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Although the numbers were down at this year’s 15th Wine & Chocolate Festival, the vendors were happy, and did well, chairman Dagan Hardin told Hennessey United Association board members at their Nov. 10 meeting at Vernost Wine Co.

Welcome rain showers late last week and Sunday evening boosted county small grain fields – from those recently sown to those already up and growing.Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis recorded another .

KINGFISHER LIONS CLUB members were joined last Thursday by Oklahoma Northwest District Governor Sharyl Pickens. A member of the Perkins Lions Club, Pickens is currently in the midst of visiting all 39 clubs in her district. Pickens’ service project for the year is “No One Should Go Hungry.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved the low bid for a bridge replacement contract in District 1, a new plat for a housing development at Cashion and a tract of land from the town of Hennessey for the District 2 shop in a 10-minute meeting Monday.

Thanksgiving is almost here and you need a little help with cooking the bird?No problem. Amy Trout’s first grade class at Dover Elementary School has just the recipes you need:Gunnar BoltonThere are three steps to cook a turkey. First, I wod hunt it in the wods.

Commissioners continued their search for a new Kingfisher County Emergency Manage- ment director this week.A fifth interview was conducted during a special meeting on Tuesday morning.The meeting began at 10 a.m. and the interview took place during executive session.

There were a lot of rough moments.Concerning moments. Downright scary moments.But none of them compared or began to prepare Wendy Wray for something her 7-year-old son Wilder told her during one of his several days in the hospital.

• WEEKEND EDITIN PRINTING EARLY: Our Sunday, Nov. 30, edition, will be printing two days early to work around the Thanksgiving holiday. Instead of printing Friday, it will go to press Wednesday afternoon (quite possibly as you’re reading this).

NHS INDUCTION CEREMONY – Kingfisher High School’s chapter of the National Honor Society has more than 30 new members. Officers on Wednesday conducted a ceremony to induct the new sophomore and junior members at the KHS commons.

(As recorded by Local Weather Observer Steven Loftis in Kingfisher.)Date Hi Lo Rain Nov.15 87 59Nov.16 87 56Nov.17 77 52Nov.18 82 59Nov.19 75 53Nov.20 79 51 0.02Nov.21 70 60 0.18RainfallJanuary 2025 rainfall......... 0.53       January 2024 rainfall ......... 1.55February 2024 rainfall........ 1.