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Despite clear skies and warm temperatures over the weekend, wheat harvest continues to drag on in Kingfisher County.Additional rain Sunday night and early Monday added another drag to the harvest.Reports of as much as 1.

• PRINTING EARLY: The next edition of The Kingfisher Times & Free Press will print a day early due to the July 4 holiday. That moves up the deadline for advertising and legal publications to 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, to guarantee placement in that edition.

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”- Benjamin Franklin There was a lot of learning, a lot of involvement and a lot of friendships being made at the 82nd annual American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Oklahoma Girls State.

He’s delivered us food and drinks for multiple generations. He was that familiar voice in the Sonic stall speaker. He’s trained other carhops and mentored countless fellow employees. His customers loved him and he loved them - and even their pets - back. And now? Well, he can do whatever he wants.

Not all students are college- bound and the state’s high school graduation requirements haven’t necessarily reflected that.

Marriage LicensesKingfisher County Court Clerk Lauren Stroh issued marriage licenses recently to the following couples: June 13: Colton Reese Drinnon, 20, and McKinley Moon Stilley, 20, both of Okarche.June 16: Demetrius Shanod Parrish, 30, and Lexi Marie Tinney, 26, both of El Reno.

Hennessey’s Main Street (U.S. Highway 81) will be kept open Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. for the town’s car show “to help out farmers” as they continue with their harvest.However, it will be reduced to using the two inside lanes during the event.

Friday, July 18, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in Aug. 12 special election for Crescent Public Schools, Kingfisher County Election Board Secretary Shawna Butts said.

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University President’s Leadership Class (PLC) will welcome 18 new members this fall.Among them is recent Kingfisher High School graduate Raegan Snider.PLC is a leadership development program led by Dr. Bo Hannaford, university president.

The Cashion FFA Chapter hosted its annual banquet May 13 to celebrate another busy and rewarding year. Starting with dinner in the school cafeteria at 6 p.m., FFA members helped serve guests brisket, mac and cheese, baked beans, coleslaw and apple cobbler for dessert.The banquet began at 7 p.m.