Articles from the April 21, 2023 edition
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Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God is located at 517 9th St., in Alva. Sheryl White is our pastor. Sunday: Normal hours are Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. with morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening youth meet at 5 p.m. This is for youth sixth...
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Where's the rain?
Talk to any farmer, and you will see the growing concern about the drought we are currently experiencing. Driving around, you will notice the dried-up ponds and browning wheat fields. It is a very...
Zion Lutheran Church annual Cross Walk
Zion Lutheran Youth of Alva had their 3rd Annual Cross Walk on April 7, Good Friday, as they were escorted by police through downtown to their church grounds to help the community members focus on...
Rangers conclude meet at Bethel
NORTH NEWTON, Kan. – Northwestern Oklahoma State traveled to North Newton, Kansas, for a one day meet hosted by Bethel. At the meet the Rangers set one new school record. In women's javelin Hunter McMillin set the tone for the Rangers finishing w...
Rangers' 10-run fourth inning leads to big win
ALVA, Okla. – Rangers baseball hosted Northeastern State Tuesday afternoon coming from behind 4-0 to win 20-4 behind a 10 run fourth inning with five home runs for the ballgame. In the win Bradey Bejarano and Hagen Barcello led the way with 4 RBIs ea...
Knights of Columbus bowling team tops league's final standings
Final Team Standings Knights of Columbus – 75 wins, 53 losses O'Bar – 72 ½ wins, 55 ½ losses Dilly Dilly – 70 wins, 58 losses Holy Bowlers – 57 ½ wins, 58 ½ losses Rollin...
LOIS ANN JONES
Funeral services for Lois Jones will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Elm and Murrow Church of Christ, Waynoka, with Bill David Walker officiating. Interment will follow at the Waynoka M...
Random Thoughts
The rediscovery of Henry Roth’s novel “Call It Sleep” in 1956 – 22 years after its publication – brought the author some renewed fame but not much instant money. As several Jewish scholars began to sp...
Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer
Do you ever wonder about what your life would be if you were a better person? If you were more engaged with people? If, at times, you put others ahead of yourself, would your life be any different? How do you be a better person? There are probably a...
Pets
There are many benefits to pet ownership: emotional support, friendship, protection and even affirmation. There are drawbacks, such as travel, and a pet owner needs to accept a certain amount of house...
Some Freeport Exemptions are approved, some are not
The Woods County Excise Board met Wednesday morning with Joe Shirley and Bob Seivert present. Chris Olson was absent. After approving minutes of the March 15 meeting, board members approved the following monthly appropriations: District #1:...
Alva Longfellow Elementary School student places in poetry contest
The Rural Oklahoma Museum of Poetry recently announced its winners for the Oklahoma Poem Contest, an annual contest for all ages from kindergarten and up. Longfellow Elementary School student Vivian Williams won second place in the K-through-fourth-g...
Meals on Wheels Tulsa has expanded into Western Oklahoma counties
Meals on Wheels Oklahoma has expanded its services to reach the elderly and disabled homebound in 13 counties in western Oklahoma, providing nutritious meals, wellness checks, help to find caring contacts and resources for other needed services. The...
Alva Community Garden to hold work day
A day of work will take place on Saturday, April 22, at the Alva Community Garden, located behind The Homestead Retirement Community, from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers are needed to help prepare the raised garden beds for spring planting and to spread...
Avard Regional Rail Park Authority holds monthly meeting
Avard Regional Rail Park Authority members met for their monthly meeting earlier this week. Stan Bixler, Todd Holder and Ed Sutter were enough to make a quorum (Allan Poe had a scheduling conflict). Woods County Clerk Shelley Reed and Sonja Williams...
Hardaway presents women's history talk to Alva PEO
Dr. Roger Hardaway, professor of history at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, delivered a Women's History Month talk in March to the Alva Chapter AL of PEO about two women who led historically...
Northwestern's choirs to present 'Soundscapes VII' concert April 22
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s choirs will be performing “Soundscapes VII” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 22, at the Alva Independent School Bus Barn, 230 Choctaw. This is the seventh year the choirs have chosen this unique location becau...
Northwestern bands to present April 23 concert
Members of the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Chamber Winds and Concert Band will present their final band concert for the semester on Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m. in Herod Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. Dr....
New resident frustrated with Alva's animal control ordinance
As communities grow so do the laws governing its citizens. Many of those laws protect the rights of neighbors by curtailing the rights of others. A new resident of Alva ran into difficulties with an... Full story
Merrill honored at Alva City Council meeting
It doesn't occur every month, but when the City of Alva receives a report of an employee going above and beyond the usual scope of their duties, they reward that employee. Monday night during the... Full story
Alva officials receive oath of office
Randy Stelling took his seat for the final time at the Alva City Council meeting Monday night. With the others, he voted to receive the official election returns which included his loss to Joe... Full story
'The damage is unbelievable:' Tornadoes kill 3 in Oklahoma
DALLAS (AP) — Crews scrambled Thursday to restore power to thousands of residents after tornadoes plowed through Oklahoma during another deadly spring storm in the U.S., killing at least three people and damaging dozens of homes. A day after at l... Full story
Super Bowl champion Chiefs ready for KC to host NFL draft
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes made a bold promise to Chiefs president Mark Donovan at one point last season, knowing full well that the NFL draft would be coming to Kansas City for the first time the last weekend in April. "I was going t...
Widow sues Oklahoma sheriff who discussed killing reporters
IDABEL, Okla. (AP) — The widow of an Oklahoma man who died following a 2022 arrest filed a lawsuit Thursday against the rural sheriff who a newspaper says it caught on tape talking about killing journalists who were reporting on her husband's death....
Oklahoma court upholds Richard Glossip's murder conviction
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court on Thursday upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate Richard Glossip, paving the way for Glossip to be executed on May 18, despite the state attorney general's concerns about some testimony and e...
