Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfisher Fire Chief Tony Stewart recently swore in six new firefighters who completed their mandatory one year probationary period. They include Blaise Withrow, Dawson Williams, Jonathan Willman, Justin Houck, Kelby Benda and Tyler Girard.

Dr. Tom Coburn of Muskogee, former U.S. Congressman and Senator, seemed to us the exact kind of person the Founders envisioned when they wrote our national governmental documents. They believed our nation would be best served by citizen-public servants who would not make government their careers.

The COVID-19/coronavirus is a global crisis and a very dangerous illness. But that does not justify any and every response to try to stop it. We could have nuked Wuhan in early January—that might have put an end to it right there, but no moral person would do anything like that.

Life is too short to... worry about stuff that’s probably never going to happen. read a bad book or watch a terrible movie just because your paid for it. spend your life staring at your iphone, computer terminal or boob tube.

[Ed. Note: Romina Boccia focuses on federal spending and the national debt as director of the Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation.] Former Sen. Tom Coburn was a hero among fiscal conservatives and endless source of inspiration and courage.

The Kingfisher Board of Education will gather in-person Monday for its April regular meeting, but will still be taking necessary health precautions. Soon after the meeting begins at 7 p.m.

Cashion Elementary School recently achieved the prestigious honor of being named a Great Expectations Model School. “The school is truly a shining star in the community, state, and nation. The staff and faculty are to be highly commended for their efforts.

Morgan Snowden has been announced as the winner of the 2020 John A. Francis Scholarship. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded annually by the Kingfisher Rotary Club to assist a current college student with qualified educational expenses.

Online classes for Hennessey students will start Monday, April 6, due to COVID-19, Superintendent Dr. Mike Woods said after the school board waived a policy so staffers are now allowed to contact students electronically.

The Altrua Club met Feb. 19 at the Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher. President Cheryl Wheelbarger conducted the meeting and served as hostess.