Kingfisher Oklahoma

In an open letter, more than 120 retired generals and admirals warned that congressional Democrats and Team Biden are conducting a “hard left turn toward Socialism and a Marxist form of tyrannical government.

HONOR GRADS at Kingfisher High School were among the students recognized at Senior Night Monday night. From left are Cora Taylor, Olivia Wilcox, Dynton Townsend, Britt Taylor, Tyler Roman, Nathan Smalley, Maverick Ridenour, Joseline Rivera, Ben Reherman, T.J.

It could cost up to $500,000 to replace one of the two filtration skids at Hennessey’s 18-year-old water plant. That’s what town board members were told last Thursday night and they’ll get the exact cost in early June when the bids come in.

A ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Cheyenne-Arapaho Emergency Response Center in Kingfisher, constructed on the site of the former Kingfisher Regional Hospital on South Ninth Street.

HENNESSEY BOARD of Trustees members include (front, from left) Vice Mayor Clif Vogt, Mayor Bert Gritz, Richard Simunek, and (back) Harold Shaw (newly-elected board member) and Keith Meek (elected to a second term). See related story on Page 9A. [KT&FP Staff Photo by Barb Walter]

Kingfisher County commissioners opened bids on steel bridge materials for Districts 2 and 3 at their meeting Monday. Railroad Yard of Stillwater submitted the low and winning bids on each project. Railroad Yard’s bid of $19,630 edged Sunbelt of Meeker for the District 2 project.

Funeral services for Jeanita (Hardin) Richardson, 100, of Hennessey, were Monday, May 17, at First Christian Church and officiated by Rev. Ish Engle and Jimmy Berkenbile. Burial followed at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home.

Sister Ellen Shannon, O.P., who taught at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School in Kingfisher 1957-59, died April 17, according to a recent edition of the Sooner Catholic. She was a resident of Saint Dominic Villa in Hazel Green, Wis., at time of death. Her religious name was Sister Moise.

Kingfisher Study Club hosted more than three dozen Kingfisher High School students during last week’s annual Senior Girls Tea. Nellie Sanders was the guest speaker for the event held at the First United Methodist Church.

A longtime Hennessey teacher expressed concerns to the district’s board of education during its May meeting. “I’ve seen a lot of teachers go through here,” said Kathi Reilly, who took early retirement this month as a Hennessey Public School fifth grade teacher.