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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...
To my wife, I am writing this note to thank you for all that you have done for me. You have supported me in everything I have done and the decisions that were made. You supported me when I went back to school. You supported me when we were called by God to Cedar Grove Wesleyan to be the pastor. You did all this and made sure our boys were taken care of. You did many things that most people don’t realize. You stayed up late getting a costume done for different occasions that the boys were involved in. You made sure the boys were thought of f...
Nicodemus came to Jesus. Nicodemus came to Jesus “after hours.” Nicodemus came to Jesus after the hustle and bustle of a growing ministry had quieted down for the evening. He came to Jesus at night. It would be easy to get so caught up in the first phrase of John chapter 3 that we never get to the real meat of the passage (spiritual re-birth and God’s great sacrifice), but one has to wonder why brother Nic chose to wait until after dinner to approach the young Rabbi. Perhaps it was the only time the two could get a moment to meet. After all,...
The entry deadline for forms to be submitted for the 16th annual Northwestern Oklahoma State University Art Society (NAS) Art Show in the J.W. Martin Library on March 3–29 is less than one month away. Forms should be submitted no later than Feb. 20. Artwork should be delivered to the library on Feb. 27 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Northwestern Student Government Association will co-sponsor the show again this year. All Northwestern students, employees, retired employees and alumni from all campus locations are encouraged to enter. Two items may b...
A study released last week by the State Chamber Research Foundation shows Northwestern Oklahoma State University has a significant impact on local, regional and state economies. The study showed Northwestern supported approximately $58.1 million in total economic output for FY2016, including direct expenditures of $43.8 million in spending by faculty, staff and students. Included in direct expenditures are $6.8 million in spending from non-Oklahoma students. The study concluded that Oklahoma’s system of higher education plays a large and i...
Funeral services for Bonnie Barker will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 2, 2019, at the Elm and Murrow Church of Christ with Bill David Walker officiating. Interment will be in the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka LLC. Bonnie Barker, daughter of the late Charles and Pollena (Hager) Strohmeyer, was born August 15, 1921, at Waynoka, and passed away January 29, 2019, at Enid at the age of 97 years, 5 months and 14 days. Bonnie grew up in...
Funeral services for Walter "Dub" Hartwig,78, are pending with Marshall Funeral Home of Alva....
Last year’s calendar was weary with special days, celebrations, anniversaries and appointments while 2019 is stacking-up to be the same. February was, for the second year, the slowest month at the Elegant Toad, a trend hopefully ending in 2019, but looking at the calendar, February is a busy month with Valentine’s Day, President’s Day and the birthday celebrations for Washington, Lincoln and Chaffee. According to the 2019 edition of The Old Farmer’s Almanac, itself founded in 1792, Februar...
As we saw earlier, some advertisers create fictional characters and use them over and over in a series of television ads to help get their messages across to viewers. The familiarity of these “spokespersons” undoubtedly helps to create positive images of their companies in the minds of the consuming public. Allstate Insurance has its “mayhem” guy and GEICO has its gecko. I like some of these characters but not others. Among other insurance companies, I like the Aflac duck and I can tolerat...
Pony Boys: 51 wins, 29 losses Marshall's Old Timers: 49 ½ wins, 30 ½ losses Schuesslers: 47 wins, 33 osses Rollin Good Times: 46 ½ wins, 33 ½ losses Knights of Columbus: 41 ½ wins, 38 ½ losses Ten Pin Old Men: 38 ½ wins, 41 ½ losses O-Bar: 36 wins, 44 losses Men/Individual High Scratch Game – John Cook: 235 High Scratch Series – John Cook: 667 High Hdcp Game – Byron Pierce: 273 High Hdcp Series – Byron Pierce: 738 Women/Individual High Scratch Game – Teresa Cummings: 184 High Scratch Series – Teresa Cummings: 502 High Hdcp Game – Teresa Cummi...
Alva Girl Scouts held their annual cookie rally this past weekend. The rally is getting the girls prepared for the current cookie season. There will still be the same eight kinds of cookies this year: Samoas, Thin Mints, Dosidos, Tagalongs, Trefoils, Savannah Smiles, S'mores and Toffee-tastics. Cookie booths will start on Feb. 15 and will run through the end of sale on March 24 where you will see Girl Scouts set up in front of businesses. This is the last year for the Savannah Smiles. If this is... Full story
Food and monetary donations from individuals, organizations, local business people and more continue to be made to the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Campus Cabinet Food Pantry. The most recent monetary donation comes from the "Northwest Oklahoma Bank It: A Habit of Helping Foundation," which is a 501(c)3 charitable organization in Alva formed to bring citizens together in support of the northwest Oklahoma community and to help people and projects in need. The organization approved a...
On Monday, Jan. 28, the Waynoka 4-H and FFA held their annual trophy auction at the Waynoka Schools multi-purpose building at 6:30 p.m. A silent auction was available to browse and bid on throughout the evening. The evening began with a great meal catered by Klein's. After the meal, the live auction began with many items up for bid. The auctioneers that helped out for the evening were Buck Hutchens and Andy Ferguson. Some of the items in the live auction included an FFA quilt made by Susan...
Last Friday and Saturday, Jan. 25-26, the three area Wesleyan churches (Alva, Hopeton and Cedar Grove) held their annual banquet and quail hunt. On Friday night, about 75 people crowded around the long tables in the fellowship hall of Alva Wesleyan and feasted on home-style foods like fried chicken and potato salad. Many of those in attendance were pastors or their families – perhaps 20 pastors stood to appreciative applause after the feasting was over and before the speaker took the podium. S... Full story
Like the Ladybugs, the Goldbugs are coming off a 1-2 record at the Cashion tournament. During the Cashion tournament the Goldbugs played an extra two periods as the latter two games of the tournament went into overtime. The Goldbugs and the Woodward Boomers played the first quarter of the ball game even, each team scoring 15 points. The Boomers started the first period of the game hot from deep as the team combined for three three-point baskets in the first quarter. Alva's McGuire led the... Full story
ALVA, Okla. – Despite getting off to a slow start in the first quarter, the Ladybugs went on to defeat the Lady Boomers of Woodward in the final seconds of Tuesday night's Homecoming game. The Varsity Ladybugs came off a 1-2 Cashion tournament record to defeat Woodward in the final five seconds of the ball game. In the first quarter, Woodward out-scored the Ladybugs 19-8. The Lady Boomers connected three times from behind the three-point line. Kirstyn Hines of Woodward led the team during t... Full story
RUSSELLVILLE, ARK. – After trailing for most of the first half, the East Central University gained a lead until the final two minutes before falling 64-56 to Arkansas Tech in road Great American Conference action. Scoring First Quarter: 9-17 The Golden Suns (8-11, 4-8 GAC) started on a 6-0 streak in the first 3:30 minutes The Tigers (14-5, 9-4 GAC) followed with a 5-3 run to cut the deficit to four (9-5) ATU finished the stanza on an 8-4 run Second Quarter: 25-15 (34-32) The Golden Suns kept pushing and increased the lead to 12 (23-11) in t...
DURANT, Okla. – Katie Webb's 20 points led all scorers, but Southeastern was scoreless over then final 4:14 of the contest in a 63-53 road loss at Harding on Thursday night in Searcy, Ark. The Savage Storm drop to 10-7 overall on the season and 8-5 in Great American Conference play heading into a Saturday afternoon contest with Arkansas Tech at 1 p.m. in Russellville, Ark. "I thought we got whipped physically," said head coach Darin Grover, "And a big part of that was the boards. We forced them to miss but they went and got offensive r...
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. — Southern Nazarene entered the Duke Wells Center on Thursday night ranked inside the top-three in defense in the Great American Conference, and it showed why in a 55-48 win over Henderson State. The Crimson Storm (10-9, 9-4 GAC) have been holding opponents to just 64.1 points per game and that number will drop once again after another outstanding effort on the defensive end. It is the third straight game that SNU has held their opponent to 50 points or fewer, and the win Thursday night stretches the Storm's winning streak t...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Taylor Hedrick, Hayden Priddy and Tyra Aska combined for 54 points to lead the #15/14-ranked SWOSU Lady Bulldogs past Southern Arkansas 86-61 on Thursday night at the Watson Athletic Center in Magnolia. The Lady Dawgs scored the first five points of the game and never looked back, leading wire-to-wire as they completed the season sweep of SAU for the fourth straight year. SWOSU doubled up the Muleriders in the first quarter, leading 26-13 after 10 minutes of play before extending the lead to 48-33 at halftime despite four start...
SEARCY – Harding held Southeastern Oklahoma without a bucket for the last eight minutes of the game and defeated the Savage Storm 63-53 Thursday at the Rhodes-Reaves Field House. Southeastern's Alexis Robinson made a 3-pointer with 8:16 left to tie the game at 50-50, but Harding forced nine straight missed shots down the stretch and ended the game on a 13-3 run. The victory was Harding's seventh in eight home games this season and boosted the Lady Bisons to 13-6 overall and 8-5 in the GAC. Harding has won four straight at home against Southeast...
