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Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva, and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at 10:10 a.m.; worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Friends Church is on the corner of College Avenue and Center Street. Avard Christian Church Sunday services are from 2-4 p.m. Avard Christian Church is 7 miles west of Alva on Highway 64 and 7 miles south on County Road 370, or 6...
Christianity is called by that name because it’s all about Christ. This may seem obvious, but Christians need to be continually reminded that it’s not about them. In other words, it’s not about you and how good you can be. It’s about Christ and how good he already is. It’s not about you and your work. It’s about Christ and his work. Writing to the Ephesians, Paul says that our very Christian life is the work of God: “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them....
Our granddaughter is a water-baby. Of course, I would get in all sorts of trouble for labeling her a “baby” of any sort, since she’ll soon reach the ripe old age of six. But she truly does love the water. If she could, she would spend endless hours in the pool, or, if no pool is available, she would settle for running through the sprinklers – or taking a shower – or squirting Papa with a squirt gun …. Papa, on the other hand, is not so fond of swimming. In the first place, you have to change clothes and that seems a bit too much to ask on my d...
Alva police have worked a number of accidents in recent weeks. On June 29 a parked vehicle received damage from an unknown vehicle overnight. Clayton Alan Phillips reported his 2015 Ford F15 was parked at 214 Church St. He told Officer Sean Farris he was asleep inside when the damage occurred and did not see it until the next morning when going to work. The unknown driver stuck the pickup just behind the front driver headlight and scraped down the entire side and bed of the vehicle before leaving the scene. Another individual reported damage to...
Matthew James Maxwell passed away on Sunday, July 15, 2018. He was 50 years old. Matt was born to Robert James Maxwell and Sandra (Bailey) Compton in Alva, Oklahoma on June 20, 1968. God, family and friends are what kept Matt going daily. He loved his kids dearly. Matt enjoyed going to the casinos and gambling, designing flower beds with his landscaping business, hunting deer, raising chickens and fishing. He was employed by the Okmulgee Fire Department for 10 years, a member of the Cornerstone...
My neighbor, K.P., says his son is planning on a career in truck driving. I’ve written on the progress of self-driving truck technology, but recent setbacks due to autonomous vehicle accidents means that there will be a need for drivers well into the ‘20s. Despite fears of looming trade wars, the backbone of the U.S. economy is the truck. A shortage of drivers results as retirement is claiming many, and fewer are willing to shoulder the long distances and days or weeks on the road, the life of...
Lew Wallace lived an interesting life that saw him become successful in several fields. After practicing law for a few years, Wallace embarked on a political career. During the Civil War, he rose to the rank of major general in the U.S. Army. And he wrote several books as well. In 1878 President Rutherford B. Hayes named Wallace territorial governor of New Mexico. Wallace held the position for two and a half years. The situation Wallace inherited in New Mexico was one of lawlessness and...
Jacob Faulkner, a graduate of Alva High School, has been awarded two scholarships to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University during the 2018-2019 academic year. Faulkner will receive the Alva High School (AHS) Graduate Scholarship and the Ranger Preview Scholarship. The AHS Graduate Scholarship is awarded just for being an AHS graduate. The Ranger Preview Scholarship is awarded for participation in Northwestern's annual Ranger Preview event. He plans to study business while attending...
Myrtle Ellen Shaklee will celebrate her 95th birthday with a birthday party with family and friends. Cards may be sent to Fairview Fellowship Home, 605 E. State Road, Fairview, OK 73737. Myrtle was born July 22, 1923, the eldest of seven siblings to Don and Irene Campbell. Myrtle is a 1941 graduate of Jet High School and was known for showing shorthorn cattle in 4-H. She married Merwyn Shaklee on July 13, 1942. they traveled around while Merwyn served with the military. After World War II, they...
A left turn resulted in a collision of two vehicles on Monday, July 9, at 9:45 a.m. The incident happened on Flynn Street at the intersection with 13th Street. Billy W. Farris, 80, of Alva was driving a 2010 Ford westbound on Flynn. Jimmy D. Burt, 63, of Alva was driving west on Flynn in a 2006 Chevrolet. According to the police report, Farris turned south onto 13th Street in front of Burt's vehicle. The Burt car's front right bumper struck the back right fender and tire of the Farris vehicle....
Two people were taken to the hospital after a driver lost control of a vehicle that struck a curb. The one-vehicle wreck occurred at12:24 a.m. on Friday, July 13, at 518 Oklahoma Blvd. According to the police report, Mariah Lynn Luddington, 20, of Freedom was driving a 2004 Jeep west on Oklahoma Boulevard. The vehicle struck the curb causing the passenger side front tire to blow out. Luddington lost control of the vehicle, which exited the highway to the right into the Garnett Oil Company lot....
Since mid-May, Fifth Street just north of Oklahoma Boulevard has been barricaded. Alva City Business Manager Joe Don Dunham said there was a water line break at that corner on May 11. As a result of the break and ongoing issues, the base under the road has been washed away, causing the asphalt to fail. Dunham said it wasn't quite a sinkhole, but it will require reconstructing the street for that block. However, it could be more as they won't know the extent of the damage until the repair work is...
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Rogers State men's basketball head coach Justin Barkley announced the hiring of K.T. Carter as an assistant coach for the navy and red for the 2018-19 season. "I'm very excited to add KT to our coaching staff," Barkley said. "He is a humble and hardworking coach with a bright future in the business. We feel like his ability to recruit and build relationships will be a great addition to what we value here at RSU. I can't want to get the season started while working alongside KT." Carter joins College Hill from Tusculum w...
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A former high school band teacher in South Texas must serve five years in federal prison for sharing child pornography online. Parker J. Pendergraph was sentenced Thursday in Corpus Christi. The 29-year-old Pendergraph in March pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography. Pendergraph was an assistant band director at Carroll High School in Corpus Christi when he was arrested in February and then suspended. He also taught at two middle schools. Prosecutors say the investigation began in November when an e...
DENVER (AP) — A federal court has ruled that a Colorado school district violated the Constitution when it supported a Christian spring break mission trip in 2014. The Denver Post reports a parent and the American Humanist Association filed a lawsuit against the Douglas County School District after it supported the trip to Guatemala by a group of students from Highlands Ranch High School's chapter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson wrote in the opinion that the district backed an "overtly C...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada twice has come close to carrying out its first execution in 12 years. And twice it failed. Condemned killer Scott Raymond Dozier says he wants to die, but the state has no clear path forward after courts blocked it from using a never-tried combination of drugs that it created after struggling to get lethal injection supplies. The delays are raising questions about whether Nevada can overcome legal hurdles to execute its first inmate since 2006 and whether the political will exists to find a way to carry out capital p...
Girl Scouts with Troop 969 traveled to Branson, Missouri, for their summer trip. After selling numerous cookies, nuts and candy, and receiving donations from community service activities, the troop was short funds. While trying to decide whether to do another fundraiser or wait another year for the trip, a special lady blessed them with the use of her time share in Branson. That made all the difference with funding, so away they went to Missouri. A couple of the scouts had not been to Branson...
WEST COLUMBIA, Texas (AP) — Brazoria County authorities say a piece of jewelry that belonged to the daughter of former Texas Gov. James Hogg has been stolen from the Varner-Hogg Plantation State Historic Site. Deputies say a brooch belonging to philanthropist Ima Hogg was taken during a burglary at the former sugar plantation in West Columbia between 7 p.m. Wednesday and 7 a.m. Thursday. The brooch is described as a black carbon round pin with a diamond at the center and pearls around the edge. The black carbon is from the famous Spindletop o...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China blocked the United States on Thursday from getting the United Nations to publicly accuse North Korea of smuggling in refined petroleum products beyond the annual quota of 500,000 barrels allowed under U.N. sanctions, diplomats said. The Russians and Chinese, who are key suppliers of petroleum products to North Korea, said they needed more time to examine the U.S. allegations, the diplomats said. Last week, the U.S. asked the Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against North Korea to send a l...
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Ten months after Hurricane Maria destroyed Puerto Rico's electric grid, the local agency responsible for rebuilding it is in chaos and more than $1 billion in federal funds meant to strengthen the rickety system has gone unspent, according to contractors and U.S. officials who are anxious to make progress before the next hurricane. The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority has seen two chief executive officers and four board members resign in less than a week in a messy fight over how much the bankrupt agency s...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators filed a lawsuit against officials in Gov. Susana Martinez's administration, arguing they overstepped their authority by moving to convert a state park outside Las Cruces into a regional Game and Fish Department headquarters. In the suit, filed Tuesday, lawmakers look to prevent the Game and Fish Department from taking control of the Mesilla Valley Bosque State Park. The Legislative Council argues that officials with the Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department and the Game and Fish D...
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's government may have muddled its way through violent street protests in the country's oil-rich south with promises of jobs and better services, but the root causes of this month's unrest remain almost intact and it could be just a matter of time before popular discontent boils over again. In its bid to end the protests, Iraqi authorities have deployed security forces backed by armor and arrested hundreds of protesters in the southern city of Basra, the epicenter of the weeklong demonstrations and the jewel of Iraq's oil r...
LOVING, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say one worker was killed and a second injured in a fire involving storage tanks at an oilfield facility in southeastern New Mexico. The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports that the incident occurred Wednesday near Loving at a facility owned by Tulsa, Oklahoma-based WPX Energy. WPX spokesman Kelly Swan said both victims were employees at separate companies working at the WPX facility. Identities weren't released, and WPX said cause of the fire wasn't immediately available. The facility contains a saltwater disposal w...
COPPELL, Texas (AP) — Texas and nationwide retail gasoline prices have declined this week. AAA Texas on Thursday reported prices at the pump statewide slipped 3 cents to settle at $2.63 per gallon. Drivers across the country are paying an average $2.86 per gallon, which is down 2 cents from a week ago. The association survey found Midland has the most expensive gasoline in Texas this week at an average $3.12 per gallon. Three cities have the cheapest gasoline in Texas — San Antonio, McAllen and Amarillo — at an average $2.53 per gallon. AAA e...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) When Russian leader Vladimir Putin addressed the media in Helsinki alongside President Donald Trump, he proposed that their countries “work together” to make oil and gas markets calmer. Trump didn’t say whether he supported the idea but he repeated his frequent assertion that Russia and the U.S. are competitors, adding, “I think the word competitor is a compliment.” As a scholar of global energy geopoliti...
