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Kingfisher’s 21st Century Community Learning Center (CCLC) STARS program provides before, after and summer programming to students in fourth-eighth grades. Under the guidance of one of the district’s music teachers, Teresa Greco, students have participated in World Music Drumming. Students have learned to echo drum, identify the type of instrument being played and the culture from which the excerpts derive. The goal of implementing world drumming into the afterschool program was to teach students the greater value on the musical cultures of Africa and the Caribbean. Students discussed how traditional drumming may be the same or different from contemporary styles in various cultures and learned to have greater respect for people represented by the traditions studied. Teresa Greco is World Music Drumming Level 1 certified. The certification program was paid for by the Kingfisher Educational Foundation. Greco, seated center, is pictured with students, from left: Clayton Blocker, Anthony Carrillo, Alleigh Kelley, Brailyn Schroeder, Presley Fisher and Korbie Baartman. [Photo provided]
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The Apron Annies HCE group hosted the 2023 Okarche High School senior class baccalaureate services Sunday, May 14. Apron Annies has hosted this event for 30 years with the first being May 1993. Annies members assisting in the reception were (top right photo), from left: Mary Nell Brueggen, Jan Wittrock and Betty Kroener. Guests for the special event included (top left photo), from left: Pastor James Inman of the First Baptist Church of Okarche; G.W. Parham, OHS principal; Dr. Juanita Krittenbrink, moderator; Jim Schwarz, guest speaker and math teacher at OHS; Col. Judd Kroener, United States Air Force and guest speaker; and Father Cory Stanley of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Okarche. Apron Annies HCE scholarship recipient for 2023 from OHS is Tyson Endres (bottom right photo), the daughter of Tresa Endres-Rother, Justin Rother and the late Landon Endres. Endres plans to attend Northern Oklahoma College in Stillwater and major in psychology. She was recognized by Annie’s President, Juanita Krittenbrink, left.
Read moreThere were four bidders on the Hennessey Public Schools’ $1.215 million in building bonds dated July 2023.
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Kingfisher Elks Lodge recently held its annual honors banquet to recognize some of Kingfisher County’s top seniors. Also that night, the lodge distributed $800 scholarships to each of 11 seniors (top photo). They were, from left: Colin Kroener, Jalie Rother and Tyson Endres of Okarche; and Hope Stafford, Mayce Gibson, Natalie Dick, Caden Kitchens, Taylor Mills, Kyle Borelli, Harrison Evans and Tristun Burnham, all of Kingfisher. They are pictured with Ryan Gibson, far right, exalted ruler of the local lodge. Three Lomega High School seniors (bottom right photo) earned scholarships at either the state and/or national level. Pictured with Gibson are, from left, Kelby Ott, Rylee Glazier and Owen Duffy. The Elks also recognized one of their own in Mike Combs (bottom left photo). Combs organized the annual banquet for 30 years. Gibson is shown presenting him a plaque of appreciation for his decades of effort.
Read moreTwo semi-trucks and a pickup-truck were involved in an accident Wednesday that resulted in one injury.
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United Way of Northwest Oklahoma had a near-record campaign in 2022, which allowed it to allocate even more to its partner agencies. Dan Schiedel, executive director for the Enid-based agency, was the guest speaker recently at Kingfisher Lions Club. A donation to United Way, he said, is a donation to the community. It partners with several different agencies, such as Youth & Family Services of North Central Oklahoma, Girls Scouts of Western Oklahoma, Loaves & Fishes of Northwest Oklahoma, Cimarron Council of Boy Scouts of America, Denny Price Family YMCA and many more. “Our focus is on health, education and financial stability,” he said. The United Way of Northwest Oklahoma last year held its Day of Kindness campaign and worked with, among others, Pioneer Telephone. Its annual fundraising drive runs from August through November. Last year, the United Way of Northwest Oklahoma brought in more than $900,000 through its campaign. It allocated more than $600,000 to its multiple partners. “We are working hard to provide more services in northwest Oklahoma, especially Kingfisher County,” Schiedel said. “We’re also doing it for people who are hurting and just need an encouraging hand.” The Lions Club met for the first time at the new location of The Quilt Lady while its normal meeting place - Kingfisher County Farm Bureau - undergoes renovations. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
Read moreKingfisher County commissioners last Monday authorized placing three new stop signs at a location about one half mile east of Kingfisher, east of Will Rogers Drive.
Read moreIf the lawsuit against Kingfisher Public Schools, two football coaches and two former coaches is going to proceed, the plaintiff cannot do so under a pseudonym.
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