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Oops, typo on SMC loss for March
The financial statement distributed at the April board meeting of the Alva Hospital Authority revealed a reduction in hospital gross patient revenue from the previous month of $866,673. The correct number is $66,673. An 8 inserted in front of the...
Freedom School has fire scare Saturday
A ceiling-mounted heater above a door in Freedom School shorted out Saturday night and produced a burned electrical odor. Teacher Bryant Weber entered the building to return some folding chairs used at the prom earlier in the evening. He noticed the...
Lynn Says
(An excellent article by Randy Krehbiel of the Tulsa World. – Lynn L. Martin) An effort endorsed by former U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn to overturn House Bill 1010xx, the historic $400 million revenue bill t...
Share Medical Center preparing for a re-survey for Critical Access designation
The Alva Hospital Authority heard a report earlier in the week that business was down $866,673 in March 2018 compared to February 2018. Total revenue was $1,832,344. CEO Kandice Allen said the many flu cases hyped February business and that series...
Dana Murphy, Corporation Commission member, visits Alva as lieutenant governor candidate
Dana Murphy, one of three members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and a candidate for Oklahoma lieutenant governor, attended two events in Alva Friday. The first was a come-and-go reception at...
NWOSU Band Director Marc Decker leaving
Dr. Marc Decker, assistant professor of music at Northwestern, has told his students he will leave after this semester to take a job at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. Decker said it is a...
Sen. Murdock, Rep. Newton talk at Eggs and Issues Breakfast
Sen. Casey Murdock opened his remarks to members of the Alva Chamber of Commerce Friday morning by saying, "The last two weeks have been something else. If I could go my 12 years without seeing that...
Alva Recreation Complex calls off weekend baseball tournament
Alva Rec Park Manager Courtney Nesseralla told the regular meeting of the Alva Recreation Authority that she had postponed a large baseball tournament scheduled for this coming weekend because of a 100 percent prediction of rain. She said the event w...
Resident wants to start shrimp farm in Freedom
Thirty-year Freedom resident Jeff Brown has spent most of his working life driving big trucks. At one time, he and his wife owned four trucks and had several hired drivers. Recently, a friend in...
Share Convalescent Home gross revenue down for month
The Share Convalescent Home gross patient revenue for the month of March totaled $347,224, which was a $26,369 decrease compared to the prior month. The operating cash balance at the end of the month...
Freedom Town Board wants gas hazard monitor
The postponed Freedom Town Trustee board was held last Friday. City maintenance man Stuart Page brought up a couple of topics about improving the city spaces in Freedom. The board had previously...
Woods County commissioners talk wildfire efforts
The Woods County commissioners worked through a few regular items of business such as minute approval and a water line crossing for D & B Oilfield service on County Road 470 ($1,500 fee) on Aline Blac...
Excise board approves monthly appropriations
Two of the three Woods County Excise Board members were present at the most recent meeting: Joe Shirley and Vice-Chairman Chris Olson. Bob Sievert was absent. They voted to approve the following...
Woods County commissioners talk wildfire efforts
The Woods County commissioners worked through a few regular items of business such as minute approval and a water line crossing for D & B Oilfield service on County Road 470 ($1,500 fee) on Aline Blacktop near Shelite farm; but they mainly wanted to...
Lynn Says
(Abridged from Time Magazine) No matter how good your intentions, it can be difficult to stay healthy during winter: with Halloween candy, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Super Bowl games,...
Resident wants to start shrimp farm in Freedom
Thirty-year Freedom resident Jeff Brown has spent most of his working-life driving big trucks. At one time, he and his wife owned four trucks and had several hired drivers. Recently, a friend in...
Alva runner in Boston Marathon Monday
Luis Chavez, a familiar face to customers of Alva's Market, left early Friday morning with his wife to arrive a couple days ahead of the start of the world-famous Boston Marathon, an event that...
Avard Rail meeting establishes $150 RV park rate
Members of the Avard Regional Rail Park Authority met Tuesday evening at Northwest Technology Center on the eve of the Lt. Governor's annual turkey hunt kicking off. The board members were in a good mood and promised Executive Director Sonja...
Lynn Says
(A portion of an article by Paula Span of the New York Times.) Sue Ellen King had circled her retirement date on the calendar: March 8, 2015. She had worked as a critical care nurse and nursing...
Teacher pay raise will impact Alva district $820,000
Superintendent Steve Parkhurst told the Alva School Board Monday night that because the Alva district is "off the state formula," the general fund will have to supply $820,000 to fund the pay...
Election filing dates for county officials
Two of the Woods County commissioners, John Smiley and David Hamil, said at the Monday county commissioner meeting they plan on running for re-election. Later, an inquiry to County Assessor Renetta Benson and County Treasurer David Manning revealed...
Freedom Schools face $105,000 budget increase for pay
Superintendent James Miller told the Freedom Board of Education that the pay raises for teachers and support personnel will impact the general fund of the school district by about $105,000 next year. He said the district carryover will be $830,000...
Marianne Hoffmeister, Artist in Residence
Marianne Hoffmeister was in her home country of Chile when she learned of the Molten Capital Artist in Residence work program with Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU). She applied and was...
Chocolate Fantasy at the Alva Public Library
Karen Koehn helped chair the 20th Chocolate Fantasy fundraising event for the Alva Public Library. Koehn said, "Every year I am wowed – first, by the number of people who volunteer to make things; s...
Woods County commissioners buy two tractors
The regular first Monday meeting in April was short because many of the county offices were closed the Friday before and as a result some reports were not yet turned in. The monthly reports were approved for three offices and not turned in for four...
