Kingfisher Oklahoma

If it seems like deja vu when it comes to the Canadian Valley Conference basketball honors, it’s for good reason. Kingfisher High School’s Trey Green and Jett Sternberger were named 2019 co-MVPs of the conference and Jared Reese the coach of the year after a vote of the conference coaches.

SWISHER’S SUITE Well, that was fun. Kingfisher County basketball teams took us on a ride for the ages over the last month, culminating last Saturday night in one of the more epic defensive performances ever witnessed by a State Fair Arena crowd.

VIEW from behind the plow High school sports is one of the things that binds communities together, making everyone feel a part. The recently-concluded state high school basketball tournament was a “red-letter” week for Kingfisher County.

[Ed. Note: On Thursday, the Senate took up the House resolution  to disapprove of the president’s emergency declaration. Sen, Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) explained why he supported President Trump’s emergency order in an op-ed column in the Washington Post.

It’s the Pitts I’ve had a lifelong love affair with Angus cattle despite an inauspicious beginning to my cattle career. Near the end of my freshman year in high school I got a $350 loan from a kind-hearted banker and bought the meanest Angus steer that ever lived. He was also a chronic bloater.

[ Ed. Note : Mary Clare Amselem is a policy analyst in education policy at The Heritage Foundation.] The FBI dropped a new bombshell on Tuesday, and this time the scandal is Russian-free.

Wednesday, March 20th, is the first day of spring, Fantastic! Spring break for the schools is coming up. There will be a lot of young people moving around. It would be nice if there were some kind of activities to keep these young people occupied, at least part of the time.

The governor this week signed into law five measures that will help the Legislature keep much better track of how taxpayer money is spent and better monitor programs and services. The bills represent historic government reform.

He [Jesus] is before all things, and in him all things hold together. — Colossians 1:17 Thoughts on Today’s Verse Before there was an earth, universe, or nature, there was Jesus! He was before they were made. He will be after they are long gone.

Hennessey town board members will no longer serve as day-to-day operation supervisors for 15 different departments/ areas. Instead, those duties will be up to Town Administrator Tiffany Tillman and Public Works Director Curtis Turner.