Articles from the March 8, 2024 edition
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Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God, 517 9th St. in Alva. Pastor Sheryl White. Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. with morning worship following at 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening, young adults will meet at 5 p.m. Youth will meet at 6 p.m. This includes...
Woods County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 1359, page 949: Samuel George Hummel and Cathrine Sue Hummel, convey unto Hummel Family Trust. Section 21, Township 25N, Range 15W, SE4, etc. Quit claim deed. Book 1359, page 976: Cooper Family Living Revocable Trust...
Woods County court filings
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...
Woods County Communication log
Thursday, February 29, 2024 During this day were 12 traffic stops, two controlled burns and one report of cattle out. 12:32 a.m. – Report of a business burglar alarm. 2:32 a.m. – Report of a fire alarm on Oklahoma Boulevard. 4:28 p.m. – Medic needed...
Tuesday night bowling standings, week of March 5
Team Standings Dilly Dilly – 60.2 wins, 65 losses The Bowl Movements – 57.9 wins, 62.5 losses O’Bar – 54.6 wins, 59 losses Marshall’s Oldtimers – 53.7 wins, 58 losses X-Team – 47.2 wins, 51 losses Rollin Good Times – 46.3 wins, 50 losses Knights of C...
By Blessed are the peacemakers
It’s so intriguing how the scriptures in the Bible fit together so well, especially when it comes to the teachings of God. This next Beatitude in Matthew 5:9 says, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” I’ve often t...
Menus for week of March 11–15
Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday—Pancakes with syrup, fruit, juice, milk Tuesday—Breakfast burrito, fruit, juice, milk Wednesday—Biscuit and sausage gravy, fruit, juice, milk Thursday—Breakfast calzone, toast, fruit, juice, milk Friday...
BARBARA JEAN KNOX
Barbara Jean Knox, daughter of Conrad and Cora (Spiser) Knox, was born on April 24, 1948, at Alva General Hospital in Alva, Oklahoma, and departed this life on March 3, 2024, at Springdale, Arkansas,...
TOM REID
Harry Thomas Reid, better known as Tom, was born December 22, 1944, in Alva, Oklahoma, to parents Harry Thomas Reid and Alice Pauline (Kepford) Reid. Family visitation services will be Friday, March 8...
Academic team answers last question for the year
The high school academic team consists of five members: Addie Pray, Angel Stewart, Ranee Russell, Haven Stoner and Paige Stoner. New to coaching the team this year is Apryl Burleson. They have...
Robotics presents at engineering fair
The Burlington robotics team attended the Oklahoma Engineering Fair at Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Feb. 23. The team participated in several activities including ping pong ball launching, a drone obstacle course, and...
Aspiring Alex
Alex Harmon is a senior at Burlington. He has two older brothers and his parents are Dustin and Vicki Harmon. Alex's favorite subject in school is science. He is involved in robotics, FFA, FCA, and...
Dotson important to Burlington
Carrie Dotson joined Burlington School as the new administrative assistant and activity funds clerk this year. Dotson graduated from Burlington and then received a finance degree with a minor in...
Students help Stamp Out Starvation
Burlington FFA recently sponsored a Stamp-Out Starvation event at Burlington School. Students in all grades were invited to join in preparing and packaging meals throughout the day. The meal will be...
Sterling steps into politics
Recently, senior Sterling Stewart went on a trip to the Oklahoma State Capitol. He served as a Senate page Feb. 19–22. While there he spent most of his time at the Capitol building doing things l...
Don't call it cancer
“Renaming the lowest-risk prostate cancers cuts down on overly aggressive treatment.” – Sumathi Reddi. According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, a doctor’s bedside manner suffers when th...
You definitely are not Gibbs
How do you navigate in this scary world? The way I see it, for most of us it is a matter of one of three possibilities. You either walk by sight – looking at what is in front of you and making a decis...
The distinction between happiness and fulfillment
Often when I write an article, I generally know the answer to the question I am asking … in this case I do not have the answer, or at least all of it. Rather, I know the question, and I know the i...
Supporting 4-H excused absences and patient's bill of rights
This week, we crossed the first deadline of the year and completed hearing Senate Bills in committee. Those that received approval from their assigned committees are now eligible to be heard on the Senate floor. We will shift our focus heavily to...
Farmers and ranchers are a tough group
I was sure what I was going write about this week. I mean what else could I write about besides the fires? That was until Sunday school when I realized the two topics are more intertwined then one might think. Tuesday, hell was unleashed again on...
Full Cyrkle, part 3
Like most rock bands of the 1960s, The Cyrkle had a brief existence. As we noted last week, the group produced three albums and had six singles that made the rock charts. All of their hits were...
What was super about Tuesday?
Trump and Biden both got convincing wins. What amazes me is that people actually believe either of these men is fully capable of getting our country on the right path. Both have a shot at it and I'm...
