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The artistic talents of the county’s youth will be on full display next week. The 72nd annual Kingfisher County Fine Arts Festival takes place Monday and Tuesday in three different county locations. Piano performances will be held Monday at the Kingfisher Heritage auditorium beginning at 9 a.m.

To be honored during May 11 graduation ceremony Both of the 2019 Hennessey High School Hall of Fame inductees were among 1970s HHS graduates, both were in the military for 22 years, and both were teachers. Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Earl A.

Wheatbelt Ambucs of Kingfisher County received another sizable donation recently for its Playground of Dreams. Lisa Copeland, right, Sooner Success coordinator representing the Kingfisher Community Collaborative, presents a check for $5,000 to Ambucs’ Erin Scammahorn.

Brian and Sharon Miller of Kingfisher will be honored on their 25th wedding anniversary. The come-and-go party will be 12-3 p.m. Saturday, May 4, in the Gathering Room at First Baptist Church in Kingfisher. Lunch will be served at noon.

Annual town-wide clean-up starts Friday in Hennessey. The Town of Hennessey’s annual town-wide cleanup starts Friday, April 26, and ends Sunday, May 5, said Tiffany Tillman, town administrator.

Kingfisher County Retired Educators will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 1, at Kingfisher Memorial Library.   Guest speaker will be Cosette Wymer, Northwest District director of the Oklahoma Retired Educators Association.

The 2019 National Day of Prayer is Thursday, May 2, and multiple events are planned this week to observe. The different events are designed for men, women and the area youth. The theme this year is “Love One Another.” There will be a men’s dinner at 7 p.m.

A driver and passenger in a silver Chevrolet pickup were arrested on alleged alcohol-related charges Saturday, but not before leading three Kingfisher County sheriff’s deputies and two Kingfisher police officers on a high-speed chase in and around Kingfisher.

— With their burst-of-sunshine yellow blooms, area Canola fields are favorite spring backdrops of local amateur and professional photographers alike. McKenzie Jackson snapped this photo of her nephew Maverick Whittenburg, 3, son of Austin and Hanna Whittenburg of Hennessey.

Only Kingfisher and Loyal in Kingfisher County had increases in sales tax checks for April. Kingfisher’s tax check for April totaled $491,264.16, up from $404,181.06 from April 2018. Loyal’s check rose to $6,971.86 derived from a 4 percent tax this April compared to $2,626.