Kingfisher Oklahoma

The Kingfisher boys soccer team entered the private school gauntlet portion of its district schedule with a shot at making the playoffs. It couldn’t quite make it out with one of those spots locked up. The Jackets’ season ended Thursday night with a 10-0 loss at Mount St. Mary in Oklahoma City.

Nortek Air Solutions in Okarche is hosting an onsite job fair from 2-6 p.m., April 28, at 108 N. Industrial Blvd.

Rhett Glazier, right, a senior at Lomega High School, paged for Rep. Mike Dobrinski from April 12-15. House pages run messages to legislators while they are in the chamber debating policy and voting on measures and they help in their Capitol offices.

The Okarche High School speech team will present the production of “Kindertransport” by Diane Samuels at a public performance at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 2, in the OHS Black Box Theatre.

Building back up the choir program at Kingfisher Public Schools has been a process for Diann Magnus. A nine-year process. That process hit a high note this month when Kingfisher High School’s concert choir earned a “Superior” at the OSSAA state competition in Elk City.

Kingfisher County Commission Chairman Heath Dobrovolny reported to fellow commissioners Monday that the construction steel supplier on the county’s six-month bid list has advised that it will not be able to supply steel at listed prices due to soaring costs.

Coaching is more than a job for Taylor Cooper. Kingfisher High School’s girls basketball team is about to discover that firsthand. Cooper was unanimously approved as the program’s new head coach last Thursday during a special meeting of the Kingfisher Board of Education.

Never mind that the recent Greenland volcano eruption spewed enough carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to erase all the planet-saving efforts by environmentalists over the past five years.

Unsalaried, elected officials are not the same as employees. Candidates running for office in a normal election process are evaluated by all voters, with their experience, qualifications and positions on key issues open to public scrutiny and debate.

Legislation that requires swift removal of dead individuals from voter rolls has passed the Oklahoma Senate over the united opposition of Senate Democrats. House Bill 1752, by Rep. Denise Crosswhite Hader and Sen.