Memorial service for Haydon Shrum of Wakita will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, May 3 at the El Reno Cemetery with Taylor Shrum officiating.

Haydon passed away Feb. 28, 2025. He was born June 2, 1963, in Siloam Springs, Ark.

Following are letters from second-graders at Rose Witcher Learning Center on How to Cook the Big Burger:

In my opinion the best way to cook the most humongous Burger Day burger is buy 50,000 pounds of meat. That’s how I think the burger is made. - Kashton

In my opinion the best way to cook the most enormous Burger Day burger is by using three planes to carry the meat, then 473 people prepare the food. Finally they cut the giant burger. That’s how I think the burger is made. - Jaxon

El Reno was one of the communities targeted for expansion by WEOKIE Federal Credit Union, said Jeff Carpenter, president and CEO of the Oklahoma financial institution.

That plan came to fruition March 31, when El Reno RIL Credit Union officially joined the WEOKIE Federal Credit Union. Carpenter called the acquisition “perfect timing.”

He said discussions between WEOKIE and Rock Island Credit Union President Bob McCray and the Rock Island board of directors about similar mission and values led to the opportunity for consolidation.

Calumet firefighter Brody Renbarger sprays water on the smoldering remains of a recreational camper that caught fire on the off ramp to Interstate 40 at Exit 115.

Calumet Fire Chief Terry Brungardt said the RV and the car which it was pulling were fully engulfed when units arrived and were termed total losses.

Brungardt said the cause of the fire is yet to be determined.

A unit from the El Reno Fire Department also responded.