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COVID-19 has affected this school year in many ways. There have been restrictions put on the students' privileges for their protection. Before entering buses or the school, the student's temperature has to be taken. For now the students eat breakfast and lunch in their classrooms with their class sponsor, and cannot leave campus or go to the gym. The students sit in assigned seats during each class and classrooms must be sanitized between classes. Students also bring water bottles since the...
Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Evening worship begins at 5:30 p.m. Young adults gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Wednesday services include 7 p.m. Bible Study, and youth group also meets at 7 p.m. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at...
This year has undoubtedly been interesting. It reminds me of a roller coaster. You slowly ascend, then downward you go, twisting every which way. The problem is that the ride keeps joining! Disease, economic uncertainties, ineffective government leaders, west coast fires and Caribbean hurricanes, and even murderous hornets! And to think that we have three months to go in 2020. This year has reminded me of several important Biblical truths. One must turn to the Lord during uncertain times. The...
Funeral services for Hartsell Alton Johnson will be 11 a.m. Friday, October 2, 2020, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Lanny Jobe officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Hartsell Alton Johnson, son of the late Ruben Ira and Ethel Mae (Boggs) Johnson, was born June 28, 1928, in Haskell, Texas, and passed away September 29, 2020, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 92 years, 3 months and 1 day. After Hartsell...
There are some interesting changes in the markets and investment opportunities due to the stimulus infusions of cash, with another package on the horizon. The treasury has cut short-term interest rates and has spent billions of dollars on bonds. That’s bad news for long-term investors and good news for long-term borrowers. Some interesting effects of the current pandemic started with toilet paper and spread to a national coin shortage. Could we really run out of quarters, dimes and nickels? T...
This past week, an interim study I requested on the rules and regulations for Oklahoma meat processing facilities was held at the state Capitol. I believe increasing investment in these businesses will lead to more jobs and opportunities for rural Oklahoma. We talked about the need for more inspectors and we also heard about the need for more resources to assist in expansion and employee retention. These facilities are vital to our economy and to our nation’s food chain. I want to thank Gov. Kevin Stitt for his recent visit to the Panhandle t...
With the 2020 election fast approaching, we must note that this year marks the 100th anniversary of the addition of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. That provision stipulates that the right to vote shall be extended to women. In fact, a few states had allowed women voting rights prior to 1920, but the amendment made it so that no state could deny suffrage to anyone based upon gender. Amending the Constitution requires action by both the U.S. and state governments. Proposed...
Team Standings The Bowl Movements: 10 wins, 2 losses Knights of Columbus: 9 wins, 3 losses Dilly Dilly: 7 wins, 5 losses Marshall's Oldtimers: 7 wins, 5 losses Next Frame: 5 wins, 7 losses Rollin Good Times: 3 wins, 9 losses O'Bar: 3 wins, 9 losses Ghost Team: 0 wins, 12 losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game: Dilly Dilly – 825, Knights of Columbus – 786, Rollin Good Times – 767 Scratch Series: Dilly dilly – 2350, Knights of Columbus – 2229, Rollin Good Times - 2128 Handicap Game: Knights of Columbus – 1087, Next Frame – 1085, Dilly D...
There were several Burlington FFA members and 4-H members who participated in the Alfalfa County Fair Sept. 3–5 this year. More students showed a livestock animal this year than years before. The youngest student was a kindergartner, all the way up to some junior students. There was concern that the fair would not happen this year due to COVID-19. Thankfully, the students were able to show the animals they spent so much time and money on. Students were also able to enter other fair projects a...
The phrase "You've got all the time in the world to think about your future" does not help when it is the beginning of your senior year and you have no idea in the world what you want to do with your life. Burlington counselor Gayle McNett has been meeting with the class, trying to get ACTs scheduled, helping the students with scholarships and college applications, as well as figuring out their future plans. Many students were not able to take the ACT last spring. The Burlington Senior Class of...
Beloved cafeteria cook Rhonda Pinkston started working at Burlington School in 2018. She was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. It is an extremely rare form of cancer. The people who helped her go through her procedure were her sisters in the Kansas City area; one of them was on the phone with her almost every day. She also talked to her dad a lot. Her boyfriend, Lloyd, took her to each one of her doctor appointments. Her church also helped her. For her...
Every year, Burlington FFA holds a community service event for the town of Burlington called Service with a Splash. It is hosted to give back to the community, as the community helps fund many of the FFA chapter's projects. The local Service with a Splash was held on Aug. 25 after school. For the activities this year, FFA members washed fire trucks, mowed and cleaned picnic tables at the park, cleared brush in a community member's garden, and swept the fire station. After students finished...
This year, Burlington welcomes a new elementary principal and sixth grade teacher, Stan Pedersen. Pedersen has been teaching for 16 years. He taught at Aline-Cleo before he came to Burlington. Pedersen says he enjoys being at Burlington because the administration, staff and students have been very welcoming. He chose Burlington because both of his boys are students and they have lived in the district for many years. In his free time, Pedersen loves spending time with family, riding motorcycles,...
On Sept. 10, the Miss Burlington pageant was held in the Burlington auditorium and broadcast on BurlingtonElks.TV. The Burlington student council is pleased to announce that Alyssa Russell is our 2020-2021 Miss Burlington. When preparing for Miss Burlington, Russell spent hours learning how to walk gracefully in heels, preparing her dress, and practicing her talent. She played the first movement of "Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig Van Beethoven on the piano. Russell felt anxious but confident about... Full story
Constitution Day 2020 at Northwestern Oklahoma State University is featured in a public informational display through Oct. 5 in the J.W. Martin Library in Alva. The program is sponsored by the Northwestern Institute for Citizenship Studies. This year's observance involves an examination of the history regarding the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This event is designed to mark the 100th anniversary of the Federal Constitution's adoption of this amendment. The 19th... Full story
Three artists are highlighted in the Gateways exhibit for tonight's First Friday Art Walk in Alva. Paintings by Rebekah Griffith of Owasso usually include people although the scenes vary from the snowy town on this edition's front cover to rocky streams or lush pastures. Lauren Kerr, a student at Tulsa University, prefers using a camera to capture images with meaning. Her display includes a number of scenes with intriguing water reflections. Paintings by Calvin Graybill of Alva include scenes... Full story
An election year already defined by a cascade of national crises descended further into chaos Friday, with President Donald Trump quarantined at a military hospital with the coronavirus after consistently playing down the threat. Democratic challenger Joe Biden took down his attack ads and pressed a bipartisan message in battleground Michigan after he and his wife tested negative. "This cannot be a partisan moment. It must be an American moment. We have to come together as a nation," Biden declared at a speech in Grand Rapids, warning that the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Stricken by COVID-19, a feverish and fatigued President Donald Trump was flown to a military hospital Friday night after being injected with an experimental drug combination in treatment at the White House. In a day of whipsaw events, the president who has spent months downplaying the threat of the virus was forced to cancel all campaign events a month before the election as he fought a virus that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and is hitting others in his orbit as well. The White House said Trump's expected stay of "...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma said Friday that he was quarantining after meeting with a Utah senator who tested positive for COVID-19. In a tweet, Lankford said that he had met several times this week with fellow Republican Mike Lee, who announced earlier Friday that he had contracted the disease caused by the coronavirus. Lankford said he is not experiencing symptoms but will quarantine for 10 days. His tweet did not indicate whether he is awaiting test results. His office did not immediately respond to request for c...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — As the Oklahoma marching band's rendition of "Sweet Victory" filled Memorial Stadium, everything was in place on the field. More than 300 Pride of Oklahoma members formed a perfect pattern from one goal line to the other during an elaborate performance for the game against Kansas State. The sharp tweet of a whistle kicked off songs from familiar TV shows. Crimson and cream flags waved in unison under the stadium's bright lights. One critical element was absent — a crowd, unless you count a few carboard cutouts. Instead of...
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The Douglas County district attorney's office is still deciding whether to file charges for two incidents earlier this year where vehicles drove into protests in Lawrence. The Lawrence Journal-World reports that meanwhile, at least three defendants have been charged for similar allegations that weren't protest-related. On May 31, video showed a woman accelerating an SUV into protesters during a march against police brutality. On June 29, another woman drove an SUV through protesters' makeshift barricades and into a c...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma lawmakers have come under pressure from advocates for tenant and landlord rights to reform the state's eviction laws. Oklahoma courts last year handled 44,612 eviction cases, with more than 1,200 tenants a month receiving eviction notices in Tulsa County alone, according to Tulsa World. Tulsa has the 11th highest eviction rate in the country. "Eviction is a pox on both houses," Michael Figgins, the executive director of Legal Aid Services of Oklahoma, told a House of Representatives committee hearing Thursday. "...
