Services for Charles “Charley” James Blackowl Jr. were held Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in the Benson Memorial Chapel with burial at Concho Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Charley passed away March 4, 2021. He was born Aug. 30, 1983, in Lawton and was a lifelong resident of El Reno. Charley graduated from Riverside Indian School in May of 2002 and was a member of the Drop Team at Lucky Star Casino in Concho.

Charley is survived by his mother, Lisa Anquoe, and two sons, Curtis Youngbear and Avery Blackowl.

Johnny White, 63, of El Reno, passed away March 7, 2021. A full obituary for Johnny can be viewed at www.wilsoncares.com.

For the second consecutive year, El Reno High School has a student named Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Academic All-State. The honor is shared by only 100 public high school seniors statewide.

El Reno’s Ella McReynolds was one of the 100 selected from 379 nominations statewide.

The Academic All-State selections represent 77 schools in 69 Oklahoma school districts.

The 49th Annual Canadian County Junior Livestock Show and Sale got under way over the weekend at the county fairgrounds and was set to conclude Tuesday with an online virtual auction. The 2021 show will be the final one at the current fairgrounds before moving to the county’s new fairgrounds now under construction.