campers attend the three-day EHS Basketball Camp. It was one of several youth clinics restarted this summer after the ease of COVID-19 restrictions.

See upcoming editions for photos from baseball and volleyball camps.

On June 18, Frank and Teresa Whenry celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.

The couple was married June 18, 1951, at Sacred Heart by Father Emil Depretier. They were married in a school classroom because the church was under construction.

The couple has made their lifelong home in El Reno where Frank was employed with the Federal Correctional Institution. He retired from the FCI after 27 years.

Teresa worked at a variety of jobs outside the home and together they had one son, Mike.