Articles from the March 10, 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 The blessed hope
Many of us as we walk, run, slide through this life, needing that “One Thing” to hold on to – something that we look forward to in order to keep moving us forward. That “One Thing” could be money, it could be fame, it could be having great success at...
USDA releases nationwide farmer, rancher and forest manager prospective customer survey
Producers can now take a nationwide survey to help the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) improve and increase access to its programs and services for America’s farmers, ranchers and forest managers. The survey includes new and existing c...
JERRY ROY BROWNRIGG
Graveside services for Jerry Brownrigg will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 10, 2023, at the Alva Municipal Cemetery with Rev. Ron Pingelton officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Marshall...
JOHNNY DALE BUSELLATO
Johnny Dale Busellato was born on January 29, 1953. He slipped peacefully into eternity and the arms of Jesus on March 6, 2023, surrounded by his loving family. Interment will be held at 9:30 a.m....
Baseball rules
Hot Dogs, Apple Pie, American Flag, Motherhood and Baseball. The great American pastime is slipping from popularity. The leisurely pace and increase in strikeouts has allowed soccer, basketball and...
Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer
I don’t think there was ever any doubt, but I am, in fact, my father’s son. Dad could carry on a conversation with anybody. When mom would go to Wal-Mart, he’d sit on a bench at the front of the store and visit with whoever would sit down next to hi...
Random Thoughts
Charley Pride entered the country music business in 1965. By 1973, he was a full-fledged international star with a large corporate office in Dallas and concert dates all over North America and...
Tuesday night bowling standings, week of March 7
Team Standings Knights of Columbus – 68 wins, 44 losses O'Bar – 66 ½ wins, 45 ½ losses Dilly Dilly – 59 wins, 53 losses Holy Bowlers – 50 ½ wins, 49 ½ losses Rollin GoodTimes – 53 wins, 59 losses Livin' on a Spare – 51 wins, 61 losses Marshall...
Northwestern's Department of Social Work is celebrating Social Work Month
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Department of Social Work is helping celebrate this year's Social Work Month in March with the theme "Social Work Breaks Barriers" to highlight how social work...
Washburn Scholarship supports training of qualified teachers
Kirk and Drue Washburn established the Excellence in the Classroom scholarship to provide resources to train and place qualified teachers in classrooms. It provides scholarship funding for two...
Recreational marijuana fails in state
State Question 820 legalizing the sale of recreational marijuana failed, according to unofficial returns reported by the Oklahoma State Election Board. The measure failed by a 61.68 percent to 38.32 p...
Recent collisions send three to hospital
Those inside the Palace Barber Shop, 324 7th Street in Alva, were surprised when a pickup crashed through the front window of the building Feb. 28. The collision occurred at 12:49 p.m. Barber shop... Full story
Alva native to appear on "Farmer Wants a Wife"
COYLE, Okla. – Landon Heaton spends his days ranching on his farm in Coyle, Oklahoma, but finding true love has been tricky. "I'm fairly reasonably isolated out here. I'm 30 minutes from the c... Full story
No. 7 Texas routs Oklahoma State 61-47 in Big 12 quarters
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texas coach Rodney Terry decided shortly before facing Oklahoma State in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals that he would be cautious with Timmy Allen, his senior leader, who'd been dealing with a nagging lower leg injury. S...
Kansas coach Bill Self sidelined after medical procedure
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just over 20 years ago while on a recruiting trip to Pittsburgh, Bob Huggins collapsed at the airport while catching a flight home, awaking to find himself surrounded by strangers who were lifting him into an ambulance. T...
No. 22 TCU routs No. 12 K-State 80-67 in Big 12 tourney
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Everything seemed to be going against TCU entering the Big 12 Tournament. The Horned Frogs were coming off a lopsided loss to Oklahoma, they'd drawn a quarterfinal matchup against Kansas State for what felt like a road g...
'Cocaine cat' escaped owner, will now live at Cincinnati Zoo
An African serval cat that was found with cocaine in its system after an escape at a traffic stop now calls the Cincinnati Zoo home, much to the delight of social media users still amused by the recent release of the movie "Cocaine Bear." The wild ca...
Maine motorists appeal to keep naughty vanity license plates
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — A Maine vegan whose custom license plate contains the word "tofu" is one of the motorists caught in a state crackdown on vulgar tags. Car owners across the United States can pay an extra fee to customize license plates, s...
German gunman kills 6 at Hamburg Jehovah's Witnesses hall
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A gunman stormed a service at his former Jehovah's Witnesses congregation in Hamburg, killing six people before taking his own life after police arrived, authorities in the German port city said Friday. Police gave no m...
US adds a robust 311,000 jobs despite Fed's rate hikes
WASHINGTON (AP) — America's employers added a substantial 311,000 jobs in February, fewer than January's huge gain but enough to keep pressure on the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates aggressively to fight inflation. The unemployment rate rose...
Mikaela Shiffrin gets her record 86th World Cup victory
ARE, Sweden (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-tying 86th World Cup race Friday with victory in a giant slalom. Shiffrin's win matched the overall record set by Swedish great Ingemar Stenmark 34 years ago. The 27-year-old A...
Many kids need tutoring help. Only a small fraction get it
David Daniel knows his son needs help. The 8-year-old spent first grade in remote learning and several weeks of second grade in quarantine. The best way to catch him up, research suggests, is to tutor him several times a week during school. But his...
Sexual assault reports increase at US military academies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Reported sexual assaults at U.S. military academies shot up during the 2021-22 school year, and one in five female students told an anonymous survey that they had experienced unwanted sexual contact, The Associated Press has l...
Feds: Proud Boys deployed foot soldiers in sedition plot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are employing an unusual strategy to prove leaders of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group orchestrated a violent plot to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House, even though some of the defendants d...
