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American Legion Auxiliary member Roxanne Alexander, third from left, wasn’t finished with her group’s project of handing out quilts to local veterans. On Veterans Day itself, Alexander presented a quilt of her own creation to O’Dell Boyd of Kingfisher, a 94-year-old World War II veteran, second from left. At left is his granddaughter Rachael Stallings and at right is his grandson Bryan Stallings. Scott Osborn of Stack Grill hosted the event. [Photo Provided]
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Since the presidency of Barack Obama, who pledged to heal the nation until he decided theTea Partywas an exitential threat, the country has become more divided than any time since the Civil War.
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Finding the morning paper in the yard has been a game of Where’s Waldo due to the high winds.
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The academic achievement gap between black and white students has proven resistant to most educational policy changes. Some say that educational expenditures explain the gap, but is that true? Look at educational per pupil expenditures: Baltimore city ranks fifth in the U.S. for per pupil spending at $15,793. The Detroit Public Schools Community District spends more per student than all but eight of the nation’s 100 largest school districts, or $14,259. New York City spends $26,588 per pupil, and Washington, D.C., spends $21,974. There appears to be little relationship between educational expenditures and academic achievement.
Read moreWe, the 71 million Amecans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, do not forgive.
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Retired Kingfisher County Associate District Judge, Robert C. “Bob” Lovell, left, was presented the Melvin Jones Fellowship award Thursday during the noon meeting of the Hennessey Lions Club by president Tim Riddle. The Fellowship is the Lions Club International’s highest recognition for dedication to the Lions and the honoree’s community. “It embodies humanitarian ideas consistent with the nature and purpose of Lionism,” Riddle said when making the presentation. Lovell, 94, has been a member of the Hennessey Lions Club for 65 years, and has served in every office and on every committee throughout those years. He is best known to members and the community as The Judge, and is also the club’s long-time Tail Twister. In that job, he has held court for many years at meetings in which a member’s name is drawn as the winner to compete against him in 10 questions. He has already answered those on-line questions dealing with history, and sometimes quirky information. Three other member names are drawn to serve as consultant life lines to the winner. The joke at meetings is that generally Judge Lovell always gets one more right answer than the member and his team. The Hennessey club was chartered in 1934, and meets each Thursday at noon for lunch at the Family Cafe on Main St. Visitors are welcome. (Photo provided]
Read moreBullis Enterprises will start picking up curbside tree limbs in Hennessey starting Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Read moreThe Times & Free Press received a nice note from Dwayne Ring, formerly of Kingfisher and now of the Tulsa area, along with his subscription renewal for another year.
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