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  • Alva Public Records for May

    Jun 16, 2019

    The following individuals purchased a building permit during May 2019: May 1: Demolish single car garage, 914 Barnes, expiration date July 31, 2019. Valuation: $0. May 2: Create six office size rooms, 411 College, expiration date Aug. 1, 2019. Valuation: $40,000. May 6: Temporary certificate occupant, 520 Flynn, expiration date June 5, 2019. Valuation: $0. May 13: Steel container, 809 Center, expiration date Aug. 12, 2019. Valuation: $4,200. May 14: Modular home, 420 Logan, expiration date Aug. 13, 2019. Valuation: $0. May 28: Swimming pool,...

  • Menus for week of June 17–21

    Jun 16, 2019

    Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Chicken salad on whole wheat bread, potato soup, crackers, tossed salad with dressing, mixed fruit (diabetic: sugar-free pudding). Tuesday – Lasagna, green beans, cauliflower, garlic bread, chocolate chip cookie (diabetic: vanilla wafers). Wednesday – BBQ chicken, baked beans, potato salad, biscuit, ice cream (diabetic: sugar-free ice cream). Thursday – Taco salad with salsa, double orange Jello, baked chips, sugar cookie (diabetic: vanilla wafers). Friday – Closed....

  • Cattle producers should watch for signs of blackleg and anthrax after floodwaters recede

    Donald Stotts|Jun 16, 2019

    Livestock producers who recently experienced flooding events need to be on the lookout for signs of blackleg and anthrax in their cattle. “Incidences of both diseases can easily occur in periods of dry weather after floodwaters recede,” said Dr. Barry Whitworth, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension veterinarian and food animal quality and health specialist. “Floodwaters disturb the soil, which can expose the spores that trigger the diseases. The floodwaters then can carry the spores into areas where cattle graze.” Whitworth added cat...

  • Woods County Communications phone log

    Jun 16, 2019

    Friday, June 7, 2019 7:55 a.m. – Report of cattle out. 8:36 a.m. – Report of a controlled burn. 11:49 a.m. – Report of a controlled burn on Craig Road. 12:17 p.m. – An aggressive dog out on Locust. 4:32 p.m. – Medic needed for a female who had fallen and was bleeding. 5:43 p.m. – Two vehicle accident at 9th Street and Santa Fe. Saturday, June 8, 2019 2:04 a.m. – Domestic call at Days Inn. 8:30 a.m. – Report of a controlled burn on Jefferson. 8:37 a.m. – Report of cattle out. 9:57 a.m. – Controlled burn on Greer Road. 10:38 a.m. – Controlled bur...

  • Woods County court filings

    Jun 16, 2019

    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 Taylor Edward Waggoner, Alva, 23, has been...

  • Marriage license filings

    Jun 16, 2019

    Anthony Patrick Robinson and Tabitha Ann Justice, both of Alva: marriage license ( no counseling) ($50)....

  • Divorce filings

    Jun 16, 2019

    Caitlin Ramea Edmeade, Waynoka, vs. Daniel Alex Edmeade, Woodward: dissolution of marriage ($262.14)....

  • Woods County real estate transactions

    Jun 16, 2019

    Real Estate Transfers Book 1292 page 786: Valerie Distefano, a single person, unto Valerie Distefano and Kevin Murrow. Lot one and the east 8 feet of lot 2, in block 55, of the Original town, now City of Alva, Woods County, Oklahoma. Book 1292 page 836: John Todd Holder, as Trustee of the JR Holder Trust and Trustee of the Mary N. Holder Trust. The northeast quarter of section 12, township 26, range 16 WIM, Woods County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 1292 page 885: Tracy Walker and Sharon Walker, husband and wife, unto Tracy F. Walker and...

  • CAROLYN SUE McPHERSON

    Jun 16, 2019

    Carolyn Sue McPherson, 77, was called home by her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on June 12, 2019, after a lengthy battle and strong fight with ovarian cancer. She was born January 9, 1942, in Alva, Oklahoma, to Samuel Neil and Evia Dorcus (Shreeve) Houston. She was affectionately known to the world as "Sue-Sue." Sue obtained her teaching certificate from Northwestern University, graduated from the University of Oklahoma with her Bachelor's degree, and went on to earn her Master's degree in Early...

  • DAVID L. BINDRUM

    Jun 16, 2019

    Funeral services will be Wednesday, June 19, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Alva Wesleyan Church with Reverend John Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery. Vistitaion with family will be at Wharton Funeral Chapel on Tuesday, June 18, from 6-7:30 p.m. Online condolences may be made to www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. David Leon, son of Doris Fern (McMurphy) and Louie Bindrum, was born July 23, 1952, in Alva, Oklahoma. He passed away June 12, 2019, in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age...

  • A super dad

    Paul Cole, Town and Country Christian Church|Jun 16, 2019

    People will celebrate Father's Day this weekend. They will spend about $15 billion to show their great love for their father who has sacrificed so much (we know of some exceptions). Comic book heroes still have great popularity. In 2017 alone, six superhero movies brought in more than $4 billion (US) at the box office. These movies raise a perplexing question. What draws such large crowds to these movies? People may have many answers, but could the real answer be that people need a superhero to...

  • Get ready to fight Medicare fraud

    Glen Mulready, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner|Jun 16, 2019

    Over the last 25 years, we’ve witnessed amazing advances in science and medicine. What was once thought impossible is now being accomplished. Genetic testing is one example. With a small sample of saliva, your risk for certain diseases can be predicted. Unfortunately, just as technology has evolved with these tests, so have the opportunities for scammers. This month, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General sent out an alert about fraud schemes involving genetic or DNA testing. These scams have been targeting...

  • Happy Father's Day to fathers everywhere

    Jim Scribner|Jun 16, 2019

    If you have been on the outs with your father, or son and daughter, consider this a great day to make amends. Let's all have a blessed day with our families. A little free food will also help. One other thing, to all you mothers that have to double as a father, this is your day too. Thank you for being a Boy Scout, 4-H dad, sports attendee, or whatever you do for your children. Thank you for caring so much. It has been a bad couple of weeks for me in the lost friends category. Several nice...

  • Northwestern to offer juniors tuition-free concurrent courses

    Jun 16, 2019

    As part of a one-year pilot program, Northwestern Oklahoma State University will offer qualified high school juniors tuition free enrollment in up to six credit hours. Northwestern will waive up to three credit hours of tuition for the fall 2019 semester and up to three more credit hours in the spring of 2020. Concurrent courses already are provided tuition free to high school seniors, with the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education reimbursing universities for the waived tuition. Northwestern takes the concurrent program a step further...

  • Interim director appointed for Department of Corrections

    Jun 16, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Gov. J. Kevin Stitt has appointed former Oklahoma Department of Corrections’ Chief of Operations Scott Crow as interim director of the state’s second-largest agency. Crow has been with the agency since April 1996, when he was hired as a special investigator supervisor. Before ODOC, he worked in law enforcement in southwest Oklahoma, from officer-level up to leadership, including as a captain with the Comanche County Sheriff’s Department and assistant police chief for the City of Cache. Crow’s appointment comes aft...

  • Firearms Training Simulator open house slated at NWTC, Alva Campus

    Jun 16, 2019

    Several months ago, Ti Training Use of Force Training Simulation equipment was installed at the Northwest Technology Center, Alva Campus. This equipment is being used to train law enforcement officers throughout the state to safely handle situations involving firearms. As a part of the Chamber Coffee on June 21, Northwest Technology Center will have its Ti Training Use of Force Simulator open to the public. Following the Alva Chamber of Commerce Legislative Wrap-Up, attendees will be invited to experience the simulator, first hand. The event...

  • Golf tournament on Alva tourism agenda

    Marione Martin|Jun 16, 2019

    Only one funding request is scheduled for the Alva Tourism Tax Committee meeting in June. The committee will meet Wednesday, Jun. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the city council chambers at City Hall. The Nescatunga Golf Tournament is requesting tourism tax funds not to exceed $6,000. The committee will also vote to approve minutes of the May meeting and hear the financial report....

  • Fire department seeks to bill for services, equipment use

    Marione Martin|Jun 16, 2019

    Budgets for next year will highlight Alva city meetings Monday evening. A new item is a resolution to allow the fire department to bill for hourly rates and materials used when responding to incidents. The city council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. After voting on the consent agenda, the council will hear reports from various city-related meetings. The mayor and the city business manager will also give reports. The council will discuss and vote on an ordinance granting One Gas, Inc. through Oklahoma Natural Gas...

  • Swimming pool bond election set for Aug. 13

    Marione Martin|Jun 16, 2019

    In a special meeting Tuesday, June 10, the Alva City Council approved a resolution calling for a $2.5 million bond issue election. That resolution, which contains the wording that will be on the ballot, is published in today's Alva Review-Courier as a legal notice. Chris Gander, senior vice president and investment banker with BOK Financial Securities of Oklahoma City, spoke to the council about the proposed bond issue. This is a general obligation (GO) bond backed by ad valorem taxes on... Full story

  • Graceful Arts holds summer art camp

    Jun 16, 2019

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  • Oklahoma authorities say body found days after home fire

    Jun 16, 2019

    CLEVELAND, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says a body has been found in a home that burned more than a week ago. The OSBI says in a news release that human remains were found Thursday inside the home that burned June 6 in Cleveland, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Tulsa. The OSBI says the Pawnee County Sheriff's office requested assistance after the unidentified remains were found. The agency calls the death suspicious. A suspected cause of the fire was not released....

  • Legacy of teacher walkouts could be more political activism

    Sean Murphy|Jun 16, 2019

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Betty Collins was born and raised in Tulsa, but the eighth grade history teacher hadn't been to the state Capitol in Oklahoma City until last spring, when she educators throughout the state walked off the job to protest for better wages and public school funding. Since that successful walkout, Collins has volunteered for pro-education political campaigns and revived her school's Parent Legislative Action Committee chapter. She has also been back to the Statehouse twice this year to press officials from her district to s...

  • Man sentenced to nearly 18 years for Topeka shooting death

    Jun 16, 2019

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka man has been sentenced to nearly 18 years in prison for the July shooting death of another man. The Capital-Journal reports that 33-year-old Tony Lee Foster was sentenced Friday. A Shawnee County jury found him guilty in March of second-degree murder and a weapons count in the July 9 fatal shooting of 36-year-old David Payne, of Topeka. Officers responding to report of a shooting at a home in the northern part of the city found Payne with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later d...

  • Nebraska woman sentenced to prison for fatal Kansas crash

    Jun 16, 2019

    HOLTON, Kan. (AP) — A Nebraska woman has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for a November 2017 head-on crash in northeastern Kansas that killed four members of a Sabetha family who were returning home from a state championship football game. The Capital-Journal reports that 49-year-old Maria Perez Marquez, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced Friday to four years and one month in prison. She pleaded no contest to aggravated battery and three misdemeanor counts of vehicular homicide for the crash that killed 42-year-old Carmen Ukele,...

  • Regents mull boosting homegrown enrollment at Kansas schools

    Jun 16, 2019

    LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The percentage of Kansas high school graduates who attend state universities has fallen in recent years, and the schools are considering how to stop that decline and make up lost revenue. In 2010, 55% of Kansas high school graduates enrolled at a state higher education institution, but by 2017 — the most recent year for which data is available — that figure had dropped to 50.3%, according to a May report by the Kansas Board of Regents. "It's certainly a concern," Dennis Mullin, chair of the Regents, told The Lawre...

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