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Sen. Tom Coburn’s Book
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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.
Read moreIn a new report, the National Education Association (NEA) calls for its affiliates to demand coverage of abortion in collective-bargaining agreements, which would effectively require taxpayers to directly or indirectly fund abortions.
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With federal overreach a constant threat, it is important that states like Oklahoma stand up and fight to control their own destiny. That’s why Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond deserves praise for threatening to sue the Biden administration if it does not withdraw a rule by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFW) that designates the lesser prairie chicken as a threatened species.
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Read moreThere has been a rather large influx of people into the cattle business in my state recently. The new folks want to be stockmen but they don’t really care to own any cows. You see, they passed a law in California that made it illegal for a dog to ride in the back of a pickup unless the dog is kept in a kennel. But dogs that belong to stockmen are exempt from the law.
Read moreIn an effort to significantly increase voter turnout and input into local schools, lawmakers have advanced two bills that would shift school-board elections to a November general-election ballot.
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March 2 was the deadline for all legislation filed this year to be advanced out of committee in order to stay active.
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