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Wanda Claunch was born on a farm in Marshall on Sept. 7 1937, to Charles “Chod” and Vivian Larsen Kelly.
Read moreDistrict and state Oklahoma Department of Human Services personnel remain optimistic that the agency’s new Service First model developed as a response to COVID-19 and then expanded to help absorb state cutbacks will result in better service for its clients statewide.
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VIEWS OF Kingfisher’s July 4 include: clockwise from top left, Carson Nusz, Hannah Johnson, Caleb Johnson and Landon Nusz in the parade; paradegoers Harper and Emry Vasquez; grand marshals Larry and Mick Hart; Sam Wittrock safely enjoying the fireworks; Kayveon, Kevyn and Kamari Lee waiting for the fun to start; Curtain Time Dance Studio teacher Johanna Adams and students; Old Glory at the Kingfisher Fire Station; Rachel Franks with Mason Franks and William Munoz and Judah Mayfield enjoying some melon. [Reader Photos Provided via Facebook. See more on the Times & Free Press Facebook Page and watch for our Freedom Fest video]
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The best doctor in the world is the veterinarian. He can’t ask his patients what is the matter – he’s just got to know. — Will Rogers
Read moreIf anyone is looking for an example of how presidential elections might look if we lose the Electoral College check out the S.Q. 802 results.
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The sixties seem like they were just yesterday.
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Dr. Thomas Sowell has just published “Charter Schools and Their Enemies.” He presents actual test scores of students in traditional public schools and charter schools on New York State Education Department’s annual English Language Arts test and its Mathematics Test. Sowell gives the results of student tests in charter schools such as KIPP, Success Academy, Explore Schools, Uncommon Schools, Achievement First as well as the traditional New York City public schools. On the English Language Arts test, a majority of charter school students, most of whom were black or Hispanic, tested proficient or above. Their achievement ratio was nearly 5 to 1. On the Mathematics test 68% of charter schools’ 161 grade levels had a majority of students testing proficient. In the traditional public schools, 177 grade levels, just 10% had a majority of their student testing proficient.
Read moreThe FBI last month conducted 3,931,607 firearms background checks, the highest-ever number for the month of June.
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