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Kylie Hood, second from left, the daughter of Shane and Janet Hood, was named Kingfisher County Distinguished Young Woman 2024 at the annual scholarship program Sunday in Kingfisher. Hood also won the Scholastic, Interview and Self-Expression categories, each of which also includes a cash scholarship. Other award winners included first runner-up Remington Boutwell, third from left, the daughter of Dana Boutwell and the late Donovan Boutwell; Peyton Walker, far left, daughter of Charles and Julie Walker, second runner-up, and Libbie Barnett, far right, daughter of Fay and Tiffanie Barnett, Fitness award winner. Boutwell also won the Peoples’ Choice and Spirit of Distinguished Young Women awards and Walker won the Talent and Be Your Best Self awards. All of the awards include cash scholarships, largely sponsored by local businesses and organizations. All four finalists are juniors at Kingfisher High School. (The “2024” in the DYW title corresponds to participants’ high school graduation year.) Other county high school juniors participating in Sunday’s program included Abby Swart, Lomega High School, and Chloe Blair, ZayLynn Lopez, Breonna Mc-Connell and Raechel Evans, all KHS students.
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There are no saviors or miracles in democracy, only a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. That is the enduring lesson of the 2022 midterms, as it is every election. And, though the results will be over-interpreted by pundits, and partisans will have all their priors confirmed, in the end, it is simply proof that American “democracy” is working.
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Read more[Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of the book “The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.”
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David Jones suggested that he and other Hennessey town trustees take some workload off the town’s administrator.
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