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Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Evening worship begins at 5:30 p.m. Young adults gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Wednesday services include 7 p.m. Bible Study, and youth group also meets at 7 p.m. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at...
As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another (Proverbs 27:17). Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid (Proverbs 12:1). Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall (Proverbs 16:18). We have a crisis in American dialog. We're creating smaller and smaller islands of ideology with more and more space between them. Rather than being corrected by outside resistance, our errors are reinforced by others who share those same errors. By rejecting pushback and correction, we think we're...
Leviticus is next on the list for us to read this week. Leviticus, written by Moses, is part of the law given to him on Mt. Sinai with the Ten Commandments. The first few chapters give details about how sacrifices were to be made, what they were to be, and how they were to be offered. Some sacrifices were for sins of the people, some were to make the priests ceremonially clean so they could safely enter the tabernacle. God reminds them they are to be a Holy people because He is Holy. Later chapters of Leviticus give direction on what foods are...
Social security is a subject that always ends with thoughts about when it will run out. That time has come. Starting this year, the costs will exceed the income. It’s a fairly simple program of money in, money out, but when that cash flow turns upside down the trust fund will start drawing down to continue full benefits. The trust funds will be depleted in 2034. Job losses, reduced hours and slow wage growth due to Covid hasn’t helped the situation but something has to be done. Right now, Cov...
While Sheb Wooley was carving out a successful acting career in the 1950s and 1960s, he was also actively working in the music business, writing and recording numerous songs. His biggest hit was a novelty tune released in 1958 called “The Purple People Eater.” That little ditty went to No. 1 on the Billboard rock charts and stayed there for six weeks! Wooley also wrote and sang “That’s My Pa,” which became a No. 1 hit on Billboard’s country music charts in 1962. His composition “Are You Sa...
Like many other events, the annual Lt. Governor’s Invitational Turkey Hunt in Alva was canceled last year. This year the event is scheduled for April 14-16. Executive Director Neal Williams of the Woods County Economic Development Committee (WCEDC) spoke to the Alva Tourism Committee last week about helping with funding for the event. In addition to WCEDC, the event is sponsored by the Alva Chamber of Commerce, Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell, the Oklahoma Department of Commerce and the National Wild T...
The late-2020 surge in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths left many of the state’s tracking systems behind as providers responsible for updating reports concentrated on providing patient care ahead of filling out reports. It was further exacerbated as epidemiologists and other public health officials got behind in fatality case investigations, which is the total the state has been publishing for Covid-19 deaths. That has led to a stark difference in the state’s death toll from Covid-19 and one kept by a division of the Centers for...
The 18th annual Northwestern Oklahoma State University Art Society Art Show will take place March 7-26 in the J.W. Martin Library on the Alva campus and will be open during the library's regular business hours. "Entries may be down a little this year because of Covid-19 concerns, but the art show is happening," Angelia Case, NAS sponsor, said. "We didn't do as much publicity on the art show this year because we just weren't positive whether we'd get to have it or not after having to cut it short... Full story
Team Standings The Bowl Movements: 61 ½ wins, 30 ½ losses Dilly Dilly: 60 wins, 32 losses Knights of Columbus: 58 wins, 34 losses Rollin Good Times: 48 wins, 44 losses Marshall's Oldtimers: 46 wins, 46 losses Next Frame: 44 ½ wins, 47 ½ losses O'Bar: 42 wins, 50 losses Ghost Team: 0 wins, 92 losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game: Dilly Dilly – 868, Knights of Columbus – 830, O'Bar – 806 Scratch Series: Dilly Dilly – 2428, Knights of Columbus – 2354, Rollin Good Times – 2248 Handicap Game: O'Bar – 1150, Dilly Dilly – 1139, Marshall's Ol...
Wednesday afternoon, Dave Foster of Dodge City was named the new football coach for Alva High School. Foster is in his 25th year as a head coach. He has been head coach of Dodge City's Red Demons for 11 years. Before that he spent eight years as head football coach in Elk City, Oklahoma. Foster grew up in Beloit, Kansas, near the Nebraska line. He and wife Summer have two daughters and one son. The oldest daughter Sidney is set to graduate from Fort Hays State where son Beau has begun classes....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma will open its next phase of people eligible for the coronavirus vaccine starting next week, deputy state health commissioner Keith Reed said Friday, including those in prisons and at homeless shelters. "Starting Monday ... Oklahomans in congregate care or work locations; city, county and state leaders or elected officials; and public health staff supporting" front-line health workers will be eligible for the vaccinations, Reed said. Nearly 1.2 million in Oklahoma have now received at least a first dose of the v...
By the time basketball teams reach the area tournament, every game is a tough one. The Alva Goldbugs showed they were up to the challenge Thursday afternoon, knocking off the Cascia Hall Commandos 52-46 in Hennessey. It was the first area win for the Alva team since 2014. The Goldbugs used a strong defense to force turnovers and bad shots while Austin Reed had a hot afternon to lead scoring with 23 points. Alva pulled ahead 14-10 in the first quarter and maintained the lead with a halftime... Full story
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 37-year-old Wichita man died Friday when his motorcycle crashed during a police pursuit, the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office said. He was identified Friday afternoon as Timothy A. Tatum, of Wichita. A deputy tried to stop Tatum near McConnell Air Force Base about 2:30 a.m. Friday for a registration violation, spokesman Lt. Benjamin Blick said. Tatum lost control when the motorcycle hit a median less than a half-mile from where the chase started. He was thrown from the cycle and died at the scene....
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Former Republican Gov. Jeff Colyer signaled Friday that he'll make a comeback bid in 2022 by bringing a granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhower onto his team for the Kansas governor's race. Colyer stopped short of formally announcing his candidacy but described philanthropist Mary Eisenhower as joining "our campaign" as its treasurer. The announcement came on "Jeff Colyer Governor" letterhead and quoted Colyer as saying Kansas needs "an authentic, effective conservative." But only hours later, a new political action c...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Slightly more than 15% of Kansas residents have received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with the state's white residents getting the shots at higher rates, according to health department data released Friday. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported on its website that 439,127 people have been vaccinated in the state. The agency said 658,459 doses of the vaccine have been administered so far, including 219,306 second doses. A racial breakdown shows that 311,948 people who got the shots were w...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The remains of a Kansas priest who is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church for his ministry during the Korean War have been identified, U.S. military officials said. The Rev. Emil Kapaun, of Pilsen, Kansas, died on May 23, 1951, as a prisoner of war during the Korean War. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency of the Defense Department said his remains were identified Tuesday. Kapaun was an army chaplain in World War II and the Korean War. He was captured on Nov. 2, 1950, near Unsan, North Korea, w...
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Firefighters in suburban Kansas City are investigating a fire that destroyed part of the First Baptist Church in Mission, Kansas, but spared the long-standing church's sanctuary. Firefighters were called to the church around 5:30 p.m. Thursday after smoke and flames were reported coming from an annex building of the church. By the time firefighters arrived, flames had broken through the building's roof, which later collapsed. Firefighters managed to keep the fire from breaching the church's sanctuary. The building was e...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine passenger who was impaled when a falling pine tree struck the vehicle she was riding in suffered seven broken ribs, but she's getting better day by day, her husband said Friday. Theresa Roy, 79, has a long recovery ahead, said her husband, David Roy. But he said he's just happy they're alive after the bizarre incident that destroyed their vehicle and injured both of them. "I feel like we had a guardian angel," he said. David Roy, 78, said he and his wife were driving home to Oakland on a two-lane road because t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats set aside one battle over boosting the minimum wage but promptly descended into another internal fight Friday as the party haltingly tried moving its $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill through the Senate. Hours after asserting they'd reached a deal between party moderates and progressives over renewing emergency unemployment benefits, lawmakers said Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., now preferred a less generous Republican version of the payments. Manchin is probably the chamber's most conservative Democrat, and a k...
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's job market delivered a burst of strength in February. It lifted hopes that the rollout of viral vaccines, the distribution of federal aid and the increasing willingness and ability of consumers to go out and spend will invigorate the economy as the weather warms up. Employers added 379,000 jobs, the government said Friday, the most since October and far surpassing economists' predictions. The unemployment rate, which dipped to 6.2%, has now dropped nearly every month since it peaked at 14.8% in April of last year a...
NEW YORK (AP) — A new national study adds strong evidence that mask mandates can slow the spread of the coronavirus, and that allowing dining at restaurants can increase cases and deaths. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the study Friday. "All of this is very consistent," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said during a White House briefing on Friday. "You have decreases in cases and deaths when you wear masks, and you have increases in cases and deaths when you have in-person restaurant dining." The study was released j...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. hiring accelerated more quickly than expected last month, evidence that a year after the pandemic took hold, the economy is strengthening as virus cases drop and vaccinations ramp up. A government report Friday showed that employers added a robust 379,000 jobs in February, driven by a sharp increase at beleaguered restaurants and bars. That suggests Americans are starting to venture out and spend more as progress is made against the coronavirus and states relax business restrictions. The February gain marked a sharp p...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa journalist faces trial Monday on charges stemming from her coverage of a protest against racial injustice, a case that prosecutors have pursued despite international condemnation from free press advocates who say she was just doing her job. The case of Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri, who was pepper sprayed and arrested while reporting on a clash between protesters and police, will highlight an aggressive response by Iowa authorities against those who organized and attended protests that erupted l...
