Joe D. Hall, right, general contractor based in Elk City, was the guest speaker of the Kingfisher Rotary Club last Tuesday. Hall, who is also a member of the board of regents at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, talked on a myriad of subjects regarding OSU and the problems associated with the building and road construction business in Oklahoma. Currently his firm – Joe D. Hall General Contractors – is managing the construction of the Kingfisher County jail being built southwest of Kingfisher, and is completing work on the gym and other projects for Okarche Public Schools. The firm is also in the pre-construction phase for the new Lomega High School. His firm also is working with architects on the proposed construction of Kingfisher’s seventh and eighth grade center, and Dover and Cashion public schools’ construction projects. Those three projects are subject to school bond votes scheduled for later this year. He said the jail was scheduled to be completed in the spring of 2020. Hall was introduced by Rotarian and State Senator Darcy Jech, left. Also in attendance was Van Storm, described by Hall as his “right hand man.” [KT&FP Staff Photo]