The November Northwest Genealogy Society (NWOGS) meeting will be held at the Alva Public Library on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 10 a.m. The program will be presented by author Sheldon Russell.

A former Oklahoma public school English teacher, Russell retired as a professor emeritus from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2000. He is the author of four previously published novels: “Empire,” a suspense novel; two historic frontier novels, “The Savage Trail” and “Requiem at Dawn,” which was voted a Finalist in the 2001 Western Writers of America, Inc. Spur Awards competition; and “Dreams to Dust: A Ta...