Kingfisher Oklahoma

Kingfisher County commissioners approved the plat of Cashion Estates at their weekly meeting Monday. The housing development planned one mile north of present Cashion town limits will contain 90 residential lots, according to the plat signed by commissioners.

[ Ed. Note: Matt Black-wood has authorized the Times and Free Press to publish his announcement as candidate for Ward 1 trustee for the Town of Okarche, subject to the April 2 municipal election.

Kingfisher County hosted a Healthy Alternative Cooking workshop for the members of the community on March 12. Lindy Hoel, the Family and Consumer Science educator, was the instructor and provider of the supplies and materials.

Kingfisher County Retired Educators met Wednesday, March 6. Chisholm Trail Museum Director Jason Harris, left, spoke to the group about changes, updates and activities going on at the museum. Harris was introduced by program chairman, Terri Peck, right.

Kingfisher Study Club met March 6 in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church with Martha Burditt serving as hostess and Gerry Plummer co-hostess. Fourteen members were present as President Carlene Gooden led the business meeting.

Junior Hayden Wittrock, left, received the “torch” of leadership  for KHS Photography from Senior Chief Photographer Rob Gruntmeir. Gruntmeir will serve as the “Chief Emeritus” helping Wittrock, the new chief photographer, learn his role of leading the student photography staff.

A social and catered meal is scheduled for the Lacy School Reunion, announced Cathy Sturgeon Howard, Class of 1967. The reunion is planned Saturday, May 25 (Memorial Day weekend). The social starts at 4:30 p.m. with dinner at 6 p.m at the Hennessey Senior Citizen Center, 620 E. 2nd St.

Kingfisher Bookcase Review Club is set to meet this week. The group will gather March 25 at the Farm Bureau Insurance Building, 117 W. Sheridan, Kingfisher. Lunch will be served at 11:30 a.m. and that will be followed by a presentation by Jeanne Morgan of Oklahoma City.

A trio of doubles in the ninth inning last Saturday helped Kingfisher’s baseball team enter Spring Break still undefeated. Sophomore Ian Daugherty’s one-out double in the top of the ninth kick-started Kingfisher’s offensive rally in a 7-6 extra-inning win at Weatherford.

Where do we even begin? That’s the question that’s baffled me every time I’ve sat down to collect my thoughts on Kingfisher’s latest state championship.