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Happy Birthday To Nov. 9: Mark Nixon Nov. 10: Marlo Smith, Stuart Page Nov. 11: John Noble, Jordan Russell, Lola Thompson, Jerad Bradt, Nicholas Bradt Nov. 12: Ron Bliss, Rayna Burkhart, Cody McMurphy, Logan Rader, Bubba Jones, Reagan Wilson Nov. 13: Ginger Nickel, Robert Williams, Anthony Stewart, Huck Murray Nov. 14: Jared Wise, Kay Scates, Don Reutlinger, Barrett Bradt Nov. 15: Danny Whittet, Jennifer Thorton Nov. 16: Darrel DeVine, Angela Sample, David Kirkpatrick, Dalton Hughes Nov. 17: Greg Ledford, Dayna Boham Nov. 18: Natalie Elwood,...
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety announces that the Enid driver license headquarters at 5725 W. Owen K. Garriott will be closed Nov. 13 through Nov. 26 for remodeling. Most services will be affected, including driver license applications and transfers, ID card applications, written tests (class D and motorcycle), driving skills test (class D and motorcycle), and driver compliance hearings. The CDL skills testing will not be closed during this time period. Scheduling for CDL skills testing will be made through the DL Services Help Desk...
Thanksgiving Day is quickly approaching, and many Oklahomans will be preparing holiday meals for their families and friends. But don’t let food poisoning be on the menu this year. “Every year in the United States, approximately 48 million people get sick because of some form of foodborne illnesses,” said Ravi Jadeja, food safety specialist for Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center. “Of those, 128,000 are hospitalized or need medical attention and, unfortunately, 3,000 people die every year.” FAPC offers...
Sunday, Nov. 5, was All Saints Sunday. The order of services at the Freedom United Methodist Church was: Prelude by Janell Reutlinger Call to Worship led by Dixie Stansberry Hymn “A Charge to Keep I Have” “We Are the Church” Opening Prayer led by Shirley Wagner Scripture: Matthew 23:1-12 Jesus telling us to be humble and not to take after the Pharisees who loved to display their importance Sermon by Pastor Paul: “Here’s a Coin for You Cowboy” Gloria Patri Hymn of Justifying Grace “Take Time to Be Holy” Joys and Concerns: Remember all thos...
The regular meeting of the Town of Freedom Board of Trustees on Nov. 8 was canceled. A special meeting has been set for Monday, Nov. 13, at 6 p.m. at the town office, 1049 Main St. Among the action items on the agenda are possible approval of a resolution to approve the Codification of Ordinances, declaring some electronics as surplus and setting the 2018 meeting dates. The board also plans to discuss possible projects for a 2018 REAP grant. An executive session is planned for the annual reviews with all full time and part time employees. The...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s nursing program been named the 18th best in the country out of 754 nursing schools in the central United States by Nursejournal.org. Criteria used for the ranking included quality, affordability, convenience, satisfaction and value. Northwestern is the top ranked Oklahoma nursing school in this listing. “Any time Northwestern nursing is recognized regionally or nationally, it acknowledges the hard work of our students and the devotion of our faculty to the profession of nursing,” Dr. Shelly Wells, profe...
Leadership Oklahoma, a statewide leadership program, is now accepting applications for its 2018 Youth Leadership Oklahoma (YLOK) class. The application deadline is Tuesday, Dec. 5, by 5 p.m. Applicants must be high school juniors or home-schooled equivalent with at least a 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Youth Leadership Oklahoma accepts 50 class members each year. The program includes a week-long journey across the state with purpose to introduce high school students between their junior and senior years to state leaders, issues,...
The Oklahoma House of Representatives took several positive steps last week to fill the $215 million shortfall facing three state health departments. House members passed five bills last week which take care of nearly three-quarters of the funding gap. Four of the bills tapped into our state’s Rainy Day Fund and carryover money from Fiscal Year 2018. These funds are intended to help to fill the funding hole of the Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, the Department of Human S...
Memorial services for Cortney Lyle (Cory) Washburn will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, November 11, 2017, at the Alva First United Methodist Church with Reverend Dr. Carol Cook Moore officiating. A private family interment will be held under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva....
Freedom Public School is holding its annual blood drive Thursday, Nov. 9, from 2 to 6 p.m. The blood drive is for anyone who is able to donate blood and is 16 or older. Donors will receive their choice of an OU or OSU T-shirt. To schedule your appointment please contact 580-621-3271....
Plans for a new arena in Alva are moving along, but board members have hit a snag in finalizing design plans. Trustees of the Alva Arena Authority met Tuesday, Nov. 7, at noon. Mike Hood said the Design Committee interviewed two possible candidates to act as design consultants. "We are stuck on the design phase," said Hood. He explained that none of the trustees has ever designed an arena installation before. The committee was impressed with both of the men interviewed. One was a rodeo...
ALVA, OKLA. – The East Central University volleyball team dropped a 3-1 (25-27, 25-21, 25-23, 25-13) decision to Northwestern Oklahoma State on the road in Great American Conference action. The Tigers (7-23, 2-13 GAC) were paced by senior Diana Etienne with 11 kills and 14 digs, for her third double-double of the season. Senior Lily Porsa and junior Abbey Wehrman led the defense, with Porsa netting 24 digs and Wehrman 20. ECU took an early lead, pushing the advantage out to eight points (14-6). However, the Rangers (??) fought back with s...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Southeastern had a trio of double-digit scorers and matched Texas-San Antonio shot-for-shot in the second half, but fell in its final exhibition on Tuesday night 79-67 in San Antonio, Texas. The Savage Storm now look ahead to the regular season opener on Nov. 10 when it takes on Central Oklahoma at 5:30 p.m. in Alva, Okla., in the GAC/MIAA Challenge opener. Ryan Scott-McGuire led the way for SE with 16 points on 7-of-11 shooting, while Bobby Johnson was right behind with 12, thanks to a trio of threes, and James Donelan c...
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern celebrated senior night for Alissa Benson and Bayley Cook, but the celebration was short lived as Oklahoma Baptist snapped the six-match Savage Storm winning streak with a 3-0 loss on Tuesday night in Bloomer Sullivan Gymnasium. The loss drops the Savage Storm to 12-18 overall and 7-8 in Great American Conference play. Arianna Baker was the only Storm attacker to reach double figures, finishing with 12, while Hallie Smith and Abby Jameson turned in eight each. Benson stretched her career assists lead by 26 on T...
BETHANY, Okla. — It took until the final home match of the season, but Southern Nazarene clinched its fourth straight bid to the Great American Conference Championships Tuesday night with a 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-23) win over Southwestern Oklahoma State. Bailee Turang notched a career-high six blocks and nearly posted a double-double with 13 kills and nine digs. She also hit .400 on the night. The Crimson Storm (13-17, 8-7 GAC) tied a season-high with nine blocks. Makenna Hunter added six blocks to go with five kills. Kayla Thomas chipped in w...
BETHANY, Okla. – The SWOSU Volleyball team dropped a straight-set decision against Southern Nazarene on Tuesday evening at the Sawyer Center in Bethany. SNU won the match by set scores of 25-23, 25-17, 25-23, holding SWOSU to a hitting percentage of .072 for the match and just one set hitting above .100. The Bulldogs got a match-high 15 kills from Danusia Sipa Borgeaud, who hit .300 for the match with six hitting errors, but the rest of the offense totaled just 20 kills with 20 attack errors. Other leaders for SWOSU included Allie Hoang with a...
NORMAN, Okla. – SWOSU Women's Basketball fell to the No. 22/21 ranked Oklahoma Sooners 109-65 on Tuesday night inside the Lloyd Noble Center in its first and only exhibition game of the season. SWOSU's offense found themselves with open shots in the first half, but just couldn't knock them down after shooting just 1-for-14 from the three point line and 31.3% from the field overall through the game's first 10 minutes. Hailey Tucker found success in the lane, scoring 11 points through two quarters and shot a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw l...
SEARCY, Ark. - With a 20-18 win in the fifth set, No. 9 Arkansas Tech defeated Harding, 3-2, on Tuesday to win the Great American Conference regular-season championship. The title is the third regular-season championship over the past four seasons for the Golden Suns, and it is their fourth since the conference formed in 2011. UP NEXT Arkansas Tech (31-0, 15-0 GAC) returns home for the final match of the regular season, as the Golden Suns host Ouachita on Thursday, Nov. 9. The senior-night match is scheduled for 6 p.m. HOW IT HAPPENED Harding (...
Arkadelphia, Ark. - The University of Arkansas at Monticello volleyball team was defeated by the Reddies of HSU Tuesday evening on the road, by a final score of 3-1. MATCH NOTES Final set scores from the match were 16-25, 10-25, 25-19 and 18-25 in favor of Henderson State. The Blossoms fall to 10-21 (2-13 GAC) in 2017. HSU improves to (13-15, 6-9 GAC) overall this season. SET ONE UAM opened the match with a small lead over the Reddies, but HSU quickly created multiple runs to jump out to a 19-12 lead over the Blossoms. Despite kills from...
SEARCY – It took five sets for the No. 9 Arkansas Tech volleyball team to beat Harding Tuesday in Great American Conference action. The Lady Bisons fell 3-2 (27-25, 21-25, 25-15, 18-25, 20-18). Harding falls to 24-5 overall and 12-3 in the GAC. Arkansas Tech improves to 31-0 overall and 15-0 in the GAC. The Lady Bisons have already sealed their spot in the GAC Tournament Nov. 16-18 in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Harding will be the No. 2 seed. Their opponent hasn't been determined yet with one GAC match remaining. After the match, seniors Taylor Mou...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Henderson State dominated the first two sets of its match with Arkansas-Monticello on Tuesday night and then withstood a Blossom rally to win, 3-1 (25-16, 25-10, 19-25, 25-18) on Senior Night in the Duke Wells Center. SET ONE: Leading 12-10 in the first set, Henderson used kills from four different players to go on a 9-3 run and put a 21-13 gap between it and UAM. The Blossoms tried to creep back into it, but an ace from Abby Blackburn and a kill from Maddy Wisniewski gave the Reddies the final two points and a 25-16 win. H...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Ouachita Baptist volleyball team (19-10, 9-6 GAC) defeated Southern Arkansas (8-22, 1-14 GAC) in four sets – 25-18, 25-23, 22-25, 30-28 – as the team honored its seniors on Tuesday night. As a team, the Tigers closed out the match with 50 kills on a .174 hitting percentage and accumulated 54 digs, 47 assists, eight blocks and six aces. Southern Arkansas was held to a .134 hitting percentage in the match while tallying 52 kills. Kori Bullard and Caitlin Cantrell led the way for Ouachita. Bullard closed out the confe...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Senior opposite hitter Alli O'Banion produced 17 kills at a .361 attack percentage on Tuesday evening and in the process became just the fifth Lady Mulerider in the Rally Scoring Era (RSE) to eclipse 1,000 career kills, while Southern Arkansas was edged in four sets by Ouachita in Great American Conference action inside the Sturgis Physical Education Center in Arkadelphia. O'Banion became just the second SAU player since 2000 to cap her career with 1,000 kills and 300 total blocks joining Maggie Ross who did it from 2006 t...
SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — In a story Nov. 7 about the mass shooting at a Texas church, The Associated Press misspelled a victim's first name and reported the wrong age of her husband. She was Therese Rodriguez, not Theresa Rodriguez, and her husband, Richard Rodriguez, was 64, not 51. A corrected version of the story is below: Latest: Retired couple originally from Michigan among dead One of several married couples killed in the Texas church shooting was originally from Michigan SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas (AP) — The Latest on the chu...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday that she believes climate change exists, but said she cannot determine whether humans are the primary cause. Speaking at her Senate confirmation hearing, Kirstjen Nielsen said she is "not prepared to determine causation" on climate change. Nielsen's comment contradicts mainstream climate science, including a U.S. report last week that concludes the evidence of global warming is stronger than ever and that it's "extremely likely" — mea...
