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Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – whole grain Cinnamon Crunch, buttered toast, peaches, juice, milk Tuesday – chicken biscuit, pears, juice, milk Wednesday – french toast strips, maple syrup, pineapple, juice, milk Lunch Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – chicken sandwich, baked beans, rosy applesauce, milk Tuesday – steak fingers, scalloped potatoes, mixed vegetables, biscuit, fruit cocktail, milk Wednesday – chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, chicken gravy, rolls, peaches, milk Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Mo...
The Patchwork Friends OHCE group met for their first regular meeting of the year on Jan. 11 at the home of Maureen Thomas. Vice President Barbara Cue called the meeting to order and led the group in the flag salute. Roll call was answered to “What is some kind of depression?” Those answering were Cue, Dee Mason, Janice Litton, Aleta Nolan, Doris White, Dottie Gatz, and new members Mary Barker and Maureen Thomas. Devotions were given by the hostess from the book “The Word for Today.” The treasurer's report was given by Mason. Pennies and nickels...
The criteria for the selection of American Association of University Women (AAUW) scholarship recipient are as follows. Recipient Criteria The recipient of the AAUW Scholarship shall be a woman who: • is enrolled in and plans to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University the following academic semester. • has completed at least 64 credit hours (junior status or above) by December 2017. • needs financial assistance in order to complete undergraduate work. • has a 3.2 or better overall grade point average. • has participated in student a...
A Waynoka man was taken to the hospital after deputies went to a rural Woods County residence to investigate a complaint of domestic violence. According to court records, the incident occurred on Wednesday, Jan. 17. Woods County deputies David Cummings and Chase Bouziden responded at 8:42 a.m. to an address on County Road 350. On the way, Cummings contacted Waynoka Police Chief Ted Woodhead and requested he also respond since he was closer to the address. When Woodhead arrived, he requested Waynoka EMS respond to the scene for a man lying on...
The Share Convalescent Home had gross patient revenue for the month of December 2017 of $322,915, which was a $13,836 increase over the prior month. Patient days were up to 1,692 compared to 1,645 a month earlier. The operating expenses for December, excluding salaries, benefits and depreciation was $116,252, a decrease of $1,704 compared to the prior month. Convalescent home salaries and wages for December totaled $159,022, which was a decrease of $1,645 compared to the prior month. One reason the payroll was lower was because the facility...
During the ‘50s and ‘60s, our family home was situated on “the main drag” in Hugoton, Kansas, which naturally enough was named “Main Street.” The street was also the principal north/south highway through the town, and intersected another east/west highway a block to the south of our house. Teenagers of the time used a portion this layout of highways as a popular social complex to signify their coming of age. The complex consisted of a mile and a half of roadways that formed an L-shaped grid. Coming from the north, the grid began with an eig...
I always have been a music lover and other than kill-a-cop or attack-a-woman music, I like most everything. Since high school days, until the last couple of years, there was lots of stations playing rock like it was still the '60s. Most stores played canned music also from the '60s. In the last year or two I have noticed some stores play more music from the '80s and '90s and there are less old rock stations to be found. At first it didn't make sense, but the stores are playing to the shoppers...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State men's basketball took a tough eight-point loss at the hands of the Ouachita Baptist Tigers Thursday night. Despite holding a five-point halftime lead, the Rangers were plagued by fouls down the stretch allowing the Tigers to pull ahead in the final few minutes. Treyvon Andres led the Black and Red with 16 points and added two blocked shots, bringing his team leading total to 37 for the season while ranking him second in the Great American Conference. The 6-foot-7 forward also connected on two t...
ALVA, Okla. – After a 30-plus year absence from campus, Northwestern Oklahoma State University will bring back women's track and field as part of its intercollegiate athletic program. The first season of competition will come in the spring of 2019. Brad Franz, director of athletics, announced that current cross country coach Jill Lancaster, who has experienced extensive success as a collegiate track and field coach, will lead the team. “Northwestern is excited about the opportunity to expand our varsity collegiate offerings for women thr...
ALVA, Okla. – Thursday night the Northwestern Oklahoma State women's basketball team narrowed a 12-point deficit with just over five minutes remaining down to just two points with 39 seconds remaining, but two free throws from Ouachita Baptist allowed them to pull out a 78-74 victory. Junior Jade Jones hit two free throws to finish off a 15-5 run that the Lady Rangers put together in the final five minutes of the fourth quarter. However, Morgan Miller hit two free throws with five seconds remaining for the Lady Tigers and negated an i...
Friday, January 19, 2018 2:42 p.m. Reporting party (RP) advised of their brother had fallen and possibly broke his hip and leg, 3:08 p.m. RP advised of a medical alarm going off in the 1700 block of Windson Cove. 4:55 p.m. Brush pile on fire 17 miles west of Alva. Saturday, January 20, 2018 3:55 p.m. RP advised of cattle out on County Road 500 and Grady. 5:26 p.m. Cows out in Grant County. 7:59 p.m. Call that a child was in the front seat of a blue pickup. 10:37 p.m. Welfare check on Church Street. 11:25 p.m. RP advised they were being...
8 GUILTY 5 Felonies Terry E. Diacon, 32, Waynoka: Defendant pleaded guilty Dec. 7, 2017, to sexual battery and soliciting sexual conduct or communications with minor by use of technology in case CF-14-116. Defendant has been sentenced to two 10 years imprisonment; under the custody and control of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Defendant shall pay total fees and cost of $4,444.56. Humberto Martinez, 53, Weslaco, Texas: Defendant pleaded guilty Dec. 5, 2017, to acts resulting in gross injury in case CF-15-42. Defendant has been...
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 obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Woods County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Felony Filings Tyler Scott Hummer, Waynoka, 29, has been...
Real Estate Transfers Book 1271 page 281: Roy Lee Daniels and Kimberly Ann Daniels, husband and wife, unto Levi John Daniels. West half of the northeast quarter and northwest quarter of the southeast quarter and northwest quarter and north half of the southwest quarter section 3, township 24 north, range 14, W.I.M., Woods County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 1271 page 426: Tri-K Equipment, Inc., unto Brodie Wade Bush. A tract of land located in the northeast quarter of section 27, township 27 north, range 14 west of the Indian Meridian,...
Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:46 a.m. Man called for inmate information. 9:36 p.m. Woman called about inmate information. Friday, January 19, 2018 None. Saturday, January 20, 2018 9:05 p.m. Woman called about inmate information. 10:15 p.m. Woman called about inmate information. Sunday, January 21, 2018 9:40 p.m. Woman called about inmate information. 9:45 p.m. Man called about inmate information. Monday, January 22, 2018 6:08 a.m. Woman called about inmate information. 7 a.m. Man called about inmate information. 9:15 a.m. Woman called about...
In November 2017, a square wooden tube was discovered under College Street in Alva, just east of the old Central National Bank. Manuel Gonzales, a construction worker in charge of repairing the street, made the discovery and gave a section of it to the museum and a section for display at Starr Lumber Company. Later in November, Don Heinsen, an Alva resident, noticed the pipe at Starr Lumber and recognized it as being similar to tubes he had seen during his years redoing streets in downtown Fort...
HAYS, Kan. – An Alva student is among the 1,607 named by Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, to the Dean's Honor Roll for the fall 2017 semester. The Dean's Honor Roll includes undergraduate students only. To be eligible, students must have completed 12 or more credit hours and earned a minimum grade point average of 3.60 for the semester. Full-time on-campus and FHSU Virtual College students are eligible. Named to the Deans Honor Roll is Whitney Jae Randall of Alva, a freshman majoring in health and human performance....
Alva High School will be celebrating basketball homecoming on Tuesday, Jan. 30, against the Woodward Boomers. Coronation of the basketball king and queen will take place at 6 p.m. at the Goldbug gym before the 6:30 p.m. game. The theme for homecoming this year is "Goldbugs Through the Years." The basketball queen candidates from the senior class are: Ray Ray Bell, Calissa Fouts, Julie Owen, Tatum Rouse, and Bianca Ruiz. The senior king candidates this year are: T.W. Beiswanger, Jacob Faulkner,...
ALVA, Okla. – Hall of Fame weekend is just over a week away here at Northwestern Oklahoma State where three Ranger greats will be inducted into the Northwestern Hall of Fame on Saturday Feb. 3, including a football and track and field star, Mark Buck. Buck was an exceptional two-sport athlete and continued the tradition of Perryton, Texas, greats that played at Northwestern. Buck was a standout as a defensive back in football, and as an all-around performer on the track team. On the gridiron, h...
ALVA, Okla. – Hall of Fame weekend is just over a week away here at Northwestern Oklahoma State where three Ranger greats will be inducted into the Northwestern Hall of Fame on Saturday Feb. 3, including an exceptional football player and coach. When Ranger fans talk about the toughest players to ever wear a Red and Black uniform, Dr. Chandler Mead is usually part of the discussion. He carried that enthusiasm for the game as player into a brilliant coaching career. A native of Woodward, Mead anc...
High wind speeds and dry vegetation made perfect conditions for wildfires in the area Thursday and Friday. The Oklahoma Mesonet shows no rainfall for Woods County in the past 30 days. Maximum wind gusts recorded on Thursday, Jan. 25, were 36 mph at Alva, 41 mph at May Ranch near the Kansas border and 47 mph at Freedom, the highest shown for the entire state on the Mesonet site. It was about the same on Friday with Alva's highest wind speed at 44 mph, May Ranch at 41 and Freedom at 46 mph. Just...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State men's basketball suffered another setback in Arkansas Saturday when they took a 65-63 loss at the hands of Henderson State. After taking a narrow lead into halftime, the Rangers found themselves trailing by 11 midway through the second half before fighting back to tie the game in the final minute. The Reddies' Chris Parker knocked down a go ahead 19-footer with just 4.8 seconds remaining, leaving the Rangers with one shot at tying it up. Brandon Green took the inbounds pass and sprinted the length...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State women's basketball team was unable to pull off the victory on Saturday afternoon despite strong second and third quarter performances that saw them outscore Henderson State by a combined total of 43-to-38. The Lady Rangers ultimately dropped the contest after scoring just eight and 10 points in the first and fourth quarters. Freshman Selena McDonald had a team-high 21 points in the game on 9-of-10 shots from the field. A poor first quarter of action that saw Northwestern hit just 2-of-11 s...
The Homestead report presented to the Alva Hospital Authority by Kelly Parker showed a good picture of growth. At present, occupied rooms are 44, with five reservations for people who plan to move in between now and the end of March. With the apartments used for overnight staff and other comped stays (for example, a medical student coming for residency next month) that will bring the Homestead to 49 out of 54 total apartments in use if nobody moves in or out. In December, one occupant moved to the nursing home because of the need for more healt...
