Articles from the December 23, 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...
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Proclaiming Jesus Christ
And the angel said to them, "Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
In just a couple of days, we will be celebrating one of the three greatest days this world has ever known. Jesus the Christ died on one day and rose again on the third day, but it would have never taken place if he hadn’t been born into this world o...
Liberation
The New Year is approaching; time for resolutions. Most of us have multiple issues we could work on, and the New Year is a good time to start. As my late friend Ron Seaman said, “Stopping smoking is e...
Ramblings of a Redneck Farmer
It just wouldn’t be the same, would it? Think about it, if Jesus had been born at the Ritz or in another five star hotel of the time, instead of in a manger surrounded by animals, because there wasn’t room at the inn. It wouldn’t have been the same,...
Random Thoughts
Shortly after my 24th birthday, I moved to Memphis, Tennessee, to further my education at what is now the University of Memphis but was then known as Memphis State University. I lived in that town of...
Tuesday night bowling standings, week of Dec. 20
Team Standings Dilly Dilly – 43 wins, 29 losses Knights of Columbus – 43 wins, 29 losses O'Bar – 40 ½ wins, 31 ½ losses Rollin GoodTimes – 36 ½ wins, 35 ½ losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 35 ½ wins, 36 ½ losses The Bowl Movements – 34 ½ wins, 37 ½ losse...
Northwestern's Wells presents as panel member in Maryland conference
Dr. Shelly Wells, RN-to-BSN program director and professor of nursing with the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Charles Morton Share Trust Division of Nursing, participated as a panel member at...
Woods County Excise Board approves monthly appropriations
The Woods County Excise Board met Wednesday morning for a regular meeting. Present were Joe Shirley and Bob Seivert. Chris Olson was absent. After approving minutes of the Nov. 16 meeting, the board...
Alva's Methodist Church makes donation to Northwestern's campus food pantry
The Campus Cabinet Food Pantry received quite a surprise during the fall semester in the form of a generous monetary donation from the Alva First United Methodist Church’s endowment funds. “This donation came at the most perfect time because I was...
Alva pool, bathhouse receive National Register designation
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Alva Municipal Swimming Pool and Bathhouse is one of two locations recently added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), according to the Oklahoma Historical Society and State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). O... Full story
City's Christmas lighting bill explained
Councilmember Troy Brooks wanted to pull an invoice for Christmas lighting from other claims being considered by the Alva City Council Monday night. He was just a moment too late to make that a separate vote. Mayor Kelly Parker read off the list of i... Full story
Holiday travel upended as forecasters warn of 'bomb cyclone'
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Thousands of flights were canceled and homeless shelters were overflowing Thursday amid one of the most treacherous holiday travel seasons the U.S. has seen in decades, with temperatures plummeting 50 degrees Fahrenheit in s...
Williams, Robertson lead No. 23 Oklahoma women past Florida
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Madi Williams had a double-double, Taylor Robertson added 18 points on six 3-pointers, and No. 23 Oklahoma defeated Florida 95-79 in the women's game of the Jumpman Invitational on Wednesday night. Robertson made 6-of-7 3...
Shelley, Nebraska women top No. 20 Kansas in triple OT 85-79
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Jaz Shelley scored 24 points, hitting two of Nebraska's three 3-pointers in the third overtime, and the Cornhuskers handed No. 20 Kansas its first loss of the season 85-79 on Wednesday night. Shelley's first 3 opened the s...
Arizona restricts farming to protect groundwater supply
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The outskirts of Kingman, Arizona, used to be a place where pilots would train and recreationists tested their all-terrain vehicles. The dry and empty landscape has since morphed into something much more green that supports p...
Former Kansas lawmaker convicted of COVID-19 relief fraud
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas state lawmaker was found guilty by a federal jury Wednesday of 12 felonies for lying on applications for federal COVID-19 relief. Federal prosecutors said Wichita Republican Michael Capps, 44, filed forms i...
Dick leads No. 4 Kansas against Harvard after 20-point game
Harvard Crimson (8-4) at Kansas Jayhawks (10-1) Lawrence, Kansas; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Kansas -21.5; over/under is 138.5 BOTTOM LINE: No. 4 Kansas hosts the Harvard Crimson after Gradey Dick scored 20 points in Kansas' 84-62...
Senate passes $1.7 trillion bill to fund gov't, aid Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill Thursday that finances federal agencies through September and provides another significant round of military and economic aid to Ukraine one day after Ukrainian President V...
Russia scrubs Mariupol's Ukraine identity, builds on death
Throughout Mariupol, Russian workers are tearing down bombed-out buildings at a rate of at least one a day, hauling away shattered bodies with the debris. Russian military convoys are rumbling down the broad avenues of what is swiftly becoming a garr...
Jan. 6 witness recounts pressure campaign from Trump allies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson described to the House Jan. 6 committee a wide-ranging pressure campaign from Donald Trump's allies aimed at influencing her cooperation with Congress and stifling potentially damaging t...
FTX founder Bankman-Fried allowed $250M bond, house arrest
NEW YORK (AP) — Cryptocurrency entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried walked out of a Manhattan courthouse Thursday with his parents after they agreed to sign a $250 million bond and keep him at their California home while he awaits trial on charges that h...
