Kingfisher Oklahoma

PAVING THE ROAD TO IMPROVEMENT School continues to make upgrades in AND out of the classroom by Addison Themer   For most schools, summer means three months devoted to maintenance, improvements and upgrades.

MEET THE TEACHER: TUESDAY, AUG. 13 FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: THURSDAY, AUG.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL: AUGUST 8TH HENNESSEY'S 2019-20 CALENDAR Aug. 5-7 - Professional development days Aug. 8 - First day of school Sept. 2 - No school, Labor Day Sept. 17,19- Parent-teacher conferences Sept. 20 - No school Oct. 18-21 - Fall break Nov. 25-29 - Thanksgiving break Dec.

While some stores already are filling shelves with holiday decorations, soon-to-be college or trade school students are making lists and buying things they will need to outfit their new dorm room or apartment.

Kingfisher city workers Arlo Bohlman and Bill Baustert spruce up the crosswalks on Chisholm Drive in anticipation of the first day of school for Kingfisher students next week. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo by Twila Adams]

Kingfisher’s Henry Ellyson-Keith Lowry American Legion Post benefits from two pieces of state and federal legislation signed into law last week. The first is House Bill 1003, sponsored by State Rep. Mike Sanders of Kingfisher, which gives American Legion posts an exemption from sales tax.

Groundbreaking for Hennessey’s $2.1 million swimming pool and bathhouse is planned for the week of Aug. 13, said Tiffany Tillman, town administrator. “We’ve been promised we’ll be open on Memorial Day weekend,” she said.

Center of Family Love CEO Debbie Espinosa was honored with the Notre Dame Club of Oklahoma City Person of the Year Award at a July 25 banquet. “This honor is reserved for a person who clearly demonstrates the spirit of Notre Dame,” Mike Milligan, club treasurer, said during the presentation.

Drought is on the horizon for the western two-thirds of the state by the end of August. Although Kingfisher is only 1.31 inches away from its annual rainfall average in 2019, it has received only .59 inch of rain for July. Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis has recorded 34.

The annual Times & Free Press “Back to School” edition will run Wednesday. However, several local school districts have events planned Tuesday, Aug. 6, before that edition will be printed: Dover: Meet the teacher and community picnic at the school, 4:30-6:30 p.m.