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During its regular monthly meeting Monday evening, the Freedom School Board swore in Kyle Rhodes as a member of the board. They then voted on a board reorganization: Shane Morris will remain as board president, Phil Kirkpatrick will be vice president, Robert Babcock will be clerk and Kyle Rhodes will be deputy clerk. In other business, the board adopted the Woods County multi-jurisdiction hazard mitigation plan. “We do this every year,” explained Superintendent Frieda Burgess. “Nothing has changed.” The board also approved the consent agenda,...
Nate Ross, Mike Roach and Garret Johnson – Alfalfa County's Board of Commissioners – met Monday morning to tackle a short agenda. They first handled routine items like the approval of minutes, blanket purchase orders and M&O warrants for payment. The three men then signed a resolution stating the county had determined a need for an employee personnel policy handbook to be uniformly applied to all employees and that it would significantly improve communications between the county and its workers. In addition, the resolution stated the han...
Alva residents were confused when a long siren was activated Saturday night. The weather gave no indications of a tornado. The siren was triggered by an inmate walking away from Bill Johnson Correctional Center in Alva. Residents were told to make sure their doors and their vehicles were locked. The correct siren for an inmate escape is three short sirens, according to information later posted by the city. According to a news release from the Department of Corrections, the walk away was Joey Men...
Bill Tidwell passed away on March 16, 2023, due to complications from cancer. He was born April 8, 1932, in Kiowa, Kansas, to Helen Mae Shafer Tidwell and William Lawrence Tidwell. The youngest of six children, Bill spent his early years on the family farm outside of Kiowa. In the 1940s his brothers entered the armed services and his father passed away, leaving 10-year-old Bill with his mother and sister, Helen June, on the homestead. At Kiowa High, he emerged as an outstanding athlete and the...
Memorial services for Nelda Heasley will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 25, 2023, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Todd Holder officiating. Inurnment will follow in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Nelda June, daughter of the late Russell Good and Margerite Nelle (Sheddy) Elmore, was born June 19, 1932, on the family farm north of Alva and passed away March 20, 2023, at her home in Alva at the age of 90 years, 9 months and 1 day....
