Articles from the October 14, 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 The God of Thorns
Thorns are painful. They are a good deterrent from gardening and landscaping! The Bible uses thorns as a metaphor for adversity, pain and trials. Adam was told that thorns would be a part of his life until his death. All of mankind struggles with...
Holiday meals
The time is fast approaching for the holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas in which we all stuff our faces and bellies until we are hurting in such a beautiful way. Food is a wonderful, satisfying, aromatic pleasure that we as humans can’t ever ge...
KAY V. TOMBERLIN
Services for Kay V. Tomberlin are pending with Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Online condolences may be made at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com....
TED D. JONES
Services for Ted D. Jones are pending with Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Online condolences may be made at www.marshallfuneralhomes.com....
Paper copies
In my opinion, leaving a paper trail is still important. As CFO of our business, I like copies. Technology experts disagree: “You don’t need to print the internet,” and electronic transactions leave...
Random Thoughts
Oct. 12, 2022, was the 100th birthday of a man named Borden Deal. Unfortunately, he did not live to celebrate it, having died of a heart attack in January 1985 at the age of 62. Borden Deal was a...
Tuesday night bowling standings, week of Sept. 27
Team Standings Dilly Dilly – 22 ½ wins and 9 ½ losses Rollin GoodTimes – 21 wins and 11 losses Knights of Columbus – 19 wins and 13 losses Livin' on a Spare – 17 wins and 15 losses O'Bar – 14 wins and 18 losses The Bowl Movements – 14 wins and 18 los...
Northwestern announces 2023 Hall of Fame class
ALVA, Okla. – The 2023 Hall of Fame inductee class is comprised of a two baseball stars, a fantastic Ranger basketball player, and a record-holding football coach. John Mazzocca (Baseball), Brandon Brown (Basketball), Rikki Delvecchio (Baseball) a...
Brown's shutout helps Rangers tie the Bulldogs
ALVA, Okla. – The Ranger soccer team faced their rivals the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Bulldogs Tuesday. The Rangers and Bulldogs finished the match with a 0-0 draw. The result of this match moves the Rangers to 6-4-3 (3-2-2) and the B...
Saunders earns GAC Defensive Player of the Week
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State football defeated Arkansas-Monticello Saturday afternoon 26-23 in Monticello, Arkansas. Northwestern used a defensive touchdown and blocked field goal at the end to steal the road victory over the Weevils. A...
New program to encourage reading at Alva Public Library
Improving the reading experience is high on the list of goals for libraries. The Alva Public hopes a new software tool will encourage reading with lists, goals and fun challenges. During Monday’s board meeting, Library Director Sandra Ott said a n... Full story
Mayor says airport 'loan' may soon be paid back
Back when an audit revealed funds designated for the Alva Regional Airport had been spent on City of Alva general fund expenses, the city made an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration...
No injuries reported in four-vehicle crash
It’s unusual to see four vehicles involved in a wreck, but that’s what happened Monday, Oct. 3, on College Boulevard. The collisions occurred at 4:44 p.m. at Hart Street which borders the Lincoln Elementary School playground. The Alva Police Dep...
Driver taken to hospital after vehicle strikes light pole
A light pole was the most obvious casualty in a one vehicle wreck last Wednesday, Oct. 5, but the driver was also taken to the hospital. According to a report from the Alva Police Department, Derek Wade Heaton of Alva was driving a 2017 Chevrolet...
WCEDC holds first donor dinner and annual reception
The Woods County Economic Development Committee hosted its first donor dinner and annual reception earlier this week in hopes of spreading awareness of who they are and what they do. Its executive... Full story
Republican Kris Kobach aims to rebrand in Kansas AG race
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kris Kobach, the Kansan with a national reputation as a hardline provocateur on immigration and voter ID laws, is trying to rebrand himself as a calmer, steadier voice in his comeback bid for elective office. Republicans hope the...
Germany: Man bites police dog, woman punches officer
BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany said Friday they detained a man for resisting arrest and biting a service dog. Officers were called to a dispute between two 29-year-old men and a 35-year-old woman in the western town of Ginsheim-Gustavsburg s...
Justice Dept. seeks end to arbiter's review of Trump docs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Friday to shut down the work of an independent arbiter who was appointed last month to review documents seized during an FBI search of former President Donald Trump's F...
Police: Teen kills 5 in Raleigh neighborhood, along trail
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy killed five people and injured two more in a shooting rampage in Raleigh, police said, horrifying a community that is now mourning victims whose lives were cut short as they were going about their daily routines...
Families face man charged in killings of 22 elderly Texans
DALLAS (AP) — A week after the second conviction of a man charged in the deaths of 22 elderly women, family members of those he is accused of killing gathered at a Dallas courthouse Friday to face him. In Ellen French House's victim impact s...
Putin calls his actions in Ukraine 'correct and timely'
KYIV, UKRAINE (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he expects his mobilization of army reservists for combat in Ukraine to be completed in about two weeks, allowing him to end an unpopular and chaotic call-up meant to counter U...
Trump's subpoena and what's next for the Jan. 6 panel
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an extraordinary step, the House Jan. 6 committee has voted unanimously to subpoena former President Donald Trump — a final effort to get the full story of the Capitol insurrection as the panel wraps up its work by the end of...
Officials: 22 dead, many trapped in Turkish coal mine blast
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey killed at least 22 people, Turkey's health minister announced, while rescuers working through the night were trying to bring dozens of others trapped to the surface. The e...
Officials: Musk seeks US funds for Ukraine satellite network
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department has gotten a request from SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk to take over funding for his satellite network that has provided crucial battlefield communications for Ukrainian military forces since almost t...
