Articles from the December 7, 2016 edition
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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...
Alfalfa County Sheriff's Office log
Tuesday, November 29, 2016 6:08 a.m. Reporting party (RP) advised a small car going into Alva is swerving all over the road. He had almost gone into the ditch several times and across the center line. He (or she) was going to hurt someone. Then the...
Barber County court filings
Misdemeanors Ethan Patrick Jacobs, has been charged with criminal trespassing, criminal damage to property and intimidation of a witness or victim. Limited Civil Capital One Bank vs. Richard B. Troyer: other contract. Galt Ventrues LLCs vs. Crystal...
Barber County real estate transactions
Real Estate Transfers Book 142 page 31: Michael R. Gilmore: a single person, grantor, unto Edwards Services, LLC a Kansas Limited Liability Company, grantee. Lots 21and 23 in block C in Hammond’s Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge. Quit claim d...
Barber County Sheriff's Office log
November 30, 2016 Deputy Rodriguez and Deputy Nygaard did a welfare check on some children at Barber County State Lake. Kiowa ambulance transported patient from Seventh Street to Kiowa Hospital. Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from W....
City of Alva truck wrecks near Lincoln Elementary
Thiis City of Alva sanitation truck struck and sheared off a utility pole and impacted a fence at the north side of Lincoln Elementary School Monday morning. Some residents experienced a momentary...
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Alva Schools staff to receive $1,350 stipend
The Alva Board of Education voted Monday night to award a $1,350 stipend to all certified and non-certified employees as of Dec. 5 who have earned at least 15 professional development points by Oct....
See 'The Nutcracker,' pre-K videos, nativity at Burlington's Christmas Program
Celebrate the Christmas season with a variety of musical presentations at Burlington School's Christmas program Thursday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. Music teacher Kiley Feely plans a performance to make you smile – especially the pre-kindergarten videos a...
Woods County man charged with knowingly concealing stolen property
Carmen – A Woods County man was arrested Monday and charged with two counts of knowingly concealing stolen property from two victims from Pottawatomie County. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Special Ranger Brett Wellden c...
Former Alva resident injured
Former Alva resident and Alva High School graduate Victor Englett, 30, of Martha, Oklahoma, was critically injured in a one-vehicle wreck Friday morning, Dec. 2. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), Englett was driving a 1993 Dodge Dakota...
Hughes appointed trustee of Oklahoma Teacher Retirement
Christa Leamon Hughes was appointed by the Speaker of the House as the retired educator representative to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees. Hughes began her teaching career...
Kim Vanlandingham at OU Trauma Center
Alva resident Kim Vanlandingham was critically injured in an SUV/semi collision Friday night 3.5 miles west of Medford. A very active and popular "Mom" at Alva High School, students worded a prayer...
I saw someone kissing Santa Claus!
Jolly Old Saint Nick made a stop in Kiowa, Kansas, Sunday for their "Christmas in the Heartland" celebration to get the Christmas wish lists of all the good little girls and boys. Santa also made a...
Madsen appointed trustee of Oklahoma Teachers Retirement
Shareé Madsen was appointed to the Oklahoma Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees by the Speaker of the House as the current educator representative. Madsen is the Business and Computers...
BJCC Warden Janice Melton announces retirement
Bill Johnson Correction Center Warden Janice Melton has announced her retirement effective April 1, 2017. She made the announcement in an email to members of the BJCC Advisory Board. In the email...
Mini-cheerleaders steal the show at Chieftains opening ballgames
The South Barber High School cheerleaders hold a mini-cheer clinic each year for elementary girls who hope to become cheerleaders when they get older. The clinic culminates with a performance as...
Kiowa Boy Scouts "Operation Christmas" is huge success
The scene was reminiscent of a Norman Rockwell painting – small town America, with folks gathered around patriotic Christmas trees singing carols – people sipping hot cocoa and waiting for a lig...
This is fun!
Pre-K students Conner Sowter and Ryan Maxwell have fun during their debut in the South Barber Elementary Christmas Program. Directed by Courtney Hauser and accompanied by pianist Donita Ragan, the...
Searching for those front teeth!
Looking as sweet as candy canes, first-grade girls Eliza Liggenstoffer and Abigail Bryan sing the universally favorite holiday song "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth." The kindergarten...
Charges filed in theft of Timberlake Schools vehicle
A Cleo Springs man has been charged with two felonies involving the theft of a vehicle from the Timberlake School District. On Friday, Dec. 2, in Alfalfa County Court, Henry Dan Washington III, 21, was charged with felonies of (1) burglary in the sec...
Waynoka Schools to solicit bids for gym renovation
The Waynoka School Board held a short meeting the night of Monday, Dec. 5, to discuss proposed building projects, among other general items. Some members were absent, but a quorum was reached. First, the consent agenda was approved, consisting of...
No filings for Freedom School Board
As of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday no one had filed for any of the three school board openings at Freedom. The only contested office so far is in Waynoka. Those filing at the Woods County Election Board are: Northwest Technology, Zone 2: Terry J. Ryel of...
BETTY LAVONA MEANS
Funeral services for Betty LaVona Means will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, December 8, 2016, at the Carmen United Methodist Church with Rev. John Bizzell and Rev. Dave Keller officiating. Interment will be in the Pleasant Ridge Cemetery under the...
JOSEPH RAY LANSDOWN
Joseph Ray Lansdown, the youngest child of the late Reverend Ezra Ray and Irene (Bush) Lansdown, was born April 12, 1929, at Laverne, Oklahoma, and passed away December 3, 2016, at Buffalo, Oklahoma,...
