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Each October, electric cooperatives across the nation celebrate National Cooperative Month – a time to recognize the cooperative difference and the people who make it possible: you, the members.

During this harvest season, I have been reflecting on the value cooperatives bring to rural America and agriculture.

As October brings National Cooperative Month, Pioneer Telephone Cooperative stands as a testament to the power of collaboration, living out the principle of “Cooperation among Cooperatives.

Gathering items to send to the Oklahoma City VA Health Care System was the project that the Hennessey Farmerettes completed on Oct. 9 when the group met at the United Methodist Church.Over 300 items, ranging from toothbrushes, cards, puzzle books, pillows and socks, were collected to be sent.

Four Kingfisher High School seniors were guests recently at a meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.Joining the local civic group were Katelynn Brady, Logan Boeckman, Ariana Alvarez-Vega and Livia Varnell.Brady is the daughter of Kennt and Jennifer Brady.

Marriage LicensesKingfisher County Court Clerk Lauren Stroh issued marriage licenses recently to the following couples: October 8: Garett Lane Ozmer, 26, McKinney, Texas, and Kassidy Nicole Rother, 24, Okarche.

• YOUTH GROUP FOOD DRIVE: The Sts. Peter & Paul youth group will be conducting its annual food collection drive to benefit the Kingfisher County Food Bank. Youth group members will be walking doorto- door in Kingfisher and collecting donated non-perishable food items from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Sample ballots are now available for the special election to renew the county’s designated half-cent sales tax.The election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 18.If approved, the sales tax to fund the county general fund and community services will be extended another five years.

The final report of the grand jury tasked to determine if an indictment was needed in a county shooting death has been entered into the court record.A grand jury was empaneled Sept.

TEMPORARY PROBLEM – Much-needed (and much-forecasted) rains found their way to Kingfi sher County on Friday morning. The expected weather event prompted two county schools to play their Week 8 football games on Thursday (see Page 2).