Steve Jensen defeated Jacqueline Stevenson Smith to win the Ward 1 El Reno City Council seat. The vote was 591 to 567

While limb removal was running smoothly, a number of areas in and around El Reno remained without power Monday morning.

City Manager Matt Sandidge said the city did not have specific numbers from OG&E and other utilities concerning outages in residential areas. He did say the power in the area around the city cemetery as well as at the El Reno Regional Airport did not have electricity.

As for limb removal, Sandidge said the process was running well as trailers and trucks lined up to dump the limbs at a designated area on the northwest side of Lake El Reno.

El Reno resident Ariana Orozco had decided renting was a waste of money.

“From a financial standpoint, I realized that I wanted to own a home instead of paying rent. Paying rent is like throwing money away. When you own a home you build equity,” she said.

This first-time homebuyer had been approved for a loan, but the loan process raised a lot of questions.

“Obviously, your lender understands the process and the terminology. They start asking you to sign paperwork and write checks for the appraisal fee and other things,” Orozco said.

El Reno Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts will be canvassing neighborhoods on Saturday hoping to collect canned and non-perishable food items as part of the annual Scouting for Food campaign.

The food will go to The Lord’s Harvest, a local food bank ministry that has been involved in helping the community for about three decades.