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OSU Extension offers tips to cut cost of Thanksgiving meal

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Getting roasted turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, stuffing, green bean casserole and pie on the table this Thanksgiving is going to cost consumers more than it did in 2021.

Rodney Holcomb, Oklahoma State University Extension food economics specialist, said consumers can expect to pay 35 to 45 percent more for their turkey this year, which typically is the centerpiece of most Thanksgiving tables.

Ag equipment strategies get tricky in a post-pandemic world

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Buy new or repair used? As input costs continue to climb in ranching and farming, producers need a smart equipment strategy.

The dealership purchase price of a new farm implement, such as a combine, can top as high as $500,000, while a slightly used model can still carry a hefty price tag of around $150,000. Older versions with more years and hours under the hood vary widely in value.

Public Records - 11/19/2022

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LAWSUITS

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Julian E. Taylor for $7,950.38 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Discover Bank vs. Miranda C. Cook for $2,236.02 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

TTCU Federal Credit Union vs. Tony L. Nichols for $5,835.35 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Velocity Investments LLC vs. Brenda Duran for $2,737.41 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

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White leaves City Hall, sets sights on school return

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Matt White is leaving City Hall, but last week he said he wants to go back to school … to serve on the El Reno School Board.

White announced he plans to run for the vacant school board seat created when Dallas Curtis had to resign from the board after moving outside of the district. He made the announcement at the El Reno Now gathering, an event he and former school superintendent Craig McVay created in 2017.

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Honor plays serenade to Helen Miner

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For more than 50 years, Helen Miner taught El Reno students to sing.

She was an El Reno Public Schools institution.

For that, she is being honored with only the second Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the El Reno Public Schools Foundation. She is scheduled to receive the honor at the Nov. 29 Distinguished Alumni Banquet.

Miner will join World War II hero, Charles Clark “Sonny” Kegelman, attorney Mark Henricksen, architect and businessman Darin Miller and educator/administrator Matt Goucher at the banquet honoring them as Distinguished Alumni.

Former El Reno FCI correctional officer pleads guilty to bribery

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Kacie Deyo, 30, formerly of Yukon, pleaded guilty last week to accepting bribes while serving as a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Institution, said U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.

Deyo was charged with one count of accepting a bribe by a public official.

Deyo worked at the FCI from November 2016 through January 2022.

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Recent Canadian Valley Tech nursing graduates share stories from the field

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Similarly to how people recall where they were when 9/11 occurred or perhaps where they were when Elvis died, everybody has a relational story of the emotions aroused when they first learned of the potential impact COVID-19 was going to have on our lives. 

Kinber Roberts recalls the frustration she felt after COVID led to a nationwide shutdown of many businesses, social activities and even schools in March 2020.

Roberts, 34, of El Reno, had been placed on a waiting list for enrollment into the Practical Nursing program at Canadian Valley Tech Center. 

Public Records - 11/16/2022

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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Carl Anthony Pendleton II, 37; Tegan Nicole Adcox, 33.

James Edward Berrier, 41; Melissa Sueann Lavallee, 42.

Hunter Corbin Engle, 22; Hannah Ashley Parker, 25.

Stephen Allen Bubb, 24; Sydney Rayan Montesano, 23.

Danny Scott Reid, 57; Tabitha Katrina Spiegel, 43.

Ryan Mitchell Jones, 29; Leiana Marie Frazier, 28.

Jose Balmore Menjivar Vega, 46; Teisha Nicole Bare, 32.

Kendra L. Kennedy, 38; Stevee Summer Stidham, 40.

Joshua Christopher Howard, 40; Misty Joann Patterson, 42.

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Jensen, Black win local races by wide margins

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Steve Jensen easily won election in the race to succeed Matt White as mayor of El Reno, besting political newcomer Phillip Church by more than 1,800 votes.

Jensen will be joined on the city council by another political newcomer, David Black, after Black defeated Kevin Marr in the Ward 3 council race. That contest was won by Black by more than 200 votes.

And Associate District Judge Bob Hughey defeated challenger Rachel Bussett, garnering more than 55 percent of the vote.

Hughey had a county-wide vote total of 25,152 to 19,910, or just over 44 percent for Bussett.