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Hennessey area farmers Todd Vaverka and Scott Hajek recently met and talked with a group of rice farmers in the Philippines about those farmers starting a marketing cooperative.

Kingfisher junior high and high school choir members had a busy - and important - stretch of competitions earlier this month. For some, the contests aren’t finished. Junior high and high school performers took part March 7 in the OSSAA’s district solo and ensemble competition at Bethany.

Voters will get the chance to address Oklahoma’s exploding Medicaid costs, which threaten to divert hundreds of millions of dollars from things like schools and public safety, under two pieces of legislation approved by members of the Oklahoma House of Representatives this week.

Since 1947, students have been putting their creative talents on display at the Kingfisher County Fine Arts Festival and this year is no exception. Celebrating its 77th anniversary, the festival will take place Tuesday and Wednesday, March 31 and April 1, at Kingfisher and Hennessey.

A meeting Sunday of the Keith Lowry-Henry Ellyson Post 5 of the American Legion served double duty. Local veterans and guests not only celebrated the 107th birthday of the American Legion at the Kingfi sher Elks Lodge, but also recognized first responders from across the county.

The annual Lenten Community Service series sponsored by the Kingfisher Ministerial Alliance run through next week. Each of the two remaining services, which includes the one scheduled this week, will be held each Wednesday at noon, with a meal to follow at 12:30 p.m.

As a kid my grandparents took my brother and me fishing every summer and the days we didn’t fish were reserved for going to ghost towns.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Rep. Stacy Jo Adams, R-Duncan, filed a concurrent resolution recognizing Oklahoma native Chuck Norris for a lifetime of achievement and contributions to the state and nation. The measure was heard on the House floor Monday and adopted.

Legislation that would end the practice of giving professors tenure, which makes it much harder to fire those individuals outside of egregious wrongdoing, has narrowly advanced from a state Senate committee. “No taxpayer-funded job should be exempt from honest evaluation and consequences.

[ Tyler O’Neil is senior editor at The Daily Signal and the author of two books: “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” and “The Woketopus: The Dark Money Cabal Manipulating the Federal Government.