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Kingfisher County commissioners handled a number of routine actions related to the start of the new fiscal year at Monday’s weekly meeting.

By the time I landed in Harare, Zimbabwe, I was down a bottle of sunscreen, personal hygiene and morale.The expected travel time of roughly two days had been doubled when a 48-hour layover was tacked on to our trip.

Hennessey town trustees tabled hiring an interim town administrator during a special meeting Tuesday night.That action came after two hours in an executive session with more than an hour spent with the only candidate listed on the agenda, Nancy Ledford.

The Kingfisher Golf Association continues to provide for local charities and service groups.The association recently presented checks to two groups that provide food for those in need.Checks of $2,000 were presented to the Kingfisher County Food Bank and to Kingfisher County Meals on Wheels.

Pastor Joe Wright of Wichita Central Christian Church in Kansas was invited to give the invocation for the opening session of the Kansas State Legislature back in February, 1996.It caused quite a reaction back then. Pastor Joe was attacked by the Political Left from all four corners of the nation.

On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the greatest majority opinion ever written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts.

Officers and board members of the Kingfisher County Retired Educators Association (KCREA) met this summer in the home of Donna Jech to work on plans for the coming year.

Due to the Fourth of July holiday, the next edition of the Times & Free Press will print early.The Wednesday, July 5, edition will print on Monday.The edition should arrive in mailboxes of print subscribers by Wednesday.Any news or obituaries will need to be received by 10 a.m.

Marriage LicensesKingfisher County Court Clerk Lisa Markus issued marriage licenses recently to the following couples: June 22: Nicholas Leon Ryan, 29, and Breanna Michelle Dye, 26, both of Kingfisher.June 26: Andrew Hearl Ward, 25, and Rabecca Ann Wilson, 22, both of Kingfisher.