Kingfisher Oklahoma

The Kingfisher Public School district will once again have a school-based social worker on site.

The administrator of the Hennessey Nursing and Rehab Center has confirmed two more COVID-19 related deaths at that facility, even as the number of active cases trend downward in most county zip codes.

Kingfisher Public Schools will enact a “virtual learning day” for the first time near the end of this month. The designated date is Wednesday, Sept. 30, which was approved by the Kingfisher Board of Education during its regular meeting last Tuesday.

Kingfisher started its district softball games with Blackwell early on Tuesday in hopes of beating the imminent cold blast and rain. The teams succeeded. Halfway, anyway. KHS defeated Blackwell 4-1 at home thanks to a big early hit from Mya Dewberry and another pitching gem from Olivia Wilcox.

During quail hunting season, wing collection boxes are placed at several wildlife management areas. They include Beaver River, Optima, Packsaddle, Cooper, Kaw, Drummond Flats, Canton, Fort Supply, Cross Timbers and Pushmataha.

Residential trash pickups in Hennessey could be reduced from twice-a-week to once-a-week, but customers would get an added monthly curbside pickup of “bulky waste” (mattresses, household appliances, carpets, furniture, etc.).That’s what the town’s sanitation provider, Waste Connections Inc.

In existence just over two years, the Warrior’s Rest Foundation has already served more than 10,000 people coast-to-coast and even overseas, co-founder Brad Shepherd said.

Will Walter of Kingfisher and Amber Goerke of Watonga exchanged vows at a 6:30 p.m. ceremony, Saturday, July 11, 2020, at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City. Parents of the bride are Mary Frances Anglin of Edmond and Kyle Goerke of Watonga.

Lomega’s school schedule from Sept. 14-20 is as follows: Monday - Junior high baseball at Union City, 4:30 p.m.; board meeting, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday - High school baseball at Binger-Oney, 4:30 p.m. Thursday - FCA meeting in library, 11:20 a.m.

The Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma has awarded college scholarships to young men and women throughout the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City every year since 1965. From its beginnings of two $500 scholarships, the Catholic Foundation this year will award more than $100,000 to 77 students.