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Kingfisher County’s Academic All-Staters and their guest teachers were recognized at the recent Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Awards Banquet.

Aided by record collections from oil and gas production, the state’s gross receipts for June and for the just-ended fiscal year show the economy continues to expand in spite of current inflationary pressure, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

Kingfisher Educational Foundation “sold” and raced 446 rubber ducks Wednesday night at Vernie Snow Aquatic Center in the organization’s 23 rd annual duck race, raising more than $22,000 to fund grants for teacher-designed classroom enrichment projects.

Biden administration National Economic Council director Brian Deese caused a sensation on June 30 when he stunningly told dominant media organ CNN that the American people must bite the bullet on soaring gasoline prices in order to help preserve the “liberal world order.

This memorable quotation is from Sir Alexander Fraser Tytler (1742-1813). A Scottish jurist and historian, he was widely known in his time and was professor of Universal History at Edinburgh University in the late 18th century.

Kingfisher County Extension Director/Ag Educator Bryan Kennedy shared some tips for keeping livestock from overheating in Wednesday’s Times and Free Press.

WINNERS IN the L’il Miss and Mister Firecracker Contest, sponsored by Kingfisher County Distinguished Young Women, included Tinley Jones and Brooks Anderson in the 4-5-year-old age group, and Kaura Kadavy and Blake Warren in the 2-3-year-old age group.

Northwestern Oklahoma State University will begin offering qualified high school juniors tuition-free enrollment in up to nine credit hours with the start of the fall semester on Aug. 15.This is an increase of three hours from the previous year.

Kingfisher Rotary Club hosted a pair of events during the annual Fourth of July festivities at Kingfisher Park.

As part of their ongoing commitment to help production agriculture in Oklahoma and the Southern Plains region of the United States, the USDA Southern Plains Climate Hub in partnership with the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts will be hosting the “Economics of Adaption” seminar this...