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A few weeks ago, I experienced one of the loneliest times of my life. My wife had just gone into surgery, and I was sitting alone in the surgical waiting area. After almost 30 years of ministry, I am used to hanging out in surgical waiting rooms. I have spent countless hours sitting with family members as their loved ones were in surgery. Covid has drastically changed this ministry. For the past two years, pastors have not been allowed to sit with families during these difficult times. In fact, most hospitals are limiting families to just one...
Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Evening worship begins at 5:30 p.m. Young adults gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Wednesday services include 7 p.m. Bible Study, and youth group also meets at 7 p.m. Alva Friends Church Please meet us for coffee and donut fellowship at 10:15 a.m. every...
Last week we read about baptism defined as immersion in water. We also read about the purpose of baptism: Jesus said “he who believes and is baptized shall be saved” and Paul said “repent and be baptized for forgiveness of sins.” Both Peter and Paul compare baptism to Old Testament events. In I Corinthians 10:1-2, Paul writes about the similarity of baptism to the Israelites leaving Egypt when they crossed the Red Sea. He writes that they were under the cloud as they passed through the sea – surrounded by water, just as in baptism. Passing t...
Memorial services for Charlett Ann Barrett will be 2 p.m. Saturday, April 23, 2022, at the Elm and Murrow Church of Christ with Bill David Walker officiating. Arrangements are entrusted to Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka, LLC. Charlett Ann Barrett, daughter of Mary Elizabeth Gray and the late Ralph Eugene Leatherman, was born May 8, 1947, in Hatch, New Mexico, and passed away April 20, 2022, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 74 years, 11 months, and 12 days. Charlett graduated from Seminole...
It's bill-killing time in the Legislature. Of the 381 House bills and joint resolutions sent to the Senate, 284 have made it through committee and are now on General Order, meaning they are eligible to be considered on the Senate floor. The House, meanwhile, received 327 measures from the Senate and advanced 271 out of committees. The next two weeks will be busy as we consider much of this legislation on the House floor. We still have until April 22 to consider bills in the House Appropriations...
As Vladimir Putin rattles his nuclear sabre, the human race is again on the brink of annihilation. It doesn’t seem that long ago when I would go to bed each night fearful that there would be no tomorrow, thanks to nuclear missiles launched from Cuba. That was in 1962, and for two weeks, while a blockade of Cuba brought negotiations to a standstill, President Kennedy stood his ground and the Russians conceded. History may not have told you what precipitated the Russian threat. The U.S. had p...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern returned home for a single game against the Riverhawks Tuesday afternoon. Northeastern won the game 18-11 behind a four run second inning to jump out early on the Rangers. In the opening inning Freeman led off the game with a single before Potts picked him off at first. The inning ended with no runs scored through the first. The Riverhawk offense broke through in the second inning as Dunlap singled before a Kingensm walked putting the first runner in scoring position. Graff doubled home the first two runs of the g...
ALVA, Okla. – Kaden Greenfield is having a strong Central Plains Region season for the Northwestern Oklahoma State University rodeo team. He’s the No. 1 man in the steer wrestling standings with one rodeo remaining in the campaign, set for this coming weekend in Guymon. He further cemented his place at the top this past weekend with a second-place finish at the Fort Hays State University rodeo in Hays, Kansas. “It went pretty good,” said Greenfield, a junior from Lakeview, Oregon. “In the short round, I had a steer that some people had some...
Final Standings Team Standings Knights of Columbus 86 ½ Wins 41 ½ Losses Dilly Dilly 75 Wins 53 Losses The Bowl Movements 74 ½ Wins 53 ½ Losses Marshall's Oldtimers 62 Wins 66 Losses Rollin GoodTimes 60 Wins 68 Losses O”Bar 55 ½ Wins 72 ½ Losses Next Frame 55 Wins 73 Losses Livin' on a Spare 43 ½ Wins 84 ½ Losses Season High Scores Scratch Game Dilly Dilly – 950 The Bowl Movements – 925 Rollin GoodTimes – 921 Scratch Series Dilly Dilly – 2701 Knights of Columbus – 2508 Rollin GoodTimes – 2476 Handicap Game The Bowl Movements – 1284 Rollin GoodT...
As we saw last week, Jimmie Davis was pursuing a musical career when he was first elected to political office in the late 1930s. By the time he became the governor of Louisiana in 1944 he had released several songs that had appeared on the various Billboard magazine music charts. He apparently wrote or co-wrote several of those songs himself. The word “apparently” is appropriate because it was then commonplace for someone to buy a song composed by another and take credit for being the son...
The April meeting of the Woods County Excise Board was held Wednesday morning with two of the three members present. Chairman Joe Shirley and member Bob Seivert attended. The meeting was delayed for a time in hopes the third board member Chris Olson would arrive. Olson, who is from Waynoka, had a flat tire on his vehicle while driving to Alva. Eventually the meeting began with Olson still absent. The following monthly reports were approved: District #1 $115,572.35 District #2 $115,664.25...
These Alva Middle School students participated in the Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports Program and received either an extra 10 minutes of recess or got to sit at the VIP Lunch Table with a guest. From left: (back row) Randy Kopisch, Clayton Hess, Coleman Gaisford, Lincoln Feely, Aaliyah Steffen, William Hoadley; (front row) Chance Argo, Clayse Schafer, Avery Goss....
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s choirs, which consist of the University Singers and the University Chorale, will be performing “Soundscapes VI” at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23, at the Alva Independent School Bus Barn, 230 Choctaw. This is the sixth year the choirs have chosen this unique location because of its great acoustics, historic setting, and public interest for a concert. Soundscapes is free and open to the public, but donations are encouraged. Dr. Karsten Longhurst, director of choral studies and assistant professor of music...
A reception was held at Graceful Arts Gallery & Studios on Saturday, April 16, to recognize Libby Keller (12), Joplin Bradt (10) and Lyla Schmidt (10) for placing first, second and third place, respectively, in their age division for the state Jr. Duck Stamp Art Contest. Schmidt was also recognized for her conservation message. Melissa Robell with the Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge presented each of the students with certificates and prizes they received as awards. Robell also gave a...
The Avard Regional Rail Park Authority met briefly for their monthly meeting last Tuesday. Stan Bixler, Allan Poe, Todd Holder (via satellite), and Ed Sutter were without Bob Firth, but enough for a quorum. Woods County Clerk Shelley Reed was there, along with two who joined remotely: Jill Shero and Josh McClintock from Emblem Strategies. After approving the minutes from their last meeting, the group went over the finances. The balance sheet showed a total in checking and savings of $423,512.82. Sutter then motioned to go into an executive...
Anyone interested in learning more about the inaugural Nescatunga Arts Festival Sugar Show happening in Alva on Saturday, June 4, should attend an informational meeting on Monday, April 25, at 6 p.m. in the Alva Public Library. April Ridgway, secretary for the Nescatunga Arts and Humanities Council, is heading up this new competition during the 51st Nescatunga Arts Festival on Alva’s downtown square. “If you love creating art with flour, sugar and imagination, we want you to enter,” Ridgway said. “The show will be an opportunity for you to...
"America has its back against the wall," said John Failes, chairman of the Woods County Republicans. He was addressing the crowd waiting for U.S. Senator James Lankford at Northwest Technology Center in Alva Thursday, April 14. Failes concluded, "America is falling apart and we are the target. "We have a shining star and a good Christian man representing us in the Senate who is here today to discuss the situation, how he is going to help fix it and represent Oklahoma best in his next term." The...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee is declining to provide any new information surrounding why they had to call off the state's first execution since the pandemic began. However, the Republican said Friday that more information will likely be provided next week. The night before. the Republican issued a statement saying there had been an "oversight in preparation for lethal injection" and granted a temporary reprieve in the planned execution of 72-year-old Oscar Smith. An attorney for Smith, Amy Harwell, later told reporters t...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Dillon Gabriel won't let a higher profile or fancy new surroundings change his low-key approach. He has had plenty of success as a college quarterback -- he passed for more than 8,000 yards and 70 touchdowns at Central Florida while leading some of the nation's most productive offenses. After transferring to Oklahoma, he will now be the starting quarterback for a program that has produced Heisman Trophy winners Jason White, Sam Bradford, Baker Mayfield and Kyler Murray at the position in the past 20 years. Gabriel is a...
A Tulsa police officer who was wounded in a shooting that killed a police sergeant told jurors Thursday that he does not remember the events of that night, including what led to the gunfire. Officer Aurash Zarkeshan testified in the murder trial of David Anthony Ware, saying he has not watched video of the June 2020 shooting that killed Sgt. Craig Johnson because "I don't want to see myself or my friend be shot." Defense attorney Kevin Adams has said that Ware, 34, feared for his life because the officers beat, kicked, pepper sprayed and shot...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Black Kansas City police sergeant claims in a lawsuit that two officers racially profiled him when they stopped his car and falsely accused him of misconduct. Sgt. Herb Robinson, a 30-year veteran of the Kansas City Police Department, said the two officers yelled at him as they approached his unmarked police car on March 11, 2021. He alleges in the lawsuit that officers Cole Modeer, who is white, and Marco Olivas, who is Hispanic, stopped him because of his race, The Kansas City Tar reported. They let him go after h...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man has been sentenced to 27.5 years in prison for a shooting at a party that left a South Carolina man dead and three people injured. Markeithen "Red" McClaine, 28, was sentenced Thursday in the July 27, 2019, death of 20-year-old Airman 1st Class Chancelor Williams, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, who was stationed at McConnell Air Force Base, The Wichita Eagle reported. McClaine pleaded guilty in February to second-degree murder and three counts of attempted second-degree murder. A crowd had gathered at an a...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 26-year-old Wichita man who spent two years in prison before a rape case against him was dismissed is suing the state of Kansas for wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Albert Wilson filed the lawsuit this month in Douglas County District Court, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. Wilson was convicted in 2019 of committing a rape in Lawrence. He was later granted a new trial after a judge found his attorney was ineffective during the first trial. Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez in December dismissed t...
QUILCENE, Wash. (AP) — A woman who accidentally dropped her cellphone into the hole of a pit toilet and fell in while trying to retrieve it had to be rescued by firefighters in Washington state. Brinnon Fire Department Chief Tim Manly said the woman, who was at the top of Mount Walker northwest of Seattle, had been using her phone when it fell into the toilet on Tuesday, The Kitsap Sun reported. Manly said she disassembled the toilet seat and used dog leashes to try and get the phone and eventually used the leashes to tie herself off as she r...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Voting rights groups sued Florida on Friday over a congressional map drawn by Gov. Ron DeSantis and passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature, saying it will diminish the state's Black representation and benefit Republicans. Florida lawmakers approved the map Thursday as part of a contentious three-day special legislative session during which Black and Democratic representatives staged a sit-in on the House floor, prayed and sang "We Shall Overcome" in protest. DeSantis, who is considered a top tier presidential c...
