Kingfisher Oklahoma

Oklahoma lawmakers visited the Center of Family Love for a tour to see firsthand how their legislation impacts one of the state’s most vulnerable populations.

In a brief, but productive meeting Monday, Kingfisher Board of Education members made multiple moves geared for the future, both in facilities and personnel.

Daylight Savings Time arrives Sunday for Kingfisher County and most of the U.S. It brings the usual “Spring Forward” drill, so that gives hope winter weather is on its way out. Only Arizona and Hawaii and a handful of territories don’t observe the twice-a-year clock change.

Brian Taylor, former Oklahoma Department of Transportation division engineer who has supervised a number of county road construction projects, has been named ODOT’s chief engineer. His promotion was announced at Monday’s Oklahoma Transportation Commission meeting.

Some of Kingfisher artist Kathy Leitner’s work was selected to be featured in a book and is currently being exhibited at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. Leitner was among those selected to be a part of Artster Oklahoma, which is both a book and an exhibit, the opening for which was held Feb. 21.

Local photographer Michael Louthan will be one of two photographers to have his work featured in an exhibit this month during an Enid Festival. Louthan and Mike Klemme will exhibit their photography at the Klemme Art Gallery located at 222 East Maple.

The Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission announced the names of 12 students who placed in the Oklahoma 2019 International Aviation Art Contest. Among them was a Kingfisher High School student.

Attorney General Mike Hunter recently warned Oklahomans to be aware of phone calls from scam artists claiming to be with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and attempting to steal social security numbers and money.

Theta Tau, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, social was held Feb. 25 at The Stack for members, spouses and guests at 6 p.m. Two outstanding Kingfisher seniors, Sophie Trout and Jesse Boutwell, were honored with a monetary donation. Trout said her future plans were to attend college and become a museum curator.