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An in-person special meeting at Town Hall by the Hennessey Board of Trustees was set 4 p.m. Friday, May 1 to act on a $11,280 quote for street repairs near the co-op elevator in the 100 block of West Kansas Street. The repairs are apparently needed due to waterline issues.

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Government-imposed “totalitarianism is not going over well in the land of the free,” a columnist noted.

The Kingfisher Lions Club has announced its Junior Lions for May 2020. Recipients of the honor are Kingfisher High School seniors Anna Gallupe and Diego Olivares. Gallupe is the daughter of Grant and Connie Gallupe.

Kingfisher Board of Education is expected Monday to approve final graduation plans along with other end-of-year activities that have been affected by the early school closure. The moves will be made as part of a busy agenda when the board holds its regular May meeting at 7 p.m.

What started as a show of support for the local oil industry last Saturday night turned into an impromptu classic car show, quarantine escape and trip down memory lane. Local resident Cherie Evans got the wheels turning with a social media post.

Kingfisher County commissioners agreed Monday to follow Gov. Kevin Stitt’s guidelines on reopening county buildings and services to pre-COVID-19 levels.

It’s still far from business-as-usual on county Main Streets, but the economic reopening continues this week. Salons, spas, pet groomers and other personal care businesses were able to reopen beginning last Friday.

Hennessey Public Schools’ Early Childhood Center is one of five schools selected to join the A+ Schools Institute at the University of Central Oklahoma.

Hennessey High School 2020 seniors are scheduled to have a drive-up graduation ceremony due to the COVID-19 virus. The tentative plan is to hold it outside the Eagle Event Center at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 12. Or at least that’s Plan A, said HHS Principal Angela Avila.