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Summertime often means sleeping in, going to the pool or hanging out with friends.For some students, it was about improving their sewing skills and making a difference.

Town of Hennessey utility customers who were “overbilled” were “corrected” and “adjusted down” last week.That’s what Hennessey Town Administrator Tiffany Rowen included in her written report to town trustees Friday morning.

• Kingfisher County Free Fair begins Wednesday and runs through Saturday. It will include livestock, crops, baking, canning, photography, art, crafts and more at the Exhibit Building and MACenter. For a full list of events, see the story in our Aug. 17, edition.• Grief Share resumed at 6:30 p.m.

Jason Price is a programs manager for the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services who is celebrating 25 years with the agency.Price grew up in Dover, the son of Brenda Price and the late Audie Price.He was born prematurely, with cerebral palsy- based quadriplegia.

There are a lot of positive aspects to living and visiting Kingfisher, said City Manager Jim Thomas.However, he added, there are a number of issues with the foundation that runs the city - its infrastructure - that need to be addressed.

I honestly don’t think there’s a single law enforcement person in Kingfisher and Blaine counties who doesn’t know who Tyrel McLane is…and that’s not a bad thing.But it could have been.McLane and his wife Lacey are owners of M6 Wrecker and Recovery Service.

Kingfisher County commissioners accepted the second lowest bid on a mobile command center trailer for the county Emergency Management office Monday on the recommendation of KCEM Director Ryan Deatherage.Deatherage said the lowest bid submitted by High Level Enterprises of Wakarusa, Ind.

Understanding and Managing Sundowning will be presented by Twila Doucet of the LTCA of Enid Area Agency on Aging at 1p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20.It will be held at Autry Technology Center’s Strate Center at 2020 Willow Run St. in Enid.Register at autrytech.

For the second straight month, Hennessey town trustees were addressed by citizens concerned about potential overbilling in their utilities.The trustees held their regular August meeting last Tuesday with several citizens in the audience.

Although the Kingfisher Board of Education didn’t approve an estimate of needs at last week’s meeting, there was still a fair share of money talk by Superintendent Andy Evans.The board held its regular August meeting on Monday and an item to approve the estimate of needs was on the agenda.