Articles from the July 28, 2019 edition
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Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens
Menu for week of July 29 – Aug. 2 Monday – Chicken salad on whole wheat bread, potato soup, crackers, tossed salad with dressing, mixed fruit (diabetic: no sugar added fruit) Tuesday – Lasagna, green beans, cauliflower, garlic bread, lemon tea cooki...
Household Executives OHCE group learns ways to have a healthy brain
Household Executives met in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church on July 17 with Carolyn Gasaway serving as hostess and leading the lesson. The meeting was called to order by President Eleanor Ring with the Eleanor Roosevelt quote...
Amorita's Smith home named Tulip Garden Club's featured garden
Each summer the Alva Garden Council features special gardens from local garden clubs. The Tulip Garden Club has selected the country garden of newly elected club president Becky Smith of Amorita,... Full story
Washington Early Childhood Center Supply Lists
12-2020 Washington Early Childhood Center supply list Pre-K 1 backpack (no miniatures, no rollers) 4 boxes eight-count crayons 12 glue sticks 1 bottle white school glue 1 box sandwich quart ipper baggies (no fold-overs) 1 box gallon sandwich...
2019-2020 Longfellow School supply list
Second Grade 1 supply box (cigar box size only, no zipper pouch) 36 No. 2 pencils (no mechanical pencils) 1 package pencil-top erasers (latex free) 1 large eraser (latex free) 2 boxes 24-count crayons 1 12-count colored pencils 1 12-count washable...
2019-2020 Lincoln School supply list
Fourth Grade 2 packages wide-ruled notebook paper 2 composition notebooks 3 boxes facial tissue 3 highlighters 8 Expo dry erase markers 24 pencils 1 box crayons 1 pair scissors 6 glue sticks 1 folder with pockets Boys – 1 big pink eraser Girls – I p...
2019-2020 Alva Middle School supply list
Sixth Grade 2 boxes Kleenex (office) 1 container Clorox wipes (office) Blue and black pens (social studies) Red pens (social studies, ELA) 3 boxes colored pencils (social studies, ELA, science) 3 one-inch three-ring binders (social studies and math)...
Tulip Garden Club Featured Garden Pictures
Back patio containers are arranged under a "Garden Rules" sign and Stella d'oro day lilies bloom under the Oklahoma Centennial Farm sign that greets visitors....
Tulip Garden Club Featured Garden Picture
The standalone gravel flowerbed has assorted pass-along cacti and succulents from family and friends....
Marshall Funeral Home named Blooming Business of Month for July
The Alva Garden Council has selected Marshall Funeral Home as Alva's Blooming Business of the Month for July. Becky Marshall, business co-owner and the garden's designer, has created a lovely floral...
Sample ballots available for Aug. 13 election
•Mail absentee ballot deadline is Aug. 7 Sample ballots for the Aug. 13 bond proposition election are now available at the Woods County Election Board office in the Professional Building in Alva or online at the state election board website. For this...
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Has oversight of Epic Schools been lax?
In his request for a search warrant, a law enforcement agent described Epic Charter Schools as being set up a decade ago as a profit-generating "scheme." And he described the school's co-founders as...
Kirk to hold two book signings next weekend in Alva
Former Alva resident Roxie Faulkner Kirk will be holding two book signings next weekend for local fans. She will be at Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva during the First Friday Art Walk on Friday, Aug.... Full story
Western Sports Committee
Justin Dowdy started putting on the Alva Bull Battle in 2008 during his senior year of high school. The Bull Battle has become bigger over the years and is now a two-day event. A committee, Western...
World Breastfeeding Week focuses on empowering parents to reach breastfeeding goals
The Woods County Health Department joins the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDS) in promoting World Breastfeeding Week Aug. 1-7, with the theme “Empower Parents, Enable Breastfeeding.” Empowerment is a process that requires evi...
Happy birthday to a couple of sweeties
Next Friday, Aug. 2, is Sarita Simon and Amy Mayes birthdays. They just look better every year. On a sad note, Friday is also my birthday. I don't get better looking. I just get older and more senile...
GAC announces Winter/Spring All-Academic honorees; 30 Rangers represent NWOSU
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – Student-athletes compete during their season on the respective playing surface to succeed in competition, but they also work extremely hard to their competition with their time in the classroom. Tuesday, the Great American Confer...
Woods County Communications phone log
Friday, July 19, 2019 6:13 p.m. – Commercial burglar alarm went off in the 900 block of Main. 7:45 p.m. – Report of a truck on fire on Highway 14 west of Alva. Saturday, July 20, 2019 7:50 a.m. – Report of power lines down in the 800 block on 2nd S...
Marriage License Filings
Aaron Paul Pierce, Alva, and Katelyn Rose Cutsinger, Vici: marriage license (counselling) ($5). Allen Neil Hada, Alva, and Sandra Kay McInroy, Ponca City: marriage license (no counselling) ($50). Jerrad Joe Hada, Alva, and Baylei Jae Zehr, Alva:...
Woods County court filings
According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be...
Woods County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 1294 page 89: Renae L. Green, a single person, conveys unto Don D. Parsons and Terri D. Parsons lots 8 and 9 in block 7 of the TM Hess Addition to the City of Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 1294 page...
Broadhurst tops Senior British Open, Watson bidding farewell
LYTHAM ST. ANNES, England (AP) — Englishman Paul Broadhurst birdied two of the last three holes Saturday to take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Senior British Open, which will be Tom Watson's final appearance at the tournament. B...
Yankees' LeMahieu out with groin injury, undergoes MRI
BOSTON (AP) — AL batting leader DJ LeMahieu is out of the New York Yankees' lineup for Saturday's game against the Boston Red Sox. Manager Aaron Boone says "he's got a little tightness in his groin," which the infielder felt during Friday's loss t...
Kyle Busch aims for 3rd straight win at Pocono Raceway
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Kyle Busch has swept race weekends across all NASCAR series, so perhaps the idea of driving four times in next year's packed Pocono slate would hold some appeal for the sport's winningest driver. "Hell no," Busch said to l...
Column: The dark side of a sport many still love
It's impossible to reconcile, so I won't even try. How can you love a sport so filled with tragedy and heartbreak? How can you cheer when you know getting hit in in the head can cause so much harm? Maxim Dadashev wasn't a world champion. He didn't... Full story
