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If you’ve had a hard time keeping up with the latest spending bills in Washington in recent weeks, join the club. It seems every day Democrats change their demands and tactics. But one thing has not changed, the progressive wing of the party is bent on imposing their socialist utopia on America.
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(As recorded by Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis in Kingfisher.)
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Kingfisher Chamber of Commerce, City of Kingfisher and area volunteers knocked another event out of the park last week with an Independence Day celebration that drew more than 1,000 visitors to the city. Current Executive Director Shauna Rupp, above right, is building on the 19-year legacy of former chamber manager Judy Whipple, above left, who served as this year’s parade marshal. Most recently, the city was voted the favorite stop by riders in the Oklahoma Freewheel cycling tour, another chamber and city organized event that included camping in the park, free swimming and a full pancake breakfast. [Photo Provided]
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KIDS OF ALL AGES turned out for Kingfisher’s Fourth of July Parade on Saturday. Top row: Daniel and Joseph McCarty and Evie and Gracie Pendergraft visit with Miriam, the comfort dog from Emmanuel Lutheran Church; Greely Winters and Tinley Jones man the registration trailer; Madie and Avery Harder, Hagen and Jake Owens and Braylon Swayne find a choice corner; Judah Dean waves the colors. Bottom row: Adah Anderman and Briar Coughlan and furry friend Chesley ride their family’s float; John and Melody Coughlan, with Blake and Cole Sigl and Daniel Coughlan, stand next to their classic ride; Judah Mayfield and baby brother Zion get ready for the show. See more photos on Page 13 and the Times & Free Press Facebook Page. [Photos Provided via Facebook]
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In the heart of Kingfisher County, the small town of Dover welcomes visitors as well as community members to step into the past, enjoy the colorful scenery and create a few memories of their own at the nostalgic display along U.S. Highway 81.
Read moreParents may want to wait before purchasing back-to-school clothing for their Kingfisher Public Schools students.
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I used to get occasional pushback when I’d talk about rights. “Rights are abstract things,” people would say—“they don’t have anything to do with our real lives.” Well, after the last year, we know they have everything to do with our real lives. When you’re told you can’t open your hair salon, when you’re told you can’t have family or friends over for dinner, when you’re told you must wear a mask in your own garden, there’s nothing abstract about it. This is where all the stupid Kinder Egg laws have been trending for years. And it’s why we need to push back.
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Parents handed their three-and-four-year-old kids a red-hot poker called a sparkler back on Fourth of July evenings in the olden days.
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