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The 2018 Spring Livestock Show was held Feb. 12 and 13 at the Alfalfa County Fairgrounds in Cherokee. Burlington had seven 4-H members and four FFA members compete. The 4-H members did very well. Brooke Whittet received Grand Champion with her Duroc gilt. Emma Schubach placed first and second in her classes with her doe goats. Schubach also received Grand Champion with her horse. Chloe Jantz received first place in both classes with her doe goats. She also received third place in her class with...
Deacon Tate Burleson, the son of Kevin and Apryl Burleson, along with his older sister, was born in Childress, Texas. Deacon's free time consists of hanging out with friends or working on his pickup in the shop. His favorite food is grilled shrimp and steak. His favorite movie is "Tombstone," which is where he got his favorite quote: "I'm your Huckleberry." His favorite book is "American Sniper" and his favorite animal is either a dog or horse. His favorite song is either "Texas on My Mind" by...
Burlington has 11 fabulous fourth graders this year. Their favorite thing to do is play Quizzes on their classroom Kindles. They can play games with each other over subjects like division facts and pronouns. They are ready for spring weather and outdoor P.E. The fourth grade recently moved into a new building on the north side of the school. Danielle Jewell has been the fourth grade teacher at Burlington for 14 years, but she has been teaching for 19 years. Jewell likes teaching because she...
Two Burlington seniors, Stephanie Croft and Deacon Burleson, have been notified of their selection into the competitive FIT program at Oklahoma State University (OSU). Freshman in Transition (FIT) is a program within the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The students selected for this program live in a specific residential community with student academic mentors (SAMS) who help them become positively engaged in college activities that will promote personal and academic...
Basketball playoffs started Feb. 9 with Burlington hosting the district games. The Burlington Elks played on Friday the 9th against Shidler. The Elks came out on top with a final score of 73-47.They advanced to the championship game on Saturday the 10th along with the Burlington Lady Elks. The Elks and Lady Elks were both District Champions defeating the Medford Cardinals. The Elks played an exciting game, coming out on top in double overtime 75-69. After the games, the boys' and girls' teams...
This year there are nine nervy ninth graders. They are involved in basketball, FFA, band, choir and mentoring. They are looking forward to state basketball, summer and summer camps. Their accomplishments are learning the FFA Creed. They enjoyed many things this school year, but some of their favorites were making cookies in Miss James' class, and making slime in science. They enjoy different things like basketball, hunting, fishing, four-wheeling, video games, and going to The Point in their...
Burlington high school has three very spirited cheerleaders this year: Abigail Trujillo (senior), Kaleigh Maness (senior), and Sadie Crusinbery (junior). They started the year off with selling Burlington T-shirts, planning a bonfire before the first basketball game, and cheering the Lady Elks and Elks on at all home and away games. These cheerleaders are hard-working and have many responsibilities and expectations. They are currently making spirit locker signs with candy for all the basketball...
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...
I believe there is great wisdom in the liturgical church calendar, giving us times of joyful celebration and hope as well as somber reflection and repentance. The liturgical seasons honor both light and dark, and that is wise because it reflects the reality of human life. It is not all joy and happiness – there is darkness and pain. We have seasons and services that allow us to honor the pain in each of our lives and in the lives of every person on this globe. Presbyterians, and several other denominations, begin the season of Lent, the walk wi...
Today, in “Ethics in Life” we took a look at two of Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperatives. Don’t you love the way we name things? I once called a sermon “The quadrapedic polemic” because its four points gave it solid footing. But I digress. Immanuel Kant believed that two guides to living would fit almost any decision in any situation. First, one should only choose the course of action that would make a good law for everyone, everywhere, to follow. And second, no one should treat other humans as a means to an end, but as an end unto themse...
As reported in the Newsgram Wednesday, longtime Burlington School Superintendent Glen Elliott remains hospitalized following a medical emergency late last week. This prompted the Burlington Board of Education to hold a special meeting Thursday that went immediately into executive sessions that lasted almost one hour total. At 8:40 a.m., the board convened in executive session to discuss designating Dr. Stacey Croft or Principal Lane Pruett as purchasing agent, and designate an employee access and input data to the Oklahoma State Department of...
In a report present to the Alva Hospital Authority, the Homestead occupancy is increased 8.4 percent over January 2017. One resident moved to the nursing home in January. Average January occupancy for all nights was 86.8 percent, which includes guest nights and comp nights paid to some providers at the hospital. Also in January, the Homestead converted two of three trial stays into rental agreements, and there is a possibility the third one may still happen. The Homestead is converting some apartments from two bedroom configuration to one. One...
City Manager Joe Don Dunham said he was in the process of writing job descriptions for two full-time employees at the Alva Recreation Center (ARC). Last month, Assistant Director Bridgett Gragg left to take a job as assistant director of EMS for the City of Alva. Dunham said he would like to change the title and job description of that position to activities director and shift the work hours to end at 7 p.m. in the evening. When asked what pay he was thinking, Dunham gave a range from $26,700 to $37,000 annually depending upon similar work expe...
Share Medical Center was not significantly impacted by the flu and cold season the first half of January 2018, However, the second half of the month was very busy. Total clinic office visits in January were 1,738 compared to 1,418 in December. For the hospital, gross patient revenue for the month of January totaled $1,815,214, which was a $94,070 increase over the previous month. The hospital net operating loss for January was $193,547. The net loss was $118,277 after the addition of sales tax revenue. What is burdening the hospital and the...
The Share Convalescent Home sustained a net operating loss for January of $9,167. Rita Goodrich said a large part of the loss could be attributed to the need to fill staff positions with agency nurses. She said such nurses cost about twice as much as normal staff nurses. The nursing home salaries and wages for January totaled $137,108, which was a reduction of $21,914. The reduction came about because of less pay to local nurses. The higher cost of agency nursing is not reflected in the local payroll stats. Goodrich said agency use in January f...
As part of their monthly report to the Alva Hospital Authority, the summary presented by the CFO shows that for the fiscal year so far the bill payers are as follows: Blue Cross – 29 Commercial – 10 Health Choice – 60 Medicaid – 13 Medicare – 524 Self-Pay – 20 United Healthcare – 8...
The three-member Woods County Excise Board approved the following proposed expenditures by county offices at their Feb. 21 meeting: • District 1 Highway Cash $172,647.23 • District 2 Highway Cash $200,370.23 • District 3 Highway Cash $171,384.08 • District 1 CBRI Fund-105 $7,670.55 • District 2 CBRI Fund-105 $7,670.53 • District 3 CBRI Fund-105 $7,670.53 • Enhanced 911 $28,731.97 • Assessor's Fee $427.33 • County Clerk's Lien Fee $1,444.94 • County Clerk's Preservation Fee $1,255 • Sheriff's Revolving Fund $1,982 • Treasurer's Resale $608...
Funeral services for Robert Lee Love will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, February 24, 2018, at the Alva First Baptist Church with Pastor Chris Ruwaldt officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Robert Lee Love, son of Willard and Lucille (Greer) Love, was born November 14, 1932, in Shattuck, Oklahoma, and passed away February 20, 2018, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 85 years, 3 months and 6 days. Bob graduated from East High...
Funeral services for Stanley Ray Almgren will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 24, 2018, at the Alva First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Carol Cook Moore officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. There will be a visitation with the family from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday. Stanley Ray Almgren, son of the late Roy Carl and Dorene Wilma (Thiessen) Almgren, was born March 2, 1946, at Clinton, Oklahoma, and passed away February...
Family visitation will be Friday, February 23, from 6-7:30 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will be Saturday, February 24, at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church with Pastor Aaron Wagner officiating. Interment will be in the Zion Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of Wharton Funeral Chapel. Verna Helen Dubben was born July 2, 1926, in a farm home southeast of Alva to Harry and Ida (Popp) Rauh. She passed away at Beadles Nursing Home on February 19, 2018, at the age of 91 years, 7...
Electric cars, sure, why not: 400 horsepower and range up to 300 miles. Never buy gas, just plug it in and let the power grid charge it. I’m certainly on board if it cuts greenhouse gas emissions, slows global warming and saves me money, but how about trucks? Elon Musk, who has big plans and the financing to implement them, will introduce the Tesla Semi, with a range of 500 miles, and a national network of solar powered charging stations as well. This has led to an avalanche of investors such a...
I remember going into the Professional Building when it was new. Windows, walls, ceiling and floors clean and sparkling. Offices clean and well maintained. My health care provider has an office in the building. I go see him from time to time. I voted early this month so I went to another office. When I walk into the building now either from the front or back entrance I see trash, weeds, dirt piled in corners. I wonder when the windows were last cleaned. The carpets at the entrances and the floors throughout the building are an embarrassment....
Human nature being what it is, all of us know some people we like and some we don’t. Hopefully, the former will always outnumber the latter. Occasionally, we may know someone for whom we have a special dislike. Such was the case several years ago with two outstanding movie actresses. Bette Davis despised Joan Crawford, and Crawford likewise detested Davis. Their acrimonious feelings for each other became the stuff of Hollywood legend. Their ongoing feud became known to everyone in the motion p...
ALVA, Okla. – Off to its best start since the 2013 season, Northwestern Oklahoma State University baseball concluded its conference opening series in fashion Sunday as the Rangers out-slugged Harding in the series rubber match, 25-11. The game ended via mercy rule in eight innings. The victory gave the Rangers a series victory to open Great American Conference play after the two teams split a doubleheader on Saturday. NWOSU won just one GAC during the 2017 season when they swept Southern Nazarene. Northwestern improved its record to 7-4 o...
VICTORIA, Texas – Freshman Ben Snelgrove put together a fine opening spring golf tournament in route to a tie for 25th place in the 2018 Claud Jacobs Spring Invitational. The Kerrville, Texas, native shot a final round 78 in windy conditions to lead the Rangers to a seventh place finish with a three-round total of 949 (310-315-324). The number-one ranked junior college team in the nation McLennan Community College finished in first place in the event with a three-round total of 899 (294-302-303). Snelgrove was the only Ranger to break 80 at V...