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During the second nine weeks, Burlington Schools began to renovate the restrooms for the junior high and high school students. With homecoming and Christmas festivities, it has definitely added to the craziness at school. The school was built in 1963, so it is believed that the existing facilities are around 60 years old. According to the high school principal, Gerrett Spears, "This is something that needs to be done. Oklahoma was awarded federal relief dollars to support students through fall...
On Saturday, Dec. 10, some of the Burlington FFA members went to a leadership conference in Oklahoma City. Members stayed overnight in a hotel and shared rooms with other FFA chapters. At both Made For Excellence (MFE) and Advanced Leadership Development (ALD), members listened to speakers telling compelling stories and teaching students about leadership. MFE is for eighth through 10th grade and ALD is for juniors and seniors. Approximately 400 FFA members participated in both conferences. FFA...
Burlington will celebrate the magic at this year's homecoming. The theme of the homecoming is Disney. All through the week were dress-up days for the students. Pre-K through 6th grade competed in a poster contest related to the homecoming theme. While that was going on, the 7th through 12th grade students were battling to see who can build the best mini float. A pep rally was held on Thursday, Dec. 15, at 2:25 p.m. The coronation starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 16. The Burlington Elks will...
The Burlington robotics team traveled to Denver, Colorado, on Dec. 3, to compete with the best of the best in one of three regional competitions in the nation. This year's challenge was called "Made 2Order," which asked teams to build a robot that would operate with a field similar to an Amazon fulfillment center. The Burlington team placed 3rd in game, out of 25 teams across eight different states. Sponsor Jennifer Newlin said she could not have asked for anything more from the students. "They...
Jaedyn Williams, a senior at Burlington High School, has brought lots of joy to the students here. Jaedyn was born in Enid to her mom, Abby Williams, and dad, Ryan Williams. She has three sisters: Mya, Marlee and Taya. Jaedyn's favorite subject in school is athletics. She is involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, National Honor Society, basketball and Student Council. Her favorite thing to do in her free time is to go to the gym. Jaedyn feels that her greatest accomplishment is the time...
This month's staff spotlight is on Jenell Newman. Mrs. Newman is originally from Alva and went to college at Northwest Oklahoma State University. She has been at Burlington Schools for 15 years and has been teaching for 20 years. Mrs. Newman has taught Pre-K, second, third and fourth grade. Prior to coming to Burlington, Mrs. Newman taught at Mooreland and Hinton. Mrs. Newman's favorite thing about Burlington is how small the school is and that it is like a family. Her favorite part about...
This year Burlington schools started a STEAM program for first through eighth grade. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and math. This program was started to encourage problem solving skills in students through technology, and is a feeder program for robotics. The whole point in STEAM is to inspire inquiry and curiosity; to empower students to ask thought-provoking questions that promote creativity and exploration, and to connect their problem-solving to real world solutions....
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 Church Please meet us for coffee and donut fellowship at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday morning. Worship is at 10:30 a.m. If you cannot make it in person, we are on Facebook at Alva Friends Church Group. The church is located at the corner of College Avenue and Center Street. Barnes Street Church of Christ...
Remember the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, Charlie Brown? How about the part where Charlie Brown is frustrated that he cannot figure out what Christmas is all about? Charles Schultz wanted the true meaning of Christmas to be reflected in his Christmas Story. Being a Christian, he wanted the truth of Christmas to be the central part of this TV episode. Against the advice and pleas from TV executives and producers, Charles Schultz had Linus come out on stage and read the account of the...
In I Kings 3:16-28, the story is told of the wisdom of Solomon. Two prostitutes were living together, and they both had baby boys just 3 days apart. One of the women lay on her baby one night so that it died. She promptly got up in the middle of the night and secretly exchanged her dead baby for the live one, and in the morning when the other mother got up to nurse her son, she found it dead. After close examination, she realized it wasn’t her son at all and knew the other mother had switched babies but wouldn’t give her back her son. She bro...
Bennie Benson, 59, of Alva, Oklahoma, was born on January 12, 1963 and passed away on December 15, 2022. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com....
The November revenue report from State Treasurer Randy McDaniel is out, and shows gross receipts for the past year set a new record high for the sixth consecutive month. The 12-month gross receipts through last month totaled $17.36 billion, an increase of $2.44 billion, or 16.3 percent from the prior 12 months. Comparing November’s figures to the same period a year ago, total monthly gross collections were $1.31 billion, an increase of just over 10 percent. The one area of concern noted in the report is that even though we’re enjoying low...
This week’s article was going to be multifaceted. I was going to talk about the new job adventure and things going on around the farm. I was going to talk about ideas we had for our gardens this year, since it appears I am going to be home more. I was going to talk about the nonsense of toxic masculinity and I was going to praise our Lord and Savior for the blessings he continues to bestow on my family. All of those things individually would have made great topics to write on, but a conversation this past week has taken most of my idle time a...
When I was growing up, and for many years thereafter, our family doctor was a man who was very competent. Also, however, he had a no-nonsense sort of personality. He was blunt spoken. He would tell you what he thought you should do to get well, and he expected you to do it. If you didn’t, he’d chew you out! As a child, I was scared to death of him! Which gets me to the day I was sick with something approaching bronchitis and I wrote down on a piece of paper the name of the medicine an out...
Team Standings Dilly Dilly – 39 wins, 29 losses Knights of Columbus – 39 wins, 29 losses O'Bar – 38 ½ wins, 29 ½ losses Rollin GoodTimes – 35 ½ wins, 32 ½ losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 35 ½ wins, 32 ½ losses The Bowl Movements – 34 ½ wins, 33 ½ losses Holy Bowlers – 22 wins, 34 losses Livin' on a Spare – 26 wins, 42 losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game Rollin GoodTimes – 809 Marshall's Oldtimers – 798 Dilly Dilly – 790 Scratch Series Dilly dilly – 2329 Rollin GoodTimes – 2318 O'Bar – 2285 Handicap Game O'Bar – 1136 Marshall's Oldtimers ...
‘Tis the season to help save lives by donating blood and taking home a holiday-themed long-sleeved T-shirt! “Oklahomans have continued to demonstrate the Oklahoma Standard and ensure that the local blood supply is able to meet the demand of local patients,” said John Armitage, M.D., President and CEO of Oklahoma Blood Institute. “This year, we continued to face unprecedented challenges and obstacles. As we enter the holiday season, we encourage you to take just an hour out of your busy schedule to give the precious gift of life this holiday sea...
LAS VEGAS – J.D. Struxness just finished a rough and rugged 10 days at the National Finals Rodeo, but his work isn’t done. “There’s no time off,” said Struxness, originally from Milan, Minnesota, now living in Perrin, Texas, with his fiancé, Jayden, and their daughters, Everlee and Lilly. “There are some (Texas) Circuit rodeos I need to be entering in January. Without the two big horses I ride the rest of the year, I have to get my team ready to go.” He’s already started on the 2023 ProRodeo season with the 2022 campaign just hours into his rea...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State dropped their second straight game Saturday afternoon in a 61-42 loss to Southern Nazarene. The Crimson Storm used a 10-0 run late in the 3rd quarter to take the momentum before closing out their win over the Rangers. The loss drops Northwestern to 4-2 on the season and a 1-2 Great American Conference record with Southern Nazarene moving to 3-0 in the GAC. Camille Thomas led the Rangers with 14 points along with a team high nine rebounds in the afternoon along with Faith Simpson scoring 12 points w...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University Director of Athletics Brad Franz has announced the hiring of Ranger Hall of Famer Ronnie Jones as the next head football coach for the Rangers. Jones takes over for Matt Walter, who resigned following the 2022 football season. "I am extremely grateful and honored to be selected as the head football coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University. My wife Karla, and I are proud graduates of NWOSU and the university has always had a special p...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State dropped their second straight game Saturday afternoon in a 61-42 loss to Southern Nazarene. The Crimson Storm used a 10-0 run late in the 3rd quarter to take the momentum before closing out their win over the Rangers. The loss drops Northwestern to 4-2 on the season and a 1-2 Great American Conference record with Southern Nazarene moving to 3-0 in the GAC. Camille Thomas led the Rangers with 14 points along with a team high nine rebounds in the afternoon along with Faith Simpson scoring 12 points w...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State dropped their third consecutive game Saturday afternoon with the 75-51 loss. The Crimson Storm used a 9-1 run to open the game to build momentum leading to their 24 point victory. The loss drops the Rangers to 3-3 on the season with a 0-3 conference record while Southern Nazarene improves to 5-2 with a 3-0 conference record. Northwestern was led by Malik Parsons with 20 points after hitting six three pointers including three straight to open the second half. McGhie of Southern Nazarene opened the s...
LAWTON, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State men snapped their three game losing streak Tuesday evening with a 74-66 win over Cameron University. The Rangers used a late 8-0 run and a 10-2 run to steal the victory on the road. The win improves the Rangers record to 4-3 on the season as Cameron drops to 2-8 on the season. Northwestern's win completes the season sweep over the Aggies. Brian Free led the Rangers with 23 points knocking down five three pointers, while Shavaul Butters led the team with nine rebounds while scoring 14 points. Malik P...
I found Pastor Sheryl White in the Church of God kitchen, up to her elbows in pancake batter. It was a Wednesday morning, and some of the flock had been in for a big family-style brunch. I'd promised to help her clean up, but, true to form, I arrived just as all the work was pretty much done. "Would you like a pancake?" she asked, laughing. "I have enough batter for one more pancake." As she cooked, she told me her story. "I've lived in Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Indiana during my life," she... Full story
