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Kingfisher Lions Club has announced Victoria Lumpkin and McCall Sinclair as the Junior Lions for November 2019. Both are seniors at Kingfisher High School. Lumpkin is the daughter of Dewayne and April Lumpkin.

Hennessey Board of Trustees members discussed updating the town’s zoning plan at its meeting last Tuesday night. “The town is still using a 1973 zoning plan,” said Hennessey Town Administrator Tiffany Tillman.

Theta Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International met Saturday, Nov. 2, at Kingfi sher Memorial Library. Ramona Paine, Enid, president, called the meeting to order at 10 a.m. and Jan Stinson, Fay, gave the devotional, “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” by Robert Fulghum.

Associate District Judge Lance Schneiter, left, spoke with Kingfisher County Retired Educators at their November meeting. Schneiter spoke of his duties as judge and about the role of teachers in his life. He was introduced by program chair person Nancy Teders, right.

A new painting by Jeff Dodd is the latest in NBC Oklahoma’s Artist Series and will be featured at the Kingfi sher branch. His realistic work, “Frontier Rodeo Company Yearlings,” depicts a herd of horses under an open sky with cumulus clouds.

Members of the Hennessey Child Study Club voted to make donations to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and the Reserve Angels Christmas Project for needy families during their Nov. 7 meeting at the First Christian Church.

Kingfisher High School has named its Students of the Month for October 2019. Students are chosen based on many characteristics including responsibility, leadership, work ethic, reliability, kindness and other criteria.

Marathon Oil hosted its annual STACK Area First Responders Appreciation Event at the Watonga Field Office last week.

The Kingfisher Police Department has investigated or responded to the following reports: October 23 - Public intoxication. Officer Justin Conner responded to a report of a man possibly having a seizure in the Mc-Donald’s parking lot, 1600 S. Main St.

Following is Dover’s school schedule for Nov. 18-22: Monday - Elementary and junior high basketball vs. Drummond, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday - Junior high and high school basketball at Taloga, 4 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday - NW District AFR speech contest; elementary and junior high basketball vs.