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MIMI’S SWEETS & EATS recently held its Grand Opening and a Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting. The store, located at 207 1/2 North Main, is open Monday-Friday 10am-5:30pm. Mimi’s offers a variety of bakery items, and serves lunch options 11 a.m.-2 p.m., which includes a different specialty spud each weekday. Family, friends and chamber personnel on hand for the photo include, from left, front row: Beverly Bain, chamber board secretary, Shauna Rupp, chamber director, Austin Eaton holding Emery Eaton, Kailey Eaton, Misty Eaton, owner, Lillie Hill, Melissa Hill, Trish Eaton and Blake Eaton; back row: Brad Wittrock, chamber board member, Kennedy Winter, Donna Eaton, Wendell Prim, Chris Ludwig, Jaryn Frey and Ellen Wilfong. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
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A pair of Lomega’s state championship basketball teams were honored Nov. 19 when the current teams hosted Burlington for homecoming. Members of the 1991 Lomega girls’ team were recognized for the 30th anniversary of their Class B crown. The Lady Raiders - or Raiderettes at the time - defeated Lone Wolf 69-31 in the quarterfinals, Helena-Goltry 60-50 in the semifinals and then Ringwood 63-51 in the championship. The Lomega program was in the midst of nine straight appearances in the Class B championship between 1987 and 1995. Team members present for the recognition are pictured on the right. They were, from left, Lisa Rauh Meier, Julie Geis Myers, Robyn Snowden Whaley, Marlena Elliott Johnson and Cathy Biggs. Recognized for the 20th anniversary of their state title were members of Lomega’s 2001 boys’ team. On hand, pictured above, were, from left, coach Ken Jones, Trevor Wilczek, Scott Mendell, Curtis Fisher, Jay Snowden, Chris Wilczek, Kevin Gerber, Adam Wilczek and Evan Winters. Lomega defeated Moss 81-70 in the championship game to give the boys program its first and only title. The team also beat Caney 37-35 in the quarterfinal round and Dustin 66-57 in the championship. The team didn’t lose to another Class B foe all season long en route to winning the crown. [Photos provided]
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Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Shauna Rupp, center, was the featured speaker at the Kingfisher Lions Club last week. Rupp said the chamber office move to the more visible location at 110 E. Broadway was of great benefit in terms of visitors to the community being able to find the Chamber of Commerce. She also said that plans were well under way for the annual Kingfisher Christmas downtown parade and fireworks display, which is scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, with as many as 5,000 attendees anticipated. Also pictured is Jaryn Frey, right, who recently joined the Chamber of Commerce staff, and her father Mike Frey, left, Kingfisher Lions Club member. The pair were introduced by Harold Drake, program chairman for the club who also recognized Rupp recently being named the “New Executive Of The Year” by her peers of the Oklahoma Chamber Of Commerce Executive Directors at their conference in Bartlesville. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
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Proverbs 16:3 was one of the verses that came to mind when Pastor Wendell Prim considered canceling his church’s free Thanksgiving dinner for a second year: “Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.” Instead, God’s Covenant Church and cosponsors forged ahead to feed 590 people last Thursday. “God’s Covenant Church may be small in numbers, but when we all come together as a team, everyone achieves more,” Prim said. Except for last year, the dinner has been served annually since 2010. Top left and right, volunteers Brenda Estep and Jacqueline Prim prepare some birds while Angelica Thomas and Mackenzie Estep center, box up meals. Bottom left, eager diners line up, while Nina Collums, bottom right, prepares to dig in.
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Inflation. Skyrocketing gas prices. Work absences due to illness. Unexpected job loss. Christmas looks mighty bleak this year for lots of area families and Santa gets that. So do his helpers at the Kingfisher Community Collaborative and other local philanthropists who are making Santa’s Toyland possible again this year. Applications are being accepted now for qualifying families who want to make sure each of their children have nice gifts waiting for them under the tree on Christmas morning. They can be picked up and returned to Kingfisher City Hall or downloaded from the Community Collaborative Facebook page and must be submitted by Dec. 6.
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