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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 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 Synchrony Bank, Draper, Utah, vs. Rickey Lynn A...
Tonja Tucker, Cherokee vs. Tony Nolan Tucker, Cherokee: divorce ($252.14)....
Real Estate Transfers Book 847 page 234: ARG PH31SLB001, LLC, unto AFN ABSPROP001, LLC. All the portion of lot 2 lying immediately west, parallel, and contiguous with the east 94 feet of lot 2 in block 3 of Southgate addition to Cherokee as the same parallels Kimberly Drive in accordance with the plat of Southgate addition, and all of lot 3 in block 3 of Southgate addition to Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 847 page 276: Dean Keiffer and Cynthia Keiffer Revocable Trust conveys unto R & C Ross Family, LLC. The southeast...
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 During this day there were calls for 18 traffic stops. 12:49 a.m. – Medic needed for a lift assist in the 300 block of Pennsylvania. 3:07 p.m. – Caller asked for a welfare check in the 700 block of Oklahoma. 3:37 p.m. – Residential alarm went off in Carmen on 5th Street. Deputy reports everything okay. 7:35 p.m. – An abandoned call was made. When dispatch finally got through to the caller, the female advised she didn’t mean to actually call. She was trying to scare off two individual in her barn getting high. Dispatch adv...
Criminal Filings Oren Leon Howland has been charged with violating of protection order. Jason D. Jackson has been charged with domestic battery and criminal damage. Francisco Jaime Smith has been charged with DUI, transporting an open container and liquor; purchase/possess/ consume by minor 18-20 years old. Alanna Sexton has been charged with cruelty to animals. Scott Allen Jones has been charged with endangering a child, possession of marijuana, use/posses with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body, driving under the influence of...
Real Estate Transfers Book 144 page 313: Rockne A. Shelite and Laurie Shelite, husband and wife, convey unto Bradley W. Werner and Micha M. Werner, husband and wife. Lots 1, 2 and 3 in block 15 in Henton’s Addition to the city of Sharon. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 144 page 314: Monte D. Shelite and Ruth Shelite, husband and wife, convey unto Bradley W. Werner and Micha M. Werner, husband and wife. Lots 1, 2 and 3 in block 15 in Henton’s Addition to the city of Sharon. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 144 page 316: Bradly L. Gibson, a si...
Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall wished each other a happy new year as they said goodbye to fiscal year 2018-19 in Monday's July 1 meeting. The three Alfalfa County commissioners started the new fiscal year by signing off on a much smaller than usual stack of paperwork. Maintenance and operation payment warrants were approved, along with the monthly officer reports, blanket purchase orders, appropriations (including lapsed), and the allocation of alcohol beverage tax. This week, the county's second and third districts split a road cros...
It’s baby season at the newspaper. Last week, we had two employees making trips to Enid with their pregnant wives. It was a Tuesday, of course, the busiest day of the week when we are finishing the Newsgram. Both women were sent home, but my granddaughter went back Wednesday afternoon. Isaiah Trey Michael Lunn was born just after 10:30 p.m. on Thursday at 6 lb. 15 oz. and 19 inches. Parents Trey and Kat Lunn are catching up on sleep after a very wakeful night in the hospital. Big sister G...
Mary Kathleen Kaiser Miller of Kiowa, Kansas, was born January 4, 1927, at home one mile east of Hardtner, Kansas, the fifth child of John George Kaiser and Carrie Burleson Kaiser. She passed from this life July 1, 2019, at the age of 92. Mary graduated from Kiowa High School in 1945. She was among the first class to attend nurses training in Wichita at St. Joseph Hospital. Mary attended one year of training then worked at Achenbach Hospital-Clinic in Hardtner. She married Leonard T. “Bub” Miller August 6, 1948. He died July 11, 1993. Mary wor...
Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Lula O. (Walker) and H. Elmer Tidwell, was born November 28, 1925, at the family farm northwest of Alva, Oklahoma. After a lengthy illness, she passed away at her daughter Karen’s home in Farmington, New Mexico, on Sunday, June 23, 2019, at the age of 93 years, 6 months and 26 days. She attended Farry High School and graduated class valedictorian in 1944. She then attended classes at Northwestern State College in Alva. On July 15, 1944, she was united in marriage to Owen F. Davison. From this marriage three c...
Chairman Randy McMurphy called the Woods County commissioners meeting to order Monday. Present were John Smiley, David Hamil and Randy McMurphy, along with County Clerk Shelley Reed and Alex Mantz. After approving the June 24 meeting minutes the first topic of the day was discussion and possible action regarding the following permits: SemGas, Select Energy Services. Alex Mantz requested use of the courthouse lawn on Aug. 17 for the Lights Over Alva event. From 5 to 6 p.m. community members can come and get a signature from Northwestern student...
Wichita State University has announced names of students who have completed their degrees at Wichita State University. Undergraduate students who have attained a grade point average of 3.9 out of a possible 4.0 received summa cum laude award and those with an average of 3.55 received the magna cum laude award and those with an average of 3.25 received the cum laude. Local students are: • Allison S. Keith, Bachelor of General Studies, General Studies Psychology, Magna Cum Laude, Kiowa, Kansas • Angela L. Darrah, Director of Audiology, Med...
Wichita State University has announced names of students on the Dean's Honor Roll for spring 2019. To be included on the dean's honor roll a student must be enrolled full time and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Local students are: • Sydney M. Wyatt, Cherokee, Oklahoma • Jessica Daughhetee and Trae A. Rathgeber, Kiowa, Kansas • Victoria L. Fagan, Maggie J. Hawkins, Riston F. Landwehr, Medicine Lodge, Kansas...
Miranda Allen, CEO of NATE member company RSI Corp of Kiowa, Kansas, has been selected to serve as the association's representative on the Broadband Infrastructure Deployment Job Skills and Training Opportunities working group. RSI Corp is a national company that specializes in radiofrequency (RF) radiation and telecom safety. Through her work with RSI and her previous experience with Hewlett Packard and the United States Army, Allen is recognized nationally as a subject matter expert on RF...
Burlington's Board of Education met for their regular monthly meeting June 20. Then they held a special meeting Monday morning, July 1. The results of both meetings are included in this story. President Terry Graham called the June meeting to order with the following members present: Aaron Smith, TJ Rockenbach and Robert Hill. April Kisling was absent. Superintendent Dr. Stacey Croft and Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis were also present. The board voted to employ Kathryn Nelson as counselor for the 2019-2020 school year. Dr. Croft said Nelson is...
At the school board meeting last Thursday, June 27, the Waynoka school board hired Patricia Burrow to be the school district's new elementary principal. Burrow is originally from Mooreland and has lived there most of her life. She attended school in Alva, but graduated from Mooreland. She did her student teaching in Woodward, then was hired full-time at Mooreland "and I've been there ever since," she said. Burrow taught second grade for 15 years, then fifth- and sixth-grade science for seven... Full story
In a meeting July 1, Alva Superintendent Tim Argo told the school board he was projecting a fund balance for next year of a little over $7.4 million. He voiced some concern that the gross production revenue was almost $300,000 less than last year. "Financially our schools are in great shape, but gross production has been the big revenue producer for our district and the trend is down," Argo said. It's s trend he intends to watch carefully. Board members present for the meeting were Jane... Full story
Eat a free hamburger, buy yourself an auction item and help a troubled teenage boy's life be transformed. This is at the Freedom Gates Boys Ranch annual Hamburger Feed and Live Auction in Medicine Lodge Saturday July 13. The event is at the Barber County Heritage Center, 1056 SE Isabel Rd. (at the intersection of U.S. Highway 281 and Isabel Road). Burgers are served at 5:30 with the live auction starting at 6:30 p.m. Some of the auction items donated so far are: a fire pit, hand and power tools, a benchmade knife, gun case and antiques.... Full story
Although Hardtner, Kansas, is the epitome of rural America, the small town has a Fourth of July celebration bursting with as much American pride as you see exploding over large bodies of water in the Macy's and Boston fireworks shows. “Be proud to be an American,” Hardtner Chamber of Commerce Fourth of July organizer Syd Sterling said. “South Africans from the Lohmann harvest crew were excited to help me hang our huge flag.” Besides an always red, white and blue morning parade and a park full of games and activities throughout the day, a highl... Full story
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The rooms at Crappie King Cabins near northwestern Oklahoma's Canton Lake were mostly empty when much of the state and the rest of the Southern Plains were in the grip of a prolonged, withering drought that sent lake levels plummeting. "Our business was really down, it sure was," said Donnie Jinkens, who owns the group of cabins named for the game fish that attracts anglers to the popular recreational lake. "We were really struggling for a long time." But Jinkens is reeling in the lodgers these days after one of the w...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Officials say the number of structurally deficient bridges in Oklahoma has dropped from about 1,170 in 2004 to 132. Transportation Secretary Tim Gatz told a state transportation panel Monday that Oklahoma now ranks 13th in the U.S. for fewest deficient bridges in its highway system. About 6,800 bridges are part of Oklahoma's system, a number that doesn't include other spans operated by local entities such as city and county governments. Gatz says the state Department of Transportation began setting more money aside in 2...
CLAREMORE, Okla. (AP) — When the Claremore Plaza shopping mall was originally built in the 1970s, it was a welcome addition, replacing a former land fill with retail and restaurants. Today, it is a bit more of an eye sore. The home of Cedar Point Church is uneven and falling apart. But renovations to make the building better than ever before begin September 1. Cedar Point Lead Pastor Rick Burke said that over the next two years the church will be renovated in two phases, costing approximately $2 million. "We call our church a story changing c...
SHAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — For the last 20 years, business owner and lover of dance, Aonisty Parks, has taught the craft to students of all ages at DreamCatchers Dance and Tumbling Company and will continue teaching in her new studio. According to Parks, in April she found her new building and it's nearly twice as large compared to her older studio and has many new features including free wifi. "We have 6,600 square feet right now. We were at about 2,000 square feet in the old place and how I've designed this is so that it can function as a c...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In Oklahoma, almost 4,000 people were officially counted as experiencing homelessness last year. Service providers ranging from shelters and mental health groups to the Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs each have a specific need they are trying to meet for that population, whether it be housing, substance abuse treatment or children's programming. And to bring these providers and many others together to tackle homelessness holistically, Oklahoma has the Governor's Interagency Council on Homelessness...
PLEVNA, Kan. (AP) — P.J. Sneed walked through his small greenhouse in central Kansas checking on rows and rows of small hemp plants just waiting to be put into the ground. The plants inside the greenhouse near Plevna looked rather healthy. Problematically, they looked better than the plants in the few acres he's already planted just outside of the greenhouse. "Day one, we planted an acre and a half," he said. "Huge storm came through and it blew probably half the plants just over or out of the ground." But looks can be deceiving. The roots o...
