Articles from the April 28, 2023 edition
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First-grade teacher loves family atmosphere
Anne Graham is the first-grade teacher at Burlington Public Schools. Mrs. Graham is originally from Blanchard, Michigan. She attended Mid-Michigan Community College and received a business and legal a...
Knowledgeable Kevin
Kevin Kaumans was born on October 13, 2004, to Christina and the late Jason Kaumans. Kevin's favorite subject in school is English, and he is involved in FFA, Robotics, One-Act, FCA, Student Council...
Outdoor Learning Center welcome addition
Burlington Schools now has an outdoor learning center available for use by all classes. The Somerhalder family contacted the school wanting to provide something of educational value to Burlington...
Burlington yearly basketball awards
This year the Burlington basketball teams had several players that worked hard to get awards. For the boys' team, sophomore Zane Willard was an All-Conference Honorable Mention. Senior JC Crusinbery...
Spring program showcases music and art
The annual spring music program and inaugural art show was held on Thursday, April 13. Before the program, the community was invited to a fundraising dinner hosted by the athletic program. The spring...
Burlington Breakaway FUNdraiser
Burlington Student Council recently held a fundraiser called Burlington Breakaway. Students set a goal of $1,400 encouraging each class to raise $100. Every day of Burlington Breakaway, students who...
Burlington track team looking toward regionals
This year's Burlington track team is almost its biggest since 2018 with 26 total tracksters from junior high and high school. The 2023 Burlington high school track team has been working hard and...
Warm-hearted Weston
Weston Allen is a senior at Burlington High School. He is the son of Josh and Jessica Allen and has one brother, Paden. Weston was born in Enid, Oklahoma, and is involved in many things, including...
Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God is located at 517 9th St., in Alva. Sheryl White is our pastor. Sunday: Normal hours are Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. with morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening youth meet at 5 p.m. This is for youth sixth...
A person of faith
Our Sunday morning Bible class has been studying the book of Hebrews in the New Testament for some time now. I want to encourage the reader to read this powerful book as it lays out the ministry of Jesus, showing he is greater than the angels,...
A roller coaster faith
I want to share just a bit of my own experience dealing with a piece of worldwide news, one that seemed to impact everyone in their own way some time ago. That news being the tragic deaths of nine...
Someone needs you
Ombudsman: Yes, it is a strange sounding word, Scandinavian in origin, but it simply means advocate. A Long-Term Care Ombudsman is a person who volunteers to be there to help that “someone” living in a nursing home, or other long term care fac...
The right words
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy. Finding the right words for each situation is really a challenge. Research has shown that just one wo...
Ramblings of a redneck farmer
There are many different definitions of grace in the dictionary. Webster's best defines grace as approval or favor. So, when you take that definition and apply it to the grace that God rains down on us when we believers put our faith in him, it...
Call it amazing, part 6
The Sunday, October 25, 1964, issue of the “New York Times Book Review” featured a glowing critique of Henry Roth’s lost novel “Call It Sleep” on its cover. This was the first time that the editors o...
Ranger women's golf concludes season at GAC Tournament
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's Golf concluded their 2023 season after the Great American Conference tournament. The Rangers placed eighth in the tournament finishing with a score of 1027 (355-339-333). The Rangers were led b...
Ranger track & field concludes Buffalo Invitational
CANYON, Texas – Northwestern Oklahoma State competed at the Buffalo Invitational in Canyon Texas hosted by West Texas A&M. Due to the weather in Canyon the meet was shortened a little, canceling events in the meet. Even with a shortened schedule t...
Rangers place fifth in conference tournament to end season
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Men's Golf finished their season placing tied for fifth in the conference following the Great American Conference Championships. Northwestern tied for fifth along with Southwestern Oklahoma State a...
Penco signs to play with NWOSU Rangers
On Tuesday, Alva High School senior Kyler Penco signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. AHS head basketball coach Shane Feely shared a list of...
Welcome rain includes power outage
Rain this week brought welcome moisture to grass, crops and other vegetation in the area. But several areas in Alva experienced an electrical outage on Wednesday. According to the Mesonet, Alva... Full story
Polarization means punishment for minority party lawmakers
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was silenced by her Republican colleagues on Wednesday in a vote that bars her from participating on the House floor for the remainder of the 2023 session. The crackdown followed a s...
Kansas sets trans athlete rule; gender-affirming care saved
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas board decided Wednesday that high schools and middle schools must see transgender athletes' first birth certificates to decide what teams they can join, while an effort in the Legislature to end gender-affirming care for...
Culture war clash gives Kansas new medication abortion law
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas clinics will be required to tell patients that medication abortions can be stopped using a drug regimen that the providers consider ineffective and potentially dangerous after a key legislative vote Thursday in the n...
