Kingfisher Elks honor seniors, award 11 scholarships

Kingfisher Elks Lodge recognized dozens of the top high school seniors from Kingfisher County and awarded nearly $8,000 last Thursday at the annual Elks Honors Banquet. After feeding honorees, representatives from their schools and their parents a steak dinner, Elks officers introduced each of the honors students and listed off their lengthy list of accomplishments. Seniors then told those in attendance of their future plans. The Elks also announced 11 recipients of scholarships for $700 each. Those recipients are pictured left with Kingfisher Elks Exalted Ruler Kendall Brown. They are, from left: front row, Emmy Lunsford, Serenity Starr, Libby Barnett, Harley Schlegel and Addy Matthews of Kingfisher and Trinity Blevins of Lomega; and back row, Madison Nance and Jadyn Rother of Okarche and Nate Merritt and Jett Braun of Kingfisher. Blake Pickle of Cashion is not pictured. Pictured below with Brown are scholarship recipients and the honors students who were recognized. Not all students were able to attend. Dover was hosting its athletic banquet and Cashion was playing in a baseball state quarterfinal at the time of the banquet. Honors students who were recognized were Makayla Adams, Parker Atkinson, Kendra Bryant, Alyssa Davis, Titus Davis, Cooper Frazee, Blake Pickle, Derek Sheline, Colyn Sodowsky, Grayson Stewart, Emily Jones, Logan Wilburn and Reese Williams of Cashion; Jorden Beck, Chloe Blair, Nathaniel Duncan, Coleman Gilles, Kylie Hood, Eli Johnson, Andrew Long, Addy Matthews, Peyton Walker and Reid Witt of Kingfisher; Madison Nance, Jace Rother, Ruby Van-DenDriessche and Caden Schieber of Okarche; Dafne Kelly Rivera Saldana, Monserrath Rivera and Abby Swart of Lomega; Jazzy Bullis, Claire Ferrell, Gabriela Hernandez, Taryn Jech, Laura Ullery, Lesly Perez, Lucero Robles Luevanos, Karci Vadder and Nayely Valles of Hennessey; and Gabby Cervantes and Fatima Aboite of Dover. [Staff and Provided Photos]