Articles from the July 2, 2023 edition


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  • Woods County real estate transactions

    Jul 2, 2023

    Real Estate Transfers Book 1351 page 643: Ledge LLC conveys unto 631 Lofts LLC. Lots 15 and 16, Block 8, City of Alva, Hess Subdivision. Quit claim deed. Book 1351 page 670: Donna Jean Fearing conveys unto Donna J. Fearing Revocable Trust. Lot 9, Block 1, City of Alva, Green Meadows 2nd Subdivision. Warranty deed. Book 1351 page 672: Donna Jean Fearing conveys unto Donna J. Fearing Living trust. Section 35, Township 28N, Range 15W, NE4. Warranty deed. Book 1351 page 707: John Louie White individual and trustee conveys to Clarence Berry....

  • Woods County court filings

    Jul 2, 2023

    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. Civil Filings Vicki Fechner, Elk City, and Loren Morris, Freedo...

  • Woods County Communication logs

    Jul 2, 2023

    Thursday, June 22, 2023 During this day were eight traffic stops, two controlled burns and one report of cattle out. 4:48 a.m. – Report of a train blocking the tracks. 8:08 a.m. – Report of an unwanted animal on Davis Street. 8:52 a.m. – Report of a reckless act on Jane Jayroe Boulevard. 9:37 a.m. – Report of a reckless act. 10:55 a.m. – Medic needed on College Boulevard for a person who fell. 11:23 a.m. – Report of a fire alarm went off on Nickerson Street. 11:47 a.m. – Report of a business alarm went off on 14th Street. 2:37 p.m. – Medica...

  • Menus for week of July 3–7

    Jul 2, 2023

    Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Baked breaded fish, tartar sauce, confetti corn, seasoned cabbage, cornbread, baked cinnamon apples Tuesda, Independence Day – Closed Wednesday – Meatloaf with catsup topping, mashed potatoes with brown gravy, carrots, hot roll, bread pudding with lemon sauce Thursday – BBQ chicken, potato salad, baked beans, biscuit, double orange Jello (diabetic: sugar free double orange Jello) Friday – Closed...

  • MARY ANN GALLON

    Jul 2, 2023

    Mary Ann Gallon, the former Mary Ann Hill, passed away peacefully in her home on April 20, 2023. Mary, or Mary Ann to her longtime friends, was born in the Capron, Oklahoma, area on July 19, 1939, to Herbert Hill and Alice (Thomas) Hill. She was a graduate of Capron High School. Mary was married to another Capron graduate, Gary D. Gallon, and they had four children: Ken, Kirsten, Jay and Susan. Mary received a BA from NWOSU and a Masters in Social Work from Oklahoma University. Her work would ta...

  • ROGER RAYMOND RHODES

    Jul 2, 2023

    Funeral services for Roger Rhodes will be 2 p.m. Monday, July 3, 2023, at Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Kevin Fields officiating. Interment will follow at the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. There will be a visitation with family present from 6 to 7 p.m. on Sunday evening. Roger Raymond Rhodes, son of the late Raymond Walter and Leola Pearl (Holt) Rhodes, was born May 10, 1939, at his parents home in Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away June 29, 2023,...

  • Gretchen Jones hired as assistant director of athletics for compliance and student services

    NWOSU Sports|Jul 2, 2023

    ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Director of Athletics Brad Franz has announced the hiring of Gretchen Jones as the new assistant director of athletics for compliance and student services. Jones is set to take the position starting on July 15 for Jeremy Jones after he has taken a position as the new head girls' basketball Coach at Alva High School. Jones comes to Northwestern after working with Layton Christian Academy since 2019 where she oversaw all international admissions and F1 vis...

  • Happy Fourth of July to everyone

    Jim Scribner|Jul 2, 2023

    Most towns are having celebrations all day. Dacoma will have the July 3rd evening show. There is plenty to do in Alva all day on the 4th, so get the kids out and have a great day. I will probably spend the evening with Cleo and not travel to any celebrations. After 50 years of them, they all begin to look suspiciously alike. Anyhow, good luck and best wishes for a good time. Again, thanks to all that make the 4th of July special for the rest of us. Parents, please take a minute and explain to th...

  • The Eccentric Cowboy

    Dal Houston|Jul 2, 2023

    As some of you may be aware, I hauled hay for a living as a young man. One of the major problems I encountered was finding good and dependable help. Further complicating this was the fact that when I started at 16 years old, I wanted to work with people that I liked and considered to be my friends. I was very quiet and introverted, and I couldn’t imagine being in the hot sun, working hard all day with someone I didn’t know and/or like. However, because hauling hay was hard work, and my fri...

  • CoffeeTime

    Andy and Renie Bowman|Jul 2, 2023

    Our country, home sweet home, the United States of America since 1776 – to we citizens, it is the best country in the world. At least, to the citizens who still believe in the values of our great, great, great grandparents’ ancestors who started this country years ago. Values like loving and following our Creator, working hard and loving even harder, being independent enough to provide for ourselves, and compassionate enough to diligently care for others and making the wellbeing of our nei...

  • Court rules tribal members exempt from traffic laws

    Ray Carter, Center for Independent Journalism|Jul 2, 2023

    If any individual member of an American Indian tribe wants to ignore the speed limit in Tulsa—say, by driving 100 miles-per-hour through a school zone—that individual can do so without fear of facing a ticket or charges by city police under a new ruling issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. The case centers on Justin Hooper, who was issued a $150 traffic citation by the City of Tulsa on Aug. 13, 2018. Despite initially paying the fine, Hooper later claimed he was exempt from city enforcement of its traffic laws because he...

  • NWTC's Practical Nursing students place first at international contest

    Jul 2, 2023

    Practical Nursing students from Northwest Technology Center placed first at the International HOSA Contest in Mental Health Promotion with their service project "Mental Health Matters!" The team also placed first in the state contest in April....

  • TeLinde's extemporaneous writing places in Top 5

    Jul 2, 2023

    Jasmine TeLinde placed in the Top 5 in Extemporaneous Writing at the HOSA International Leadership Conference in Dallas, Texas. TeLinde is enrolled in the Health Careers program at the Alva Campus. Brooke Meyer is the instructor for the program....

  • Alva School Board hires new first grade teacher

    Marione Martin|Jul 2, 2023

    In a meeting held Wednesday, the Alva Board of Education approved hiring Morgan Graybill as a new first grade teacher at Washington Early Childhood Center. Graybill has previous teaching experience in Beggs. After marriage, she has been working in Alva since October. Washington Principal Madison Williams introduced Graybill to the board. Superintendent Tim Argo said he was pleased that Graybill applied for the position, especially since it has been difficult to get applicants for teaching jobs. In addition, three non-certified staff members... Full story

  • Alva High School gyms HVAC project delayed

    Marione Martin|Jul 2, 2023

    Alva School Superintendent Tim Argo says he was too optimistic when he told the school board the HVAC project in the gyms would be completed by July 1. The expected completion date has now been moved to July 31. The project will add air conditioning to both the old gym and the newer one. This will open the opportunity for summer use of the gym, and possibly graduation ceremonies with more seating than is available in the high school auditorium. Argo said the new HVAC units for the project were... Full story

  • 4th of July fun lasts all day in Alva

    Marione Martin|Jul 2, 2023

    A full day of activities is planned for Tuesday, July 4, in Alva. The Little Red Hens have scheduled plenty of fun for Hatfield Park during the day. It all begins at 7:30 a.m. with the Cops & Bobbers Fishing Derby at the north end of the park. During the morning, expect to join in traditional 4th of July games. A free hot dog lunch is planned for noon. During the day there will be a water slide and games, children's train rides, a cornhole tournament, water grenade tag and a fun relay race (be... Full story

  • Kansas nightclub shooting leaves 9 hurt; police capture one of multiple suspected shooters

    TODD RICHMOND|Jul 2, 2023

    A shooting in a Kansas nightclub early Sunday morning left seven people with gunshot wounds and two more people hospitalized after being trampled in a rush for the exits, police said. Wichita Police Lt. Aaron Moses said investigators believe several shooters opened fire inside the City Nightz club just before 1 a.m. One suspect was in custody as of Sunday morning, Moses said. Shots were fired from at least four guns inside the club, Moses said. Police have recovered four guns and were working to determine if they were the weapons the shooters u...

  • Hungry ticks can use this static trick to land on you and your pets

    MADDIE BURAKOFF|Jul 2, 2023

    NEW YORK (AP) — Hungry ticks have some slick tricks. They can zoom through the air using static electricity to latch onto people, pets and other animals, new research shows. Humans and animals naturally pick up static charges as they go about their days. And those charges are enough to give ticks a boost to their next blood meal, according to a study published Friday in the journal Current Biology. While the distance is tiny, "it's the equivalent of us jumping three or four flights of stairs in one go," said study author Sam England, an e...

  • Baltimore block party shooting leaves 2 dead and 28 injured, including 3 critically hurt, police say

    JULIO CORTEZ and HOLLY RAMER|Jul 2, 2023

    BALTIMORE (AP) — Gunfire erupted at a block party in Baltimore on Sunday — killing two people, wounding 28 and leaving an extensive crime scene that marred the U.S. holiday weekend, police said. Three of the wounded were in critical condition. Baltimore Police Department Acting Commissioner Richard Worley told reporters there were a total of 30 victims during a press conference at the scene. The shooting took place just after 12:30 a.m. at a block party in the Brooklyn Homes area in the southern part of the city, Worley said. The shooting com...

  • The 2024 Republican presidential field keeps growing. So why aren't there more women?

    SARA BURNETT|Jul 2, 2023

    CHICAGO (AP) — As Republicans keep jumping into the 2024 race for president, one demographic group seems notably lacking: women. More than a dozen candidates are seeking the nomination, including several long shots who announced their bids in recent weeks, in what is the party's most diverse presidential field ever. Yet Nikki Haley, a former U.N. ambassador and South Carolina governor, is the only woman in the bunch. America has never had a female commander in chief and Republicans historically have focused less on electing female candidates i...

  • Fanfare, golf and boos have marked July Fourth for US presidents. Zachary Taylor's was the worst

    CALVIN WOODWARD|Jul 2, 2023

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Through history, the Fourth of July has been a day for some presidents to declare their independence from the public. They've bailed to the beach, the mountains, the golf course, the farm, the ranch. In the middle of the Depression, Franklin Roosevelt was sailing to Hawaii on a fishing and working vacation. It's also been a day for some presidents to insert themselves front and center in the fabric of it all. Teddy Roosevelt drew hundreds of thousands for his July Fourth oratory. In 2019, Donald Trump marshaled tanks, bombers...

  • Moms for Liberty's focus on school races nationwide sets up political clash with teachers unions

    ALI SWENSON|Jul 2, 2023

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Moms for Liberty, a "parental rights" group that has sought to take over school boards in multiple states, is looking to expand those efforts across the country and to other education posts in 2024 and beyond. The effort is setting up a clash with teachers unions and others on the left who view the group as a toxic presence in public schools. The group's co-founder, Tiffany Justice, said during its annual summit over the weekend in Philadelphia that Moms for Liberty will use its political action committee next year to engage...

  • Russia launches the first drone strike on Kyiv in 12 days and all are shot down

    Jul 2, 2023

    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After a relative lull, Russia launched a drone attack early Sunday on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, officials said. It was the first such attack of the war in 12 days. All of the Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones were detected and shot down, according to Serhii Popko, the head of the Kyiv city administration. In addition to the city itself, the surrounding Kyiv region was targeted. Kyiv regional Gov. Ruslan Kravchenko reported that one person was wounded by falling debris from a destroyed drone. Officials in the Ukrainian cap...

  • Are you confronting a big medical bill? Attack it with a plan - and these tips

    TOM MURPHY|Jul 2, 2023

    An enormous medical bill can trigger a wave of panic, but try to resist. That startling invoice that arrived in the mail may not be what you wind up paying. Errors or slow insurance payments may have inflated the total. Even if it's accurate, financial aid or other assistance might help pare it. Sometimes a simple phone call clears up a problem. Other times, reinforcements are necessary. Debt experts say patients should attack medical bills with a plan. Here are key steps to take. CHECK THE NUMBERS Don't stash the bill in a pile of mail and...

  • What to know about Fourth of July holiday origins and traditions

    JIM SALTER|Jul 2, 2023

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks. Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday, typically resulting in more than 10,000 trips to the emergency room. Yet fireworks remain at the center of Independence Day, a holiday 247 years in the making. Here are five things to know about July Fourth, including the origin of the holiday and how fireworks became part of the tradition. WHAT'S THE ORIGIN OF INDEPENDENCE DAY? The holiday celebrates the S...

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