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Wheat plot tour is this Thursday

Kingfisher County OSU Extension Director/Agricultural Educator Bryan Kennedy has announced a county wheat plot tour on Thursday.The event will begin with a breakfast at 8 a.m. at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building.The wheat tours will follow.

County has quick meeting

Kingfisher County commissioners approved a pipeline county road crossing for Ovintiv and a change order on 2025 chip and seal contract, both in District 2, in a brief meeting Monday.

Local book club meets Monday

Kingfisher Bookcase Review Club will meet Monday, May 18, at the Farm Bureau Insurance Building, 117 W. Sheridan Ave., in Kingfisher.Linda McDonald will be discussing her book “Belle Starr: Tough Trip Through Paradise.”Lunch will be catered at 11:30 a.m. and is $15 per person.

National Poppy Day offers chance to support fallen warriors

The American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) is offering the opportunity to honor fallen warriors and contribute to the continuing needs of veterans on or before National Poppy Day.That day falls Friday, May 22, and is when Kingfi sher’s ALA members will distribute red poppies in exchange for a donation.

Record turnout for Pioneer

A record crowd gathered Tuesday at Pioneer Telephone Cooperative’s 73rd annual meeting.Some 1,500 people registered for the meeting held at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building, far exceeding the previous record as well as the 650 needed to establish a quorum for the business meeting.
PIONEER GM Blake Callaham addresses the record crowd during the cooperative’s 73rd annual meeting on Tuesday. [KT&FP Staff Photo by Cati Farrar]

Board sets another special meeting Monday

Kingfisher Board of Education members will meet for the fourth time in just over two weeks as a special meeting has been called for this Monday, May 11.The meeting will begin at 4 p.m. at the Administration Office.

Varnell, McLean are May’s Junior Lions

Kingfisher High School seniors Ethan McLean and Livia Varnell are the May 2026 Junior Lions.The two were guests at a recent meeting of the Kingfisher Lions Club.McLean is the son of Amber and Ron McLean.
KHS SENIORS Ethan McLean (left) and Livia Varnell were named the May Junior Lions. The two attended a pair of recent meetings of the local civic group. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
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