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HENNESSEY• Graduation – 2 p.m. Saturday, May 14, Eagle Event Center.DOVER•• Graduation – 11 a.m. Saturday, May 14, elementary gym.OKARCHE• Baccalaureate – 5 p.m. Sunday, May 15, high school gym.• Graduation – 7 p.m. Friday, May 20, high school gym.LOMEGA• Baccalaureate – 6:30 p.m.

Kingfisher County Sheriff Dennis Banther, along with his counterparts across the state, will be eligible to apply for funding to combat illegal marijuana growing activities, thanks to a new state law signed by Gov. Stitt last week.Rep. David Hardin, R-Stilwell, and Sen.

All Kingfisher County towns plus Kingfisher County had bigger sales tax checks this May than in May 2021 and three had increases in their use tax checks compared to May 2021, according to the report of the Oklahoma Tax Commission.

AMERICAN LEGION Police Officer and Firefighter of the Year awards were presented last week to Sgt. Charles “Chod” Trout, left, and Capt. Ryan Gibson, right, by Kingfisher American Legion Post No. 5 Past Commander Ken Tollison.

The deadline to apply for voter registration for next month’s primary election is approaching.Friday, June 3, is the last day to apply in order to be eligible to vote in the June 28 election, Kingfisher County Election Board Secretary Shawna Butts said.

Kingfisher FFA had three teams earn state championships in the state Career Development Events (CDEs) competition.Winners were announced earlier this month at the Oklahoma FFA Convention in Tulsa.

Gilmour Elementary School Great Expectations Award winners for April 2022 include (top photo), from left: front row, Ryder Franks, Idris Terrell, Evie Rodriguez and Brett Reese; and back, Rylee McCarty, Parker Payne, Braxton Marquez and Jacob WIlliams. Emery Barret is not pictured.

Doug and Lisa Demiano of Houston, Texas, and Greg and Vaynna Borelli of Kingfisher announce the engagement and pending marriage of their children, Allison Demiano and Grant Borelli, both of Dallas, Texas.Allison is a 2013 graduate of Stratford High School in Houston, Texas.

Dover High School graduate Madison Moeller has been announced as the 2022 John A. Francis Scholarship winner.The $1,000 scholarship is presented annually by the Kingfisher Rotary Club to a graduate of a Kingfisher County school who has completed at least one year at a college or university.

HHS – Honored as Hennessey High School’s 2022 Masonic Students of Today were seniors (from left) Alan Perez and Michelle Roman and Teacher of Today Amy Shelite. The awards were presented by Bob Calvert on behalf of the Hennessey Coronado Masonic Lodge No. 56.