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In the United States, June marks the start of a peak wedding season that runs through the early fall.Across the country, happy couples are discussing their seating charts, selecting a song for their first dance and planning their honeymoons.

Surprise. Surprise. Surprise. The 2019 wheat harvest is under way throughout Kingfisher County and the early results are encouraging. After weeks of flooding and sodden fields, harvest is off for the races and early yields and test weights are better than expected.

With the country in a financial deficit year after year, Brian Walter of Kingfisher believes the nation will fail if unsustainable spending continues. Walter was inspired by now retired U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn and his vigorous and continual battle against government waste and deficit spending.

John Salmon was hired as the solo full-time prosecutor in Kingfisher County in July 2017. But a Calumet double murder case commanded at least some of his attention since almost his first day in the Kingfisher office.

Two distinguished alumnae were honored by Dover Public School during its graduation ceremonies last month. Earning the “Longhorn Leaders” award for 2019 were Joan Burge Schilde and Sherry Prim Junius.

Flooding problems in Hennessey were recently made worse because of school construction and added parking on Oklahoma Avenue and by a homeowner who paved his driveway over a tin-horn on Oklahoma at Walnut Street. Homeowner Abel Moreno, 600 E. Oklahoma Ave.

Rep. Mike Sanders called the most recent legislative session “one of the smoothest sessions we’ve had.” “Of course, it is a lot easier when you have more money,” he said.

Hennessey Board of Education members routinely voted to make application to the Kingfisher County Excise Board for $9.12 million in temporary appropriations to start the 2020-21 fiscal year.

The University of Central Oklahoma recently announced the students named to the university’s honor rolls, a distinction given to those who achieve the highest academic standards.

The University of Central Oklahoma College of Fine Arts and Design (CFAD) recently awarded 116 scholarships for the 2019-20 academic year, including two to Omega resident Jesus Cruz.