Articles from the April 16, 2017 edition
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Leslie family reunion 2017
The families of Charlie and Mattie Harper Leslie met at Carmen Park for an annual reunion on Sunday, April 9. Charlie and his father staked a claim on Sept. 16, 1893, in Alfalfa County. The Leslies' five sons (Morris, Wallace, Melvin, Merle and Earl...
Menus for the week of April 17–21
Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – No school Tuesday – Whole Grain Cinnamon Crunch, buttered toast, rosy applesauce, juice, milk Wednesday – French toast strips, maple syrup, pears, juice, milk Thursday – Chicken biscuit, pineapp...
Peace by Piece Quilt Guild meeting
President Patty Barker opened the meeting and JoAnne Prewett, vice president, shared the schedule for our guest lecturer and teacher, Elsie Campbell. Campbell will hold a lecture and trunk show on Friday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the gallery at...
By Two city hearings Monday
There will be a lot of oaths Monday night as Alva city officials are sworn in following the April 4 municipal election. The council will hold a public hearing on property at 722 Choctaw on whether or not to declare it dilapidated and constituting a...
Appointments, CEO evaluation on hospital board agenda
The Alva Hospital Authority will meet Tuesday, April 18, at 5:30 p.m. in the media room at Share Medical Center. After looking at the CEO and CFO’s reports, the board members will be asked to approve courtesy staff appointments. John Chris Hummel, M...
Two funding requests for Alva Tourism Tax Committee
Sponsors of two tourism events will be seeking funds from the City of Alva Tourism Committee when they meet Wednesday. The committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. The first request is for the 2017 Nescatunga Arts...
Fire Marshal Bryan Miller tells of egg hunt
Alva Assistant Fire Chief and Fire Marshal Bryan Miller told, on an Alva Review-Courier video, that the fire department and some helpers prepared 10,000 plastic Easter eggs for the hunt this year,...
Assault charge filed against Helena man
A little detective work helped a Woods County deputy sort out differing accounts of an incident involving firearms. According to court documents, on Friday, March 31, about 11:35 p.m. Toby Patton reported to the Woods County Sheriff’s Office that a...
Want to email your state representative? First fill out the form.
A change to the Oklahoma House website removed legislators’ public email addresses and replaced them with a contact form that some critics believe will restrict access to lawmakers. The House replaced public emails with online forms that require s...
Suspect hides in attic to avoid officers
Several Alva police officers went to a duplex on Hart Street Saturday, April 8, where the original call about an aggressive dog ended with convincing a man to come out of an attic. The incident...
Bartons establish scholarship to benefit Northwestern non-traditional students
John and Margaret Barton, along with their children, established the E.L. (Bud) and Sophia Barton Scholarship at Northwestern Oklahoma State University to honor John's late parents' passion for educat...
Northwest Oklahoma Concert Series finishes out the performing year with Bella Donna
Northwest Oklahoma Concert Series (NWOCS), an organization that seeks to bring cultural performances and entertainment to northwest Oklahoma, will end its 2016-17 season with Bella Donna on Tuesday,...
Questionable borrowing
Have you heard the news? Not only is Oklahoma facing the reality of less state revenue, the governor and her staff drained the entire balance from the Rainy Day Fund – which appears to be in violation of Oklahoma’s Constitution. To best und...
Happy Easter to one and all
I hope everyone's Easter egg hunts turned out well. Much like Halloween, many parents will shorten up the kid's candy supplies under the guise of too much candy is not healthy for them. Please take a...
Goldbugs fall in doubleheader against Liberal on Saturday
The Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Redskins out of Liberal, Kansas, on Saturday starting at Noon in back-to-back seven innings. Game One It was a low-scoring seven innings to...
Rydell spectacular in Game 1 win, Rangers fall in series 2-1
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball and the Ouachita Baptist Tigers took the field for the final two games of the series where the Rangers came away with an opening win, 5-3, but took the loss in the series finale, 5-2. The R...
Tigers too much for Rangers down the stretch
ARKADELPHIA, Ark. – The Northwestern Oklahoma State baseball team took the road for its second straight series this weekend, and started the series off with the hosts, Ouachita Baptist taking Game One, 12-2. Northwestern was led by Jacob Long who h...
Rangers launch six home runs in sweep of Ouachita Baptist
Northwestern Oklahoma State University Softball got a much needed doubleheader sweep over Great American Conference opponent Ouachita Baptist as they make their late-season playoff push to move up in the standings. Newly appointed head coach Jill...
