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Dover School has announced its junior high and high school honor rolls for the second semester of 2020-21. Students on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll made all A’s while those on the Principal’s Honor Roll made no grade worse than a B.

If you missed Hennessey’s first Barn Quilt Block Workshop you won’t want to miss out on the one this year, said the event’s chairman. The workshop is Saturday, June 12, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wellness Mercantile on Hennessey’s Main Street.

Emily Sanders became just the sixth person from Kingfisher to be awarded the Elks National Foundation Legacy Award. With the award came a $4,000 scholarship, which she was presented May 4 during the 2021 Kingfisher Elks Lodge Honors Banquet.

[Journal Date: Feb. 7, 2021] Tom Coburn’s book “Smashing the D.C. Monopoly” is many things. In light of his passing in March of 2020 it is his final letter to America. It is a tremendous and well told history lesson of the internal struggle of strong individual states vs. strong central government.

Hennessey Police Department recently issued the following citations: No Driver License ($365 fine) – Juvenile, Hennessey, Manuel Olivas, Hennessey; Elida Veleazquze, Hennessey. Driving in a Manner Not Reasonable and Proper ($265 fine) – Two Hennessey juveniles.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved payment Monday of a $2,025.50 invoice from Circuit Engineering District 8 for eight bridge inspections in Districts 2 and 3. The annual bridge inspections are required by state law to maintain safety of county bridges.

Wednesday night’s super moon – the term for when a full moon comes closest to earth’s orbit and appears oversized in the sky – will coincide with a full lunar eclipse. The resulting red appearance is called a blood moon and will be visible about 6:11 a.m. Thursday in central and western Oklahoma.

The Cheyenne and Arapaho center in Kingfisher is slated to open next month, two-and-a-half years after receiving city approval for rezoning at the former location of Kingfisher Regional Hospital.

Members of Kingfisher’s American Legion Auxiliary are once again encouraging citizens to honor fallen veterans ahead of National Poppy Day.

What started as a family fun night for Amethyst Carter and her sons led to an unexpected result. An unlocking of her creative flow and a newly discovered love of tie-dyeing.