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The Kingfisher Lions Club held its annual Junior Lions Banquet on April 30 as all 18 of this year’s honorees were in attendance. The banquet featured Pioner Telephone Cooperative General Manager Blake Callaham (left) as the featured speaker.

Dally Pedersen of the Cashion FFA chapter is among the 67 Oklahoma FFA members statewide to receive a scholarship to attend the 2026 Washington Leadership Conference program in the nation’s capital in June.

Women for OSU awarded 17 scholarships to Oklahoma State University students last Thursday at its annual symposium, which was presented by Bank of Oklahoma.Among them was Ivy Hartman of Kingfisher, an applied exercise science major.

Kingfisher County 4-H members recently participated in the annual 4-H Day at the Capitol, an event that provides youth with the opportunity to engage in the legislative process and connect with state leaders.

Two students from the Multimedia and Business program at Chisholm Trail Technology Center earned national recognition at the Business Professionals of America National Leadership Conference held May 7–9 in Nashville.

Apparently the recent resignation by Bryan Burch, the longtime Hennessey Public Works sewer superintendent, was part of what caused discussions about the Town of Hennessey’s employee “pay scale” for the upcoming 2026-27 year.

Andy Evans’ job as superintendent of Kingfisher Public Schools appears to be safe.

Some light wheat harvesting was reported in the Okarche area before Sunday’s rain.A CHS spokesman at Okarche said only about 800 bushels were received there.Kingfisher County is likely to see a restart to the harvest as soon as fields are dry enough to support equipment.

Hennessey Board of Education members had an interesting presentation by Noah Hines, the partnerships development manager with Ideal Impact Inc. during their Monday night, May 11, monthly board meeting.

Mark and Lynn Wendt of Kingfisher are new members of the American Angus Association, reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national breed organization headquartered in Saint Joseph, Mo.