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Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.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 Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at 10:10 a.m.; worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Friends Church is on the corner of College Avenue and Center Street. Avard Christian Church Sunday services are from 2-4 p.m. Avard Christian Church is 7 miles west of Alva on Highway 64 and 7 miles south on County Road 370, or 6...
Sitting on my office desk is a new calendar. Its pages are blank. No appointments, deadlines or meeting are written within. It is blank, but not because there are no plans for 2018, for there are plenty of items to start filling it up. I just haven’t picked up the pen to start. I wanted it to remain blank for a little while longer to remind me of the precious gift of time God has granted to me. I am still in a state of shock. Where did 2017 go? Have I finally reached the age where my days go too...
Let me say a few words about rest. Becky and I try to take some time away at the end of every calendar year. Sometimes we are successful. This year we were able to spend several days at the Roman Nose Lodge near Watonga. Since the weather was so cold, we didn’t wander around the state park very much, but spent most of our time relaxing and viewing the scenery from the dining room at the lodge or through the windows of our well-warmed Honda. By the end of our trip, my outlook had changed from partly cloudy to warm and sunny; despite the outside...
The Alva Tourism Tax Committee will hold a special meeting today, Jan. 5, at noon in the council chambers of City Hall. Committee members will discuss an application from the Alva Regional Jackpot event requesting funding not to exceed $1,995. The application was received too late to appear on the December agenda, and the event is scheduled before the next regular tourism meeting on Jan. 17....
Leadership Oklahoma, a statewide leadership program in its 31st year, is now accepting applications for its 2018-2019 adult class. The organization accepts a class of 52 members each year. The criteria for selection includes demonstrated leadership on the part of applicants in their communities and state. The program is designed to be a series of issue-oriented forums and experiences, which are based on the belief that knowledge is a key element and prime motivator of leadership. It consists of an orientation session, a mandatory two-day...
The First Friday Art Walk tonight features exhibits, music and refreshments at the Graceful Arts Gallery and Studio on the south side of Alva’s downtown square. The Oklahoma Artists Exhibit will include creations by Dallas Mayer, Duron Lewis, Vanessa Pettit, Eric Bloemers, Calvin Graybill and Mary Graybow. Freddy Riggins will provide live music with his guitar. Refreshments will be served. Several downtown businesses will stay open late during the art walk from 6 to 8 p.m. for opportunities to browse....
• Tuesday Youth Acrylics #1 is a six-week session for ages 8-14 starting Jan. 9 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Some supplies required. • After-School Arts & Crafts will be held every Thursday for ages K-12 years of age. • Valentine Love Birds with Margaret Moss will be held on Jan. 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for ages youth to adult, pre-registration required. For more information and cost for each workshop please call 580-327-2787, drop by the Graceful Arts Center at 523 Barnes Street or email [email protected]....
Coal, oil and natural gas began the industrial revolution, fought world wars, sent men to the moon, and spurred the development of the technological age in which we live. Regardless of the growth of alternative energy sources, wind and solar, the petrochemical, electrical and transportation industries will continue to rely on the “big three.” Nuclear energy plants are slowly being decommissioned and hydroelectric power sites have already been developed, so if we are to be environmentally con...
Shel Silverstein, who died in 1999, was a creative genius who published numerous cartoons while writing plays, poetry, children’s books and songs. As I noted last week, perhaps the greatest of Silverstein’s talents was as a songwriter. And while he wrote several serious ballads, the majority of his songs are humorous in nature. The most famous song Silverstein composed is “A Boy Named Sue,” which became one of Johnny Cash’s biggest hits. Released in 1969, the tune zoomed to the top of the countr...
Last year was a momentous year for the nation. Congress confirmed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, passed once-in-a-generation tax reform, confirmed a record number of Circuit Court Judges, repealed the Obamacare individual mandate, and streamlined hundreds of regulations that have slowed investing and job creation. There remain many challenges that have not been addressed; the largest is our debt and deficit. First a couple of quick definitions: The deficit is how much we overspend in one year. The debt is the total of all the yearly...
ALVA – Basketball standouts Bailey Brown and Treyvon Andres have been named the Blue Sky Media December Athletes of the Month by the Northwestern Oklahoma State University athletic department on Wednesday. A native of Enid, Brown has played a pivotal role in the early success of the Lady Ranger basketball team this season. During the month awarded, the freshman scored 15.6 points per game, leading the Lady Rangers to a 2-1 record during December. After netting 21 points against Oklahoma Christian on Dec. 5, Brown recorded her first career d...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State volleyball coach Jeremy White announced that the Lady Rangers will be holding a tryout on Jan. 27 at 1 p.m. In his first year at the helm of the volleyball program, coach White led the team to new heights where they finished fourth in the Great American Conference and will be looking for quality additions for the 2018 season. All participants will need to send the tryout packet back to Coach White by Jan. 26 at 3 p.m. Current Northwestern students, in addition to the above form, will need to also i...
ALVA, Okla. – The Alva High School girls basketball team started the 2018 calendar year with a victory Tuesday night as the No. 10 Ladybugs took care of Blackwell, 40-37. AHS improved to 6-1 on the season. Sophomore Payton Jones led all scorers in the contest with 17 points, including a 10-point outburst in the second quarter. Stephanie Spellman added 10 points for the Ladybugs, while Tatum Rouse-Murphy added six points, Hallie Durkee tacked on a three-pointer and Rianna Clark and Julie Owen r...
ALVA, Okla. – Lane Scarbrough intercepted a pass at half court en route to a wide open layup just five seconds into the Alva High School boys game against Blackwell on Tuesday. The Goldbugs never looked back as they moved to 6-1 with a 44-33 victory over the Maroons. Both the Bugs and Maroons will take part in the 49th Annual Wheat Capital Tournament starting on Thursday in Enid. Alva takes on Perry in the second boys game of the day at 2:30 p.m. Kingfisher and Fairview tip off the boys a...
The Farmers Cooperative Association proudly announces the recent hire of Preston Lowe, who will join the co-op team as assistant production manager, under Miles Peterson. "I feel that Preston's cool and collected personality is exactly what we need to add to the management team at FCA," stated Peterson. "I am excited to see him grow in this role and bring a new level of excitement to the job." Lowe began this endeavor on Jan. 2. Lowe joins the team after completing a year-long management trainin...
Ryan Dunkin, Alva High School graduate, completed his doctoral degree from A.T. Still University, a division of Arizona University School of Health Services. Dunkin is a graduate of Northwestern Oklahoma State University of Alva, completing his bachelor of arts degree in 1995. He completed his master's degree in 1998 from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Communication Sciences and Disorders. Dr. Dunkin is an audiologist with the Owens Hearing Center in Plano, Texas. His...
The second quarter of 2017 was filled with end of school activities, wheat harvest, the Nescatunga Arts Festival, and the beginning of summer activities. April April began with coverage of the March 31 retirement reception for BJCC Warden Janice Melton. During the Department of Corrections board meeting held that morning, Dr. Chuck Gasaway was recognized as the ODOC Volunteer of the Year. The Alva Friends of the Library raised more than $7,000 during the annual Chocolate Fantasy fundraiser at...
Sen. Roland Pederson said the most dramatic observation of his first year as District 19 State Senator was the vast knowledge needed. "Most of us have served on a board in our lives," he said. "It might be the co-op board or a church board. You only needed to focus on the duties of that one board. There are more than 60 state boards and they all want your ear and to educate you on what they do. My learning curve continues and I have not comprehended everything I need to know." Pederson, who live...
The flicker of a candle, the glow of a fireplace, the bright flames of a bonfire bring light, warmth and beauty. Uncontrolled fire has the opposite effect, leaving destruction and damage in its path. Fire and its aftermath inspire artist Duron Lewis to creativity. The Enid resident has learned to control the flames, to use smoke and soot to develop works of art. "You can create so much with soot," Lewis told Channel 4's Galen Culver in a 2015 interview. "It kind of runs like a river. When you li...
ENID, Okla. – The Alva High School boys extended their winning streak to seven games on Thursday after taking down the Perry Maroons 62-43 in the opening round of the Wheat Capital Tournament at Chisholm. Alva moved its record to 8-1 on the season. On Friday, the Bugs will have their hands full with four-time defending tournament champion Kingfisher. Tip for the second round contest is scheduled for 5:10 p.m. From the opening tip, the Alva boys had no troubles scoring the basketball. Mitchell M...
ENID, Okla. – In one of the wildest endings Wheat Capital Tournament fans have seen in recent memories, the No. 10 Alva Ladybugs fell to the host school Chisholm at the buzzer, 47-46. The Ladybugs drop to 6-2 on the season and move into the loser's bracket of the tournament. They will take on Pond-Creek Hunter who was dominated by Woodward on Thursday evening, 79-24. Down one with eight seconds to go in the game, and coming off a Ladybug turnover, Chisholm inbounded the ball from the left s...
ALVA, Okla. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State women's basketball team let a double digit halftime lead slip away and dropped a 63-59 decision at the hands of Southern Arkansas on Thursday night inside Percefull Fieldhouse. The Lady Rangers (6-5, 2-3 GAC) went on a 22-5 run throughout the final minutes of the first quarter and into the opening minutes of the second quarter to build a 33-15 point advantage at the halftime break. Northwestern held Southern Arkansas (2-9, 1-4 GAC) to 5-of-35 made s...
BOSTON (AP) — A massive winter storm roared into the East Coast on Thursday, dumping as much as 17 inches of snow in some areas and unleashing hurricane-force winds and historic flooding that closed schools and offices and halted transportation from the Carolinas to Maine. Forecasters expected the storm to be followed immediately by a blast of face-stinging cold that could break records in more than two dozen cities and bring wind chills as low as minus 40 degrees this weekend. Blizzard warnings and states of emergency were in wide effect, a...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is planning an emergency meeting about Iran on Friday, after the U.S. asked the world body to show support for Iran's anti-government protesters. With council members divided in their views of the demonstrations that have roiled the Islamic Republic, it's not yet clear how the discussion will take shape or what might come out of it. Alma Konurbayeva, a spokeswoman for current council president Kazakhstan, confirmed that Friday afternoon's meeting is about Iran. The U.S. called on Tuesday for s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acrimony surrounding former White House adviser Steve Bannon's very public break with President Donald Trump escalated Thursday, suggesting a permanent split between the president and the pugilistic strategist who helped put him in the Oval Office. The new fissure in an already fractious Republican Party cast doubt on Bannon's hopes to foment a movement centered on "Trumpism without Trump." It already has cost him a key backer. Rebekah Mercer, the billionaire GOP donor and Breitbart co-owner, issued a statement Thursday di...
