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Beckett Yost carried out an important task Tuesday at the Kingfisher County Spring Livestock Show. It was his job to distribute the proper ribbons and banners to all the exhibitors during the swine show at the county fairgrounds. Always on point with his distribution duties, the 8-year-old second grader was especially fast when it came to one presentation. The judge just announced the winner of the reserve grand barrow. It was Gordon, the Spot shown by Hadley Yost, Beckett’s older sister. Beckett not only made it to his sister with her “swag” in quick fashion....he nearly beat the judge’s handshake despite the judge having quite the head start. Hadley, 13 and an eighth grader at Kingfisher, accepted her younger brother’s hug, then sent him with her banner and belt buckle to be delivered to their dad, Brandon Yost (pictured on the left in the bottom right photo). Beckett was still unable to contain his excitement with the family’s big win.
Read moreThe Long Term Care Authority of Enid Area Agency on Aging has announced the availability of Older Americans Act funds.
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Eight Kingfisher High School seniors were guests recently at a meeting of the Kingfisher Rotary Club.
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Dominic Bell of Millennium Roofing & Construction was the featured speaker at a recent meeting of the Kingfisher Lions Club. A Dover native, Bell gave Lions a brief history of Millennium, which was started by another Dover native, Jeremy Lack, in 2008 in Norman. Lack eventually moved his operation to Kingfisher. Bell joined the company three years ago. “I didn’t know what I was getting into,” he said. “I learned on the fly, I’ve learned a lot and it’s been a great experience.” Bell is a sales manager for the company and told Lions about the process of working with customers and insurance companies during events like hail storms last year. He said the company has replaced about 500 roofs in Kingfisher from that storm alone. However, he said they don’t want to do the work if it doesn’t need to be done. “If there’s enough damage to file a claim, we’ll let you know,” he said. “But we don’t want to tell you to file one if you don’t have to. Our main goal is to take care of the customer.” Bell, left, was joined at the meeting with fellow Millennium employee Dustin Neal, who also took time to answer several questions from Lions Club members. [KT&FP Staff Photo]
Read moreGilmour Elementary School has announced its Good BEE-havior Students of the Week for the week ending Feb. 16. Those earning the honor were, from left: front row, Addyson Perkey, Azayla Chebahtah, Harper Vazquez, Braxton Patterson, Seth Sargent and Beatrix Jimenez; middle row, Jolie Rother, Lucan Mejia-Hagar, Ainsley Sanchez, Samuel Tollefson, Jayde Longacre, Kaura Kadavy, Lyla Burpo and Willow Mosley; and back row, Eva Mueggenborg, Riley Nault, Keegan Salcedo, Jaxx Stasser and Isaiah Hughston. [Photo provided]
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Things are quite busy at the state Capitol now that we’re at the end of week three of the legislative session. We have one more week of committee work, and then we will be racing to hear legislation on the House floor in advance of the third-reading deadline for bills in their chamber of origin.
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Last week, Russian political activist and dissident Alexei Navalny died in a Siberian prison camp, where he was serving a 30-year sentence for what most observers agree were specious, purely politically motivated convictions.
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Former KHS, Sooner, NFL standout expected to take on new role with program
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