Articles from the October 19, 2016 edition
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Alfalfa 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 obtai...
Alfalfa County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 801, Page 170: Richard Barnes and Bonnie Barnes; convey unto Bonnie Barnes. Lots 10-12, in Block 33 in Carmen. Warranty deed. Book 801, Page 171: Ruby Alene Kiser, Trustee of the Ruby Alene Kiser Revocable Trust; convey...
Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office log
Monday, October 10, 2016 7:31 a.m. Reporting party (RP) informed the crossing arms on the west side of Golty appear to be messed up. Advised railroad company of the location and they were sending someone out to look at it. 10:30 a.m. RP stated he...
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CROP Walk helps end hunger one step at a time – locally and around the world
On a sunny, unusually hot October Sunday afternoon, around 20 walkers and four dogs congregated on Main Street in Kiowa, Kansas, to make the annual CROP Walk route designed to go by each church in...
Cherokee resident facing more drug charges
A Harper County, Kansas, investigation of a Cherokee resident led to the man’s arrest on drug charges. According to court documents, Cherokee Assistant Police Chief Ryan McNeil was assisting the Harper County, Kansas, Sheriff’s Department on Mon...
Pumpkin games, free movie, bratwurst and fun planned for Fall Fest in Kiowa Oct. 30
'Twas the day before Halloween, and all through Kiowa, Kansas, streets something was stirring – let's go take a peek. The downtown sidewalk area is full of drawn pumpkin shapes awaiting youngsters to use sidewalk chalk (that will be provided) to g...
An estimated $19,000 raised at South Barber FFA Work Auction
South Barber FFA Advisor Kyle Jacobs said the annual work auction brought in about $19,000 for the chapter. Held last week at the high school in Kiowa, Kansas, supporters from the community came to...
Freedom school board calls for election
The Freedom school board met Monday night and called for a school election the first week of February 2017. The filing period will be at the Woods County Election board the first week in December 2016. Because of an unusual number of board member...
Dog problems, bi-annual trash days ongoing, burn period set by Kiowa City Council
“We have a dog problem,” Kiowa City Clerk Marlo Rugg told city council members at their October meeting last week. “You can't just let your dog out to do their business in your neighbor's yard. You have to have your dog on a leash.” She said the cit...
SBHS Chieftans volleyball team wins HOPL championship and league tournament
Entering the Heart of the Plains League Volleyball Tournament with a winning 23-3 record Saturday, the South Barber High School volleyball team seized the championship title without losing a single...
South Barber's Hughbanks sisters duo medal at state tennis in Kansas
Representing South Barber High School, sisters Sabrina and Savannah Hughbanks played No.1 Doubles and medaled at the 3-2-1A State Tennis Tournament. The event was last weekend at the Riverside Tennis...
Timberlake at Tulsa State Fair
Timberlake 4-H and FFA members had a great Tulsa State Fair with both market and breeding animals. Rylee Thomas showed a Hampshire lamb and placed second with her Hair Sheep. Henslee Powell showed a H...
Timberlake FFA members place at PI contest and district
On Tuesday Oct. 11, the Timberlake FFA opening ceremonies team placed fourth at the Alva P.I. contest. The team – made up of Jake Thorp, KaLynn LeForce, Dru Bryant, Cade Jenlink, Braydon Frech and J...
Timberlake FFA members succeed
Some Timberlake FFA members received great news: Gabby Solis, Dalton Leierer, Matthew Geckler, Joel Pecha, and Cade Jenlink have been selected to receive a free FFA jacket through the Blue Jacket...
OPAL MARIE (EALEY) BATES
Opal Marie (Ealey) Bates, age 84, passed away on October 16, 2016. She was born in Waynoka, Oklahoma, and graduated from Waynoka High School. She was married for 61 years to Wilfred M Bates. She enjoyed gardening, cooking and ceramics. Opal was...
VERTICE EUGENE TUCKER
Vertice Eugene Tucker entered into eternal rest on October 15, 2016, at the age of 84. He was born to Val Duncan Tucker and Hazel Emily Thomas Tucker on October 22, 1931. Eugene grew up on a farm in...
WILLIAM WALTER BISHOP, JR.
Memorial services for William Walter Bishop Jr. will be 2 p.m. Saturday, October 22, 2016, at the Freedom Christian Church with Pastor Mark Kinkel officiating. The services are under the direction of...
Letter to the editor
To whom it may concern, I'm writing to express my disgust and disappointment I feel when I see the event sponsored by Kiowa District Hospital and Manor Foundation on Oct. 22. I'm a bail bondsman and bond out about 30-40 people every month from jail....
Lynn Says
The ladies in the newspaper office seemed to agree 100 percent with this quote by Daisy Villanueva: "Everybody thinks every girl's dream is to find the perfect guy ... pshhh; every girl's dream is to...
Volleyball Earns Two Wins at Tri-Match
LANGSTON, OKLA. – The East Central University volleyball team picked up two non-conference wins at a tri-match. The Tigers (7-16) swept both Langston (25-20, 25-14, 25-17) and Mid America Christian (25-14, 25-18, 25-17). ECU was led by juniors Madyso...
OBU Drops Decision to Lions
SHAWNEE – Oklahoma Baptist Volleyball dropped a three-set decision to Arkansas-Fort Smith, 3-0 (17-25, 20-25, 18-25), in nonconference action on Tuesday night inside the Noble Complex. Nicole Fleitman paced the side with eight kills, whileCadyn L...
Bison Rally for 3-2 Win
SHAWNEE, Okla. – Thiago Dos Santos stocked the top shelf with two goals from beyond the box to complete a rally from down 2-0 for a 3-2 Oklahoma Baptist win over Central Christian Tuesday. The Tigers took a 2-0 lead with goals by Gabriel Flores in t...
Fonville Honored by CollegeSwimming
SOMERS, Wisc. – Oklahoma Baptist's Victoria Fonville was selected by CollegeSwimming as the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Women's Swimmer of the Week. Fonville, a freshman from Ponte Verde, Florida, won the 50 butterfly in 25.97 seconds and t...
Rodeo Announces Inaugural Hall Of Fame Class
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern is poised to induct its first ever Hall of Fame class when it enshrines Betty Gayle Cooper Ratliff, Roy Cooper, Tee Woolman and Caryn Standifer as its inaugural class on Nov. 4 at 6 p.m. in the Visual and Performing A...
Southeastern Golf Wins MSU Invitational
WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Southeastern closed out the fall portion of the schedule in style as they saved their best score for the final round and rallied from seven strokes off the lead to win the Midwestern State Invitational by four strokes with a te...
