Winfred Loy Garrett died July 26, 2021, at his home in Yukon. He was born March 3, 1943, in Minco to Wesley and Lorene (Eason) Garrett.

He was raised in Cogar and El Reno and in 1960 enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After his discharge he worked at Aero Commander and then moved to Washington to work at the Tacoma Boat Company and later at Boeing in Seattle where was an electrician flight tester. He lived in Gig Harbor, Wash., for 22 years with his wife, Sharon.

Todd Ebert is a regular driver on both the Southern and Kentucky Drag Boat Association circuits but has never been to Smoke on the Water.

“We have heard a lot of good things about the races from other drivers,” said Ebert.

To see for himself, Ebert packed up his family recreational vehicle along with two boats and racing supplies, a pair of support trucks and a party of 10 people to make the nearly five-hour, 338-mile trip from his northeast Kansas home of Wamego.

OKARCHE – On July 28, 1981, at 1:30 in the morning, three Spanish-speaking Ladino (non-indigenous) men snuck into the rectory of Santiago Apóstol Catholic Church in Santiago Atitlán, Guatemala, looking for the parish priest.

They found and seized Francisco Bocel, the 19-year-old brother of the associate pastor, put a gun to the terrified young man’s head, and threatened to kill him if he did not take them to the pastor.

Francisco led the attackers down the stairs and to the door of a corner utility room. He knocked, calling out in terror, “Padre, they’ve come for you.”

Your El Reno Tribune, as a way to say thank you to the local businesses that have chosen to consistently advertise in the newspaper, as well as keep readers better informed, created social media news videos.

The videos provided information about stories that would be published in the upcoming issue, as well as a salute to the businesses that help support local journalism.

The Tribune’s Lyndsay Bayne worked with co-publisher Sean Dyer to produce the videos. Businesses were included in the video free of charge.