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February; when hearts pop up everywhere in preparation for Valentine’s Day. Flowers and chocolates are sent and Valentine candies are shared at school. It is a month focused on love.
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Hennessey Town Trustee Richard Simunek said he’d give his $3 million to the OSU Foundation instead of the town if the board decides to demolish the town’s historic public library.
Read moreThe Hennessey Public Library now stands where Hennessey High School was housed from 1928-64, then was used as the elementary school until 1983. The school sold the building to the town soon thereafter and the town offices and library were moved from Memorial Hall (structure was located at the south end of the current Memorial Park at about 200 N. Main St. and was demolished). Town Hall was moved to its current site at First and South Main streets in August 2007 and the library was expanded into the former board room and clerk/treasurer’s offices.
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State Senator Darcy Jech, left, was the featured speaker at last Thursday’s Kingfisher Lions Club meeting. Jech (R-Kingfisher) spoke to the local civic group just ahead of the current legislative session, which began Monday. He’s in the final year of his current term and spoke to Lions Club members about potential upcoming legislation to address the state’s marijuana grow industry. Jech is pictured with Lions Club President Colton DeMuth. [Photo provided]
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We were delighted to see Michael Swisher, our managing editor, named Kingfisher’s newest citizen of the year at the Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce annual banquet.
Read moreA 26-year-old Texas resident who was at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, described in an interview with The Epoch Times the death of Rosanne Boyland in a Capitol tunnel after police unleashed gas on the crowd of protesters, beating many of them, including Boyland, with batons.
Read moreHennessey High School recently announced honor roll students for the first semester of the 2021-22 school year.
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