Articles from the January 19, 2017 edition


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  • Rodeo, mud run, other projects discussed

    Marione Martin|Jan 19, 2017

    Several topics were discussed during the Freedom Chamber of Commerce meeting held on Jan. 9. During discussion of the 2017 Freedom Rodeo, members discussed not having a clown for the rodeo. They also talked about the rodeo announcer and attendance. The members agreed they needed to keep the announcer. The Freedom EMS and Fire Department would like to use the rodeo grounds for their mud run, and members approved that use. There was discussion about using chamber funds at the Freedom Trophy Auction to be held Jan. 12. They approved spending...

  • 2017 tentative senior trip schedule

    Jan 19, 2017

    Sunday, May 14, 2017 – Home/Washington, D.C. • Leave Freedom to Oklahoma City, 1 a.m. Be at school by 12:45 p.m. • Depart airport, 6:55 a.m. Southwest Airlines arrives Houston, Texas, at 8:20 a.m. • Change planes, Southwest Airlines in Houston, Texas, at 10:30 a.m. • Arrive Washington, DC, (Reagan National Airport, DCA) at 2:30 a.m. • Take hotel shuttle to Holiday Inn Alexandria–Carlyle, 2460 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, Virginia Monday, May 15, 2017 – Washington, D.C. • Smithsonian Museum • National Archives • Walk to Capital and White House ...

  • Annual trophy auction benefits FFA

    Jan 19, 2017

    Freedom FFA officers serve the meal at the annual trophy auction. The menu included pulled-pork sandwiches, baked beans, corn salad and dessert. The auction raised over $14,000 and will be used to benefit the FFA chapter throughout the show season....

  • Freedom birthdays and anniversaries

    Jan 19, 2017

    Happy Birthday To Jan. 19: Guy Rackley Jan. 20: Priscilla Ledford Johnson, Daren Hughes, Lou Wilshire, Patricia Jessup, Shelley Wyckoff, Dansan Gillenwaters Jan. 21: Shelly Lane, Royce Friend Jan. 22: Paula McMurphy, Buddy Dotter, Margene Burnham, Stephanie Moss, Reese Grimes Jan. 23: Evan Reed Ferguson, Lana Darr, Alan Dean Sample, Beau Wilson Jan. 24; Sonny Wagner, Linda Gray, Landon Brady Jan. 26: Margie Waldrop, Ashley Ferguson, Tammy Honer Jan. 27: Jason Kornele, Ranae Murrow, Ronda Willms Jan. 28: Rita Maddux, Foy Wardrop, Donna Jo...

  • Ice coats trees around Freedom

    Jan 19, 2017

  • Red birdfeeder glazed with freezing rain

    Jan 19, 2017

  • Ice-laden trees in Freedom

    Jan 19, 2017

  • Freedom school calendar

    Jan 19, 2017

    Thursday, Jan. 19: High School basketball tournament at Buffalo Friday, Jan. 20: High School basketball tournament at Buffalo Saturday, Jan. 21: High School basketball tournament at Buffalo Monday, Jan. 21: 4 p.m. Elementary basketball vs Hillsdale; 6 p.m. Junior High basketball vs Hillsdale Thursday, Jan. 26: 4:30 p.m. Junior High basketball at Waynoka; 6:30 p.m. High School basketball at Waynoka Friday, Jan. 27: 4 p.m. Junior High basketball at Hardesty; 6 p.m. High School basketball at Hardesty Saturday, Jan. 28: Freedom Elementary...

  • Freedom town election will be April 4

    Lynn L. Martin|Jan 19, 2017

    The filing period for positions on the Freedom Town Board will be Feb. 6 – 8, with the election scheduled for April 4 in the event competitive races develop. Interested candidates need to file at the Woods County Election board in Alva. At the Wednesday evening meeting, Jan. 11, Mayor Shad Brackin was absent. The meeting was conducted by Ty Harper. Rolando Galindo was the other board member present. Also absent was Miranda Galemore, town office manager; Cindy Reed, clerk; and Stuart Page, maintenance supervisor, were present. The greater p...

  • Menus for the week of Jan. 12–20

    Jan 19, 2017

    Breakfast Menu for Freedom Public School Thursday – Breakfast burrito or cereal, yogurt, fruit, juice Friday – Biscuit and gravy or cereal, yogurt, fruit, juice Monday – French toast sticks or cereal, bacon, yogurt, fruit, juice Tuesday – Ham and cheese croissant or cereal, yogurt, fruit, juice Wednesday – Maple-glazed long john or cereal, yogurt, fruit, juice Thursday – Scrambled eggs or cereal, sausage link, yogurt, fruit, juice Friday – Biscuit and gravy or cereal, yogurt, fruit, juice Lunch Menu For Freedom Public School Thursday – Su...

  • Freedom residents lose power in ice storm

    Jan 19, 2017

    Several in the Freedom area lost electrical power for a time and broken tree limbs will require cleanup work. Woods County survived the ice storm well last weekend but nearby Woodward County was hard hit....

  • Freedom School greenhouse damaged in ice storm

    Jan 19, 2017

  • Tree branch falls, breaks school's greenhouse roof

    Jan 19, 2017

  • Ice storm damages Freedom School's playground equipment

    Jan 19, 2017

  • Alva Hospital Authority Meeting 01-17-2017

    Alva Review-Courier Videos|Jan 19, 2017

  • Woods County Tax Adjustment Board 01-18-2017

    Alva Review-Courier Videos|Jan 19, 2017

  • Parra Named Preseason All-America

    OBU Athletics Communications|Jan 19, 2017

    SHAWNEE – Baseball America this week honored Oklahoma Baptist senior starting pitcher Jinny Parra as a Preseason All-American. Additionally, starting pitcher Carson McPherson and transfer catcher Juan Gonzalez were listed by the publication as 2017 Players to Watch. Parra was the 2016 Great American Conference Pitcher of the Year, American Baseball Coaches Association All-Region and a Second-Team NCCAA All-American. The right-hander from Jacagua Medio, Dominican Republic, was honorable mention NAIA All-America and first-team All-Sooner A...

  • Barnes Honored by NCCAA

    OBU Athletics Communications|Jan 19, 2017

    GREENVILLE, S.C. – Kya Barnes was named the NCCAA Women's Indoor Track & Field Student-Athlete of the Week, the NCCAA announced Tuesday. Barnes, a freshman from Edmond, won the 400m at the Wichita State Shocker Prelude with a time of 58.08, the best time in the NCCAA this season. She also finished the 200m in 26.06, which was the third-fastest time of the year. Barnes was a member of the 4x400 relay team that posted a time of 4:01.68, second in the NCCAA only to a previous Oklahoma Baptist time....

  • Fourth-Quarter Shooting Goes Cold in SE Loss

    Jan 19, 2017

    WEATHERFORD, Okla. – Southeastern saw its long range shooting go cold in the fourth quarter as its lead evaporated in an 87-79 loss to Southwestern Oklahoma State on Wednesday night in Weatherford, Okla. The loss dropped the Savage Storm to 8-6 on the season overall and 6-4 in Great American conference play heading into a four day break before hosting Southern Nazarene on Monday at 5:30 p.m. in Bloomer Sullivan Arena. The game was delayed for nearly an hour as the officials scheduled for the contest were no-shows, leading to the officials sched...

  • Rodeo Alums Compete at International Finals Rodeo

    Doug Self, Sports Information Director|Jan 19, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. – Four alumnus of the SWOSU Rodeo team competed at the International Finals Rodeo (IFR) over the weekend at Jim Norwick Arena in Oklahoma City. Shane Hand won the IPRA World Title in Saddle Bronc after finishing first in three different rounds. Hand entered the finals ranked first in the standings and won the second, third and fourth rounds to claim the average and secure a world title. Also competing in the IFR were Cody Goertzen, who also competed in Saddle Bronc, and a pair of Breakaway Ropers in Jenna Lee Hays and C...

  • Stanford's performance tops online poll

    Jan 19, 2017

    DURANT, Okla. (Jan. 18, 2017) – McKenzie Stanford's magnificent performance last Thursday at Arkansas-Fort Smith continues to draw attention to the Oklahoma Christian women's basketball standout. Stanford's 31-point, 18-rebound outing in the loss at UAFS topped a weekly poll conducted by the website OklahomaSports.net that allows fans to choose which Oklahoma small-college player had the best performance of the week. Stanford received 59 percent of the vote in the poll, beating out performances by players from Southeastern Oklahoma State, M...

  • Oklahoma shocks No. 7 West Virginia 89-87 in overtime

    John Raby, AP Sports Writer|Jan 19, 2017

    MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Kristian Doolittle scored six of his 12 points in overtime and Jordan Woodard's layup with 2.2 seconds left lifted Oklahoma to an 89-87 victory over No. 7 West Virginia on Wednesday night. Woodard scored 18 of his 20 points after halftime in his second start since missing four games with a leg injury. After scoring 27 points in a win over Texas Tech on Saturday, Woodard made a jumper with 3.1 seconds left in regulation that tied it at 77-77, then made two baskets in the final minute of overtime to send the M...

  • Oklahoma football player arrested on Texas robbery charge

    Jan 19, 2017

    WACO, Texas (AP) — Police say an Oklahoma football player has turned himself in after authorities issued an arrest warrant for aggravated robbery in his Texas hometown of Waco. Waco police Sgt. Patrick Swanton says 19-year-old Parrish Cobb was arrested Tuesday night. He was being held Wednesday at the McLennan County jail on three counts of aggravated robbery. Police say an armed man robbed a pedestrian of his wallet on Jan. 10. Baylor police and authorities in nearby Bellmead also had sought Cobb in connection to armed robberies they were i...

  • Investigators: Shooting victim saved by plate in neck

    Jan 19, 2017

    TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — Investigators say a metal plate in an Oklahoma man's neck saved him from paralysis or worse when he was shot. Robert Thurman told 911 dispatchers Friday that his sister Gretchen Thurman shot him, The Tahlequah Daily Press (http://bit.ly/2jL099J ) reported. Undersheriff Jason Chennault says the bullet apparently hit a metal plate in Robert Thurman's neck and ricocheted out and went through a door frame. Authorities say Thurman ran out of a mobile home and into a field after he had been shot. According to investigators, t...

  • School suspension data reveals inequality, shorter terms

    Jan 19, 2017

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City Public Schools data reveals the district is suspending fewer students for shorter periods of time, but it continues to suspend students of color more often than their white peers. Director of student climate and student discipline Chuck Tompkins tells The Oklahoman (http://bit.ly/2joduVy ) that black students have so far made up 45 percent of total suspensions in 2016-2017, despite only making up a quarter of the district's enrollment. By comparison, white students in the district made up 12 percent of s...

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