Kingfisher Oklahoma

California declares war on middle class Columnist Victor Davis Hanson, classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, writes regarding California that about 150,000 households in a state of 40 million people pay nearly half of the total annual state income tax.

A MINORITY VIEW: There’s a push to change laws to permit both criminals serving time and ex-criminals the right to vote. Guess which party is pushing the most for these legal changes. If you guessed that it was the Democrats, go to the head of the class.

Money received by Oklahoma government from tobacco companies has been deposited into the state’s Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Fund, beginning shortly after the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement was reached. TSET then spends interest earnings on various health-related expenditures.

Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” James 4:14-15 Thoughts on Today’s Verse. “If the Lord wills!

A new event is planned next month at the Chisholm Trail Museum in Kingfisher. It will host the first Community Art Day on Saturday, May 4. The event will be from 10 a.m. to noon.

One of Kingfisher’s FFA students earned top honors recently at a prestigious career development event. West Texas A&M University’s department of agricultural sciences hosted an invitational contest on its campus March 29.

Christina Pham, manager of Imaging Services, Mercy Hospital Kingfisher, right, was the guest speaker of the Kingfisher Lions Club last week. Pham told of the many services and benefits offered at the Kingfisher hospital.

 Multiple Kingfisher County students were honored by Oklahoma State University at the recent College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Scholarships and Awards Banquet.

April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month for 4-Hers and as a part of that, 4-H members are challenged to pledge their hands to larger service. Kingfisher 4-H Cloverbuds rose to this challenge and wanted to show their appreciation for all the work the Kingfisher Police Department does.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s College of Pharmacy recently held its annual honors and awards convocation on the Weatherford campus. Awards were presented to outstanding students in the college. Among the SWOSU students receiving awards were, from left, Kaci N.