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Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva, and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at 10:10 a.m.; worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Friends Church is on the corner of College Avenue and Center Street. Avard Christian Church Sunday services are from 2-4 p.m. Avard Christian Church is 7 miles west of Alva on Highway 64 and 7 miles south on County Road 370, or 6...
The first Christians had no Bibles at all. In fact, the New Testament had not yet been written, and many years would go by before it was compiled. Even then, the average Christian did not have a personal Bible at all. Though the first Christians did not have a Bible, they did have a message about Christ, and it was enough for them. And as it turns out, it’s enough for us as well. I am obviously not against the Bible – we are blessed to have it. But its proper purpose is simply to point us toward Christ and to convey the central message about hi...
Has anybody noticed how much preachers like to talk? I suppose it is part of the job description – at least during our allotted time on Sundays and Wednesday nights. For most of us, every few minutes of yapping is preceded by countless hours of pulling together notes and rethinking the original outline. For some of us, the Sunday sermon might find its final form during some random moment of clarity at 2 a.m. In any case, we tend to create a lot of paperwork. A preaching partner prayerfully posed a proposition on the most positive use for s...
The Alva Arts Alliance is hosting the Inaugural Multi-Arts Gala “American Artists, Musicians, and Playwrights” on Sept. 27 at the ACT I Building in downtown Alva. The gala will feature a chef-prepared dinner and cocktails, live entertainment, specialty art décor, and silent and live auctions. Proceeds will benefit programming support for the Northwest Concert Series, ACT I Community Theater and Graceful Arts Gallery and Studios-Children’s Programs. For more information, please contact Kay Decker at 580-327-7649 or email gracef...
Funeral services for Hazel Margaret Leatherman will be held on Saturday, September 1, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church with Reverend Aaron Wagner officiating. Burial will follow in Capron Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. Hazel Margaret, daughter of Frances Anna (Eggstein) and Karl Charlie Wagner was born August 28, 1923. She passed away at the Alva Share Convalescent Home on her 95th birthday, August 28, 2018. She attended school in Capron and...
Nicki and I have both taken advantage of early Social Security payments and I am enjoying Medicare while she pays for coverage with her teacher retirement benefits. Medicare is an advantage to being older but there is a cost associated with Medicare Part B, a monthly fee that covers outpatient services like office calls. Social Security places limitations on your earnings until you reach 70. At 70-and-a-half you must start drawing from your IRA and that can be a tax concern. Foremost on my mind...
The most essential building block for success in school and throughout life is learning to read. But if a child has parents who cannot read, there is a much higher chance that child will also be unable to read. The statistics are jarring. Two-thirds of students who can’t read well by the end of the fourth grade will wind up behind bars or on welfare. Eighty-five percent of all juveniles who wind up in the juvenile court system are functionally illiterate, and more than 60 percent of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate. People who c...
The 1948 presidential election was one of the most dramatic in U.S. history. Incumbent Harry Truman (who had assumed the office when President Franklin D. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945) won in a huge upset. Public opinion polling was in its infancy, but nevertheless all the polls and most prognosticators predicted that Governor Thomas Dewey of New York would win easily. But the majority of voters chose Truman. Truman had not been a popular president. The economy at the end of World War II...
WICHITA, Kan. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University traveled to face the Jets of Newman University, sweeping the Jets in very hard-fought sets, 25-21, 26-24, and 25-22. Despite a sweep, the Lady Rangers had a fight to win each and every set, but coming back from a couple deficits shows that the Black and Red know how to battle through adversity and stayed composed. Hannah Williams headlined the first set, leading the team with five kills. The team had a slow start, being down 9-6, but the senior leadership of Williams came in when they n...
ALVA, Okla. – After a long four weeks of fall camp, the Northwestern Oklahoma State University football team kicks off the 2018 campaign Thursday evening when the Rangers host No. 24 Ouachita Baptist at Ranger Field at 6 p.m. The Tigers enter the season with a target on their backs after winning the Great American Conference title in 2017. Ouachita’s success last season led to a preseason ranking in three national polls, including No. 24 in the D2Football.com poll and No. 25 by the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA). Last season, the...
Woods County Girl Scouts went on a camp-out to Selman Living Observatory to observe the night sky. They also did a service project for the observatory. The scouts were asked to either scrape and paint picnic tables or build a bug hotel. The scouts opted to build the bug hotel. Twenty-nine adventurous souls traveled south of Freedom for their weekend fun. The Girl Scouts enjoyed their time this past weekend roasting hot dogs, making s'mores, and looking at the night sky. Even though it was...
Students leave Northwestern Oklahoma State University with the knowledge to succeed in a particular field. In their final semester, 14 senior education students have received their student teaching assignments and have entered area schools to gain hands-on experience. The students will return to campus for seminars in November and their portfolio exit interviews in December. Graduation is scheduled for Dec. 9. Listed below are the students, their hometowns and teaching assignments. Agriculture...
The Northwest Oklahoma Concert Series is excited to announce the first act in this year's exciting concert series. Dawson Hollow is set to take center stage in Herod Hall on the Northwest Oklahoma State University campus as one of the stops on their 2018 tour on Tuesday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m. Missouri-native Dawson Hollow is an indie-folk band based out of the Ozark Mountains. Their music encompasses the nostalgia of folk while channeling the urgent and intoxicating energy of indie rock. Their...
Alan Nusser, 79, was elected "Beadles 2018 'Old Cowhand'" by the other residents of Beadles Nursing Home and honored in a brief ceremony following the home's annual Chuck Wagon Dinner. Alan Nusser was born Dec. 13, 1938, to Charles and Ada Nusser. He had eight siblings, two of which are still living. He went to school in Hopeton until that school closed and continued his education at the Dacoma school. There he met his future wife, Leota, whom he started dating his junior year. Alan won many...
SEARCY – For the third time in the last four seasons, Harding men's soccer opened its campaign with an overtime game. The Bisons tied 1-1 with Texas A&M-International Thursday in a game played at the Toyota Soccer Center, home of Major League Soccer's FC Dallas. After a scoreless first half, Harding's Peter Hmung, a sophomore from Lewisville, Texas, opened the scoring in the 69th minute. His third career goal came off a corner kick taken by Julio Martins. Texas A&M-International, a member of the Division II Heartland Conference, equalized in t...
WINTER PARK, Fla. – The Regis University men's soccer team (0-1) made their season debut this afternoon traveling to Winter Park, Florida to take on Saint Leo University. Despite a momentous equalizing goal from redshirt-junior Ryan Ebert, the Rangers fell to the Lions 2-1. How It Happened: Regis was held to limited scoring opportunities in the opening period, recording just two shots compared to the Lions' five. As the Rangers continued to struggle to find an offensive groove, Saint Leo broke the quiet, netting the first goal of the contest i...
COMMERCE, Texas – Gabriella Gamboa (Prosper, Texas/Prosper) and Reigna Banks (Bakersfield, Calif./Bakersfield) each scored two goals and the Metropolitan State University of Denver overwhelmed Texas A&M-Commerce with 16 shots on goal in a season-opening 6-0 victory Thursday in women's soccer. Gamboa, a transfer from Division I Northwestern State (La.), also added an assist for a five-point game in her Roadrunners debut. "That's a good team, a big, strong team, but I think we did a good job of playing our game and focusing on how we could be s...
BETHANY, Okla. — Southwestern Christian University dropped its home opener to John Brown (Ark.) 3-0 Wednesday at a crowded Pickens-Springer Gymnasium. The Eagles lost the first set 25-19 before taking John Brown to the limit in a marathon, 30-28 second set. SCU fell 25-21 in the third set after a late rally came up short. Cashlyn Munroe and Jamesha Redd each finished with 11 kills on the night. Kami Bratcher followed with six of her own. Munroe and Baleigh Murphy each notched 12 digs to lead the Eagles. Liv Block and Bratcher added seven d...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Human Services on Thursday took issue with the latest report by monitors that downgraded the agency's progress in improving the state's foster care program for children. Agency director Ed Lake said officials "strongly" object to several parts of the report released Wednesday. "We believe this report contains a number of misleading comments, isolated facts stated without important context," Lake said The report issued bi-annually by the monitors, known as co-neutrals, rates progress toward i...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump is weighing in on Oklahoma's governor's race, giving his "complete and total Endorsement!" to Tulsa businessman Kevin Stitt, who won the state's GOP primary on Tuesday. Trump tweeted his endorsement Thursday, saying Stitt is strong on crime and borders, the Second Amendment and "loves our Military & Vets." Loyalty to Trump came up in the campaign. Stitt attacked longtime Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett as not being supportive enough of the president or his immigration policies. Stitt also has p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has released plans to disclose all credible allegations of child sexual abuse by priests who have served under it. The Archdiocesan Review Board on Wednesday approved two reports proposed by Archbishop Paul Coakley and Chancellor Michael Scaperlanda. The board was created in 2002 as part of the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People, a set of procedures established by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to address child sexual abuse allegations. The first r...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City's police chief is proposing a change to a marijuana ordinance that could improve the area's historically crowded jail. KFOR-TV reports that Police Chief Bill Citty spoke to the City Council on Tuesday about arresting people for marijuana possession. Police are currently arresting anyone caught possessing marijuana, which is currently punishable by a $1,200 fine and six months in jail. Citty proposes lowering the fine to $400 with no jail time. Mark Opgrande with the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office says r...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals is ordering a new trial for a man convicted of murder in the death of a woman who jumped from a moving truck and was run over. The court ruled Thursday that 39-year-old Michael Crawley deserves a new trial because he was prevented from presenting witnesses who would support his claim that he was not driving the truck. Crawley was convicted in the 2015 death of Amber Brewer, who jumped from the truck as it was being pursued by police near McAlester. Crawley was found in the back seat o...
Some things to watch in the Big 12 Conference the first weekend of the 2018 season: GAME OF THE WEEK Florida Atlantic at No. 7 Oklahoma. The Sooners have won three Big 12 championships in a row, and last season went to the College Football Playoff for the second time. Conference USA champ Florida Atlantic carries a 10-game winning streak into 2018, its second season under coach Lane Kiffin. The Owls are looking for their first-ever victory over a ranked FBS opponent. They have the C-USA preseason offensive and defensive players of the year in...
