Funeral services for Wanetta M. Armstrong of Minco were held Monday at Cogar United Methodist Church, with burial following in the Evergreen Cemetery. Services were under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home.

Wanetta passed away June 4, 2020, at her home in Minco. She was born May 25, 1928, in Minco and had lived in the Minco/Cogar community all of her life. She graduated from Binger High School in 1946.

Wanetta was a homemaker and active with the Minco Senior Citizens Center. She was a member of Cogar United Methodist Church.

The City of El Reno is planning to host a Town Hall meeting in the coming days to allow residents to voice their opinions concerning police relations in the community, especially related to minorities.

The meeting was announced prior to a peaceful protest rally that took place Wednesday evening outside the police department.

Adam Fox was 7 years old when his father paid for him to fly an airplane. The family was on vacation in south Florida.

The elder Fox, an Alabama boiler-maker who traveled the world for business, often taking his family along, sat the youngster on his lap and let him think he was flying.

“The plane was actually on auto pilot, but I thought I was flying it,” said Fox. After the flight, Fox remembers his father telling him he should become a commercial airline pilot. “He said all they do is put the plane on auto pilot and then go back and flirt with the stewardesses.”

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer has reopened the eyes of America to the racial injustices which still exist in the United States.

It also opened the eyes of El Reno High School junior Ashlyn Evans-Thompson.

“I do feel shielded some here in El Reno but just seeing everything that happened makes you want to say something and do something about it. That’s sad that this is still going on and I hope people will stop and realize what is happening,” said Evans-Thompson.