Articles from the August 19, 2018 edition
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Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Whole grain Cinnamon Crunch, buttered toast, rosy applesauce, juice, milk Tuesday – Chicken biscuit, pears, juice, milk Wednesday – Super chocolate donut, pineapple, juice, milk Thursday – Whole g...
Patchwork Friends OHCE Group learns about make ahead meals
The Patchwork Friends OHCE group met for their regular August meeting at the home of Janice Litton on Aug. 9. President JoAnne Prewett called the meeting to order. Barbara Cue led the group in the flag salute. Devotions were given by the hostess on...
By Second public hearing on Alva arena project plan
The Alva City Council will hold a second public hearing Monday on the Alva Arena Economic Development Project Plan. The first hearing was held last month. The council will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the council chambers at City Hall. The Woods County...
Democratic nominee stops by Alva
Democratic hopeful Frankie Robbins stopped by Northwest Technology Center Wednesday evening to share his vision of the future, should he be elected into the House of Representatives. Looking to secure a spot in Oklahoma's Third Congressional...
Two charged with child abuse
A woman from Medford and a man from Alva are facing Woods County child abuse felony charges. Serena Killian, 24, of Medford, the mother of the 6-year-old girl involved, is charged with child abuse by injury and enabling child abuse by injury. Each...
Two Alva men facing drug charges
Two Alva men are facing drug charges after a deputy found them in a vehicle parked in the middle of the street. Barton William Rogge, 59, of Alva, has been charged with distribution of controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine), a felony. This...
Inmate accused of breaking jail TV screen
An inmate in the Woods County Jail has been charged with a misdemeanor for damaging a flat screen television in the jail area. David Wayne Tuman, 50, of Alva, is charged with malicious injury to property – under $1,000. This crime is punishable by a...
Alva woman charged with endangering child
An Alva woman has been charged with child endangerment. Rhonda Ann Whitely, 51, of Alva, was charged Aug. 9 with a felony of child endangerment by driving under the influence. According to court information, Whitely is charged with transporting her...
Open class foods for the Woods County Free Fair
The Open Class Foods Division has a variety of items to enter in the Woods County Free Fair running Sept. 6–8. Jellies, preserves, jams and fruit butters; chili sauce or catsup; picanté sauce; cinnamon rolls and breads; and sweet, sliced, crispy pi...
Woods County Fair flower show theme: 'Let There Be Flowers'
Woods County gardeners have been thankful for the bountiful rain this growing season. If your flowerbeds are still alive and thriving after this summer’s temperatures, consider exhibiting them in the Open Flower Show at the Woods County Free Fair, T...
GEORGIE JOANN LOYD
Georgie JoAnn Loyd, age 79 years, of Booneville, Arkansas, passed from this life August 17, 2018. She was born October 17, 1938, to the late George Woods and Lillie Orene Richardson Bryant. She was a...
IRVIN WALTER RITTER
Irvin Walter Ritter, resident of Edmond, Oklahoma, formerly of Alva, Oklahoma, passed away at the age of 84 on August 15, 2018, in Gunnison, Colorado. Irvin Walter, son of Anna Mae Graff and Walter...
SIMON L. STEWART
Funeral services for Simon L. Stewart will be Tuesday, August 21, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel in Alva with Rev. John Clapp, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating. Interment will be in the Freedom Cemetery. Arrangements are under...
Good food, good price, but a long drive
My grandson Josh Scribner turned 18 last Thursday. Happy birthday, kid. Dad had an appointment in Oklahoma City on Thursday so Jack and I went to a buffet he discovered. The name was The Feast...
Ranger Men's cross country tabbed to finish sixth
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced on Thursday the Northwestern Oklahoma State University men’s cross country team has been picked to finish sixth in the league standings, as voted on by the GAC coaches. Mixing a young squ...
Woods County Communications phone log
Friday, August 10, 2018 3:04 p.m. Controlled burn on Logan Road and County Road 910. 3:11 p.m. Domestic in the 1600 block of Main. 6:24 p.m. Controlled burn on County Road 940 and Ellis Road. Saturday, August 11, 2018 10:19 a.m. Controlled burn on...
Woods County court filings
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...
Marriage filings
Blake Scott Corder and Lindsay Nicole Lakin, both of Alva: marriage license (counselling) ($5). Jeff Lee Bush and Millie Ann Marie Ferrell, both of Alva: marriage license (counselling) ($5)....
Woods County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 1281 page 659: Larry D. Hill and Christina M. Hill, husband and wife, convey unto Larry D. Hill and Christina M. Hill the southwest quarter of the southwest quarter section 3 township 24, range 14, WIM, Woods County,...
Woods County Sheriff phone log
Thursday, August 9, 2018 5:49 p.m. Man called about a traffic ticket warrant. Friday, August 10, 2018 9:10 a.m. Man called about sheriff sale information. 9:20 a.m. Man called about fingerprint times. Saturday, August 11, 2018 9:02 a.m. Man called...
Crisis for the Woods County Free Fair
The Woods County Free Fair is facing a major financial crisis. The fair board was blindsided by the unexpected opinion of an auditor that funds budgeted for the fair could not be used for...
Alva Community Coffee: Candidates for labor, insurance commissioner speak
Alex Mantz welcomed community attendees to the August Alva Chamber Community Coffee, hosted Friday by the Homestead and Kelly Parker in the month of their 20th year of operations. Parker went on to... Full story
Washington school now offers innovative action-based learning lab
Washington Early Childhood Center (WECC) has received a grant to buy special equipment for the school's innovative new learning lab. The grant was provided by the Healthy Schools OK nonprofit based...
'Here's to another 20 years'
"On Aug. 1, 1998, two things happened that changed my life forever. One of those things I was certain of, and the other I had no idea until years later," said Homestead Director Kelly Parker. He was...
Northwestern announces 2018 homecoming theme, parade marshal
Events have been set for Northwestern Oklahoma State University's annual homecoming celebration Oct. 4–6, and the organizing committee looks forward to seeing many familiar, and some new, faces in A...
