Articles from the September 30, 2022 edition
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Religious services and events
Alva Church of God Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible study is at 7 p.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...
By Is your glass half full or half empty?
“If it weren’t for bad luck, I’d have no luck at all, gloom despair, and agony on me,” are the words to a popular little song on the show “Hee Haw” back when I was a child. We would all sing along and laugh together as we watched that show. We al...
Wilderness time
The wilderness is an intimidating place, full of dangerous animals and extreme conditions. It is a place that will test a person – body, mind, heart and spirit. Very few of us enter the wilderness willingly. And when we find ourselves there, we t...
Analyzing the threat
In the American Legion Magazine, General H.R. McMaster on our record of predicting future wars observes, “And that record is zero percent.” We have speculation about future domestic terrorist act...
Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer
One of the bulls we use on our cowherd is an Angus bull. We were sorting some calves today and the bull was being his usual self, bellowing every chance he got. He seems to like to remind us that he is The Man. He isn’t 40 but he can go on a rant t...
Random Thoughts
Prior to the 1920s, major league baseball did not, in some ways, look like the game that is played a century later. Unlike today, for example, players back then hit few home runs. Baseball insiders...
Tuesday night bowling standings, week of Sept. 27
Team Standings Rollin GoodTimes – 16 wins and 8 losses Knights of Columbus – 15 wins and 9 losses Dilly Dilly – 14 ½ wins and 9 ½ losses O'Bar – 13 wins and 11 losses The Bowl Movements – 13 wins and 11 losses Livin' on a Spare – 11 wins and 13 l...
Friday sets record for lowest round at OBU Invitational
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's Golf team concluded the OBU invitational Tuesday in fourth place. The Rangers had their best outing of the fall season finishing with a total score of 645 as a team. The 645 team score is the s...
Northwestern volleyball sweeps Cameron in non-conference game
LAWTON, Okla. – The Rangers hit the road for a non-conference game against Cameron University and swept the Aggies 3-0. Addison Wimmer led Northwestern in kills with 14. Cameron Lobb collected 32 assists and Andrea Coady accumulated 14 digs. This w...
Zachary Cox earns 2nd GAC Runner of the Week
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State men's cross country team has run in four meets this fall after concluding the Muthama-Rogers meet hosted by Bethel in North Newton, Kansas, on Sept. 24. The Rangers finished the meet second overall. Z...
Rangers drop Saturday evening game to East Central
ADA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State traveled to Ada Oklahoma Saturday for the fourth game of the season. East Central jumped out fast scoring the first points of the game before leading to a 31-3 win. Northwestern falls to 0-4 on the season a...
Department of Natural Science announces leadership change
Northwestern Oklahoma State University has new leadership in the Department of Natural Science as Dr. Jenny Sattler recently assumed the role of chair. Sattler replaces Dr. Steven Maier who assumed...
4-H exhibits shine at State Fair of Oklahoma
Twenty Woods County 4-H members entered 70 exhibits in the 4-H division of the State Fair of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City on opening day. Of the 70 exhibits, over 50 received ribbons for being in the top 10 and an amazing 37 placed in the Top 5. Top 10... Full story
Northwestern Concert Choir open to public
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s music program is once again welcoming members of the public and anyone from the university to participate in the Concert Choir. Rehearsals are Mondays from 6:55 to 8:45 p.m. in the J.W. Martin Library A...
Missionaries, Ukrainian woman, give glimpse inside a brutal war
Ron and Nancy Minton have been missionaries in Ukraine for about 17 years. They spoke this Sunday at Bible Baptist Church in Alva both about the Bible college they founded there, and about their... Full story
No. 9 Oklahoma St fueled by B12 title loss to No. 17 Baylor
WACO, Texas (AP) — Ninth-ranked Oklahoma State came up only inches short of a Big 12 championship in its last meeting against Baylor. "We use it to fuel us," Cowboys running back Dominic Richardson said this week. Nearly 10 months after that Big 1...
Big 12's first full league weekend has title game rematch
Some things to watch in Week 5 of the Big 12 season, the first full weekend of conference games: GAME OF THE WEEK No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 16 Baylor. A rematch of last season's Big 12 title game that the Bears won 21-16 when safety Jairon McVea...
Murder suspect, officer injured in downtown Topeka shootout
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man suspected of murder and a police officer were injured during a mid-morning shootout Thursday in downtown Topeka after the suspect led officers on a chase through Kansas' capital city, firing at them as he drove. Topeka p...
Herd the news? Wild boar piglet adopted by cows
BERLIN (AP) — A cow herd in Germany has gained an unlikely following, after adopting a lone wild boar piglet. Farmer Friedrich Stapel told the dpa news agency that he spotted the piglet among the herd in the central German community of Brevoerde a...
Hurricane Ian heads for Carolinas after pounding Florida
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A revived Hurricane Ian set its sights on South Carolina's coast Friday and the historic city of Charleston, with forecasters predicting a storm surge and floods after the megastorm caused catastrophic damage in Florida and l...
Russian strike kills 25 as Kremlin to annex Ukraine regions
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia pounded Ukrainian cities with missiles, rockets and suicide drones, with one strike reported to have killed 25 people, as it moved Friday to annex Ukrainian territory and put it under the protection of Moscow's nuclear u...
Suicide bomber strikes Kabul education center, killing 19
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck an education center in a Shiite area of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing 19 people and wounding 27, including teenagers who were taking practice entry exams for university, a Taliban spokesman s...
