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A student handbook rule approved last month by the Hennessey school board did not allow fifth-eighth graders to have their cell phones in the classrooms.

The 52nd Ellyson family reunion was held Sunday, July 10, at the Interbank Community Room in Kingfisher.Hosting this year’s reunion was the Walter Ellyson family.

A reception was recently given in honor of George Ray and Deanna Heupel’s 50th wedding anniversary.The event was hosted Saturday, June 25, by their family in the St. John’s Lutheran Church basement in Okarche.The couple were married at St. John’s on June 23, 1972.

Kingfisher County Extension will host a workshop on barn quilts next month.The workshop is 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 13, at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.Participants will learn more about what barn quilts are, how to create one and how to register their barn quilt.

Oklahoma Blood Institute needs you to keep the blood supply “rolling along” this summer.Oklahoma Blood Institute is hosting at least two local blood drives through the end of the month.One will be held Friday, July 29, in the United Supermarket in Kingfisher.Blood can be donated from 10 a.m. to 2 p.

The Kingfisher County Free Fair is fast approaching, and planning is in full swing.If you would like to reserve booth space inside the Exhibit Building for the 2022 Kingfisher County Fair, contact the Kingfisher County Extension office by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9.

President Biden has a miserable 33% job approval rating, according to the New York Times/Siena College poll, making him one of the least popular first-term presidents in history.A total of 64% of Democrats say they want another candidate in the 2024 presidential race.

BLAINE COUNTY FIRE Extremely hot, dry and windy conditions are compouding efforts to contain a fire west of Hitchcock burning since Thursday. Blaine County fire departments, assisted by neighboring county units and the Red Cross, were still battling the massive blaze at press-time Friday.

South Western Oklahoma Development Authority (SWODA), the Kingfisher County Coalition and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) encourage communities to increase public awareness of, and action around, mental and substance use disorders.

In June 2013, the county finally relinquished its status as the last of Oklahoma’s 77 without a paved airport runway.That’s when Kingfisher Airport opened its 2,800-by-60 feet runway constructed of eight-inch-thick concrete, catapulting it ahead of many airports its size.