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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 Felony Filings Alfred Frank Flax, Cherokee, 56, has been...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 During this day there was one controlled burn. 11 a.m. – Caller advised subject had left school and was last seen at ACB Bank on a motorcycle and he hasn’t been seen since. Deputy advised he saw the child pushing the motorcycle and the subject was okay. 3:43 p.m. – Caller advised his daughter was missing. She was last seen when he dropped her off at school. Advised she wasn’t with her boyfriend. Caller called back and advised he had found his daughter. 6 p.m. – Report of a domestic fight in the 500 block of Grand. 7:...
Limited Civil Filings Woden Finance LLC vs. Warren S. Howerler: debt collection. Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital and Physicians Clinic vs. Daniel Sorg: debt collection. Credit Management Services, Inc. vs. Dusty Atchison: debt collection. Small Claims Mike’s Service and Alignment Center vs. Robert Wilson. Mike’s Service and Alignment Center vs. Robert Ashabranner. Traffic Filings The following individuals have been cited for maximum speed limits: Barbara Brooke Cummins ($222), Bryant James Gingrich ($171), Christian Steven Koza Hammerl ($1...
Real Estate Transfers Book 145 page 72: Michael Finnegan and Natasha Finnegan, husband and wife, unto Derrick Ashley. Lot 8 and south Main Street in the Original Townsite of the City of Medicine Lodge and Lots 7 and 8 in block 47 in the City of Hardtner. Quit claim deed. Book 145 page 73: Richard Holt Sr., a single person, unto Billy J. Smith and Janet L. Smith, husband and wife. Lots 5 and 6 in block 99 in the City of Hardtner. Joint tenancy quit claim deed. Book 145 page 76: Stephen Blake Huff, a single person, unto Jeremy Locke and Emily Loc...
February 3, 2020 MLPD responded to a traffic hazard on US Highway 281. KWPD responded to a dog call on North 8th Street. February 4, 2020 BASO responded to cattle out on US-160. BASO did a VIN inspection at Bowe’s Chevrolet. BASO did a VIN inspection on East Washington. MLPD investigated a noise disturbance on West Kansas. February 5, 2020 MLPD and BASO responded to a disturbance on Forrest Street. BASO performed a VIN inspection BASO, MLPD and KWPD responded to a domestic disturbance in Hardtner BASO and MLPD responded to an injury accident o...
Voters in Alfalfa County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the March 3 Presidential Preferential Primary Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein said today. Although the County Election Board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, Stein urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early. Absentee ballot application forms are available at the County Election Board office located at 602 W. 5th St., Ste 3, Cherokee. An online version of the...
County farm bureaus will celebrate the organization's dedication to agriculture as the base of Oklahoma's economic prosperity, as Oklahoma Farm Bureau Week was proclaimed for the week of Feb. 17-21, 2020. Different farm bureaus across the state use the week to host events in their local communities in efforts to raise awareness of Farm Bureau and share the benefits of a Farm Bureau membership. Alfalfa County commissioners Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall signed documents recognizing...
Freedom's school board met Monday evening and, as one of its first actions of the evening, swore in Shane Morris as a board member to fill Seat 5. Present were members Shan Wilson, President Shane Morris, Phillip Kirkpatrick, Robert Babcock and Russell Reed. Also present were Interim Superintendent Bryant Weber, Principal Michelle Shelite, Minutes Clerk Patricia Dauphin, and Garrett Baggs. The consent agenda was approved; it consisted of past meeting minutes; the treasurer's report; encumbrances and warrants for the general, building and child...
If you are on electricity through Kiowa, Kansas, and you feel the power go out about 5:30 a.m. Thursday, do not be alarmed. The City of Kiowa plans a brief outage while they convert the town to the generator. City Administrator Rusty Varnado said the outage is estimated to be less than 30 minutes. The city crew will do some maintenance on the city's electrical line Thursday. It will take from 8-10 hours, during which time the generator will run and power the city, Varnado said...
Wichita State University has announced names of students who have completed their degrees at Wichita State University. Undergraduate students who have attained a grade point average of 3.9 out of a possible 4.0 received summa cum laude award, those with an average of 3.55 received the magna cum laude award and those with an average of 3.25 received the cum laude. Local Students Rillagene A. Stone, Master of Music, Music – Piano Pedagogy, Fairview, Oklahoma Kaylene Black, Bachelor of General Studies, General Studies Psychology, Medicine L...
Wichita State University has announced names of students who made the WSU dean's honor roll for 2019. To be included on the dean's honor roll a student must be enrolled full time (at lease 12 credit hours) and earn at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Local Students Alva – Cynthia L. Martin Cherokee – Sydney M. Wyatt Medicine Lodge, Kansas – Kendra J. England, Victoria L. Fagan, Brady F. Flesner, Brooke L Hammond, Riston F. Landwehr, Tanner J. Wedel...
South Barber's Board of Education met for their regular monthly meeting Monday night. All members attended the February gathering as president Mark Pollock called the meeting to order including: Bryan Quick, Deb Helfrich, Jenna Mostert, Mike Miller, Ryan Molz and Emily Lohmann. Also seated at the board table were Superintendent Dr. Mylo Miller and Board Clerk Julie Johnson. After the meeting opened Dr. Miller welcomed Walter Fry and thanked him for his 56 years of service to the school...
On Tuesday, Jan. 29, members of the Oklahoma State FFA officer team stopped by Timberlake High School as part of their Goodwill Tour. The officers spoke to students about setting goals and putting forth the effort and persistence needed to achieve those goals. On the 30th, Braden Nichols, Braxton Buller, Dustin Frazier and Joel Pecha competed at the NOC Interscholastics in the agricultural mechanics division where the team placed fourth. The January FFA meeting was a "Minute-to-Win-It" themed...
The Waynoka School Board met Monday morning, and among the first items on the agenda was a presentation by Thure Tolson, Waynoka's technology teacher, on a new joint STEM project with Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU). "We have a real neat opportunity for our students to work with Dr. Aaron Place up at Northwestern," said Tolson. Along with colleagues from universities in Texas and Maryland, Dr. Place will be conducting a study involving tracking wildlife. The students will...
People with three different purposes attended the Woods County commissioners meeting Monday morning. First up were representatives of the county Farm Bureau. Chad Budy and Joe Gatz asked the commissioners to proclaim Feb. 17-21 as Farm Bureau Week in the county. They brought along a plate of chocolate chip cookies to sweeten the deal. Jennifer Schafer brought bids for the prep work and painting of walls at the Woods County Jail. Opening the bids, she reported Crawford bid $29,000 and Norton...
On Saturday, Feb. 1, three Woods County 4-H members competed at the State 4-H Air Rifle and Air Pistol Shoot in Fairview. Austin Rankin, Waynoka 4-H, received 8th overall in Senior Air Rifle. Thomas Mathes, Waynoka 4-H, placed 10th in Senior Air Rifle as well. Abbigail Clayton, Waynoka 4-H, competed in the Junior Air Rifle while attaining a new personal best. The Woods County Air Pistol and Air Rifle team is coached by John Mathes. Competing in the State Archery Shoot was Woods County 4-H...
Dora Jean DeVore was born on September 24, 1929, in Helena, Oklahoma, to Harry B. and Lida V. Frickel Astley. She passed from this life into eternity with Jesus on February 6, 2020. Dora Jean attended country school and Helena High School, graduating in 1948 and Enid General Hospital School of Nursing, graduating with her RN certificate in 1951. She married George F. DeVore on October 19, 1951, and enjoyed over 50 years of marriage before his passing in 2008. Together they had three children,...
Marie Frieden Tucker was born January 9, 1927, to Jeff and Frieda Farney Frieden. She graduated from Burlington High School in 1945. She married Dale Tucker on November 12, 1948, and together they enjoyed life. Marie became a member of the Apostolic Christian Church and enjoyed the fellowship throughout her life. She had many ventures with Dale, which included traveling and flying, but most of all she loved her family. Marie was blessed with seven siblings, three children, 11 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren. She loved being a care...
Funeral services for Twyla Jean Lancaster were held at 2 p.m. Monday, February 10, 2020, at the Alva Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Bill Kalfas, Rev. Bob Brown, and Pastor Brady Marston officiating. Interment followed in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Twyla Jean Lancaster, daughter of the late Kenneth William and Donna Ivalene (Johnson) Marmon, was born September 16, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas, and passed away February 7, 2020 in Enid,...
Funeral services for Virginia June Wright will be 11 a.m. Thursday, February 13, 2020, at the Elm and Murrow Church of Christ with Scott Kysar officiating. Interment will be in the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka, LLC. Virginia June Wright, daughter of the late George Franklin and Edna Ruth (Whitcomb) Ellis, was born August 31, 1927, in Waynoka, Oklahoma, and passed away February 9, 2020, in Athens, Texas, at the age of 92 years, 5 months, and...
The Legislative session started Feb. 3 at the state Capitol. The House and the Senate convened in joint session and welcomed the governor to deliver his State of the State address. The governor recapped some of the successes he and the Legislature were able to accomplish last year, and he laid out his vision for continuing to reform state government to make it more streamlined and efficient as we all work toward the goal of making Oklahoma a Top Ten state. I appreciate that one of the governor’s top priorities is transportation. He pointed o...
This is an article to counter that group of people proposing to erect an 80-foot pipe cross located across the street to the west of the Cherokee Inn and just north of the Jiffy Trip. The cross is a Christian icon that is certainly very meaningful to Christians. It also can be very intrusive to others. In the retail environment, where the Inn is located, one has to ask, “WHY” bring up the subject? It brings no financial merit to our city. First of all, the money spent on the cross could be better spent in the area of “feeding the hungr...
Speaking at the Citizens Choice Awards Gala in Alva Monday night, Glen Calvert of Priefert Complex Designs said he was optimistic about the future for the Alva Arena project. That optimism is based on what he termed the culture of this area, a history of farmers and ranchers settling on the land and sticking it out despite what the weather throws at them. Northwest Oklahoma has a culture of survivors of World War I and World War II, and of the dust bowl days who persist despite setbacks. During...
The 2020 legislative session is now underway, and over the next four months, we’ll debate and vote on hundreds of pieces of legislation and write and pass a balanced budget. On the first day of the session, we gathered in a joint session to hear the governor’s proposals for both public policy and the budget for 2020. One of the things that I liked in the governor’s State of the State was his push to eliminate unnecessary red tape, pointing out that Oklahoma’s administrative code is twice that of Kansas and 20 percent more than Missouri and New...
Feb. 4: Cheney beats Medicine Lodge, 63-34 On Feb. 4, the Medicine Lodge basketball team faced off with Cheney, but lost the contest 63-34. Players earning points were: Medicine Lodge Theron Wedel 18 Tyce Lonker 2 Grady Clouse 1 Dasik Clouse 3 Kirk Fisher 6 Kyson Cunningham 3 Devon Cox 1 Total 34 Cheney Voth 6 Middleton 5 Block 13 Grace 5 Wewe 3 Petz 8 Doshier 16 Olmstead 4 Total 63 Feb. 7: Medicine Lodge loses to Garden Plain, 71-60 On Feb. 7, the Medicine Lodge basketball team fell, 60-71, to Garden Plain. The following players scored the...
