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Matthew Smith’s wrapped 2019 Camaro will be one of many in the “Hennessey Cruise Main” event at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 16, because he’s the event planner.
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Chisholm Trail Technology Center has named its Students of the Quarter for the final quarter of the 2019-20 school year. Earning the honor were: Carlie Johnson, Watonga High School, health careers; Riley Streck, Kingfisher High School, cosmetology; Ashley Matthews, Kingfisher, practical nursing; Tucker Estep, WHS, computer repair and network; Andrea Suarez, Dover High School, Digital Technologies, Inc.; and Patrick Tillman, Hennessey, welding. [Graphic provided]
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Kingfisher County Farm Bureau is now offering free fruit, vegetable and flower seeds at three different locations in the county.
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Hennessey High School graduate Bryan Gutierrez was chosen to receive a $500 Leadership Hennessey scholarship, but his name was inadvertently left off the list provided to The Times & Free Press.
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Kingfisher businessman Brian Walter’s efforts to fulfill former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn’s dream of a reformed national Congress are most commendable.
Read moreThe Pulitzer Prize Board recently awarded its commentary award to The New York Times’ Nikole Hannah-Jones for her essay launching the “1619 Project.” This will accelerate a trend already under way: subjecting schoolchildren to a curriculum that blames slavery on capitalism and whose creator believes socialism offers the best path to racial equity.
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I am a voracious reader of obituaries about people I don’t know and I’ll admit that some obits I read with a deep sense of sadness, and a few with just a smidgen of joy. One conclusion I’ve reached is that far too many obituaries are either too long, or too short. Many people who have led very full, rich and rewarding lives get only a short paragraph or two, while scoundrels, mass murderers, rapists, crooks and career politicians get half a page.
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