Kingfisher Oklahoma

[Ed. Note: James Jay Carafano, a leading expert 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.

It’s the Pitts I’m getting sick and tired of vegans and vegetarians bragging about all the famous people down through history who were vegetarians for at least part of their lives.

One of the key challenges for education reformers is the huge size of the government school monopoly as a “reverse patronage” employer. The power of entrenched education special interests is not only, or even primarily, in the money collected through such means as union dues.

I want to welcome students, teachers, staff and administrators, both in our public and private schools, back to a new school year.

Frequent suicides Seems like anyone that can testify against the Clintons commits suicide. The latest victim: Jeffrey Epstein, a known pedophile with a child sex ring on foreign land. Apparently Bill Clinton, aka slick Willie, has been a frequent visitor of this establishment.

In Loving Memory  Coach Ray West passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his loving family on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019. True to his “Warrior” spirit, Coach West fought cancer with the same tenacity with which he approached life.

Lomega’s school schedule for Aug. 19-24 is as follows: Tuesday - Junior high baseball at Union City, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday - Junior 4-H meeting, 3:30 p.m. Thursday - School day pictures; junior high baseball at Binger-Oney, 4:30 p.m. Saturday - Raider Run, 8 a.m.; Lomega Fair

Dover’s school activities for Aug. 19-24 include: Monday - FFA Blue and Gold sales; high school softball in Skeltur Tournament Tuesday - FFA Blue and Gold sales; high school softball in Skeltur Tournament; junior high and high school baseball at Ripley, 4:30 p.m.

Kingfisher County commissioners approved a fiscal year 2019-2020 county budget totaling $17,161,762.18 at their weekly meeting Monday, up from $13,891,898.12 a year earlier.

The Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building was buzzing Wednesday and Thursday and 4-H, sewing, culinary, wine, photography, art and produce entries were brought in and judged.  [KT&FPStaff Photos]