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Kingfisher County Commissioners called an election for the county fair board Monday at their weekly meeting.The election will be held Saturday, Feb. 7, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the courthouse lobby in Kingfisher.Three board members’ terms are up this year, one from each commissioner district.

• OPEN HOUSE: Equity Bank will host its Holiday Open House Wednesday, Dec. 17. It will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and refreshments will be served. For more information, see the ad in this edition.

Only a small amount of the county’s $47,125,305 ad valorem tax bill had been paid through Thursday, County Treasurer Robin Rother reports.A total of $4,531 has been received at the county treasurer’s office since tax rolls opened for payment in mid-November.

We’re ready to start publishing those “Letters to Santa” from county elementary students.We’ll publish them, then send them on to the North Pole for Santa and Mrs. Claus.The deadline this year to turn them in is Friday, Dec. 12.You can email your letters to kfrlegalsetup@gmail. com.

But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said “Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife,because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

If you walk into Interbank on a Wednesday, you’ll find most employees wearing jeans and a company t-shirt. It’s for good reason…and a good cause. Employees pay $2 each week for the right to wear those jeans and then at the end of the year, that money benefits a local group.

THE APRON ANNIES HCE group (and husbands) celebrated its annual Christmas party at the Center of Family Love for residents and staff. Santa, with his favorite reindeer and elf, gave out refreshments and Christmas gifts while Christmas carols were sung.

( Editor’s note: This story was submitted by Maitland Woody of Kingfisher Action Team.)Four years ago, Emily and Michael Zingg moved from Michigan to Oklahoma to be closer to family after a devastating car accident changed their lives forever.

Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Dustin Rowe was the guest speaker at last Tuesday’s meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.Rowe told Rotarians that Oklahoma had an independent Supreme Court appointed by the governor and free of state politics.

The Times & Free Press was told that several landowners in Kingfisher County were in opposition to the appraisals and the subsequent sale by exchange being approved by the Commissioners of the Land Office. ( Note: See related story above.)Some said they contacted their state legislators for help.