Kingfisher Oklahoma

The 49th Ellyson family reunion was held Sunday, July 7, at the Crescent VFW Building. The Earnest E. Ellyson family hosted the event with a luncheon, games for the kids, family pictures and visiting.

Pvt. William J. Baxter, the son of Tammy and Gary Baxter of Kingfisher, graduated May 10 from a 13-week basic training in the U.S. Marine Corps in San Diego, Calif. A Kingfisher native, Baxter is the grandson of Michael and Norma Morrison, also of Kingfisher.

Kingfisher County Extension will host a workshop on barn quilts later this month. The workshop is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, July 26, at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds Exhibit Building. There, participants will learn more about what barn quilts are and how to create one.

Briana and Michael Paph of Enid announce the birth of their daughter, Cora Mae. She was born June 23, 2019, at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center in Enid. Cora weighed 6 pounds, 8 ounces and measured 20 inches. Paternal grandparents are Frances Paph of Enid and the late Aaron Paph.

VIEW from behind the plow We’ve undoubtedly filled out a few U.S. Census Forms over the past 80 years. If they asked whether we were a citizen, we can’t remember. If it did we probably checked the appropriate block and moved on without giving it much thought.

Some of you know that I’m competitive when it comes to playing cards, but few know I play a mean air guitar, or that I love tennis. It’s my sport. I used to be a good ball chaser when we played doubles on the old tennis courts years ago, but I rarely hit the ball, and now it’s a spectator sport.

It’s the Pitts My environmentalist neighbor has a real dilemma on his hands.

Well, well, well. “Follow the facts,” Democratic strategist Christine Pelosi now advises fellow liberals in the wake of billionaire and high-flying political financier Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking indictment this week.

It’s that time of year when I give my annual update of roads and bridges projects in our district. This one includes projects in Blaine and Dewey Counties.

By Rachel Greaszler Most of the public was outraged when, during the financial crisis of 2008, Congress provided a massive financial bailout, including $70 billion of taxpayers’ money to insurance giant AIG and $80 billion to U.S. automakers General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford.