Kingfisher Oklahoma

Carnival games and a Crock Pot Cookoff are scheduled for a Fall Festival from 5-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26 at the Hennessey Elementary School.It will also feature pumpkin carving and costume contests.

For the eighth consecutive time, the Okarche High School speech team has advanced to the state one-act play contest. This year’s production of “The Insanity of Mary Girard” qualified for the state competition by placing at one of three regional competitions held earlier in October.

The Lomega Jr. 4-H Club held its first meeting of the 2019-20 school year on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at the Lomega Elementary School in Loyal.

Kingfisher County Extension will host a financial course early next month.“Check and Balance” will be from 1-5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at the Extension Office.This program will teach participants how to manage their expenses and how to become more financially secure.

Ashtin Witt had never medaled in a regional meet. Until Saturday, that is. The Kingfisher High School senior ran to a 12th place finish at the Class 4A girls cross country regional championship held in Enid.

The Lomega boys will be among the field in the Class 2A state cross country meet. The Raiders were third at their regional last Saturday in Enid. Lomega had 125 points. Mooreland won it with 32 and Hooker was second with 75. Lomega edged Hammon’s 128 points.

Four Kingfisher High School softball players earned the chance to compete in one more game earlier this month. Macy McCully, Kaycee Karcher, Olivia Wilcox and Mia Farrell were chosen to the 2019 Tri-County Softball Conference all-conference team. They played Oct.

Before the 2019 campaign began, Crescent head football coach J.L. Fisher knew his youthful squad was going to experience some growing pains. The Tigers are right in the middle of those pains in the ever-so tough District A-3.

Of the tens of thousands of cooperatives in the United States, few have seen the recent growth of Cimarron Electric Cooperative of Kingfisher. That much was on display Sept. 12 at the cooperative’s 83rd annual meeting.

Pioneer Telephone Cooperative has carved out an entire week of this National Cooperative Month to say “thank you” to its customers. The Kingfisher-based cooperative is hosting its annual “Customer Appreciation Week” Oct. 21-25.