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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 Thomas Zeek Harper, 44, Carmen, has been charg...
Real Estate Transfers Book 803, Page 80: Merry Gaff; conveys unto Merry N. Gaff as Trustee of the Merry N. Gaff Living Trust. A tract of land in the SW/4 of S22-T24N-R9W. Warranty deed. Book 803, Page 95: Michael R. Murphy and Laurie A. Murphy; convey unto Rachu Properties, LLC. The S/2 of Lot 4, and the N. 35’ of Lot 4, Block 2, Gilmore’s Addition to Cherokee. Warranty deed. Book 804, Page 910: Jim Bostick Phipps and Leisha Scott Phipps; convey unto Joseph Krenger. The W/2 SE/4 of S6-T28N-R11W. Warranty deed. Book 804, Page 918: Between Rodger...
Tuesday, December 6, 2016 8:52 a.m. Controlled burn eastbound on U.S. Highway 64 toward Jet. 8:55 a.m. Reporting party (RP) advised a blue four-door Chevy was driving all over the road and running people off the road. They advised the blue car turned at the State Highway 58 junction and was sitting there where people park. Advised OHP. OHP advised the closest trooper was in Fairview. Advised deputies. Deputy en route. Unable to locate vehicle. 9:26 a.m. RP advised a large pit bull was out roaming around this morning around 10th Street and...
December 5, 2016 Medicine Lodge Rural Fire Department, Kiowa Fire Department and Hardtner Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Gerland Road. At 5:56 p.m. Mark Allen Rice, Medicine Lodge, hit a deer on Isabel Road just past county barn. No damage or injuries. Deputy Rodriguez investigated reckless driving on State Highway 160 west of Medicine Lodge. December 6, 2016 Kiowa ambulance transported patient from Coats Street to Kiowa Hospital. Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from Third Avenue West, Sun City, to Medicine Lodge...
Greg Murray, Alva Regional Airport manager, reported that fuel sales hit $19,277.48 through the month of November. October sales totaled $14,227.46. Two other items on his report had to do with vehicle maintenance. The water pump, fan belt and thermostat had to be replaced on the airport pickup truck, and the pressure relief valve on the air dryer on the Jet-A fuel truck is acting up and it won't pump fuel when that happens. He has arranged for Karl's Diesel Repair to replace it as soon as...
Anthony Ramirez, freshman, was chosen as the Aline-Cleo November Student of the Month. His school philosophy is to make the most of every opportunity. His inspirations come from his parents and his coach. His hobbies are running and basketball. Anthony is the son of Israel and Cristina Ramirez....
The Cherokee school board had a full agenda Monday night for their regular board meeting, including the discussion of re-employing Donna Anderson as superintendent, building applications and speech services. The board approved the consent agenda, which consisted of the minutes of Nov. 14 (a regular board meeting); the encumbrances, purchase orders, balances and warrants of the General Fund and Child Nutrition Fund; the Treasurer's Report and the Activity Fund Report (balances), which included the transfer of money between two accounts. The...
Forty years ago on a beautiful December day, Paul and Deb Kramp Corr were married on Dec. 26, 1976, in the First United Methodist Church at Alva, by Rev. Gilbert Brothers and Rev. Ellis Bond. Bridal attendants were Mary Anne Lansdown (Rauh) and Kathy Kramp (Lancaster). Groomsmen were Randy Stelling and Steven Kramp. Ushers were Joe Lancaster and Bill Lansdown. Flower girl was Claudia Corr (Beck) and ring bearer was Warren Corr. Paul and Deb have three children: Warren Corr, Alva; Claudia Beck...
Walinda Arnett joined the Barber and Pratt, Kansas, county extension office as a nutrition assistant this fall. The part-time position is funded entirely by grant funds. The Barber and Pratt county extensions agents collaborated to write a grant proposal for nutrition education that allowed for the hiring of a very part-time program assistant. Arnett's education in Early Childhood is extremely valuable when teaching in the grade school classrooms. One program is Book In a Bag. Once a month, she...
Northwest Technology Center received a volunteer firefighter training grant of $29,968.26 through the State of Oklahoma for the current fiscal year. This money is allotted for training volunteer firefighters Although the classes have to be approved by the state, the local volunteer fire departments are able to determine the training needed for their local fire departments. Northwest Technology Center's Alva campus provided training to 60 firefighters from eight area departments during the last...
A Carmen woman was hospitalized with a broken nose and other injuries after a reported altercation with her husband. According to court documents, Deputy Loren Nusser of the Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call from a neighbor’s house in Carmen on Nov. 8 about 11:45 p.m. He talked to Tina Owens who was in the back of an ambulance. She appeared to have been severely beaten and was bleeding from multiple lacerations on the face. Her right forearm was swelling noticeably. Nusser noted he could smell a strong odor of an alc...
Ronnie and Lavonna Hopkins, Fairview, Oklahoma, are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Erin Elizabeth, to Dakota Blake Davis, son of Patricia Gragg, Mannford, Oklahoma, and Wesley Davis, Ardmore, Oklahoma. The bride-elect is a 2012 graduate of Fairview High School and is currently a mass communications major at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The groom-elect is a 2012 graduate of Mannford High School and is currently employed at Cargill, Inc. in Freedom, Oklahoma. The...
On Dec. 1, the Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors held a special meeting (via phone conference) that immediately entered executive session and lasted about 30 minutes. The board approved extending an offer to a mid-level practitioner and to grant KDH CEO Margaret Grismer the discretion to negotiate within board parameters. All board members were on the phone conference call including: Chairman Brenna May, Chantae Simpson, Jeff Miller, Pat Myers and Jim Parker. Grismer was also on the call. On Dec. 7, the board held a nearly hour-long...
A presentation about Career Cruising/Individual Plans of Study was the highlight of the December hour-long meeting of the South Barber Board of Education Monday night. Board President Steven Allen called the meeting to order with all members present including: Mariah Doherty, Deb Helfrich, Dooli Rugg, Melissa Simpson, Mark Pollock and Mike Miller. Also seated at the table was Superintendent Dr. Andi Williams and Board Clerk Julie Johnson. Counselor Cheryl Washburn and teacher Pam Malone made a presentation to the board about a program they are...
By Tuesday afternoon no one had filed for the three open seats on the Freedom Board of Education. By the 5 p.m. deadline on Wednesday, two candidates had filed for each of the open positions. Those filing are: • Seat 2, full term: Concha Herrera and Donald Simmons • Seat 4, unexpired term: Sandra Kamas and Robert Babcock • Seat 5, unexpired term: Share Morris and Paul Raul Galindo A three-way race developed in Waynoka Mindy Zook, Jennifer Rich and Travis George filing for Seat 2. Only the incumbent Jane McDermott filed for the Alva Schoo...
The Woods County Industrial Development Authority (WCIDA) concluded their December meeting by entering into an executive session to talk with potential renters of the Westlakes building site (former Big Man building) on the west side of town. After the completion of the executive session, the board agreed to lease the building to Cory Blackledge, to be used in part for vehicle refurbishing. Before that, they handled routine items such as the roll call (all were present except for the vacant fifth seat), Members include Bryce Benson, Randy...
Funeral services for Nina Ruth Coulter, 75, Enid resident, will be held on Friday, December 16, 2016, at 1 p.m. in the Family Faith Fellowship with Pastor Keith Funk officiating. Committal prayers and interment will be at 3 p.m. in the Cherokee Municipal Cemetery under the kind guidance of the Amy Stittsworth Funeral Service. Nina was born February 10, 1941, at Homestead Oklahoma, to Lavern and Iva "Lucille" (Monger) Martin. She attended Longdale School, Longdale, Oklahoma, and graduated...
KIOWA, Kansas – Nola Yvonne Wiedman was born on September 13, 1924, to Edna and Gus Scott in Andover, Kansas. She was the oldest of eight children born to the Scotts. She graduated from Andover High School in 1942 and went to work at Cessna Aircraft factory until the war ended. Nola married Charles August Wiedman July 16, 1950. She then moved to Kiowa, Kansas, where she lived until her death on December 9, 2016. Nola worked as a bookkeeper in Kiowa for a number of years and kept books for her husband’s welding shop. She was involved in the Con...
Victor O. "Vic" Englett, 30, Blair, passed away on Saturday, December 10, 2016, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. on Monday, December 19, 2016, at the Martha Road Baptist Church with Don Hervey and Kevin Baker officiating. Services and cremation are under the care of the Kincannon Funeral Home. Victor was born on August 4, 1986, in Altus, Oklahoma, to Jessie Moore and Nona Englett. He attended Martha and Olustee schools and graduated from Alva High School in 2005. He...
(I've noticed for several years that retirement is not necessarily a healthy idea. Just too many friends have retired and the next thing you know they are more unhealthy and within a year I'm attending the funeral. A favorite saying of mine is "Everyone needs a compelling reason to get out of bed each morning." Last week, I spotted an article from Britain that fit my theories. So here it is, written by Sarah Bosely.) Baby Boomers Should Work for Longer to Stay Healthy: The government's chief med...
DURANT, Okla. – Southeastern scored the first five points of the contest and never trailed as it closed out the fall semester with a 67-53 win over Rogers State on Monday night in Bloomer Sullivan Arena. The win lifts the Savage Storm to 5-3 on the season heading into the holiday break with SE scheduled to be back on the court on Jan. 5 in Russellville, Ark., against Arkansas Tech at 5:30 p.m. Rachel Wallace shot 50.0 percent from the field and hit a pair of threes to finish with a game-high 14 points, while Olivia Potter added a pair of t...
DURANT, Okla. – The Southeastern Oklahoma State Savage Storm tallied 29 first-period points to build a 13-point lead en route to a 67-53 win over the Rogers State women's basketball on Monday night in nonconference action at Bloomer Sullivan Arena. In a close and fast start for both teams in the first period, SEOSU held only a one-point lead at 10-9 after a basket from Nikola Nedoroscikova about four minutes into the contest. After that point, the Savage Storm grew the margin to 14 at 27-13 with a 17-4 run over five minutes and were in f...
