Kingfisher Oklahoma

The following traffic accident is being investigated by the Kingfisher Police Department: June 15, 6:45 a.m. - At 701 N. Main St. Dayne Hargrove, 28, Shamrock, Texas, driving a 2012 Chevrolet, was backing out of a parking space.

Tricia Woodward of the U.S. Census Bureau asked county commissioners for assistance in getting 2020 census forms completed. Stressing that census numbers are used in apportioning federal funds to states, she said Kingfisher County is lagging behind the national average.

Kingfisher County commissioners held a discussion session Thursday with Jerry Wisdom of Total Assessment Solutions Corp. (TASC).

LeeAnn LaFave Swanson left this earth on June 13, 2020, after a brief but valiant battle with cancer. At the time of her passing, she resided in Colorado Springs, Colo., but had lived in several cities in Texas and Oklahoma throughout her very full life.

John Mark Reherman “JR” of Phoenix, Ariz., passed away suddenly on June 14, 2020, while doing one of the things he loved the most, camping near Flagstaff. John was born in Kingfisher on April 16, 1958.

Franklin Delano Nault was born Nov. 20, 1935, to John L. and Christina (Kotsmith) Nault in Okeene and passed away June 11, 2020, following a short illness. He was 84. Franklin graduated from Okeene High School in 1953. He married Delores Ann Knopp on Oct. 18, 1954, in Enid.

[Ed. note: The following article is the first of two looking back on the political career of State Rep. Mike Sanders (R-Kingfisher) who is ending a 12-year career in the House of Representatives as the longest-serving Republican in District 59.

A recent Kingfisher High School graduate is still pulling in FFA honors. Jentry Squires was recently named the winner of the 2020 State Star in agriscience.

Kingfisher County residents will join other state residents on Tuesday, June 30, in voting on S.Q. 802, a measure that would add Medicaid expansion to Oklahoma’s Constitution. Ballotpedia, a research organization, analyzes the question this way: What would S.Q. 802 do?

At age 27, after examining her back, a doctor told her she would be in a wheelchair by the time she was 40 years old. He was wrong. Fearless and full of adventure, Jane Hightower is now 88 years old and still not bound to a wheelchair.