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The 68th annual Kingfisher Rodeo will be held this weekend at the Kingfi sher Roundup Club.Events begin at 8 p.m. each night, with a pre-show at 7:45 p.m.The rodeo is sanctioned by the International Professional Rodeo Association (IPRA) and the Kansas Professional Rodeo Association (KPRA).

• Grief Share resumes at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18. It is held at First Baptist Church in Kingfisher and is designed to offer help and encouragement after the death of a spouse, child, family member or friend. For more information, call 405-375-- 4283.

The Ingle family of Dover headed north for vacation last week and, along the way, visited the gravesite of the namesake of Kingfisher.The city of Kingfisher was named for pre-Land Run frontiersman King David Fisher (1812-1871).He is buried on private land near Hebron, Neb.

Judges deemed Mike Gore’s 1939 Panel truck (top left) as Best of Show at last weekend’s Kool Cars & Chrome Show hosted by the Kingfi sher Chamber of Commerce. There were 113 entries this year, the most ever for the event. Ed Thiems’ Ford F100 (top right) won the award for Best Engine.

Oklahoma 4-H’ers were in the spotlight during the 104th State 4-H Roundup as they took center stage with workshops, contests, district rallies and more.More than 750 club members and adults gathered on the Oklahoma State University campus for the biggest 4-H event of the year on July 23-25.

Fifty-two relatives and guests of the WC Wehrenberg family gathered on July 26 at the Loyal Evangelical Church to celebrate their heritage.In 1901, Chas Wehrenberg, who had immigrated from Germany in 1869 and settled in Illinois, scouted out Oklahoma Indian territory for farms for his four boys.

The traffic returned to 13th Street on Thursday and the drop-off lines were full of vehicles. That can only mean one thing. School has started in Kingfisher. That was the case as the hallways and classes were full of students and teachers across all five of Kingfisher Public Schools’ campuses.

A Norman teenager died Wednesday in an automobile accident that shut down a portion of State Highway 33 for more than eight hours.Pronounced dead from injuries suffered in the accident was Kaleb B. Parsons, according to a report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Calling all cowboys and cowgirls.It’s time to get your entries in for the 68th annual Kingfisher Rodeo.The rodeo is set for Friday and Saturday, Aug. 15-16, at Kingfisher Roundup Club Arena.Entries can be completed online through the NEXTGEN rodeo app and are due by 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 10.

Kingfisher County commissioners opened six bids on an emergency management command center, ranging from $232,179.99 to $377,706, and voted to close the courthouse Friday and possibly Monday due to completion of the work to upgrade electrical service to the courthouse.