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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. Felony Filings Dianna Ralstin, Jet, no age, has been charged...
Andy Jeffery Williams, Helena, vs Victoria Lynn Williams, Clinton: divorce....
Real Estate Transfers Book 848 page 31: Bradley Wayatt and Cynthia Wyatt, husband and wife, convey unto Dennis Charles Lynch and Kaylee Rochelle Lynch, as joint tenants. The southwest quarter of section 36, township 26 north, range 9, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Joint tenancy warranty deed. Book 848 page 53: Davidson Brothers Cement Finishing Company Inc. conveys unto Colton Kent Castle. Lot 12 block 34, Jet, Original Town, Jet, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 848 page 55: Joy Ann Beeding, a single person, conveys unto Jean A. Dahlben as Tru...
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 During this day there were eight traffic stops. 4:28 p.m. – Welfare check on an animal in the 500 block of Oklahoma. 5:08 p.m. – Caller advised he fell asleep at the wheel and wrecked his car into a cornfield between Blaine and Bryan Road on the west side of Highway 58. Medic took patient to Bass Hospital in Enid. 7:28 p.m. – Caller requested assistance with getting her husband in her car because he was drunk. The husband said he would get in the car and dispatch advised to call back if they were needed. Wednesday, July...
Criminal Filings Nathan Tyler Ross, has been charged with use/possess with intent to use drug paraphernalia into human body and distribute or market precursor for unlawful use. Civil Filings Discover Bank vs. Rusty W. Burton: debt collection. Limited Filings Citibank vs. Cevil Gee: debt collection. Discover Bank vs. Austin M. Landrum: debt collection. LVNV Funding LLC vs. Kathryn Gutierrez: debt collection. Discover Bank vs. Gary M. Peloza: debt collection. Medicine Lode Memorial Hospital vs. Kelly L. Gosvener II: debt collection. Medicine...
Real Estate Transfers Book 144 page 373: Robert E. Stranathan, trustee of the Robert E. Stranathan Revocable Trust, conveys unto Robert E. Stranathan and Patricia J. Stranathan, trustees of the Stranathan Family Trust. All of lots 7 and 8 and the west half of lot 9, in block 18 in the City of Kiowa. Quit claim deed. Book 144 page 375: Patricia J. Stranathan, trustee of the Patricia J. Stranathan Revocable Trust, conveys unto Robert E. Stranathan and Patricia J. Stranathan, trustees of the the Strananthan Family Trust. The northwest quarter of s...
July 22, 2019 Barber County Sheriff's office (BASO) investigated a suspicious vehicle on north Iliff Street. Kiowa Police Department (KWPD) performed two VIN inspections. BASO investigated a traffic hazard on Tri City Road BASO investigated an incident on Curry Lane. July 23, 2019 Medicine Lodge Police Department (MLPD) and BASO responded to a commercial alarm on Iliff Street. BASO responded to a report of cattle out on Hardtner Shortcut. MLPD investigated a juvenile complaint. BASO responded to a report of cattle out on River Road. KWPD...
Paperwork took up most of the meeting time Monday morning at the Alfalfa County commissioners meeting. Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall signed off on two road crossing permits (both for District 3 for a total of $4,250), maintenance and operation payment warrants, and blanket purchase orders. Less than a handful of agenda items remained, and the three men approved them all: bridge inspection invoices and reports of conference (both items for all three districts), and finally, an interlocal cooperative agreement with contiguous...
Three Cherokee FFA members will be competing in the State Livestock Handling Finals held during the Tulsa Farm Show Dec. 12-13. Treavor Green, Riley Hensley and Drake Williams completed a written exam on the OSU campus on July 17 as the first step towards the state finals. The exam consisted of 52 questions over the livestock industry. Each Oklahoma FFA area’s top two chapters qualify for the state finals based on test scores. A total of 10 teams will compete in December. During the finals, each team will construct an educational display b...
The Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors met for their regular July meeting last Thursday evening. President Pat Myers called the meeting to order with all members present: Jim Parker, Chantae Simpson, Miranda Allen and Jeff Miller. KDH CEO and Hospital Administrator Robert Whitaker and Manor Administrator Tami Klinedinst sat at the board table. KDH CFO Janell Goodno was also present as were several other hospital and manor employees and some from Cohesive management/consulting with whom KDH is contracted. Discussing the proposed 2020...
A former employee of Jet State Bank has been charged with embezzlement. The charge was filed on July 26 in Alfalfa County District Court. Alfalfa County Deputy Sheriff Gary Mast was first contacted about the case on Nov. 20, 2018, by Jet State Bank President Forrest Michael. He said that an employee, Dianna S. Ralstin, had taken $600 from the bank teller cash drawer. Michael said on Nov. 14 Bank Vice President Lisa Copenhaver conducted the regular monthly audit. At that time, she discovered a discrepancy with Ralstin’s drawer showing it was bal...
At the Woods County commissioners' regular Monday morning meeting July 29, commissioners John Smiley and David Hamil approved action to let a short Christian film be shot here in Alva. The movie is called “Send Me Wings.” The commissioners also approved a District 1 road crossing permit for Targa Pipeline....
Burlington Board of Education President Terry Graham called a special meeting of the board to order the morning of July 26. All members attended, including April Kisling, Aaron Smith, T.J. Rockenbach and Robert Hill. Superintendent Dr. Stacey Croft was also present along with Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis. A bid was awarded for the new bus barn. The board approved the bid from Rieger Welding for the bus barn in the amount of $397,240. Rieger Welding was reportedly the only bidder for the project. The agenda included discussion of employment of...
Oklahoma City – State/federal Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) are opening in Cherokee (Alfalfa County) and Alva (Woods County). Mobile DRCs are disaster resources that allow state and local officials to maximize their reach to as many affected areas and survivors as possible. The centers offer in-person support to Oklahoma homeowners, renters and business owners who sustained damage or losses during the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding between May 7 and June 9, 2019. Recovery specialists from the Federal E...
Franklin Glen Brune of Marlow, Oklahoma, was born on February 19, 1954, in Cherokee, Oklahoma, to Herman and Frances Josephine (Fox) Brune. He passed away on July 25, 2019, at the age of 65. There will be a private family memorial at a later date. Cremation arrangements have been entrusted to Whitt Funeral Home/Oakcrest Cremation Center, Duncan, Oklahoma. Franklin graduated from Cherokee High School in 1972. He proudly served in the US Navy. On June 20, 1997, he married Lajeana S. Springer in Woodward. He was employed as a wireline rigger for...
Jane Ann McKellips was born on March 2, 1953, and passed away on June 6, 2019. She will be laid to rest on Saturday, August 17, 2019, at 11 a.m. at Keith Cemetery in Burlington, Oklahoma. The burial service will be followed by a light lunch at the Dreyer farm. Jane was the daughter of Dale and Bernice (Dreyer) Hassinger, granddaughter of William and Opal (Cook) Dreyer and Maurice and Myrtle (Joseph) Hassinger, and great granddaughter of Louis and Mary (Thomason) Cook (all deceased). A memorial...
Leland Verle Green, 92, of Caledonia, Mississippi, passed from this life on July 25, 2019. Leland was born on July 2, 1927, in Carmen, Oklahoma, to Hugh and Mabel Green. Leland served in the United States Army then worked as an insurance agent for Alfalfa County Farm Bureau for 25 years. He was president of the Cherokee Flying Club, served as president of the Chamber of Commerce, and was a member of the Lions Club. He also served as city councilmember and received the Citizen of the Year Award....
Randy Kirk Rathgeber, age 65, of Kiowa, Kansas, passed from this life on July 18, 2019, at Kiowa Hospital District Manor. He was born on July 7, 1954, in Kiowa, Kansas, to Dick Rathgeber and Norlene Hood Rathgeber. He graduated from Kiowa High School with the class of 1972. Randy was a member of the Kiowa Lions Club. Randy worked for Barber County Bridge Crew for over 37 years and retired in 2016. He was a fun loving guy who didn't know a stranger and had a streak of "onery" in him. He loved to...
On July 5, 2019, the world lost an amazing husband, father, grandpa, son, brother, uncle and friend. Robert Allen McMurphy Sr. returned home to his Heavenly Father after a short battle with Parkinson's disease and metastatic cancer. His kind, loving and generous spirit will truly be missed by many. He is now reunited with his beloved mother Rita Mae and his step-son Shaun Cover. Robert Allen was loved by all who met him! He worked hard and his faith guided him, which showed in his selfless...
Funeral service for Roger Noble will be Friday, August 2, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. at the Kiowa United Methodist Church with burial to follow at Riverview Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday, August 1, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. with family present from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Kiowa, Kansas. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com....
Funeral services for Roger VanRanken were held on Saturday, July 27, 2019, at 10:30 a.m. at First Christian Church in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Arrangements were by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Kiowa. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com. Roger was born April 12, 1962, in Kiowa, Kansas, to Horace and Jennie VanRanken. He lived in this area his entire life. In 1982 he married his high school sweetheart, Tonia. To this union three children were born: Sheila, Beau and Samantha....
Several elections are coming up in the Newsgram area. On July 19, Cherokee voters overwhelmingly passed a sales tax increase of 0.25 percent to support the fire and police departments. The vote was 109 to 17 in favor. On Aug. 13, polls will be open for City of Alva and City of Waynoka voters. On Sept. 10 there are school elections for the Freedom and Aline-Cleo districts. Alva will also have an Oklahoma Natural Gas franchise election in September. I’ve seen very little about the Waynoka e...
Hunter Jordan of Cherokee was awarded a $1,000 scholarship during the recent Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association (OCA) Convention and Trade Show. The CLA Alumni Scholarship is funded by donations from alumni of the Cattlemen's Leadership Academy program and administered by the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Foundation, a charitable arm of the OCA. Jordan is a senior at Oklahoma State University majoring in animal science business. "I hope to attain a deeper knowledge concerning animal nutrition needs and...
Three Cherokee FFA members, Riley Hensley, Jade Jantzen and Drake Williams, attended the Oklahoma FFA Alumni Leadership Camp July 10-13 at Camp Tulakogee in Wagoner. This year's theme was "Envision," which was led by the Oklahoma State FFA officer team. The members had a very busy schedule including small group activities, general sessions, water olympics, ropes courses and reflections. The Oklahoma FFA Alumni Association hosts the leadership camp each summer....
Nine Cherokee FFA and 4-H members competed July 16-18 at the OSU Big 3 Field Days. Each day, seven classes of animals were evaluated. The first day was five classes of sheep and two classes of meat goats. On the second day more than 1,500 students evaluated seven classes of beef cattle. Drake Williams, Cherokee FFA, won second high individual in the senior FFA division. The final day, a record-breaking 1,857 students from multiple states evaluated seven classes of swine. In addition to the Big 3...
