Alva Review-Courier -

Have you ever met a person who loves preparing for the hard times? I doubt it. How does the old expression go – “When it starts to thicken up, I am thinning out?” It seems everyone is looking for an open door. It takes a strong person to work through all the pain and suffering and come out on the other side.

A young man named Tyler Zander from Kremlin, Oklahoma, spoke to the Alva High School football team Aug. 12. He told about losing his leg in a grain elevator accident about four years ago. He just graduated from Oklahoma State University. The news writer who covered the event wrote, “He gav...