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Real Estate Transfers Book 815, Page 11: Between Pamela Kae Couch Hightower, Trustee of the Beverly Jo Couch Revocable Trust; and Kyle S. Couch, Cheryl F. Couch, and Rhonda B. Couch Turner. NW/4 and W/2 SW/4 of S18-T24N-R9W. Quitclaim Deed. Book 815, Page 12: Between Pamela Kae Couch Hightower, Trustee of the Beverly Jo Couch Revocable Trust; and Pamela Kae Couch Hightower. SW/4 of S2 and an undivided ½ interest in the NW/4 of S17, all in T23N-R10W. Quitclaim Deed. Book 815, Page 17: Nancy Louise Evans; conveys unto Nancy L. Evans, Trustee of t...
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. Misdemeanor Filings David Ray Torres, Oklahoma City, 40, has...
Tuesday, July 18, 2017 12:45 p.m. Controlled burn on County Road 640 between Harper and Haskel. 6:55 p.m. Reporting party (RP) advised they needed help getting a ditch fire out on County Road 590 and between U.S. Highway 64 and Hughes Road. 8:16 p.m. RP advised of a calf out three-quarters of a mile north of Commanche Road on Highway 8. 9:45 p.m. Woods County advised an RP advised calves out on County Road 580 north of Major Road. Contacted possible owner. Wednesday, July 19, 2017 12:02 p.m. Vehicle accident just south of the corner of Ohio...
July 17, 2017 Kiowa ambulance transported patient from Kiowa Hospital to St. Francis in Wichita. Medicine Lodge ambulance responded to El Dorado Avenue. No transport. Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from northwest River Road to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Sharon Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Highway 160. July 18, 2017 Undersheriff Brewer responded to an alarm on Dickinson Street in Kiowa. Undersheriff Brewer investigated a reckless driving on U.S. Highway 281. Deputy Paasch investigated a traffic hazard at the...
As of about 2 p.m. Tuesday, the following candidates have filed their Declaration of Candidacy for the unexpired term of Mayor of Waynoka. Brad Perot and Susan Bradford have filed so far. Candidates may file through Wednesday, July 26, at 5 p.m. The election is Sept. 12....
CHEROKEE, Oklahoma – (AP) The old saying "those who can't do, teach," does not apply to Cherokee High School's theater director, Jason Paris. Paris went to New York on Thursday to premiere his play, "Locker Room Talk: A Liberal Fantasy." "It's sort of a reaction to the 2016 election," Paris said. "It was me wrestling with what the election meant." While the play is influenced by politics, Paris said it is not about taking sides. "If we can all laugh together, I think it's easier for everyone to come to the table," Paris said. Paris p...
The Kiowa City Council met for a special meeting last Thursday evening for just over an hour to discuss the city's 2018 budget proposed by City Administrator Lou Leone. All members attended including Mayor Brandon Farney and councilmen Bill Watson, R.L. Simpson, Russell Molz, Brian Hill and Tom Wells. The administrator told the council this modest increase, .402, would mean an increase of $4/year on a $103,000 property. Another example is a $1.76/year on a $45,000 house. Leone said the budget remains about the same as last year. However, he inc...
Two men from Oklahoma City have been charged with misdemeanors after a motorist reported his car was damaged by hitting signs lying on the highway. David Ray Torres, 40, and Lynn Leroy Willis Truelove, 39, have been charged with the leaving the scene of an accident involving damage. The charges were filed July 18 in Alfalfa County. This misdemeanor is punishable by imprisonment for up to one year or a fine of up to $500 or both. According to court documents, about 10:10 p.m. on July 11 Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Darrin Lancaster was on...
Graveside services will be held at Alva Municipal Cemetery on Friday, July 28, 2017, at 9 a.m. with Reverend John Clapp, pastor Bible Baptist Church officiating. Family visitation will follow the graveside services at 10 a.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. David Clarence was born in Alva, Oklahoma, to Goldie (Hoskins) and Clarence Elmer Tidwell on May 29, 1943. He passed away at his son's home in Enid, Oklahoma, on July 23, 2017, at...
(Associated Press article on a topic of high interest in the USA) PHOENIX (AP) — Gun-friendly Arizona is trying to avoid deadly encounters between police and people behind the wheel by teaching armed drivers how they should handle themselves when they are pulled over. Arizona, which allows residents to carry weapons without permits, recently changed its rule book for the road in a bid to avoid confrontations such as the one that killed Philando Castile. The Minnesota man, who had a gun p...
Akin is a 1975 graduate of Burlington High School; this opinion editorial she wrote ran in the Steamboat Pilot newspaper last week President Donald Trump's "America First" agenda inherently puts him at odds with other world leaders, who would either like unfettered access to the powerhouse American economy or need U.S. support and funding to achieve their various internationalist projects. While President Trump's policies may rankle foreign leaders, his famous – or some would say infamous – charisma can rein them in. To be a successful pre...
Cherokee FCCLA joined more than 7,500 FCCLA student leaders, members and advisers at the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee, July 2–6 to participate in the annual FCCLA National Leadership Conference (NLC). The conference provided Cherokee students opportunities for listening to inspiring speakers, attending learning sessions, competing on the national level, and networking with other leaders. The theme of this year's conference was "Unlimited Possibilities," which inspired attendees t...
Pat Myers called the July meeting of the Kiowa District Hospital Board to order last Thursday evening. Recently appointed board member Miranda Allen took her seat at the table for the first time. Jeff Miller was also present. Board members Chantae Simpson and Jim Parker were both out of town. The district's CEO Margaret Grismer was present along with other hospital personnel: CFO Janell Goodno; Robyn Whitaker, RN; Melissa Stroh, P.A.; Krisgina Fossoh, Manor DON; Kim Balding, Manor...
July has been a very busy month for the Cherokee FFA Chapter. July 3–8 Drake Williams attended the Shorthorn Conference and Jr. National show in Tulsa. He participated in a variety of contests. He was on the reserve national champion intermediate fitting team and brought home National Champion Shorthorn Prospect Steer. The Cherokee FFA officer team went on their annual chapter officer retreat July 9–12. The officers include Beth Lancaster – president, Sydney Wyatt – vice president, Blake F...
Prior to the Barber County Fair that is July 27-30, several fair judging events were held. These included a fashion revue, perishable foods contest and a dog show. On July 20, the fashion revue was judged. Barber County 4-H members styled 39 outfits for the judge. Of those outfits, seven were constructed by the members. The classes included formals, dress outfits, school clothes and even a bathrobe. The members then modeled these outfits for the public on Friday, July 21. The backdrop was...
Curtis Robinson's idea of a fitness race in Alva was so appealing that the Alva Tourism Committee approved a $6,000 grant towards the budgeted $29,283 cost of the event planned for Sept. 23 in Hatfield Park. Robinson expects 250 to 500 participants from all over the central USA. He said the nearest similar fitness race occurs in Wichita. The description on the event's website, AlvaRace.com, describes the event as "Alva's 1st Annual Impossible Obstacle Course, Race and Fitness Festival." Robinson...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The most senior Vatican official ever charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis made his first court appearance in Australia on Wednesday in a scandal that has stunned the Holy See and threatened to tarnish the pope's image as a crusader against abusive clergy. Cardinal George Pell, Australia's highest-ranking Catholic and Pope Francis' top financial adviser, has maintained his innocence since he was charged last month with sexually abusing multiple people years ago in his Australian home state of Victoria. T...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's considering either re-nominating Janet Yellen for a second term as Fed chair or replacing her with someone else, possibly Gary Cohn, who leads his National Economic Council. Trump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he has a "lot of respect" for Yellen and thinks she is serving capably. The president said he's still considering asking her to serve four more years after her term ends in February. But he said he's also considering other candidates, including C...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Inmates at a Kansas prison housing some of the state's most dangerous criminals twice took control of the prison yard for hours in recent months, setting a fire, trying to create barricades and breaking into a security office, in mass disturbances not previously disclosed by corrections officials, according to prison guards who spoke to The Associated Press. Two corrections officers and a third person who could see the emergency logs as the disturbances unfolded spoke to AP on condition of anonymity because they fear repris...
CHICAGO (AP) — Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the National Football League, college and even high school. It's the largest update on chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a debilitating brain disease that can cause a range of symptoms including memory loss. The report doesn't confirm that the condition is common in all football players; it reflects high occurrence in samples at a Boston brain bank that studies CTE. Many donors o...
Sharon Steen dons her tennis shoes and, with two fellow seniors, walks streets that in her youth were a vibrant center of Portland, Oregon's African-American community. Wasn't this the corner where an NAACP march began in 1963? Look, the record store is now a fancy high-rise. It's more than a stroll down memory lane. Steen enrolled in a small but unique study to see if jogging memories where they were made can help older African-Americans stay mentally sharp and slow early memory loss. "What we find when we walk, all of us, is that there are a...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Crop scouts are touring North Dakota this week to get a better idea of just how the drought will affect wheat supplies. North Dakota is a top producer of wheat. Farmers, seed company representatives, wheat millers and others are surveying fields to determine how much of the crop will be available. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's in-field survey for July pegs the national average for spring wheat yields at 40.3 bushels per acre compared to about 47 bushels per acre last year. The estimated averages in North Dakota a...
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers on Tuesday delivered Republican Gov. Eric Greitens a political win by sending him a wide-ranging bill tightening abortion regulations that would give the attorney general power to prosecute violations, prompting critics to say the changes are aimed at limiting access to abortion in a state that already has tough restrictions. The bill's passage comes after the first-year governor called lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special summer session focused on abortion policy. He said the move was m...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Dozens of teen pregnancy prevention programs deemed ineffective by President Donald Trump's administration will lose more than $200 million in funding following a surprise decision to end five-year grants after only three years. The administration's assessment is in sharp contrast with that of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which credited the program with contributing to an all-time low rate of teen pregnancies. Rachel Fey of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy said T...
