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The Dover Longhorn baseball team, from left , front: Jessie Abercrombie, Dalton Roberts, Kyle Johnston, Michael Th omas, Andy Matthews, Tim Abercrombie and Cody Estep; back: Coach Brad Gore, Cody Vincent, Jared Matthews, Robbie Bullis, Brent Merritt, Dusty Munkres and Jake Haag.

MEMORIAL DINNER Kingfisher had memorial dinner and dance sponsor by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hamilton and Ruth West and Ella Withrow. Had large crowd and plenty barbecue and other menu. Everybody had plenty to eat, some to take home.

State Highway Commissioner Bob Barr announced yesterday that the commission had changed State Highway 67 from Drumright east to Sapulpa in Creek County to state Highway 33, a major Kingfisher County route.

“Oh, what will I wear?”That was the first question that Imogene Reynolds, champion speller of Oklahoma, asked when she realized that she was actually winner of the free trip to Washington, D.C., to the national spelling finals.

By far the biggest cake ever baked in Kingfisher is on display now in the window of the Logan Ames Co.’s store. It is a birthday cake, made in honor of the thirty-seventh anniversary of that institution, and it will be cut next Saturday morning at ten o’clock at the store’s big birthday party.

Kingfisher graduate Trent Willis is working hard to make Orange Peel 2001 a huge success.Orange Peel is an annual event, which is completely student run. The event combines the best of national entertainment with OSU spirit.

Kingfisher resident Bert Gangl suggests a cleanup of the Farmer Statue at the county courthouse.He says some of the bricks have rusted.Acme makes a solution especially for bricks, he adds.He thinks it would be nice if it can be completed before the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.

Kingfisher County OSU Extension Director/Agricultural Educator Bryan Kennedy has announced a county wheat plot tour on Thursday.The event will begin with a breakfast at 8 a.m. at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.The wheat tours will follow.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved a pipeline county road crossing for Ovintiv and a change order on 2025 chip and seal contract, both in District 2, in a brief meeting Monday.