Articles from the October 4, 2017 edition
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Alva schools hire four and lose two
The Alva School Board met Monday night and accepted a resignation from Transportation Director Richard Burton, and a retirement notice from JoAnn Isenbart, central office activity fund custodian. They hired three paraprofessionals: Ashley Bounds,...
Timberlake FCCLA Spaghetti Supper
Timberlake FCCLA The Timberlake FCCLA will be having a spaghetti dinner in the school cafeteria on Oct. 6, from 5-7 p.m. before their home football game, Timberlake vs Sharon-Mutual. FCCLA members will have decorated pumpkins on display and...
Alfalfa County commissioners approve equipment for Helena Rescue
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Monday, Oct. 2, for a jam-packed meeting to discuss bids for a new cascade system and SCBA units for Helena Rescue, among other generalitems. Board members present were Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Toby Walker. The...
KDH receives tax credit, numbers increasing with Cohesive Healthc are input
The Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors met for their regular September meeting last Thursday. Board President Pat Myers called the meeting to order. Members attending included Chantae Simpson, Miranda Allen, Jeff Miller and Jim Parker. Also...
Waynoka School Board approves board election
The Waynoka School Board met Monday, Oct. 2, for a relatively short meeting in which they approved the annual board election for the 2017-2018 school year. Two seats are opening up for election: Seat 3 and Seat 5. Seat 3 is a five-year term, and...
Kudos is not nearly enough to describe the passion of Curtis Robinson
On Sept. 23, Curtis Robinson successfully implemented the first impossible obstacle course in Hatfield Park. This was an amazing project that required planning, advertising, building and lots of...
Alfalfa 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...
Barber County Sheriff's Office log
September 27, 2017 Deputy Paasch responded to a welfare check on U.S. Highway 281. Deputy Woods responded to suspicious activity at the Hardtner Hospital. September 28, 2017 Medicine Lodge EMS transported to Wichita. Deputy Woods performed an arrest...
Alfalfa County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 816, Page 930: Correction. Bobby Johnson and Neva Polson, Successor Trustees of the Amorita Community Church; convey unto Monte Stewart and Michelle Stewart, husband and wife. Lots 19-24, inclusive, less W 50' of said...
Five file for District 27 in Oklahoma Senate
Filing began Monday and continues until 5 p.m. today, Oct. 4, for the Oklahoma State Senate District 27 seat vacated when Bryce Marlatt resigned. Late Tuesday, five candidates had filed with the state election board. Those filing on the Republican...
South Barber Homecoming Court
SOUTH BARBER'S FOOTBALL HOMECOMING ROYAL COURT – South Barber's Football Homecoming game Friday night was the first game played on the school's newly re-sodded field after an Aug. 6 horrific storm b...
South Barber Homecoming Queen and Candidates
QUEEN, CANDIDATE AND ATTENDANTS CHEER FOR THE CHIEFTAINS – Looking pretty as they watch the Chieftains homecoming football game are: (from left) sophomore attendant Adrienne Allison, junior a...
FIRED UP CHIEFTAINS
By the height and exuberance of these body bumps as the South Barber Chieftains are introduced at their homecoming game, it's no surprise they bulldozed the Pretty Prairie Bulldogs 60-13. This is how...
South Barber Kindergartner's at Homecoming
KINDERGARTEN HELPERS STEAL THE SHOW AT HOMECOMING – Entering the field in their finest attire for South Barber's Football Homecoming are kindergartners as cute as the Chieftain's victory was huge: (...
South Barber Parade Marshalls
FLAGS AND VETERANS LEAD THE HOMECOMING PARADE – Red, white and blue patriotism is alive and well at South Barber High School's Football Homecoming Parade. Local veterans and a few visiting veterans r...
CHIEFTAIN FANS STAND FOR THE FLAG
The recent explosive controversy regarding behavior during the national anthem has dominated conversations across America, especially the last few weeks. Some professional athletes choose to kneel or...
This is a time parents want their kids "to be caught'
Don't yell at your child if the first word of their mouth when coming home after school is "I got caught." In fact, children are hoping their teachers catch them doing something good. Your child will...
Great grandson of Moreno's appeared on NYC Times Square jumbo tron
Miller Delores Moreno of Kiowa, Kansas, is so proud of her 13-month old grandson she had to share his news. It's not often that the face of a Kansas child appears on one of the jumbo trons in Times...
CARROLL DALE TODD
Memorial services for Carroll Dale Todd were held on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m. at Touchmark Retirement Center in the Grand Hall in Edmond. Arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Helena. Online condolences may be made at www...
NANA WHEATLEY
A graveside service for Nana Marie Wheatley will be held at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery east of Avard, Oklahoma, on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 10 a.m. Nan was born in Aurora, Colorado, on October 13, 1954, the daughter of Thomas Ervin and Ramona Rae...
STEVE W. BOOHER
Steve W. Booher, retired publisher of the Cherokee Messenger & Republican, died September 29, 2017. He was 69. A Celebration of Life Service was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at Oakwood...
EDWIN LEON BERGNER
Edwin Leon Bergner, son of the late Lorace Lee and Doris Lee (Paris) Bergner, was born March 5, 1957, at Kiowa, Kansas, and passed away September 30, 2017, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 60 years,...
Refresher course on scams in the area
I've received a couple of calls reminding me that repeated warnings are needed on some of the scams perpetrated on old people. The first is the grandparent scam, which I mentioned a few months ago....
