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Less than a week remains for registered voters in Kingfisher County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the Nov. 3 election, County Election Board Secretary Shawna Butts said.
Read moreOklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax issued a voter alert Monday warning voters about a text message that was received by a voter last Friday, that falsely claimed the voter’s polling place had changed.
Read moreThirty-one members of the Pool-Zachgo families gathered Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Crescent Community Center for their 38th annual reunion. It was a smaller, but mighty group due to deaths in the family and COVID-19.
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Marxist Theory: Communism is simply the final stage of socialism, i.e. stateless, classless, moneyless utopia. Socialism, meanwhile, is the transition period after the revolution, during which the state’s wage, labor and monetary exchange will still be necessary. Thus, socialism and communism are not separate ideologies. In Marxist theory, they are just different stages of the same process.
Read moreState Question 805 has been described as criminal justice reform. However, this state question will allow predators, like those targeting our children with computers/ cell phones will be given a second chance to get out of prison. This state question would limit accountability for violators who try to entice, seduce, and exploit children for sex using a computer/cellular phones by eliminating sentence enhancements designed to increase the range of punishment based on the number of prior convictions an offender has. SQ805 would forever limit the penalty to that of a first-time offender, whether it was a child predator’s first felony conviction or their twentieth. It would also mean predators currently in prison for these crimes would have a constitutional right for a reduction of their sentences to the penalty range for a first time offender, undoing the sentences handed out by judges and juries.
Read moreState Question 805 will be on the Nov. 3 statewide ballot. This question asks voters to change the state Constitution to prohibit the use of prior felony convictions – except for the 52 violent crimes defined in statute as of Jan. 1, 2020 – to increase sentences for those convicted of nonviolent crimes in Oklahoma.
Read more[Ed. Note: James Jay Carafano, an authority in national security and foreign policy challenges, is The Heritage Foundation’s vice president for foreign and defense policy studies, E. W. Richardson fellow, and director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies.] Add up everything we
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Elks Lodges across the nation boast the “Elks Care, Elks Share” motto and the Kingfisher lodge recently offered proof. Kingfisher Elks Lodge 2416 recently donated $2,500 to various departments within the Kingfisher Public Schools district. On the right are several members donating $500 to the KHS football program after feeding the team prior to a recent game. Pictured are, from left: Exalted Ruler Dennis Mueggenborg, KEWAs President Kathy Mueggenborg, KHS head coach Jeff Myers, Elks treasurer Brenda Keene, coach Stan Blundell, Lodge manager Angie Phillips, coach Derek Patterson, Elks secretary Crystal Ludwig and coach Stuart Purintun. Dennis Mueggenborg and Keene also made presentations to Kingfisher Superintendent Jason Sternberger. One donation was for $1,500 that was deposited in the school’s Guardian Angel Activity account. Sternberger said that account is used to buy supplies and other necessities for students in need. Another $500 was donated that the district will use to help fund Red Ribbon Week, which is a drug, alcohol, tobacco and violence prevention awareness campaign. The Kingfisher Elks Lodge was able to make the donations after applying for and receiving $2,500 in “Gratitude Grants” through the Elks National Foundation’s Community Investments Program. [Photos provided]
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