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Throughout the entire expanse of eternity There existed, exists, and will continue to Exist one event that redefined life as it Moves and inhabits an endless universe. And yet was and is so personal that it pierces The mind, heart, and soul of every person So blessed to be created by the One and Only Living God. This event, the birth of the Son of God; The Messiah, the Christ Child, is only overshadowed By the existence of the Glory of God Himself. Words, emotion, or descriptions cannot define The eternal impact of this occurrence that...
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. – John 1:1-5, 14 (NIV) I love the Christmas story! I l...
“I don’t repeat gossip so you have to hear me the first time.” Talk around the water cooler, break room, teacher’s lounge, and coffee shop is on the rise, having taken a hit during the pandemic as lock-downs and lock-outs hindered the movement of hearsay. Eye-witness accounts are not as reliable as you think and the tale usually includes exaggeration, which is human nature. “If 2 sounds bad, 3 is more interesting.” Tabloid newspapers were once the rage, now supplemented by social media. And...
As of Monday, Dec. 20, Alva has 42 active cases of Covid-19 according to the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) online database. Active cases less than five are shown as 1 to 4. Both Freedom and Waynoka fall in that category. No information was listed for Dacoma. The risk level map for the state this week shows only two counties in the green or new normal category with less than 1.43 cases per 100,000 of population. One of those, Harper County, adjoins Woods County on the west. Several counties are in the yellow or low risk level with... Full story
Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Evening worship begins at 5:30 p.m. Young adults gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Wednesday services include 7 p.m. Bible Study, and youth group also meets at 7 p.m. Alva Friends Church Please meet us for coffee and donut fellowship at 10:15 a.m. every...
Dear Santa, Can I have a toy train? Sincerely, Preston Dear Santa, How are you Mrs. Clause doing? I would like a Tot Tot truc! for Crtsmas. Sincerely, Bentley Dear Santa, How are you Mrs Claus doin? Iua like a toy tr for Christmas. Please tell your elves hi for us. Sincerely, Jess Dear Santa, How is the North Pole? How are you and Mrs. Claus doing? How are the Reindeer doing? I would like a motor powered motorcycle kid size, hoverboard for my sister for a surprise, lululemon for my sister a surprise. Sincerely, Elijah Dear Santa, How are the... Full story
Fall semester honor rolls at Northwestern Oklahoma State University have been announced by the Office of the Executive Vice President. Those on the President’s Honor Roll earned all A’s, or a 4.0 grade point average (GPA), in a minimum of 12 undergraduate or nine graduate hours. Those on the Vice President’s list had grade point averages of 3.5 or better in a minimum of 12 undergraduate or nine graduate hours. Undergraduate students on the honorable mention lists had 4.0 or 3.5 GPAs, respectively, in a minimum of three to a maximum of 11 semes... Full story
Funeral services for David Walter Like will be 11 a.m. Friday, December 24, 2021, at the Elm and Murrow Church of Christ in Waynoka with Bill David Walker officiating. Interment will be in the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka, LLC. David Walter Like, son of Walter and Flossie (Hanan) Like, was born March 21, 1949, in Waynoka, Oklahoma, and passed away December 21, 2021, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 72 years and 9 months. David grew...
Like many aspiring fiction writers, Erskine Caldwell had a difficult time breaking into the profession. Magazine editors consistently rejected his short stories, and he had to pay to have his first two novels published. Finally, a French magazine accepted one of his stories so long as the publisher did not have to pay him. Caldwell gladly agreed and celebrated this small victory. By 1930 Caldwell was submitting his short stories to Scribner’s Magazine, an important American journal that was a s...
Team Standings Knights of Columbus 45 Wins 27 Losses Rollin GoodTimes 41 Wins 31 Losses Dilly Dilly 40 ½ Wins 31 ½ Losses The Bowl Movements 40 Wins 32 Losses O'Bar 35 ½ Wins 36 ½ Losses Marshall's Oldtimers 34 ½ Wins 37 ½ Losses Next Frame 30 Wins 42 Losses Livin' on a Spare 21 ½ Wins 50 ½ Losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game—Knights of Columbus – 812 O'Bar – 796 Dilly Dilly – 789 Scratch Series—Dilly Dilly – 2350 Knights of Columbus – 2257 O'Bar – 2237 Handicap Game –O'Bar – 1140 Knights of Columbus – 1125 Livin' on a Spare – 1112 Hand...
The result of the City of Alva audit for the fiscal year from July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020, was not a surprise to city officials. That fiscal year ended a little over a month after the FY18-19 audit revealed about $2.2 million had been borrowed from other funds to make up deficits in the general fund and the utility authority fund. The May 2020 revelation came less than three months after the city's previous business manager resigned to work for another city. Monday night, Dec. 20, the... Full story
LONGTON, Kan. (AP) — A man fatally shot two people in rural Kansas and then apparently killed himself in a nearby home, authorities say. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation said in a news release that 41-year-old Lyle Miller showed up at an outdoor gathering early Thursday in the small southern Kansas town of Longton and opened fire, killing 55-year-old Dewayne Smith and an unidentified 57-year-old. The KBI said that Miller then fled to a nearby home. Law enforcement surrounded the house, spending hours trying to convince him to leave. There w...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka area prosecutor has found that police were justified in fatally shooting a homicide suspect. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay said this week that no charges would be filed in the death of 33-year-old Jesse Buck Lees. Kagay also found that Lees acted alone in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend, 25-year-old Jennifer Morris. Witnesses said Morris and Lees had gotten into an argument on Sept. 8 before he dragged her into a bathroom and shot her, Kagay said. Police t...
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Two New Hampshire brothers have gotten their holiday regifting skills down to an art — they've been passing the same hard candy back and forth for over 30 years. It started in 1987, when Ryan Wasson gave a 10-roll Frankford "Santa's Candy Book" with assorted fruit flavors to his brother, Eric Wasson, as a joke for Christmas, knowing that Eric wouldn't like it. "I didn't eat them," Eric Wasson told WMUR-TV. "And so the next year I thought, 'Hey, I think I'm going to give it back to him. He'll never remember.'" But Rya...
NEW YORK (AP) — Airlines canceled hundreds of flights as the omicron variant jumbled schedules and drew down staffing levels at some carriers during the busy holiday travel season. Delta Air Lines and United Airlines together canceled more than 600 flights on Friday and Saturday. As of early evening Friday, Delta canceled had 149 flights on Friday and 188 for Christmas Day, according to FlightAware. (Other factors, such as weather, are also causing cancellations.) United called off 189 flights on Friday, about 10% of its schedule, and 140 on S... Full story
PETERSON SPACE FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) — Rest assured, kids of all ages: Santa's coming this Christmas Eve, and a second holiday with COVID-19 won't stop him. That's the word from the joint U.S.-Canadian military operation that for 66 years has been tracking Jolly Old St. Nicholas on his global mission and has assured us all — first by land line and more recently by iPhone, Android, OnStar, Facebook, YouTube and more — that he's on his way with a sleigh stuffed with toys and a welcome dose of joy. In what's become its own wildly popular tradi... Full story
