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When Abby Richter Coleman and her new husband Shawn traveled more than 3,500 miles to remote Alaska for their wedding trip, the last thing they expected was a reminder of her hometown of Kingfisher.

Kingfisher City Manager Dave Slezickey announced scheduling changes to two upcoming city commission meetings.The March monthly meeting will be moved from March 14 to March 7 and the Feb.14 meeting will be canceled, with all agenda items moved to the March 7 meeting.

Light snow – about one-quarter inch – floated down on Kingfisher County Wednesday afternoon.The snow, lighter than projected, is not expected to have a noticeable effect on the county’s thirsty small grain fields which have had negligible moisture for the last two months.

Well...we at this newspaper office just went through our second January of COVID issues. Progress I suppose. This year’s version only knocked half of us down. Seems it was milder as well. I guess we’ll call it a small victory.

Local events – such as Hennessey’s yearly Wine & Chocolate Festival and the car show – are great for the economic well-being of local businesses as well as excellent times for the people in the community to come together.

The executive director of the Oklahoma Lions Service Foundation was the guest speaker last Thursday at the Kingfisher Lions Club meeting. Marie F. Burns, who also serves as the secretary of Oklahoma Lions, discussed the many projects sponsored by the service foundation.

Voters in Kingfisher County are reminded to keep the integrity of the election system in mind, when going to the polls Feb. 8.Voters in Kingfisher County will decide a number of school board primaries and Hennessey voters will also fill a town board seat.

Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce’s annual banquet is Monday, Jan. 31.Oklahoma State basketball analyst and coaching veteran Barry Hinson will be the keynote speaker at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.

In their final semester, 21 Northwestern Oklahoma State senior education students have received their student teaching assignments and have entered area schools to gain hands-on experience.Among them are a pair of local students who will be student-teaching at county schools.

Hennessey Elementary School Eagles of the Week for the week ending Jan. 21 have been announced.