Articles from the October 28, 2022 edition

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God's favorites

One of my favorite movies is the 2012 biopic Lincoln, starring Daniel-Day Lewis and directed by Steven Spielberg. In it, President Abraham Lincoln struggles to procure votes from both sides of the pol...

 

Religious services and events

Alva Church of God Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible study is at 7 p.m. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Alva Friends...

 

To be or not to be, that is the question

Baptism is a subject that was once a given passage into the church. For centuries, the church went all over the world baptizing people as the act of conversion into Christianity. But in the last century, the question has arisen across Christendom as...

 

Parade, prizes and treats planned for Alva Halloween

Ghosts, goblins and witches of all ages are invited to join in after-school Halloween fun on Monday, Oct. 31. The Alva Kids & Cops and Police Department are sponsoring the Halloween parade and... Full story

 

Ranger Royalty Finalists, Freshman Queen announced; King, Queen to be crowned Nov. 5

Northwestern Oklahoma State University held its annual Ranger Royalty Banquet Wednesday following the first round of voting for king and queen candidates. The Student Government Association (SGA) offi...

 

Northwestern mass communication junior earns OAB scholarship

A Northwestern Oklahoma State University mass communication major recently received one of four $1,000 scholarships from the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters. Cade Kennedy, Alva junior, accepted...

 

Smith crowned Miss Northwestern 2023; Burgess takes home Outstanding Teen Title

Emily Smith of Holdenville was named Miss Northwestern Oklahoma State University 2023 during the annual Miss Northwestern competition on Sunday, Oct. 23. Tristyn Burgess was crowned Miss... Full story

 

LAURA BETH HAMIL

Services are pending with Marshall Funeral Home. Laura Beth Hamil was born on June 14, 1957, and passed away on October 26, 2022, at the age of 65 years. Online condolences may be made at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com....

 

LYNDELL JOAN HOWELL

Services are pending with Marshall Funeral Home. Lyndell was born on November 20, 1940, and passed away on October 26, 2022. Online condolences may be made at www.marshalfuneralhomes.com....

 

Insurance

My dad referred to himself as “insurance poor” because of all the policies he carried. Sometimes I feel the same but his superstition was, “If you have enough insurance, you won’t need it.” That is a...

 
 By Doug Little    Local    October 28, 2022

Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer

I love to watch YouTube videos. A lot of my screen time is taken up by watching farming videos, old ones and new ones alike, things from huge farms to small ones to two acre homesteads. I love to watch how other people are running their operations....

 

Random Thoughts

In 1952 Borden Deal and Ethel “Babs” Hodges married and settled in Scottsboro, Alabama, which was her hometown. Eventually, the Deals had three children. Unfortunately, they divorced in 1975 aft...

 

Tuesday night bowling standings, week of Oct. 25

Team Standings Dilly Dilly – 257½ wins, 12 ½ losses Knights of Columbus – 25 wins, 15 losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 21 ½ wins, 18 ½ losses Rollin GoodTimes – 20 ½ wins, 19 ½ losses The Bowl Movements – 20 ½ wins, 19 ½ losse O'Bar – 20 wins, 20 los...

 

Men's golf concludes fall season

TULSA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State men's golf team concluded their fall season with the Tulsa Cup on Tuesday afternoon. The Rangers finished in 16th in the tournament after a 327 in round before improving by 10 shots for a 317 totaling a 6...

 

Rangers shut out the Tigers in Saturday afternoon draw

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ranger soccer team faced Ouachita Baptist University Saturday afternoon completing their fourth shutout in the last five games. The two teams ended with a 0-0 tie each earning a point in the result. The Rangers defense w...

 

Rangers drop road match to the Crimson Storm

BETHANY, Okla. – The Ranger volleyball team hit the road to face off against The Crimson Storm. Northwestern was swept by Southern Nazarene and fell to a 16-11 overall record and a 7-6 GAC. Addison Wimmer led her team with 13 kills and Cameron L...

 

Rangers sweep two matches Saturday

ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern returned to play hosting a home triangular as the Rangers swept the Savage Storm and Southwestern College. The wins extend their overall record to 16-10 on the season with a 7-5 conference record. Game One In the first m...

 

Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to execute

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for custody of a state death row inmate whom the bureau is refusing to hand over, with the state saying the man's scheduled execution cannot be carried out in December if he's n...

 

Man drowns after running from police, jumping in pond

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A naked suspect in a Tulsa apartment clubhouse burglary broke from their custody, jumped into a pond and drowned early Thursday, police said. In a social media posting, Tulsa police said officers answering a 4:30 a.m. burglar a...

 

Auditor: North Dakota election systems 'incredibly secure'

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The state auditor said Thursday that an examination of North Dakota's electoral systems conducted in response to voter concerns found that they are "incredibly secure." Auditor Josh Gallion said he undertook the review in r...

 

Suspect in deaths of 2 South American researchers identified

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two South American medical researchers who died in Kansas City apparently were killed by a man who has since died in a murder-suicide, a prosecutor's office said Thursday. The Jackson County Prosecutor's office said in a n...

 

Commissioner guilty of lying to enter detention facility

MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida village commissioner and former beauty queen has been sentenced to a year of probation and 50 hours of community service for pretending to be a paralegal to get into a federal immigration detention center to see her r...

 

Maine begins removing those naughty license plates

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine is cleaning up its roadways by removing the flippin' vulgarities from license plates. The state is enforcing new rules to eliminate f-bombs and other obscenities that appeared on vanity license plates after the state e...

 

Prosecutors take charge of probe into Baldwin shooting

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A sheriff's department submitted on Thursday its investigative findings to prosecutors in the death of a cinematographer shot and killed by Alec Baldwin on a film set in New Mexico in October 2021. Santa Fe Sheriff's Office s...

 

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