Articles from the June 2, 2017 edition
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Area religious services and events
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.;...
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Memorial Day, a Time of Reflecting
Our nation observed Memorial Day this past Monday. If you went past a cemetery, you would see it filled with people and an ocean of flowers on many graves. Maybe you even went to a Memorial Day...
Spiritually Speaking
Some of you might find this one difficult to believe. Preachers don’t enjoy being “judgmental.” Admittedly, there are a few of us who relish the opportunity to trash the rest of us, since most of us are not as spiritually well-groomed as the best of...
Alva Public Schools awarded TSET grant
OKLAHOMA CITY – The TSET Board of Directors approved 23 incentive grant awards for communities, school districts and school sites at their quarterly meeting this month. The Alva Public Schools were awarded a Healthy Districts Incentive Grant Award o...
Cleo Springs man injured in collision with semi
A Cleo Springs man was injured in a collision with a semi just north of Cherokee Wednesday. William Failes, 44, of Cleo Springs was transported by Cherokee EMS to Share Medical Center in Alva. He was then transferred to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma...
NWTC and NWOSU partner for MASH CAMP
Northwest Technology Center (NWTC) and Northwestern Oklahoma State University (Northwestern) partnered to offer the annual MASH (Medical Avenues in Service and Health) CAMP. The camp was held on the...
Students participate in Northwest Career Academy
Sixteen area eighth-grade students participated in the Northwest Career Academy program. The students spent four days touring area businesses, performing community service and learning about economic...
Northwestern Alum takes love of cooking to Food Network Star Program
Amy Pottinger found Northwestern Oklahoma State University when her husband Patrick was attending pilot training at Vance Air Force Base in Enid. The 2010 graduate is now spreading her own wings as...
ELIZABETH MERYL "BETTY" ESLICK
Funeral services for Betty Eslick were at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 1, 2017, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Ray Hull and Rev. Mary Davis officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, June 2, 2017, at Llano Cemetery Crypt,...
Foreign policy
Waging war, cold war, isolationism, nation building here at home, populism, leading from behind: all are buzz words or phrases intent on uniting America. Because we are a great power, we have great...
Random Thoughts
As we have seen, the use of fertility drugs – which became commonplace in the late 20th century – has increased greatly the instances of multiple births occurring. Previously, the birth of twins was...
Rangers ready for college finale
Ten Rangers are ready to ride for college rodeo’s most coveted title. Six men and four women from Northwestern Oklahoma State University have earned the right to compete at the College National Finals Rodeo, set for June 11-17 at the Casper (...
Hamil sisters injured in rollover Wednesday
Two Alva girls were seriously injured in a one-vehicle wreck west of Alva Wednesday afternoon. MaKale Hamil, 11, and MaKenzi Hamil, 9, were transported by Alva EMS to Share Medical Center in Alva and...
Report: Lack of support a recurring problem for oil pipeline
PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) — Twin oil pipelines beneath the Straits of Mackinac have had repeated problems with inadequate supports, a shortcoming that Michigan officials have described as violating a legal condition for placing the lines in the w...
Oklahoma geothermal group lobbies to reinstate tax credit
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Geothermal Exchange Organization is lobbying to reinstate a tax credit for homeowners after geothermal companies saw a decline in residential customers last year. The Journal Record (http://bit.ly/2rfsk6d ) reports the 30 p...
$3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline begins service
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline began shipping oil for customers on Thursday, as Native American tribes that opposed the project vowed to continue fighting. Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners announced that the 1...
Tribe officials acquitted in North Dakota pipeline protests
MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Two officials with the Standing Rock Sioux have been acquitted of disorderly conduct charges that were filed during early protests against the Dakota Access oil pipeline. Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault and Tribal Councilman D...
Oklahoma woman formally sentenced in corpse-slashing case
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman has been formally sentenced to 16 years in prison for slashing the corpse of her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend. A Tulsa County judge sentenced 29-year-old Shaynna Sims Thursday, who was convicted in April on five c...
Oklahoma City mayor announces GOP bid for governor in 2018
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett, a four-term mayor who played a key role in recruiting the NBA to the state's capital city, said Thursday he will seek the Republican nomination for Oklahoma governor in 2018. Cornett, 58, j...
Tornado warning times decline everywhere except Kansas
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A recent decline in the accuracy of tornado warnings is not as alarming as it may appear, weather officials say. Forecasters are doing well with storms that produce strong tornadoes - those that measure EF-2 or higher on the E...
Oklahoma regulators, scientists track uptick of earthquakes
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Recent earthquakes west of Perry, Oklahoma, have state regulators and scientists investigating whether regulatory action is needed in the area. According to U.S. Geological Survey data, the five earthquakes were at depths of a...
