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I look forward to the Oklahoma Youth Expo each year and especially legislative showmanship.
Read moreState senators have voted to streamline the process for public charter schools to obtain sponsors, potentially shaving months off the application period required to open a new school.
Read moreThe House’s most conservative caucus announced its “Shrink Washington, Grow America” plan as the debt ceiling debate continues in Washington.
Read moreA popular idea floating around the vegan community is that we could solve the whole climate change dilemma (hoax) overnight if all the world’s vegan billionaires would donate a billion dollars each to buy up all the cows on earth and destroy them. I am far from being a mathematician but I did a bit of number crunching on the back of a napkin to see if the vegan’s idea would work.
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This past week, the House had a busy few days of floor work. We continue to hear multiple bills each day in approach of our third-reading deadline by which all bills must advance from their chamber of origin.
Read moreMark Morgan tells Republicans to ‘ stop funding’ border crisis
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Kingfisher County Game Ranger Blake Pearson, left, was the guest speaker of the Kingfi sher Lions earlier this month. He told the members and guests that there are currently 135 full-time game rangers across the state, with typically one per county west of I-35 and two or more per county on the eastern side of the state. Pearson said the deer population of Kingfisher County was healthy, but noted that the turkey population was decreasing of late, for the same reasons for the decrease of the quail population, which includes loss of habitat and an increase in the number of predators, including hawks and coyotes. Because turkeys nest on the ground, any number of animals including skunks, possums and raccoons will eat their eggs. He also said that lifetime hunting and fishing license prices will increase within the next year and he encouraged those inclined to do so to get their licenses now to avoid the increase. Pearson was raised in Watonga and now resides in Kingfisher County with his family. He is pictured with Kingfisher Lions Club member Gerald McMullin.
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