Kingfisher Oklahoma

Not all students are college- bound and the state’s high school graduation requirements haven’t necessarily reflected that.

Marriage LicensesKingfisher County Court Clerk Lauren Stroh issued marriage licenses recently to the following couples: June 13: Colton Reese Drinnon, 20, and McKinley Moon Stilley, 20, both of Okarche.June 16: Demetrius Shanod Parrish, 30, and Lexi Marie Tinney, 26, both of El Reno.

The funeral for Barbara Platt, 93, was Saturday June 28, at Hennessey First United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Sandra Shepherd. Burial followed at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry- Gritz Funeral Home.

I read Tony Stewart’s letter to the editor. The Kingfisher board wants to cut the bond money for the new fire station.Absolutely no, I couldn’t vote for it. Being a retired firefighter, I fully supported it. That’s money to be used for future expansion of the fire station.

@JarrettStepman[ Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.

Kingfisher’s Independence Day Celebration would not be complete without the annual Kingfisher Educational Foundation fundraising duck race.KEF President David Blair and his fellow board members have taken this event to new heights.

Hennessey’s Main Street (U.S. Highway 81) will be kept open Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. for the town’s car show “to help out farmers” as they continue with their harvest.However, it will be reduced to using the two inside lanes during the event.

Friday, July 18, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in Aug. 12 special election for Crescent Public Schools, Kingfisher County Election Board Secretary Shawna Butts said.

The Northwestern Oklahoma State University President’s Leadership Class (PLC) will welcome 18 new members this fall.Among them is recent Kingfisher High School graduate Raegan Snider.PLC is a leadership development program led by Dr. Bo Hannaford, university president.

The Cashion FFA Chapter hosted its annual banquet May 13 to celebrate another busy and rewarding year. Starting with dinner in the school cafeteria at 6 p.m., FFA members helped serve guests brisket, mac and cheese, baked beans, coleslaw and apple cobbler for dessert.The banquet began at 7 p.m.