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KHS BASKETBALL HOMECOMING —Allison Green was crowned the 2022 KHS basketball homecoming queen and Mason Snider the king Tuesday night during a coronation ceremony prior to home games against Clinton. Members of the homecoming court included, from left: Makina Frost, Rayland Garner, Namthip Attasathan, Brittany Wilson, Green, Snider, Navarri Chin, Chase Davis and Braxton Mecklenburg. The junior attendants were Eva Mueggenborg, daughter of Tanner and Carrie Mueggenborg and Frost’s younger sister, and Jaxx Kopp, son of Kelly and Lindsay Kopp and Davis’ younger brother. Eva is in pre-kindergarten and Jaxx is a first grader at Gilmour Elementary. [Photo by KHS Photography]
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Two county school board members and a Hennessey town trustee were elected Tuesday in low-turnout contests.
Read moreTwo candidates filed for a seat on the Kingfisher City Commission on the final day of the filing period last week.
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(Ed. note: This is the second installment on the Hennessey Town Board’s five-hour meeting on future plans for the community prepared by town employees and discussed by town board.)
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Brian Walter of Kingfisher, center, updated Kingfisher Rotarians last Tuesday on efforts made by Unity Above Self in America, a group he formed to encourage U.S. senators and representatives to co-sponsor the “No Budget, No Pay” act. He also presented a video that is available on YouTube concerning the efforts of the group and explaining the threat to the nation’s solvency if out-of-control federal spending continues as it has. Walter noted the national debt is now well over $28 trillion. Walter was joined by Ben Humphries of Edmond, left, a member of the organization. Also pictured is Kingfisher Rotary President Mike Myers. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
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Cade Charmasson, son of Chad and Amy Charmasson of Hennessey exhibited his sheep at the 2022 National Western Livestock Show in Denver Colorado.
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The Altrua Club met Jan. 19 at the Chisholm Trail Museum.
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DOVER FFA AT NOC – The Dover FFA chapter competed Jan. 26 at the Northern Oklahoma College Interscholastics in Tonkawa, hosted by American AgCredit. They competed in agronomy, meat science and nursery and landscaping. Emory Norton won high individual in the agronomy category. Pedro Valles won second high individual in agronomy. Alec Schilde placed second in meat science evaluation. In the agronomy contest, the team of Norton, Valles, Camila Gamez, Aliyah Bowers, Julia Suchek and Gabby Cervantes took first place. In meat science, the team of Lance Dunigan, Schilde, Damion Turner and D’marian Sayles placed third. Pictured are, from left: front row, Aliyah Bowers, Lance Dunigan and Gabby Cervantes; and top row, Karlee Harviston, Julia Suchek, Camila Gamez, Fatima Aboite, Pedro Valles, Emory Norton, Alec Schilde, Damion Turner and D’marian Sayles. [Photo and information provided by Gabby Cervantes, Dover FFA Reporter]
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