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The Alva Regional Airport may qualify for more state funding. Representatives from the Oklahoma Department of Aerospace and Aeronautics (ODAA) were in Alva last week to meet with Mayor Kelly Parker and Airport Manager Derrick Courson as well as Toby Baker of Parkhill, the airport's engineering firm. Parker said ODAA has granted some funds to help several airports build new terminal buildings. Alva's building was opened in 1994 so it's too new to be replaced, but the local airport could qualify...
Several people arrived for the special Alva City Council meeting Tuesday evening, but they weren't there for the budget hearing. As is usually the case, no one had remarks or questions about the city's proposed budgets for the next fiscal year beginning July 1. With the required public hearing completed, the council members approved Resolution No. 2024-013 adopting the FY 2024-2025 annual budget. The council barely had a quorum for the meeting. Council President Greg Bowman opened the meeting...
The Alva Public Library has a job opening now that Angela Courson has been promoted to library director. Courson was previously assistant director and served as the interim director following the retirement of Sandra Ott. With Courson's promotion, the assistant director position is now open. Those interested will find a job description and application on the City of Alva website. The monthly meeting of the library board was scheduled for Monday afternoon, but they were one person short of a...
"I work primarily in oil, and it's an honor to come up to Alva for the summer on the Salt Fork every year," said Deborah Burian of Oklahoma City. As one of the featured artists at Graceful Arts Gallery, she was in Alva June 7 for the First Friday Art Walk. Last year, Burian talked about her beginnings as an artist and the progression of her career. This time, she spoke about her current exhibit and provided a glimpse of her summer plans. "I have really been digging in on works on a prairie backg...
While he liked to draw as a kid in Oklahoma, it was a trip to the mountains that inspired David Padgett to appreciate the natural world. "My first experience in the type of art I do, the subject matter I use is from when I was in the mountains when I was a kid. I'm from Oklahoma, not too many mountains in Oklahoma. But my dad took me out to New Mexico, the Rockies, when I was about 11 years old," he said. "He taught me how to fly fish. It's one of those kinds of things you hit upon, and you...
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 Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Newsgram 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 Garland Grant Taylor, Goltry, 67, has been charged with s...
Real Estate Transfers Book 899, page 721: Eldon Earl Loomis and Mary Justin Loomis convey unto Eldon Loomis as trustee of the Supplemental Needs Trust of Barbara Ann Compassi. A nonparticipating undivided 1/48th interest in 1/8th royalty in and oil and gas lease that was in effect as of May 21, 1960, or in an oil and gas lease that was thereafter executed, covering the northwest quarter of Section 29, Township 25N, Range 12, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, by virtue of a royalty deed field in book 173, page 30. Individual quit claim deed. Book...
Tuesday, June 11, 2024 During this day were three traffic stops. 11:05 a.m. – Report of an animal complaint in the 800 block of Oklahoma. 1:15 p.m. – Medic needed in the 1200 block of Grand for a 70-year-old male with blood pressure issues. Medic took the patient to St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid. 2:34 p.m. – Medic needed in the 700 block of Grand for an 87-year-old male who had fallen and is bleeding from his head. Medic took the patient to Bass Hospital in Enid. Wednesday, June 12, 2024 During this day were two traffic stops. 1:51 a.m. – Medic...
Services for Lena Bentley are pending at Elkin Funeral Service in North Carolina. Local arrangements are under the direction of Wentworth Mortuary, LLC, Carmen. Lena Louise, daughter of William and Chloe (Dillon) Whitlock, was born May 27, 1938, at Ashland, Kentucky, and passed away peacefully on June 14, 2024, at her home in Cherokee, Oklahoma, at the age of 86 years and 18 days. Lena was one of 12 children and was raised in Kentucky. She was united in marriage to Eugene Dempsey Bentley. He preceded her in death on November 19, 1994. To this...
Funeral services for Neva Egner were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Bob Brown officiating. Interment followed in the Short Springs Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home, Alva. Neva Sue, daughter of Lowell Ellsworth and Edna Ruth (Lee) Ryel, was born August 9, 1950, at Cherokee, Oklahoma. and passed away June 11, 2024, at her home in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 73 years, 10 months and 2 days. Neva Sue was raised in the...
It is with profound sadness that Steve's family announces his passing on June 4, 2024, at the age of 72 years of age in Houston, Texas. Steve was born in Chanute, Kansas, to Gene and Helen Nelson on December 22, 1951. Steve grew up living in Joplin Missouri; Ottawa, Kansas; and Alva, Oklahoma. It would be difficult to chronicle all of Steve's adventures through his 40-plus year career in the oil and gas industry. He spent time in over 50 countries and made it to six of the seven continents. He...
Wanda Fern Walz, 80, of Enid, Oklahoma, passed away on June 16, 2024, at Garland Road Nursing and Rehabilitation in Enid, Oklahoma. She was born on September 25, 1943, in Claremore, Oklahoma, to Egialton Coin (E.C.) and Alberta Fern Gabbert. On February 19, 1960, she gave birth to a daughter, Linda Marline. She lived in Dallas, Texas, for several years and then while working for Walmart she lived in White City, Kansas, before moving to Alva, Oklahoma, to be with her family. In Alva she worked fo...
Every day I receive at least one scam email. The methods may vary, but they all have the goal of stealing something from me. They could be trying to obtain my password information, credit card information or other banking information. I know people who have lost control of a Facebook account or had their credit card replaced because of hacked information. More and more online accounts requiring passwords are asking people to set up additional ways to authenticate their identity. The websites...
The meeting for the Alfalfa County commissioners was short this week. Commissioners Garret Johnson, Mike Roach and Nate Ross enacted changes to the Alfalfa County road-crossing permit policies and procedures. Now, all applications for road crossings must be turned in to each individual district no later than five days before a board of commissioners meeting, with a check or money order only. Commissioner Garret Johnson's District 1 barn is located at 64784 Latimer Rd. in Byron, Commissioner Mike Roach's District 2 barn is at 315 S. Euclid in...
The Freedom Board of Education held its regular monthly meeting Monday evening. Members present were Kyle Rhodes, Phillip Kirkpatrick, Robert Babcock, and Frank Biery. Others present were Superintendent Freida Burgess and Principal/Minutes Clerk Bryant Weber. The board approved contracts with support and certified staff (amended from “teacher” during the meeting) for fiscal year (FY) 2025. The CN Prime Vendor Renewal that piggybacks off Edmond Public Schools for US Foods was also approved. An unused staff desk in storage was approved for sal...
The Woods County commissioners approved allowing two county fire departments to purchase some specialized personal gear for firefighters during their meeting Monday morning. Chairman Randy McMurphy, District 2, opened the meeting with commissioners John Smiley, District 3, and District 1 Foreman Damien Starks present. McMurphy asked County Clerk Shelley Reed if the firefighter gear purchases would come from the county’s rural fire account or the general fund. She checked, and said there is enough money in the rural fire account to cover the cos...
The Woods County Economic Development Committee is planning for their third donor appreciation event in the fall. The WCEDC met at noon on Tuesday, June 11. Committee Chairman Jeremy Eaton opened the meeting with members Susan Bradford, Dr. Bo Hannaford, Dr. Kay Decker and Cale Leeper present. Absent were Jack Staats and David Hamil. WCEDC Executive Director Jeremy Zeller gave the financial report. He said $7,500 in pledges from Woods County Industrial Development Authority had not been transferred in yet. These are pledges that go through WCID...
Taisen Ricke will be an eighth grader at South Barber USD 255 in August, but he's got some serious business to take care of in a few days. On Saturday, he and his parents, Tyler and Cassidy Ricke, head to Des Moines, Iowa, where he's qualified to compete in two events at the National Junior High Finals Rodeo. Taisen finished in the Top 10 of all of his events this year at the KJHSRA, including goat tying and breakaway. He was third in the state in ribbon roping with his running partner, Lola Vogel from Matfield Green, Kansas. As a team roper,...
An entourage carrying the Oklahoma State University President (OSU) Dr. Kacey Shrum and some of her colleagues buzzed over from Stillwater to Burlington to experience the wind in your hair, the whirl of the 50-foot headers cutting golden waves of grain and a ride inside the cabs that look and sound like a space ship with all the bells and whistles. They visited at the invitation of the Keith and Marlene Kisling family at one of their wheat fields west of Burlington in northwest Oklahoma as...
A driver was injured in a rollover near Nash Tuesday morning. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol report says Antonio Reyes, 66, of Blanchard, was transported by ambulance to Integris in Enid where he was admitted in stable condition with head and trunk internal injuries. The wreck occurred at 7:03 a.m. June 18 on US-64, one mile west of Nash in Grant County. Reyes was driving a 2012 Ford three-quarter ton truck westbound when he reached for an object inside the vehicle, departed the roadway right, overcorrected, departed the roadway left and rolled...
A Goltry man is facing four felony charges involving abuse of a vulnerable adult. Garland Grant Taylor, 67, of Goltry, is charged with (1) sexual abuse of a vulnerable adult, (2) sexual battery, (3) burglary in the first degree and (4) stalking. All are felony charges. Court records show on June 8 about 5:55 p.m. Alfalfa County Sheriff Rick Wallace was contacted by county dispatch after someone called to report a possible sexual assault on an elderly woman in Goltry. Deputy Caleb Roberts had been notified and was responding. While on the way,...
A former James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) employee has been charged with rape. Isabella Thomas, 25, of Cherokee, has been charged with second degree rape, a felony. This crime is punishable by imprisonment for one to 15 years. According to court documents, in March an inmate at JCCC was found with a phone that he tried to hide under his pillow. It was unlocked, and on the screen were pictures of the inmate and Thomas, a food service specialist at JCCC. The pictures were in a text messaging thread between the inmate and Thomas. Agent Jo...
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Stifling heat blanketed tens of millions across United States on Tuesday, forcing people and even zoo animals to find ways to cool down as summer arrives in what promises to be a sweltering week. Extreme heat alerts stretched from Iowa to Ohio and even into the upper reaches of Michigan on Tuesday, canceling youth sports camps, nature walks and festivals across the region. The National Weather Service said the dangerous heat wave was expected to make its way across the country and into Maine until at least Friday. An organiz...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Thousands of residents fled their homes as a wildfire swept into the mountain village of Ruidoso in southern New Mexico on Tuesday, destroying or damaging more than 500 structures. The governor declared a county-wide state of emergency that extended to neighboring tribal lands and deployed National Guard troops after residents fled under evacuation orders Monday with little time to rescue belongings. "The horrific South Fork Fire and Salt Fire have ravaged our lands and property, and forced thousands to flee their h...
