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Kingfisher Heritage School announced winners of several awards and honors during ceremonies at the end of the 2020-21 school year.
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Coronado Masonic Lodge #56 held a dinner followed by an open meeting Tuesday, May 18, in Hennessey to recognize and honor 11 Masons with membership pins and plaques. Pictured are, from left: front row, honorees and presenters Gene Spillman, Deputy Grand Master Scott Vincent, 50-Year member Bobby Mills (with plaque), Grand Master Robert Davis, Darrell Lee and John Curran; second row, Richard Kerr, Gerald Stegall, Roe LaPorte, Mike Smith, Dr. John Smith; and back row, Jack Painter and Warren McConnell. The local lodge also presented LaPorte with a lifetime membership. It also continues to support Hennessey graduates each year in writing competition awards, as well as Students of Today honors at the Hennessey High, Middle and Elementary schools to students who demonstrate good citizenship, leadership and academic development. Members also give $500 awards to Dover and Hennessey School District Teachers of the Year, assist with numerous other school and community events and fundraisers. Lodge meetings are the first and third Tuesdays of each month at 7 p.m. [Staff Photo by Barb Walter]
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Lomega Schools Students of the Month for March 2021 were (top photo), from left: high school students Jesse James Johnston and Rylee Glazier and junior high students Dafne Rivera and Trey Smith. The April 2021 Students of the Month were (bottom photo), from left: high school students Larry Bilger and Madi Myers and junior high students Caitlynn Biehler and Kash Banister. [Photos provided]
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Grant and Connie Gallupe of Kingfisher announce the engagement of their daughter Anna Gallupe of Kingfisher to Ivan Munoz, son of Santiago Munoz Padilla of Piedmont and Antonia Gonzalez of El Reno.
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Kingfisher Educational Foundation President David Blair, right, presented Kingfisher Lions Club members and guests with a program of the activities and history of the foundation last Thursday. On hand to help was Kingfisher Middle School teacher Lindsay Reese, second from left, who told how the KEF grant her classroom received to “NoRedlnk” online learning helped motivate her students. Also on hand for the program were KEF board members Joe Voth, far left, and Brooke Bollenbach, second from right. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
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Alec Schilde of Dover FFA took home the third place award in the Land Management Proficiency competition from the Oklahoma FFA State Convention in Oklahoma City. Schilde, left, just completed his sophomore year and is pictured with Dover FFA Adviser Ryan Burns. [Photo provided]
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Thursday’s violent storms brought a Dover twister and flash flooding throughout the county. The photo at the top of this page shows the Dover storm moving in from the perspective of Lake Elmer, as captured by Kim Sigl. The photos above include (clockwise from top left) roof damage at the home of Frank and Flora Belle Farrar in Dover; an intrepid kayaker taking advantage of flash flooding in a Hennessey neighborhood; waters raging behind Dover School and across the baseball field; a travel trailer flipped on its side west of Dover and a roof peeled back from a Dover mobile home. See related story on Page 9. [Photo Credits: KT&FP Staffers Robin Johnston and Barb Walter, Kingfisher City-County Emergency Management Director Steve Loftis and Kim Sigl/via Facebook]
Read moreThe Keith Lowry-Henry Ellyson American Legion Post 5 will present its annual Memorial Day Service honoring fallen military personnel at 11 a.m. Monday at Kingfisher Cemetery.
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