Kingfisher Oklahoma

Hennessey, Dover and Loyal led local municipalities in sales tax gains for January. Kingfisher County also had an increase in its January sales tax check compared to January a year ago. (See accompanying chart for additional details.

Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic School students once again put their “Dress Down Rally Round” funds to good use. Students at the Kingfisher school can bring $5 in order to take part in a “free dress” day, one in which they can wear non-uniform attire.

Northern Oklahoma Development Authority (NODA), doing business as Cherokee Strip Transit, a rural public transportation system is holding an open forum for the community’s input into its Section 5311 transportation plan as in the previous years. The forum will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25.

Kingfisher’s own Kathy Kadavy will present a review of “Dust Bowl Girls” by Lydia Reeder at the Feb. 25 meeting of Bookcase Review Club. The meeting will be at the Farm Bureau Insurance building, 117 W. Sheridan Ave. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m., prior to the review.

Big screen basketball scoreboards in Hennessey’s 180-foot diameter dome-shaped facility won’t be lost in the school’s 33,000 square-foot facility once it’s built. A 10 foot by 32 foot screen will be at the south end of the gym and a 7x10 screen at the north end.

‘But it’s no panic’ The February gross production tax income to Hennessey Public Schools “took a slight drop,” said Superintendent Dr. Mike Woods at the Feb. 11 school board meeting. “But it’s no panic,” Woods added. The return is $244,130.

Kingfisher High School seniors Madisyn Edwards, Zara Raja and Saiera Raja were guests last Tuesday of the Kingfisher Rotary Club. Edwards is the daughter of Mike and Lisa Edwards. She is active in Health Careers Certification and HOSA, for which she is currently the treasurer.

(Ed. note: This letter was written and submitted prior to President Trump’s State of the Union address.) Thank you Father and mother, the great “I am,” for this day. Thank you for watching over the “watcher” brother Enoch talked about. I feel thy great presence.

Ryan Piersol center, Member Services Representative of Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, was the guest speaker of the Kingfisher Rotary club last week.