DIVORCES GRANTED
Maurice O. Smith vs. Lupita A. Smith.
Carrie Iago-Menge vs. Derrick E. Menge.
Patricia G. Rosales vs. Hector F. Rodriguez.
Paul Lamb vs. Taylor Lamb.
Anita Faye Clarke vs. Steven Mark Miller.
Pamela J. Landry vs. Jacques P. Landry.
Jason Hagar vs. Jada Hagar.
Amanda C. Ramirez vs. Charles J. Ramirez.
Charles Gossman vs. Beverly Gossman.
Karin M. Bales vs. Joshua D. Bales.
Margaret Keeler vs. James R. Keeler.
It was a night to acknowledge a difficult and sometimes dangerous road, a journey that begins with violence but can end with hope, healing and a new start.
That’s the promise of the work, dedication and commitment of those who make National Crime Victims Week more than just a commemoration of the past. Canadian County District Attorney Mike Fields says there has been so much forward momentum but there’s so much farther to go.
How to Cook the Big Burger
From Karissa Liticker’s kindergarten class:
Graysen B. - They will get a big bun with big cheese and some big lettuce. They will make a big hamburger patty. They cook it and put it all together with a big bun on top.
Madison C. - They use a lot of bread and smash it together. They take little patties and smash them together to make a big one. They add some onions on top and cook it. Then they'll put a toothpick through the middle to hold it all together.
VENDORS & RIDES
(10 a.m. until end of fireworks)
The Burger Day vendor booths are open until the end of the fireworks display. Booths offer a wide range of food, gifts, toys and carnival-type fun. There will be a petting zoo as well as pony rides. The NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder will have its Fan Experience trailer at Burger Day.
The Burger Day Festival Classic Car Show returns in 2022.
The first 75 drivers who pre-register for $20 will receive a car plate. Cash prizes and judges awards (no duplications) are up for grabs in the categories of Best of Show, Best Paint, Best Interior, Best Oldest Original and Most Distance Traveled.
The show runs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration the day of the show is $25.
For the first time in Burger Day history, the night skies will be illuminated with something other than stars.
Oklahoma City-based ARC Pyrotechnics Inc. has been contracted to put on a fireworks display over downtown El Reno. The first shots will fire around 9 p.m.
“We have been trying to do this show for three years but something like weather or COVID-19 has come up every year. So we are excited to get this one up in the air and we promise a good show, weather permitting, but it’s Oklahoma so you never know,” said company president Chandler Cook.
Oklahoma’s own Jason Young Band will be the headliner for the 2022 Burger Day musical acts and is set to take the Clara Bushyhead Stage at 8 p.m.
Melissa Meadows and her daughter, Shana Miller are the driving force behind Extreme Animals.
Meadows has been handling exotic animals her whole life.
Having a father as a game warden, Meadows was introduced at a young age to all manner of native wildlife.
Since her family was also very active in wildlife rehabilitation, she acquired a cougar when she was about 17 years old.
Having this amazing big cat as a pet, Meadows began to understand that her destiny was to be involved with the care, conservation and rehabilitation of all kinds of animals.
The Burger Day Festival is a tribute to the fried onion hamburger, cooked daily in El Reno since the early 1900s.
It’s the burger that has helped make the community a destination for food lovers and those trekking along historic Route 66.
It’s not uncommon to hear languages such as French or German being spoken in El Reno’s three main “burger joints,” Johnnie’s, Robert’s or Sid’s.
This year’s festival will include a Native American dance troupe as well as an Hispanic mariachi band.
Two representatives from the Department of Human Services showed up at Legacy Community Church Thursday evening, attempting to close the day care operating there. An El Reno police officer arrived, apparently assigned to help enforce the DHS mandate.
Friday morning, the day care was still operating.
Pastor Danny Hart said it will continue to operate because it’s not a day care. It’s a church ministry.
