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Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Sausage gravy, biscuit, mandarin oranges, juice, milk Tuesday – Berry Colossal Crunch, cinnamon toast, applesauce, juice, milk Wednesday – Breakfast bun, fruit cocktail, juice, milk Lunch Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Cheeseburger, french fries, dill pickles, peas, sidekick frozen yogurt, milk Tuesday – Hot dog on a bun, hash browns, celery sticks, ranch dip, strawberry cup, juice, milk Wednesday – Sack lunch: ham and cheese sub, Sun Chips, carrot sticks, ranch dressing, apple wedges, coo...
The May NWOGS guest speaker was Lakin Ragains-Kastl. Lakin is the author and publisher of “Relentless.” “Relentless” is a book about the 1947 Woodward tornado. Lakin Ragains-Kastl grew up in Burlington and now lives in Yukon. Her love of history began when she was in high school. She had the privilege of representing Oklahoma at the National History Day in Washington, D.C., at the age of 13. She earned her B.A. in political science from Northwestern Oklahoma State University. As she studied the Woodward tornado she developed a passion of the...
A lengthy agenda awaits the Alva City Council for the regular May meeting on Monday. The council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. After handling minutes and claims, the council will hear a number of reports from city-related meetings, from the mayor and from the city business manager. Northwestern Oklahoma State University will present the 2018 Spring Semester Alva Incentive Scholarship Program invoice. The vote to pay the $235,641.50 bill will take place later in the evening during the Alva Economic Development Auth...
The regular meeting of the Alva Tourism Committee was set for May 16. There were no funding requests on the agenda, and apparently not enough members were present for a quorum. Since then two groups have applied for tourism funds, so a special meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 23, at 5:30 p.m. in the Alva council chambers. After voting on approving the minutes of the April 18 meeting, the committee will hear financial reports for March and April followed by votes on approving the reports. The first request for funds comes for...
In the pictures that ran in the Sunday, May 13, paper with the article named, “DAR's final meeting of the year,” the captions should have read: Members present at the final end-of-year for the Cherokee Outlet Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) are: Marcille Lancaster, Mary Barker (not Patty Barker) Dr. Sharon (Teri) Piper, Linda Peterman, Phyllis Wiersig, Thelma Crouch, Marceline Piper and Louise Prigmore. Cherokee Outlet Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) new officers are (back row from left) Mar...
Waynoka Police Officer Misty Smiley was dispatched to the Northwest Treatment Center on Saturday, May 5, at approximately 3:35 a.m. about a stolen vehicle. She was told a client had stolen the large white transport van about five minutes earlier. After checking around town for the vehicle, Smiley arrived at the center and spoke to Erin Harris. According to Harris, a female client Anna Reddick had been behaving erratically and wanted to leave the facility. As Harris was preparing the paperwork, she heard the rear door of the building open and...
Charlotte Jean Silcott-Johnson, 53, died unexpectedly in her sleep on April 22, 2018, at her home in Belle Isle, Florida. A celebration of her life was held Saturday, May 5. Charlotte was born to Donald and Roberta (Gainey) Silcott on December 4, 1964, in Kiowa, Kansas, during a blizzard. She went to school in Alva, Oklahoma, where she graduated high school. Charlotte moved to Pensacola in 1987 where her maternal grandfather (M.T. Gainey) lived and where she met her husband, Terry Johnson Jr....
Perhaps ten years before his Pinehurst victory, I “met” Payne Stewart while attending one of the Colonial golf tournaments in Fort Worth, Texas. I was in a crowd of several hundred people, watching a foursome of golfers play the ninth hole, when one of the player’s hit a marginal shot, and it wound up in the small lake short of the hole. An unknown person immediately behind me called out to the errant golfer in a voice slightly louder than normal, “Dave, so goes life.” I turned my head slightly to identify the speaker, and found myself fa...
Enjoy your families, friends and good food. I am excited about the Scribner reunion because cousins from Nebraska and Canada are coming for the first time in years. Please say a prayer for all the veterans that have our country free. Say what?? A new law prohibits Kansas police from having sex with people in custody. So much for my fantasy with a Kansas highway patrol woman. Thirty-three states evidently don't have laws prohibiting officers from having sex with detainees of all kinds. I would...
Sunday, May 13, 2018 10:07 a.m. Small tank battery fire at Custer Road and County Road 500. 11:04 a.m. Medic needed for a lift assist. 3:37 p.m. Caller advised of a pickup stuck in river bed by Freedom. 4:44 p.m. Harassment report. 4:52 p.m. Medic needed for a patient who had fallen down and had chest and knee pain. Monday, May 14, 2018 7:22 a.m. Medic needed for the 700 block of Maple. 12:18 p.m. Report of a reckless driver south of Alva. 2:53 p.m. Report of vandalism in the 700 block of Third Street. 2:59 p.m. Report of an injured bird on...
According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Woods County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Felony Filings Anna Nicole Reddick, Oklahoma City, 19, has...
Lacy Allison Bynum vs. Thomas Alan Bynum: dissolution of marriage ($252.14)....
Clay Solomon Bouziden and Kaitlin Jo Parsons, both of Alva: marriage license ($5)....
Friday, May 11, 2018 7:50 a.m. Deputy called about an inmate. Saturday, May 12, 2018 None. Sunday, May 13, 2018 None. Monday, May 14, 2018 None. Tuesday, May 15, 2018 None. Wednesday, May 16, 2018 None....
Marion Millege and Myrna Veley were married on May 25, 1958, in Alva, Oklahoma, at Myrna's parents house. Marion has a BS degree and master's degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University. He taught three years at USD 302, Ransom School District and 28 years at Southwestern Heights 483 in Plains, Kansas. He retired from teaching in 1996. Myrna was an elementary school secretary for 25 years at Plains, Kansas. Marion and Myrna are members of the First United Methidist Church of Alva,...
The Northwest District Garden Clubs hosted the 89th Annual Oklahoma State Garden Club Convention at the Runnymede in Alva on May 4-5. This year's convention theme was "Bloom Where You Are Planted." Members received welcome packets prepared by the Alva Chamber of Commerce on their arrival. Members of the Northwest District hosted a welcome reception for all attendees on Friday evening, where they were entertained with soothing jazz guitar solos by Max Ridgway. A delicious banquet, catered by Syd...
Chamber Executive Director Alex Mantz said this was a good time for Alva since there have been three ribbon-cuttings in the last month: BancCentral, the Rusty Bucket and S & H Insurance. Mantz said that every weekend in June major events are on the calendar. On June 2 is the 49th Nescatunga Arts Festival, the Mudslingers shootout, and the ARC Tournament; on the 9th of June, Kids and Cops will pack the park. The police chief, Ben Orcutt, said the goal is to get kids outside away from their device...
About 30 people attended a meeting for volunteers to help with the air race and air show to be held at the Alva Regional Airport. Events will be held Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday starting on June 19. April Mills told the Alva Airport Commission Monday that several have taken the online briefings so far. Airport board member Paul Kinzie is working on a volunteer waiver for the show based on those used at the annual car show in Alva. He's going to have the city attorney check before it...
Former Attorney General Drew Edmondson has long been a popular figure with those who believe the government should be open to all citizens. He said, "Secret meetings and backroom deals are the everyday norms at our state capitol. "The legislature has exempted itself from the Open Meetings Act and the Open Records Act, but they should be held to the same standards as other public bodies in Oklahoma. "Government belongs to the people," Edmondson said. "Every meeting they hold, every document they...
Sen. Casey Murdock addressed members of the Alva Chamber of Commerce about his recent experience at the State Capitol. He said, "I cannot tell you how happy I am to be out of session. Been there for 16 months – that gets kind of old. It wasn't a whole lot of fun. "A year ago with the session started, we were in a $168 million hole. We had to make tough decisions and the Supreme court ruled that we couldn't do what we did. "We could not come up with a good idea, and we couldn't get anything d...
Helen Otte Beisel was born on a farm Northwest of Alva to Henry and Bertha Otte. She went to the country school of Pleasantview through eighth grade. She walked to school through the pasture and her dog would follow her to school, then go back home. Beisel's parents came from Germany. Her father immigrated to Cheney, Kansas, where he worked for room and board the first year. While living in Germany, all 17-year-old boys were told they had to go into the military. The German family tradition was...
ALVA, Okla. – In his first at-bat, T.W. Beiswanger started the Northwest Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association All-Star game with a bang as he was one of five Alva High School players who competed in the annual event. Beiswanger, along with Zeth Warren, Jacob Faulkner, Stanton Earnest and Max Parsons, led the large school black team to a 7-1 victory at Glass Family Field at Myers Stadium on the Northwestern Oklahoma State University campus. Earnest, who went 4-1 during the regular season on t...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Oklahoma Baptist's first venture into the NCAA postseason ended Friday in the Central Region Tournament with a 4-1 loss to No. 25 Central Oklahoma. OBU struck first in the bottom of the second when Jake Gozzo doubled and eventually scored on a wild pitch. The inning ended with Matt Poulin, who had been hit by a pitch, was gunned down at the plate after a base hit by Garrett McKee. The Bronchos scored two runs on an error in the fifth inning and added another two runs – one earned – in the sixth. Mychal Yarbor (5-5) allow...
