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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...
Hebrews 11 is about faith, beginning with a definition. “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Is faith important? Verse 6 says, “without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God, must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Hebrews 11 is full of people of faith. Faith is more than belief in God, that God exists. It must include the idea that God will reward those who seek him, diligently. We cannot please God by accident, or in ignoran...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University inducted 17 new members into the Red and Black Scroll Honor Society. The students received their certificates via email. Red and Black Scroll recognizes outstanding scholarship and service among sophomore students at Northwestern. Requirements for membership include completion of 40-59 hours of college credit, a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0, participation in two or more campus organizations or activities, attendance at Northwestern for at least two semesters and non-failure of a college c...
Benedict “Benny” Theodore Ricke, 94, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, died Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at Attica Long Term Care, Attica, Kansas. He was born on March 30, 1928, in Sharon, Kansas, the son of Benedict Joseph Ricke and Mary Ann (Rausch) Ricke. On August 29, 1951, he married Elizabeth “Betty” D. (Becker) Ricke in St. Leo, Kansas. She preceded him in death on December 22, 2018. Benny was a dairy and wheat farmer. He was a member of the Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, the Knights of Columbus and past member of AMPI As...
Illeism: The act of referring to oneself in the third person singular. Bob Dole, the late U.S. Senator from Russell, Kansas, was a famous Illeist. He ran for president in 1996 and often used the third person in his speeches and this trait became known as “Doleisms.” He is quoted: “Bob Dole is a doer, not a talker.” Some people found it annoying, but when he referred to himself, listeners thought he was trying to increase his name recognition. It is interesting to note that speech manneri...
Most of us, I believe, have some concept of what a desert looks like. Many of us have seen some of them – if not personally, at least in the movies. We have a few of them in the United States. The Great Basin, for example, which includes most of Nevada and western Utah, covers approximately 190,000 square miles of land. The Mojave Desert, located in the area around where southern California, Nevada, and Arizona meet, is much smaller: slightly under 48,000 square miles. Compared to either of t...
I have a recurring dilemma with my own faith as a Christian. It’s a specific dilemma, but it often happens in different ways. The predicament is that of unlimited grace. A pastor friend of mine had a term he used every now and then. After spending time around someone who was known for testing his patience, he would say, “Some people are E.G.R.,” which stands for “Extra Grace Required.” You know the people in your life. We all do. In fact, we’re all probably E.G.R. for someone else whether we...
The Waynoka FFA had a few members compete in the state livestock judging contest as well as the state speech contest. Here are the placings and pictures for our FFA State Contest winners. Davin Budy placed 4th at State FFA Speech Contest in the FFA Creed. He placed 1st at Regionals then 1st in Area to earn a spot in the state contest where he competed and placed 4th. The FFA Livestock Judging Team competed in the state contest and placed 5th overall. Individually Tayen Redgate placed 17th,...
The annual Egg Drop was held on April 16 on the north side of the Alva downtown square. Despite wind and chilly weather many lined up to catch a raw egg tossed from up to 52 feet high. Between each round, plastic eggs filled with prizes, discounts and candy by Alva Merchants were tossed to the crowd. Winners of the egg drop were: 1st Place – Grant Ritter, winning $100; 2nd Place – Garrett Ritter, winning $50; and 3rd Place – Lance Heaton, winning $25. This year's Egg Drop was sponsored by the Alva Pumpkin Patch, Paul Corr Family and Schue...
The annual Egg Drop was held on April 16 on the north side of the Alva downtown square. Despite wind and chilly weather many lined up to catch a raw egg tossed from up to 52 feet high. Between each round, plastic eggs filled with prizes, discounts and candy by Alva Merchants were tossed to the crowd. Winners of the egg drop were: 1st Place – Grant Ritter, winning $100; 2nd Place – Garrett Ritter, winning $50; and 3rd Place – Lance Heaton, winning $25. This year's Egg Drop was sponsored by the A...
ALVA, Okla. – The Rangers closed out their non-conference schedule Tuesday afternoon with a game against Rogers State. The Hillcats opened a 5-0 lead in the opening three innings of the game before closing out an 8-1 victory over the Rangers. The loss drops the Rangers to 20-27 on the season after the Tuesday loss while Rogers state improves to 24-22 on the season. Northwestern closed the game with three hits one each from Shaughn Kelly, Blake Hoffman, Gavin Mendoza. Brayden Koenig drove in the Rangers run on a sacrifice fly. Matthew Potts g...
EMPORIA, Kan. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Track and Field continued their historic season with 18 personal records at the Emporia State University Midwest Classic. Freshman Brianna Brantley paced the Rangers with a school record in the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.18. She finished 3rd in that event. In the 200-meter dash she set another school record and personal best time of 25.22 to finish 4th. Teammate Debbie Olalere set a personal best with a time of 25.59 to finish 5th in that event running the second fastest time in school history....
Alva Elementary Schools hosted their annual Color Run fundraiser on Friday, April 22. Students, family, staff and community all came together to enjoy a fun evening outside while running or walking the 1 mile fun run or 5K course. The race began at Washington Elementary with an explosion of color thrown into the air by all participants at the starting line. 5K runners began the race, followed by the 1 mile fun run participants. The Alva Fire Department and Police Department took part in cooling...
ALVA, Okla. - Since 1987, Alva has hosted the annual Lt. Governor's Turkey Hunt to encourage economic development in the region. Eight such turkey hunts are held across Oklahoma each year. For this event April 20-22, 18 hunters plus their companions traveled to Alva to participate in the hunt and learn about business opportunities in northwest Oklahoma. The hunt director Keith Rose and his committee did a fantastic job of hosting visitors. The hunt in Alva this year hosted participants from...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House has given final approval to a Texas-style abortion ban that prohibits abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy. The bill passed Thursday by the GOP-led House now heads to Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt. He's expected to sign it within days. The bill was immediately challenged in court by abortion rights advocates. The measure prohibits abortions once cardiac activity can be detected in an embryo. Experts say that's typically about six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. L...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt nominated interim Commissioner of Health Keith Reed on Thursday to take over the job permanently. If approved by the Senate, Reed will become the fourth health commissioner since Stitt took office in 2019. Reed has worked for the Department of Health for 20 years in various positions and has led the agency on an interim basis since October. According to a press release from the governor's office, Reed has a bachelor of science degree in nursing and a master's degree in public health. He also is a...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas failed Thursday to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's vetoes of measures dealing with transgender athletes and parents' ability to challenge books and other materials in public schools. Both proposals were priorities for conservative legislators and are likely to become issues during Kelly's race for reelection this year. The Senate voted to override Kelly's vetoes of both, but supporters failed to get the necessary two-thirds majorities in the House. One of the measures would have b...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas on Thursday approved an increase in funding for public schools but tied the extra money to allowing parents to send their children to any school with room for them. The measure passed by the GOP-controlled Legislature and sent to Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly would boost direct state funding to local school districts by about 6%. The $6.4 billion in funding for 2022-23 complies with past Kansas Supreme Court rulings in a lawsuit filed against the state in 2010 by school districts. The votes w...
LINDSBORG, Kan. (AP) — Lindsborg police announced Thursday that two boys are suspected of being involved in the contamination of a water cooler used by the Kansas Wesleyan baseball team during a doubleheader at Bethany College last weekend. Both schools contacted police to file a report about a foreign substance found in Wesleyan's water. The home team, Bethany in this case, customarily provides water to the visiting team. Police did not say how it connected the juveniles to the tainted water. "This incident generated wide-reaching media i...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is moving to phase out the nation's second-highest state sales tax on groceries, but Republican lawmakers aren't planning to lower consumers' bills until after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly faces reelection in November. Eliminating the 6.5% tax is Kelly's most visible legislative initiative this year, and she and fellow Democrats have been waging a public campaign for weeks to get the GOP-controlled Legislature to eliminate the whole tax on July 1. The Republican plan would phase out the tax over three years, dropping i...
GILBERT, Ariz. (AP) — As Forrest Gump in the Oscar-winning 1994 film of the same name, lead actor Tom Hanks abruptly trots to a halt after more than three years of nonstop running and tells his followers: "I'm pretty tired — I think I'll go home now." Jacky Hunt-Broersma can relate. On Thursday, the amputee athlete achieved her goal of running 102 marathons in as many days, setting an unofficial women's world record. And she can't stop/won't stop, saying she'll run two more for good measure and wrap up her challenge on Saturday with 104. "I...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Research confirms what dog lovers know — every pup is truly an individual. Many of the popular stereotypes about the behavior of golden retrievers, poodles or schnauzers, for example, aren't supported by science, according to a new study. "There is a huge amount of behavioral variation in every breed, and at the end of the day, every dog really is an individual," said study co-author and University of Massachusetts geneticist Elinor Karlsson. She said pet owners love to talk about their dog's personality, as illustrated by...
CINCINNATI (AP) — An Ohio school board outside Cincinnati voted during an emergency meeting on Wednesday to censure a member who said she accidentally posted a link to a pornography site on her campaign's Facebook page. The board for the Lakota Local School District in Liberty Township also asked Darbi Boddy, 41, to resign. She refused. The link she intended to post, she said, was a site about sexual education for teens. The post has since been removed. Boddy, accompanied by her young daughter, left the meeting after the censure vote saying, "...
