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Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva, and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at 10:10 a.m.; worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Friends Church is on the corner of College Avenue and Center Street. Avard Christian Church Sunday services are from 2-4 p.m. Avard Christian Church is 7 miles west of Alva on Highway 64 and 7 miles south on County Road 370, or 6...
In his book “All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten,” Robert Fulghum writes that every year he spends a week in Weiser, Idaho, a town of about 4,000 people, and the home of the Grand National Old-Time Fiddlers’ Contest. On the last week in June, people descend on that small town from everywhere: Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and some people come as far away as Japan. They come to play and sing and have a good time. One time long-haired hippies began to show up. People with tatoos and leather jackets came on motorcycles. Some of these...
Last weekend, we made a flying trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas, to watch my eldest niece solemnize her nuptials. It was far less painful than it sounded – at least for the bride and groom. The weather front that passed through Alva on Thursday and Friday dumped copious amounts of moisture on the Gardens of the Ozarks, where the ceremony was scheduled to be held. It also dropped the temperature from a balmy 70 degrees to an afternoon high of 47. However, no change of venue was forthcoming, so we all gathered under the large tents with our j...
The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Jazz Ensemble, Symphony Band and Community Band will present their spring band concert “Emblems” on Friday, April 28, at 7 p.m. in Herod Hall auditorium. The event is free and open to the public. The Jazz Ensemble will perform music pieces such as “Hit the Bricks” by Gordon Goodwin; “Tank!” by Yoko Kanno; and “Embraceable You” by George and Ira Gershwin, which will feature vocal music major Katelyn Cutsinger, Vici junior, as a vocalist. The Community Band is comprised of Northwestern students and 10...
Jack Nickelson of Mooreland, senior political science major from Northwestern Oklahoma State University who was awarded the Newman Civic Fellow Award at the university, was recognized during the recent Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education meeting. Nickelson has excelled in his coursework while helping with his family's farming and ranching operation. He coaches youth soccer and serves as a recreation assistant for his church. He plans to pursue a doctorate in political science and teach...
Funeral services for Richard Emil Kornele will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 29, 2017, at the Ft. Supply First United Methodist Church with Reverend Mark McDonald officiating. Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery at Fort Supply under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Richard Emil Kornele, son of the late Albert and Orva Kornele, was born February 27, 1939, in the family home in Woodward, Oklahoma, and entered into eternity on April 26, 2017, at the age of 78 years, 1 month...
Katy Steinmetz in Time magazine says, “An increasing number of people say they aren’t one sex or the other but perhaps neither or maybe both.” I guess the term “gender fluid” might apply but that concept, whether applied to Caitlyn Jenner, who fought with her identity for a lifetime, or a pre-teen seeking a place in society, the norm has certainly changed. With erosion of the traditional family and social media coverage of the here-to-unmentionable, it makes for a transition from what we expect...
As you know, I try to use these columns as a way to share what’s happening at the state Capitol. Sometimes I share how the process works, and other times I highlight policy or legislation that could affect our part of the state. Today, I would like to tell you how much of a privilege it is to serve the great people of House District 58. Our district is actually the second largest in the state. While every representative serves roughly 37,500 constituents, lawmakers from more rural areas serve a...
Daniel Sickles won a seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1856, representing a district in New York City. He was re-elected in 1858, and served from 1857 to 1861. Sickles did not seek a third term in Congress in the election of 1860, having just been the subject of one of the most salacious murder trials in the history of the nation’s capital. On Feb. 27, 1859, Congressman Sickles shot numerous times an unarmed man named Philip Barton Key who died later that day. Key, who was f...
Oklahoma Department of Transportation Chief Engineer Casey Shell spoke to a joint meeting of Kiwanis and Rotary Club members in Alva last week. He provided maps and information about future highway construction projects in the area through 2014. Ron McDaniel, ODOT Division 6 engineer, also spoke to the group. The accompanying map shows projects planned for the six county eastern area of Division 6. Three projects are shown for the Alva area, two for roadways and one involving a bridge. The U.S....
Alva police officers have been dispatched to several collisions this month. On Saturday, April 8, at 6:50 p.m. there was a collision on Oklahoma Boulevard at Seiling Street. The drivers had slightly different versions of what happened. Zachery Earl Sparks, 25, of Alva was driving a 2000 Pontiac east on Oklahoma Boulevard. He said he was in the inside lane and slowed to make a left turn onto Seiling Street. He said the other vehicle was behind him and struck his car while he was turning. Blake Michael Brown, 26, of Alva was driving a 2013 red...
Though the Alva High School Goldbugs baseball team hosted the Perry Maroons for Class 3A District Championship, it was a tough three-game battle that ended in a loss for the Goldbugs as they ended their season with an overall record of 19-13. Game One The Goldbugs trailed early, as the Maroons picked up the lead in the top of the first off a two-out fly ball to left field to score a runner from third. After Perry scored another run in the second, both teams went scoreless for four innings...
The Northwestern Oklahoma State athletic department has announced softball player Amber Mills and men's rodeo competitor Joby Allen as its Blue Sky Media Northwestern Oklahoma State Athlete of the Month recipients for the month of April. Both Mills and Allen have been integral parts of their respective team's recent charges up the standings in their sports. April marks the second month in a row where the award will be represented by a member of the men's rodeo team and the softball team. A native of Friendswood, Texas, Mills has played the...
