MUNICIPAL COURT

Della Paulette Roach, El Reno, speeding, $175.

Oscar Castro, Oklahoma City, driving without license issued and speeding, $417.

Joshua Michael Thomas, Corn, expired tag, $165.

Amanda Brooke Denison, Oklahoma City, failure to stop at stop sign and no insurance verification, $460.

Chelse Leann Bond, El Reno, expired tag, $130.

Alana Wolftongue, Geary, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Bailey Allen Fair, Owasso, failure to appear warrant, $295.

Kylie Brooke Dodson, Arcadia, expired tag, $165.

I left early that Easter morning. I had a two-day drive ahead of me.

The wife at the time and our two children, Aliki and Jack, were already in London, Ontario. We were scheduled to baptize 5-month-old Jack the following Sunday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

I pulled out of El Reno about 5 a.m. I had made the drive to London several times before.

Today a man making a delivery to Riverside School said, “I bet your teachers are happy about having a longer summer break.” My immediate response was no. Then I recommended that he not ask teachers that question.

Some people just don’t get teachers. Teachers are not jumping for joy about an extended summer break. In fact, most teachers use normal summer breaks to plan, attend education conferences and spend their own money to purchase classroom supplies.

Mary Bell, El Reno resident for 49 years, went to be with her Lord and Savior April 11, 2020, in Yukon. She was born July 3, 1935, in Bennington to Roy and Violet Whitmore. On Aug. 13, 1951, she married the love of her life and best friend, Vernon Bell. Together the two of them shared 68 years and 7 months happily married.

Mary, better known as Nanny Bell to everyone she met, loved her family and friends deeply.