Articles from the July 25, 2021 edition


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  • Bartons retiring from delivering meals to seniors

    Jul 25, 2021

    Today, July 25, marks a special day for one of the volunteers at the Woods County Senior and Nutrition Center in Alva. John Barton is celebrating his 80th birthday. John and Margaret Barton started volunteering for meals on wheels at the Senior and Nutrition Center 15 years ago. Every Wednesday, and it doesn’t matter what the weather was, they would deliver hot meals to the center’s homebound clients. The delivery automatically includes a welfare check. If there was no response to knocking and ringing the doorbell or an answer on the phone, the...

  • Menus for week of July 26–30

    Jul 25, 2021

    Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Beef nachos, lettuce, tomato and carrot salad, corn, peanut butter cookie (diabetic: graham crackers) Tuesday – Oven-fried chicken, mashed potatoes with cream gravy, peas and carrots, biscuit, tapioca pudding Wednesday – Sloppy Joe on a bun, baked beans, cucumber, onion and tomato salad, ambrosia (diabetic: ambrosia, no marshmallows) Thursday – Breaded fish with tarter sauce, coleslaw, potato wedges, hush puppies, strawberry shortcake (diabetic: strawberry shortcake) Friday – Closed...

  • Holder Drug chosen as July Blooming Business of the Month

    Jul 25, 2021

    The Alva Petunia Garden Club selects an Alva business each June through September for their display of various colorful green and flowering plants in attractive containers. Some containers are large and sometimes there is more than one container showcasing a business with the live and beautiful arrangements of various species of colorful flowers as well as healthy greenery including trailing vines and or taller plantings. They are very welcoming and inviting for shoppers to stop and admire and s...

  • Auditing firm not approved by Alva City Council

    Marione Martin|Jul 25, 2021

    It’s rare that the person making a motion later votes against that motion. But that’s what happened when members of the Alva City Council voted on hiring an auditing firm. The agenda item for Monday’s meeting was discussion and action on engaging Angel, Johnston & Blasingame, P.C. to conduct the FY 2020-2021 City of Alva and Alva trust authority audits for an amount not to exceed $19,850. Prior to the FY 2015-2016 budget year, the city solicited bids for auditing services. On Aug. 26, 2016,...

  • Mayor Parker makes new committee appointments

    Marione Martin|Jul 25, 2021

    City Business Manager Angelica Brady could not attend Monday’s Alva City Council meeting so Mayor Kelly Parker gave a brief update of city projects on her behalf. Work on the street at the intersection of E. Flynn Street and Meno Street started Monday. After spring rains washed out the underlying culvert structure making the street unsafe, the city had to dig out the old culvert with the help of the county. Larger culverts replaced the collapsing ones with concrete work around them to stabilize the structure. The roadway was smoothed out, a... Full story

  • Share CEO advises people to get vaccinated for Covid

    Marione Martin|Jul 25, 2021

    Share Medical Center had seven inpatients on Tuesday morning although none had Covid-19 according to CEO Kandice Allen, RN. She was giving a report to the Alva Hospital Authority Tuesday evening. “As you have probably heard on the news, we are having some people test positive for Covid,” she said. “I think over the last week we’ve had three. I do want to emphasize though that there is a misconception that people are saying ‘no reason to get your Covid vaccine because I’m hearing of people that have had the vaccine test positive for Covid.’ “Wh... Full story

  • Planning Commission to consider zoning change

    Marione Martin|Jul 25, 2021

    The Alva Planning Commission will consider one request on a zoning change during their regular meeting on Monday. The commission will meet at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers at City Hall. Interim City Inspector Bryan Miller will give a report followed by a city council report. Commission members will discuss a request to change the zoning from Residential (RG8) to Commercial Neighborhood (CN) at 1020 4th Street. The location is between the south side of Oklahoma Boulevard and Olive Street....

  • Oklahoma is getting $2 billion. How should it be spent?

    Trevor Brown, Oklahoma Watch|Jul 25, 2021

    Oklahoma is about to go on a multi-billion dollar spending spree – but there’s a catch, actually several. Oklahoma, like other states, has already doled out hundreds of millions of federal dollars on Covid-19 response efforts through Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) funding that was approved by Congress last year. State leaders, however, have another reservoir of money to spend thanks to a new relief package – the American Rescue Plan Act – that President Joe Biden signed into law in March. The new law will send ab...

  • Oklahoma Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations spike again as vaccination efforts stall

    Paul Monies|Jul 25, 2021

    Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are spiking again in Oklahoma, just weeks before the start of a school year that was supposed to be a return to normal. The midsummer surge began in the past month and followed the rapid spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in neighboring Missouri and Arkansas. Most of the infected and hospitalized have not been vaccinated, health officials said. Also alarming is a recent rise in cases among children under 12, who aren’t yet eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. Emergency approval for that age g...

  • Woods County Excise and Equalization Boards elect officers

    Marione Martin|Jul 25, 2021

    The Woods County Excise Board meeting was fairly routine Wednesday morning other than some jockeying over who would be elected as the new board chairman. Vice-Chairman Chris Olson opened the meeting in the absence of Chairman Bob Seivert. Joe Shirley was present to make a quorum of two. When time came for election of officers for the excise and the equalization boards, Shirley flat refused to be chairman. He said he had enough such duties with other boards. Olson objected saying it was...

  • Woodward attorney named to OJA board

    Jul 25, 2021

    OKLAHOMA – Bartlett Bouse, a Woodward attorney, has been named to the Oklahoma Board of Juvenile Affairs. Bouse started his duties immediately. Speaker of the House of Representatives Charles McCall appointed Bouse to the nine-member board. The board is the rulemaking body for the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA). Its other duties include approving OJA’s annual budget request, assisting staff with priorities and policies of the agency and establishing procedures and payment rates for contracting agencies. Bouse succeeds Sean Burrage, who resign...

  • Coffeetime

    Andy and Renie Bowman|Jul 25, 2021

    At the tender age of 15, Andy Bowman answered God’s call to make ministering to people his No. 1 goal for the rest of his life. Ministry is his first love. But did that call on his life demolish from his mind and his heart everything else that he loved? Not on your life. Not even close. As a teenager, sports and being with his friends were still important. And now, years later, being with his wife and his family is also at the top of that list. Plus, he loves working outdoors in his vegetable a...

  • We are on the lower end of things

    Jim Scribner|Jul 25, 2021

    We have a great state, but generally when I find the surveys on how we stack up against other states on common sense, in lawmakers, education, and other things, we are on the lower end of things. I found two things we did excel in. The first is alcohol consumption per person. At 1.85 gallons per year, we are ranked number 48th in the nation. Good for us. To get this ranking, there must be a lot of us non-drinkers around. Kansas was 46th. Number 1? New Hampshire at 4.6 gallons per person a year....

  • Woods County Sheriff's Office logs

    Jul 25, 2021

    Thursday, July 15, 2021 11:27 a.m. – Report of a parking complaint in the 800 block of Flynn. 1:30 p.m. – Medic needed for a fall at the Homestead. 4:36 p.m. – Citizen assist needed in the 600 block of Linden Street. 8:02 p.m. – Report of a noise complaint in the 600 block of Linden Street. 8:29 p.m. – Report of mischief was going on in the 700 block of Barnes Street. 9:49 p.m. – Report of a noise complaint. Friday, July 16, 2021 2:29 p.m. – Vivint Alarm Company advised of an alarm going off in the 500 block of Noble Street. 6:23 p.m. – Report...

  • Woods County court filings

    Jul 25, 2021

    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. Divorce Filings Della Marie Golbek vs. Forest Edward Golbek...

  • Woods County real estate

    Jul 25, 2021

    Real Estate Transactions Book 1320 page 47: Steven E. Sterling and Joni L. Sterling convey unto Kathryn Elizabeth Lane. Lot 7, Block 1, City of Alva, Legion Heights 2nd Subdivision. Warranty deed Book 1320 page 72: Jeffrey Jack Struckle and Joe Jay Struckle convey unto Struckle Farms LLC. Section 30, township 27N, range 17W, S2NE4. Warranty deed. Book 1320 page 75: Neil Chase Graham and Erica Renee Graham convey unto William Curry and Shaena Curry. Lot 1, Block 24, City of Alva, OT Subdivision. Quit claim deed. Book 1320 page 76: Donald Dean...

  • The Latest: States scale back virus reports despite surges

    Jul 25, 2021

    OMAHA, Neb. — Several states scaled back their reporting on the coronavirus this month just as cases in the nation tripled. The delta variant of the virus is spreading quickly among the unvaccinated in some states. The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota was accompanied by less detail about the virus in Florida and Nebraska. Some officials have characterized the move as part of a return to normal. However, the average number of new virus cases nationwide went from 11,500 on June 20 to nearly 3...

  • Strike at Frito-Lay ends as union members ratify contract

    Jul 25, 2021

    TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Union members at the Frito-Lay plant in Topeka have approved a new contract and will return to work Monday, ending a nearly three-week strike at the plant, union officials said. Members of Local 218 of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers union approved the contract Friday. It gives all union members a 4% pay raise over two years and guarantees workers at least one day off each week, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. More than 500 of the 850 employees represented by the union went on strike on J...

  • Kansas coach Bill Self has tested positive for COVID-19

    Jul 25, 2021

    LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self said he has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation. Self, who is fully vaccinated, said in a statement on the university's Twitter account Friday that he was "feeling pretty good right now." He will remain in isolation at his home in Lawrence. The coach said he had minor symptoms on Thursday and wanted to be tested before he traveled to watch recruits at various tournaments. Two tests confirmed that he was positive for the virus, he said. Self said he believes he would b...

  • Couple accused of reform school abuses released from prison

    Jul 25, 2021

    KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri couple facing multiple charges of abuse against girls at a Christian reform school have been released from jail and placed on home confinement after they reported health issues. In a bond hearing on Friday, Circuit Judge David Munton released Boyd and Stephanie Householder from the Cedar County jail after setting a $10,000 bond for the couple. They will be on house arrest with GPS monitoring pending their trial, The Kansas City Star reported. The couple's attorney said in a court filings that Boyd H...

  • Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support

    NATHAN HOWARD|Jul 25, 2021

    BLY, Ore. (AP) — Out-of-state crews headed to Montana Saturday to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggled with a series of fires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes. Progress was being made on the nation's largest blaze, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon, but additional mandatory evacuations were ordered Friday evening and less than half of it had been contained, fire officials said. The growth of the sprawling fire had slowed, but increased fire activity was expected Saturday, and thousands of homes r...

  • Olympics Latest: US men get off to fast start in volleyball

    Jul 25, 2021

    TOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year's delay because of the coronavirus pandemic: ___ After a long wait to get on the court, the U.S. men's volleyball team made quick work of France in its Olympic opener. The U.S. didn't take the court until 11 p.m. local time in the final match of the opening day of pool play but set the tone early by scoring the first five points of the match. The Americans won the match 25-18, 25-18, 25-22, as they try to build on their bronze medal perfo...

  • Health care for older immigrants sees momentum among states

    SOPHIA TAREEN|Jul 25, 2021

    CHICAGO (AP) — Most mornings, 62-year-old Maria Elena Estamilla wakes up with pelvic pain and dread that she faces the same fate as her mother and grandmother: fatal cervical cancer. The Chicago woman's last full medical exam was in 2015 and she sees no options for care as a Mexican immigrant without permission to live in the U.S. She's not eligible for Medicare, Medicaid or Affordable Care Act coverage. As a child care worker, she didn't have employer coverage. She can't afford private insurance. But things may soon change. Illinois is a...

  • Tourism, music, art and sugar

    Marione Martin|Jul 25, 2021

    Tourism, music, art and sugar were all part of the Alva Tourism Tax Committee agenda Wednesday. All committee members were present. There were no questions about the financial report which shows $661,311.06 in the bank with $427,511.06 unencumbered and available for tourism grants. Alva Chamber Tourism Alva Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jodie Bradford, accompanied by Melissa Fisher and Emma Cline, gave a progress report on the first six months of work on Chamber tourism promotion and... Full story

  • With eye on SEC, Oklahoma, Texas move toward leaving Big 12

    RALPH D. RUSSO|Jul 25, 2021

    Oklahoma and Texas took the first formal step Monday toward moving to the Southeastern Conference, notifying the Big 12 they would not be renewing an agreement that binds the league's members through 2025. The schools sent out a joint statement that made no mention of the SEC and said "the universities intend to honor their existing grant of rights agreements." "However, both universities will continue to monitor the rapidly evolving collegiate athletics landscape as they consider how best to position their athletics programs in the future,"...

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