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FRIENDS ON DISPLAY – Kingfisher Friends of the Library continues to be active in doing its part to benefit the Kingfisher Memorial Library. The group recently completed a “facelift” to the outside of the building with new flowerbeds and landscaping.

Gilmour Elementary announced its Good BEE-havior students for the week ending Sept. 8.

Kingfisher Bookcase Review Club will meet Monday, Sept. 25, 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 Linda Powers.She will review “Dust Bowl Girls” by Lydia Reeder.

Starting early next month, the Oklahoma Broadband Office (OBO) will begin a second round of tour stops to visit with and hear from Oklahomans about high-speed internet service expansion, OBO Executive Director Mike Sanders announced last week.One of those stops is in Kingfisher County.

Students in Dr. A.J. Johnson’s government class at Kingfisher High School presented an assembly last week to commemorate Constitution Day, which was Sept. 17.

Two Town of Hennessey employees responded to suggested financial and unprofessional actions by a former employee during last Thursday’s meeting of the board of trustees.

Sharon Vest sees needs of all sorts from the people who come to her store.The owner of Apple Seed Thrift, Vest has seen one need spike in recent months.Food. “We’ve had a lot of people who come into our store who need help,” Vest told the Kingfisher Lions Club at a recent meeting.

The 2023 Kingfisher County Fair results have been announced. Results are listed in order of placing unless otherwise indicated.

Hennessey Public Schools’ budget for 202324 is $2 million more than last year. That’s what President Luke Lough said last Monday night before board members approved the district’s yearly estimate of needs.The move was made at the board of education’s regular September meeting.

Hennessey Middle School Principal Ricardo Tarango (far right) translates from Spanish to English for Raquel Medrano. She wants the school board to offer bus transportation to students who live on East 7th Street at South Cimarron Street.