Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfisher County’s wheat harvest got back in gear Monday. A weekend shower stopped cutting Sunday but the wheat began to roll in again on Monday and test weights remained surprisingly high despite the heavy rains the crop has endured.

Historic flooding couldn’t keep Kingfisher from having another tremendous presence at the 80th annual Oklahoma American Legion Boys State.

Jerry and Carolyn Humphries of Dover celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last Sunday. A family dinner hosted by their children was held at the home of Jerry and Priya Humphries.

SUPPORTING WARRIORS — Brad Shepherd, retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol captain and executive director of Warrior’s Rest Foundation, presented a recent program at Kingfisher County Republican Women’s monthly luncheon.

There will be a retirement celebration this Sunday at First Baptist Church Kingfisher. The celebration is to honor 32 years of service by Harold and Drulaine Drake. The church’s service begins at 11 a.m. and the retirement celebration fellowship will follow.

Okarche High School graduate Tim Matthews recently re-enlisted in the United States Navy while on detachment in Hawaii. Matthews, left, was re-enlisted by his uncle, retired Capt. Dan D. Ashcraft, right.

VIEW from behind the plow Opponents of President Donald Trump, which includes the globalist-influenced national news media, use any excuse to lambaste the president. The excuse last weekend was a comment made by the president that Iran made a mistake in shooting down a U.S.

[Ed. Note: Justin Bogie is a senior policy analyst in fiscal affairs at The Heritage Foundation.] [Benjamin Paris is a member of the Young Leaders Program at The Heritage Foundation.] Many lawmakers seem to think they deserve a pay raise.

Several Democratic presidential hopefuls are calling for Americans to make reparations for slavery. On June 19, the House judiciary subcommittee on the constitution, civil rights and civil liberties held a hearing.

As a right-wing alumna of far-left Oberlin College, I have four words for the administration in response to last week’s ground-breaking $11 million jury verdict in the defaming of humble Gibson’s Bakery: You - had - it - coming.