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Seniors Maricza Lopez and T.J. Parker were named the 2020-21 Kingfisher High School homecoming queen and captain during ceremonies prior to last week’s football game. The coronation was held prior to the Yellowjackets’ 21-10 loss to Clinton. Junior attendants were Josh Rother, left, the son of Carl and Julie Rother, and Kenra Ponce, the daughter of Heriberto and Carina Ponce. Both junior attendants are in kindergarten at Gilmour Elementary School. [Photo by KHS Photography]
Read moreAfter a poll of the senior class, the Kingfisher Board of Education on Monday night agreed to change the date of this year’s high school graduation.
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Members of the 2020 Hennessey football team are keeping their fingers crossed that they’ll be able to celebrate homecoming Thursday, Oct. 15.
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Hennessey Public Library’s Friends of the Library have pumpkins galore available to purchase at their annual pumpkin patch on the library lawn. From left are FOL members Ann Taylor and Kendal and Christopher Choate working on the setup Monday afternoon. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo by Barb Walter]
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The big take-away from the first debate (for the left) was that President Trump didn’t condemn white supremacists – at least not enough to assuage the feelings of the left.
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The June passage of Medicaid expansion means up to 628,000 able-bodied Oklahomans could be added to the medical-welfare program. And that creates a new challenge for state policymakers: How can they pay for expansion, particularly at a time of economic challenge?
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The violence, looting and mayhem that this nation has seen over the last several months has much of its roots in academia, where leftist faculty teach immature young people all manner of nonsense that contradicts commonsense and the principles of liberty. Chief among their lessons is a need to attack free speech in the form of prohibitions against so-called hate speech and microaggressions. Here are examples of microaggressions: “You are a credit to your race.” “Wow! How did you become so good in math?” “There is only one race, the human race.” “I’m not racist. I have several black friends.” “As a woman, I know what you go through as a racial minority.”
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[Ed. Note: This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made by the Trump administration over the past four years.]
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