Articles from the February 3, 2023 edition
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Religious services and events
Alva Church of God with Pastor Sheryl White Sunday: At 9:30 a.m. Sunday school will meet, with morning worship starting at 10:30. In the evening, the youth group will meet at 5 p.m. This is for students in grades 6-12. At 6:30 p.m. Children's...
By What is faith?
“For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8). The Bible tells us that faith is something that is absolutely essential for us to have. Most people start asking, “Well, if faith...
ARK (act of random kindness)
Have you ever had the feeling like there aren’t any good people left in the world? Then, one day, someone performs an act of random kindness to you and all faith in humanity is restored. Oh, what a wonderful feeling! There is a teaching of such k...
Church Women's Intra-City Salad Supper to be Monday at 6 p.m.
A favorite annual tradition, the Church Women's Intra-City Salad Supper, will be held this Monday evening at a new time: 6 p.m. The event is open to all women in the Alva church community. Organizers suggest participants “bring a favorite salad to s...
Valentine's Day
“Roses are red, violets are blue, if skunks had a college they’d call it P.U.” Before it closed, Phillips University in Enid had a skunk mascot. Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania groundhog, emerg...
Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer
I was sitting in my recliner Saturday evening, listening to worship music on YouTube and cramming like I was still in college, trying to get ready for Sunday school, when one sentence in the study guide caught my eye. We were studying John 7:14-29...
Random Thoughts
Like most athletic endeavors, football is a sport played mostly by young people who are physically fit. That is especially true when the game is played at a professional level. Consequently, almost al...
Tuesday night bowling standings, week of Jan. 31
Team Standings O'Bar – 55 ½ wins, 36 ½ losses Knights of Columbus – 55 wins, 37 losses Dilly Dilly – 51 losses, 41 wins Rollin GoodTimes – 47 ½ wins, 44 ½ losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 41 ½ wins, 50 ½ losses Holy Bowlers – 36 wins, 44 losses The Bow...
Northwestern finds more success at Herm Wilson Invitational
WICHITA, Kan. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Track & Field finished the Herm Wilson Invitational Saturday afternoon. The Ranger's continued to show success in the meet throughout the weekend. In the weekend meet 30 personal bests were set along with t...
Ladybugs notch a win against Tonkawa
The Alva Ladybugs added another one to the win column Tuesday night as they hosted the Tonkawa Lady Buccaneers. Tonkawa put the first points on the board and led 4-2 early on, but the Ladybugs... Full story
Alva Goldbugs tromp the Buccaneers
In their first home game since Jan. 12, Goldbugs Kyler Penco and Daylon Malone made short work of the Tonkawa Buccaneers Tuesday night. Tonkawa was held to four points in the first quarter while the... Full story
Alva Robotics Team meeting
The Alva Robotics Team is invited to meet at the Alva Public Library on Saturday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m. Alumni team members and families are encouraged to attend to discuss plans for the upcoming 2023 Heartland BEST season....
Northwestern's SWAT chapter donation for Compassion in Action Dignity Drive
Students in the Social Workers Association of Tomorrow (SWAT) chapter at Northwestern Oklahoma State University recently completed their Compassion in Action Dignity Drive for the 2022 fall semester....
Share Medical Center has all-new hospital beds
When Alva Hospital Authority (AHA) trustees arrived for the Jan. 31 meeting, there were hospital beds in the hallway outside the meeting room. These were some of the old beds displaced by new modern ones. They’re in storage while the hospital l... Full story
Oklahoma AG apologizes for cabinet secretary's indictment
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma's new attorney general has apologized to one of Gov. Kevin Stitt's former cabinet secretaries for his criminal indictment in 2020 by a previous attorney general, saying he believes the secretary "committed no w...
Frustrated Texans endure winter storm with no power, heat
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Thousands of frustrated Texans shivered in their homes Thursday after more than a day without power, including many in the state capital, as an icy winter storm that has been blamed for at least 10 traffic deaths lingered a...
Ally claims Bolsonaro plotted coup to block Lula presidency
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian magazine on Thursday released audio of a senator claiming then President Jair Bolsonaro sought help in a plot to annul the October elections and keep himself in power. In the recording, Sen. Marcos do Val tells t...
Pentagon: Chinese spy balloon spotted over Western US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said T...
Eye drops recalled after US drug-resistant bacteria outbreak
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials said Thursday a company is recalling its over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week sent a health a...
'Dances With Wolves' actor remains jailed in sex abuse case
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. (AP) — A former "Dances With Wolves" actor accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and leading a cult must remain held without bail until his next court hearing, a judge ordered Thursday morning. Nathan Chasing Horse, 4...
Biden's handwritten notes part of classified docs probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is a man who writes down his thoughts. And some of those handwritten musings over his decades of public service are now a part of a special counsel's investigation into the handling of classified documents. It is...
At Nichols' funeral, Black America's grief on public display
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The sound of the djembe drums started as a low tremble and grew more distinct as the musicians drew closer to the hundreds gathered inside the Memphis church. "We love you, Tyre," the drummers chanted, referring to Tyre N...
US to send Ukraine longer-range bombs in latest turnaround
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of agonizing, the U.S has agreed to send longer-range bombs to Ukraine as it prepares to launch a spring offensive to retake territory Russia captured last year, U.S. officials said Thursday, confirming that the new w...
Don't like Phil's forecast? Check out these rodents instead
Rodents predicting weather trends. Why? Just as fair a Groundhog Day question, though, is this: Why not? And more importantly, why should Punxsutawney Phil always get to, well, hog the press? The spring-heralding (or spring-delaying) small animal...
