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TOP RAIDERS – Lomega’s Students of the Month for December 2023 were announced at the Raider Roundup. Traver Duffy and Hadley Ott (left side) were named high school recipients. Junior high students of the month were Gracie Sawyer and Ulises Aguilar (right side). [Photo provided]

AREA RUNNER-UP – The Cashion High School academic team finished runner-up at the Class 3A area tournament last Saturday to earn one of eight spots at the state tournament. The Class 3A state tournament will be Saturday, Jan. 27, at Rose State College in Midwest City.

Kingfisher High School has named its Students of the Month for December 2023.Students are chosen based on several characteristics including responsibility, leadership, work ethic, reliability, kindness and more.

Community invited to event to hear powerful message of Columbine victim“I want to reach out to those with special needs because they are often overlooked. I want to reach out to those who are new in school because they don’t have any friends yet.

Kingfisher High School cheerleaders held a ceremony last week at which they received their state championship rings. The team won the Class 4A competitive cheer state title last September, doing so for the fi rst time since 2008.

LJ Reherman is an experienced farmer who thought he’d seen just about everything.But even this one caught him by surprise. Temperatures were in the single digits last week as Kingfisher County experienced more than 100 consecutive hours below freezing.Wind chills were even worse.

A crash early Thursday morning resulted in the death of two area residents.David Wesley Rout, 82, of Crescent, and McKenzie Hunter Moore, 28, of Cashion, were both pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by Miller EMS employees.The accident occurred about 8:25 a.m.

New District Attorney Tommy Humphries paid a visit to Kingfisher County commissioners Tuesday.He was not on the agenda, so he didn’t speak during the meeting, although Commission Chairman Heath Dobrovolny noted his presence and welcomed him to Kingfisher County.

Hennessey’s Board of Trustees accepted a $160,000 REAP grant during its Thursday, Jan. 11, regular meeting.The grant will fund the replacement of six-inch water lines with eight-inch lines on the west side of Mitchell Road in front of the early childhood, elementary and middle schools.

Kingfisher Bookcase Review Club will meet Monday, Jan. 22, at the Farm Bureau Insurance Building, 117 W. Sheridan Ave., Kingfisher.Dutch treat lunch is $10 and will be served at 11:30 a.m. followed by a presentation by Kathy Kadavy.She will review “Lost in Shangri-La” by Mitchell Zuckoff.