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Gary Patterson compare efforts by defenses to keep pace with changing offenses to the on-and-off fashion cycle of the paisley tie. In the nearly four decades that Patterson has been in college football, including two decades as TCU's head coach, he's seen great defenses come and go, especially in a score-happy league like the Big 12. Over the past 18 months as the coronavirus pandemic forced college teams to change their routines, meet less often in person and more by way of technology, Patterson said he believes Big 12 defenses adapted. And im...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The city of Tulsa and Tulsa County have each announced they will officially recognize Juneteenth as a holiday. June 19 will be an additional paid holiday for city and county employees beginning in 2022. June 19, 1865, is the day Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas — some 2 1/2 years after President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had freed slaves in Southern states. "Juneteenth is an important day in our country's history, and I'm glad we are able to cel...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Wichita City Council passed on Tuesday an ordinance aimed at banning discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations. After four months of delays, the council voted 6-1 to approve the measure, the Wichita Eagle reported. Council member Jeff Blubaugh cast the lone dissenting vote. Council members rejected a proposed exemption that would have allowed religious groups to fire or refuse to hire LGBTQ individuals, an amendment proposed by council member Jared Cerullo, the first openly gay man to serve on t...
PRATT, Kan. (AP) — Kansas fisheries officials are working to determine how a 39.5 pound alligator gar ended up in a state river. The fisheries division of the Kansas Wildlife & Parks announced Tuesday that an angler pulled the gar last week from the Neosho River east of Parsons. Alligator gar aren't native to Kansas and have never been documented here, the agency said. Fisheries biologist Connor Ossowski said the experts are confident the fish was caught in the river and are now working to determine its origins. The mostly likely scenario is t...
BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) — A rare two-headed diamondback terrapin turtle is alive and kicking — with all six of its legs — at the Birdsey Cape Wildlife Center in Massachusetts after hatching two weeks ago. A threatened species in the state, this turtle is feeding well on blood worms and food pellets, staff at the center say. The two heads operate independently, coming up for air at different times, and inside its shell are two gastrointestinal systems to feed both sides of its body. The turtle originally came from a nest in West Barnstable that...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunger and food insecurity across the United States have dropped measurably over the past six months, but the need remains far above pre-pandemic levels. And specialists in hunger issues warn that the situation for millions of families remains extremely fragile. An Associated Press review of bulk distribution numbers from hundreds of food banks across the country revealed a clear downward trend in the amount of food handed out across the country, starting in the spring as the COVID-19 vaccine rollout took hold and closed s...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of a slain journalist is asking the Federal Trade Commission to take action against Facebook for failing to remove online footage of her shooting death. Andy Parker said Tuesday the company is violating its own terms of service in hosting videos on Facebook and its sibling service Instagram that glorify violence. His daughter, TV news reporter Alison Parker, and cameraman Adam Ward, were killed by a former co-worker while reporting for Roanoke, Virginia's WDBJ-TV in August 2015. Video footage of the shooting — som...
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 obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Civil Filings Jay E. Leierer Revocable Trust vs. R&R...
Monday, October 4, 2021 During this day there were two traffic stops. 1:47 p.m. – Reporting party (RP) advised they hit a gas line next to the fire department. 2:18 p.m. – Report of a grass fire on OK-45 and Aline blacktop. 10:07 p.m. – Report of a black and white dog out on Grand and 10th Street. Tuesday, October 5, 2021 During this day there were three traffic stops. 10:27 a.m. – Report of a black dog loose in Jet. 10:29 a.m. – Medic needed for a male with shortness of breath. Medic took the patient to Bass Hospital in Enid. 10:54 a.m. – We...
Alfalfa County commissioners voted to convene in executive session Tuesday morning to discuss matters regarding the county's emergency manager, Shana Smallwood. But before entering into the private conference, Marvin Woodall, Jay Hague and Mike Roach signed paperwork approving routine items like M & O's, blanket purchase orders, monthly officer reports, and the Court Clerk Records management and Preservation monthly report. Also, the three men signed some fund transfers from the 1102 Highway Fund account to the 1103 CBRI account. Those were...
Woods County Health Department is now offering flu vaccines and welcoming appointments beginning this week. About eight percent of the US population gets sick from flu on average each season – with children being the most likely to get sick from the flu. The CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older should get a flu vaccine every season, especially people at higher risk. Flu vaccination can reduce flu illnesses, doctors’ visits and missed work and school due to flu, as well as prevent flu-related hospitalizations and death, according to the...
Fall really begins to get underway this month at Freedom Public School, with Fall Carnival, Red Ribbon Week, a Spook Parade and more on the schedule for October. Fall Carnival will be Saturday, Oct. 23, with plenty of games and food planned, and Red Ribbon Week will be Oct. 25-29, Principal Michelle Shelite told the Freedom school board at its regular meeting Monday morning. Activities are planned for every day, culminating on the last day with the Spook Parade for the elementary school and a motivational speaker for the upper grades. Other...
Aline-Cleo TSA students attended a LEAD Conference at the Northwest Technology Center in Alva on Sept. 27. Chapter Adviser Charles Frech took high school students Elizabeth Wallace and Samuel Moran and middle school students Amy Wallace, Christopher Chandler, Reighlyn Collins and Tucker Roundtree. Students learned about leadership and parliamentary procedure and had the opportunity to challenge themselves to achieve the Statesman Award. Elizabeth Wallace, Samuel Moran, Amy Wallace and...
Kiowa's new city clerk Sheila Smith has been on the job a little over two weeks since Sept. 20. “I love it. People are so friendly and my work crew is great,” Smith said of City Administrator Sam Demel and utility clerk Lynette Callison. A Wichita, Kansas, native, Smith received a bachelor's degree in sociology and paralegal from Wichita State University. Then in 2001 she earned an MBA from Baker University. Smith spent 22 years working in the district attorney's office in Wichita. The last four years she worked in accounts payable and pur...
Did you know that in third world countries the average distance a woman walks for water daily is 3.7 miles? That distance is significant for the annual national CROP Hunger Walk. In October individuals and groups come together in their local community to walk 3.7 miles to raise money to help end hunger and poverty worldwide. For every step taken and every dollar raised for neighbors in need help is provided. The money raised helps people help themselves by providing clean water systems,...
South Barber K-12 counselor Kathie Kersten applied for and received a grant from the South Central Community Foundation in the amount of $398. With the grant money Kersten said she'll purchase three series of books for the elementary school that will address emotions, behavior and social skills. Kersten said she will use the books with students individually or in small groups. She encourages teachers to borrow the books and use as needed in their classrooms. The school thanks the South Central...
At the Waynoka school board's regular monthly meeting early Monday, principals rattled through a lengthy list of upcoming activities before Smith's dropout and remediation report presentation. Superintendent Scott Cline offered a guardedly optimistic financial review. Busy Activity Schedule The district academic meet was being held the day of the board meeting, with Waynoka facing Taloga and Freedom; the next high school academic meet will be Oct. 21. Fall break will be Oct. 15-18. The fifth and sixth grades' last football game is Oct. 19 at ho...
Last week I wrote about supply chain problems. I experienced that first hand a couple of days ago when I was looking for something online. The company posted a notice about the issue on their home page. When I clicked on a product, more often than not it showed “not in stock” with a future date it was expected. I came across an unusual shortage the other day. The National Diaper Bank Network says supplies are tight and prices rising. Diaper banks help needy families. One in three American famili...
"It's been a problem for years," longtime Kiowa resident and businesswoman Deborah Helfrich told the Kiowa City Council at their October Monday night. "I've talked to so many city administrators about this drainage problem – Nathan Law, Lou Leone, Rusty Varnado and now Sam Demel." Helfrich was referring to the home of she and her husband Carl at 502 S. 9th where they've resided since 1997. The Helfrich property is but one on the east side of town affected by this drainage issue. She sent a lengt...
Austin Eugene Quinn was born May 2, 1946, in Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away October 8, 2021. He was preceded in death by his wife Peggy, who passed away February 6, 2019. During the 1950s, Little League Baseball in Alva was a very big part of our lives. I, Dr. Tom Blue, first met Austin in June of 1956. I was a first-year player for the Braves, and Austin a third-year player for the Cubs. I remember three things from that game. My first time at bat, their pitcher, later to become an endocrinolo...
Mary Sylvia Cantrell, daughter of Joe and Reynie Lovato, was born on July 4, 1945, in Los Pinos, New Mexico. A few years after she was born her family moved to Hazelton, Kansas, where she would attend school until graduation. Following high school she attended college in Wichita, Kansas. When she received her business degree, she immediately got hired to work at Murdock Electric. She later moved back to Kiowa, Kansas, where she worked numerous years at Kuntz Implement as office administrator...
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The 33-year-old Texas woman drove alone four hours through the night to get to the Louisiana abortion clinic for a consultation. She initially planned to sleep in her car, but an advocacy group helped arrange a hotel room. Single and with three children ranging from 5 to 13, she worried that adding a baby now would take time, food, money and space away from her three children. She doesn't have a job, and without help from groups offering a safe abortion, she said, she probably would have sought another way to end her p...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A retired New York attorney is suing the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, saying its claim to have no records pertaining to the drugs it plans to use in upcoming executions "defies belief." Fred Hodara, who filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in Oklahoma County District Court, is asking the court to compel the corrections department to comply with his open records requests for documentation of its execution plans. He says in his lawsuit that in response to his requests for the records, including some the department is l...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two likely tornadoes touched down in the Oklahoma City area Wednesday in addition to two other suspected twisters in western Oklahoma as severe storms hit the state, according to the National Weather Service. There are no reports of injuries or severe damage from the suspected tornadoes near Mustang on the southwest side of Oklahoma City and in Oklahoma City, said meteorologist Doug Speheger. The strengths of the tornadoes have not yet been determined but they did not appear to be severe, pending investigations that were u...
