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The Oklahoma Broadband Office is conducting its Benefit of the Bargain round for the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.Companies with technologies ranging from fiber- optics to low-earth orbit satellite are allowed to apply for funding.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports:June 13 - Larceny of merchandise from retailer. — Sergeant Aaron Schlegel responded to a report of theft at Walmart, 200 W. Starlite Drive.

Mary Hasley recently celebrated her 93rd birthday at her home in Cashion. She was born on a farm east of Kingfi sher in July 1932 to Walter and Sybil Hasley and is a lifelong Cashion resident.

Five Kingfisher County Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) members attended the State Convention for OHCE groups in Oklahoma City on June 15.

Amy Tollison and Eric Tollison hosted a surprise 50th wedding anniversary celebration for their parents Ken and Rena Tollison on July 5.Ken Tollison and Rena Wallace were married July 5, 1975, in Yale and now reside in Kingfisher.

The 55th Ellyson family reunion was held Sunday, July 13, at the Interbank Community Room in Kingfisher.Hosting this year’s reunion were the Walter Ellyson families.The family opened with prayer before a meal and then took a few family pictures and visited with others.

Kingfisher Rotary Club hosted three-legged sack races during the July 4 celebration at Homier Field in Kingfi sher Park. The competition featured four different age groups. Pictured top left were the winners in the 5 years and under category.

The Kingfisher Lions Club hosted the annual turtle races during the July 4 celebration at Homier Field in Kingfisher Park.

It isn’t lost on Mike Matthews what the historic home that sat at 1000 S. Main St. for nearly a century meant to a lot of people.

Larry Reherman sat in his farm truck Wednesday morning in the parking lot of Dale’s 81 Electric.He was staring west across U.S. Highway 81. There he saw the remnants of perhaps the most recognizable home on Kingfisher’s Main Street for much of the past century.