An 18-year-old El Reno woman found by police lying in the road Saturday night died later in an Oklahoma City hospital.

Assistant Police Chief Kirk Dickerson said the woman, Maria P. Estrada, was found in the 1500 block of West Elm, shortly after 9 p.m. Police had received a report of a woman falling from a moving vehicle.

When officers arrived they found Estrada. She appeared to have “various injuries.”

With the panic over Covid-19 and the news predicting a cure will take possibly a year or more to discover, perhaps it is time to revisit the past.

Until the advent of chemical antibiotics, nature provided all the ingredients to ensure survival and health for the inhabitants of the planet.

Here in North America, our own Native Americans survived severely harsh conditions with an intricate knowledge of healthful foods. The Plains Indians ate as they nomadically traveled and the Apache alone had over 200 items in their yearly diet.

Going through some online news the other day, I came to a couple of realizations. Obvious ones that we seem to forget as we’re going about our lives.

If you spend any time at all on the Internet, you’ll realize what a cesspool some of it can become. I didn’t have to look very far - I simply read public comments on a news article.

The story was about a teenager who committed suicide. While many left their condolences, some comments were insulting this child and making fun of Generation Z.

The Cresap Family Foundation has offered a $100,000 matching challenge to kick-start a relief fund managed by the Oklahoma Restaurant Association’s Hospitality Foundation.

Funds will be dispersed as $500 grants directly to restaurant and beverage workers to spend on their immediate needs whether that is food, rent, gas, medical expenses, etc. 

Applications will be taken until Wednesday, April 29 at 5 p.m. 

Updates will be given once the application process is live. Applicants must live in Oklahoma, Canadian or Cleveland counties.