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Every morning, Oklahoma residents Olena Nesin and her husband, Vasyl, anxiously check for messages from family and friends in their native homeland of Ukraine.

Kingfisher County Commissioners accepted the low bid of $39,200 from American Fence Co. to remove and replace fencing at the Chisholm Trail Museum at their weekly meeting Monday.Museum Curator Jason Harris recommended the action after studying the three bids which were read at the meeting.

Four Crescent men were involved in an accident in Logan County that left three of them injured on Sunday afternoon.Dominic Descher, 20, was listed in serious condition at OU Medical Center with internal trunk injuries, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Mike Frey and Mark Squires of Kingfisher have been elected as delegates to the 139th American Angus Association Convention of Delegates, reports Mark McCully, chief executive offi cer of the American Angus Association.The convention is set to be held Nov.

Kingfisher Public Schools will host an open house this Friday to show off the new Kingfisher Junior High school building to anyone who wants to take a tour.The open house will be 5-6 p.m., prior to Kingfi sher’s first home football game of the season.

The Hennessey-Dover Ministerial Alliance will sponsor a Labor Day weekend celebration from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, at the Hennessey Aquatic CenterIt will include food, games, swimming, splash pad, music and more, say planners.

Thunderstorms teased Kingfisher County Sunday evening and Monday but only light rain fell in isolated areas.Kingfisher Weather Observer Steve Loftis reported a total of .31 inch of rain at the National Weather Service Station in Kingfisher.

Kingfisher Public Schools wants you to see what you’ve built.The school district will be holding an open house next week to show off the new Kingfisher Junior High school building to anyone who wants to take a tour.The open house will be 5-6 p.m. Friday, Sept.

Senate District 26 voters re-elected Sen. Darcy Jech of Kingfisher for his third and final term by a margin of 52.3% Tuesday.Jech earned 4,186 of the votes district-wide to 3,819 for challenger Brady Butler in the Republican runoff primary election.

At least five area children are first-time entrants and first-time winners at the Kingfisher County Free Fair. Hannah Weaver, age 7, top left, earned the reserve grand champion ribbon for her four-layer cake. Her 4-year-old sister Henley, right, won a blue ribbon for her Oklahoma flowers exhibit.