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Kingfisher Study Club met March 6 in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church with Martha Burditt serving as hostess and Gerry Plummer co-hostess. Fourteen members were present as President Carlene Gooden led the business meeting.

Junior Hayden Wittrock, left, received the “torch” of leadership  for KHS Photography from Senior Chief Photographer Rob Gruntmeir. Gruntmeir will serve as the “Chief Emeritus” helping Wittrock, the new chief photographer, learn his role of leading the student photography staff.

A social and catered meal is scheduled for the Lacy School Reunion, announced Cathy Sturgeon Howard, Class of 1967. The reunion is planned Saturday, May 25 (Memorial Day weekend). The social starts at 4:30 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m at the Hennessey Senior Citizen Center, 620 E. 2nd St.

Kingfisher Bookcase Review Club is set to meet this week. The group will gather March 25 at the Farm Bureau Insurance Building, 117 W. Sheridan, Kingfisher. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. and that will be followed by a presentation by Jeanne Morgan of Oklahoma City.

From Okla. Council of Public Affairs This week marked a major deadline for measures moving through the legislative process at the Oklahoma Capitol. Here are some important bills that either cleared the initial hurdle or were enacted into law.

Politics is full of good intentions and well-meaning ideas, so why does government so often stumble? The trouble is that good intentions, and even good ideas, are not enough. The American Founders showed this. They declared independence but had to fight a war to win it.

Top charter schools can deliver more learning per dollar spent, on average, than regular public schools, according to a new  study by a former Oklahoma Secretary of Education. Dr.

Dakota Davis put on a stellar performance in his final regional speech and debate tournament.