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Water Deposits The following individuals paid a $150 water deposit for the month December of 2016: Dec. 1: Rozlynn Murrow, 1314 Flynn Dec. 2: Jennifer Nixon, 120 Flynn Dec. 5: James Brinkley, 103 Maple Dec. 7: Amiee Boatman, 1109 Maple Dec. 9: William Wedley, 714 11th St.; Kathleen G. Hamlin, 904 Church Dec. 12: Karl J. Ressler, 1124 Barnes; Joanna Johnson, 130 E. Flynn Dec. 15: Pranaya Shrestha, 416 Maple Dec. 16: Paige Torres, 1014 Barnes; Korina Lillard, 1010 3rd St.; Kyle Pfleider, 223 High; Scott Batchelder, 1445 Young; Anthony Whalley,...
Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Whole Grain Apple Jacks, buttered toast, pears, juice, skim milk Tuesday – Chicken biscuit, mandarin oranges, juice, milk Wednesday – Sausage patty, biscuit, applesauce, juice, milk Thursday – Cinnamon roll, banana, juice, milk Friday – Sausage gravy, biscuit, fruit cocktail, juice, milk Lunch Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Snowflake chicken nuggets, french fries, parmesan broccoli, peaches, milk Tuesday – Chicken fried steak, garlic bread, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrot spears, milk...
The pace picks up during the last quarter of the year in Alva. October began with the Northwestern Oklahoma State University Homecoming weekend. On the national scene, the presidential election rhetoric was heating up. Closer to home, voters pondered the implications of seven state questions. With Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, the last months of the year are always busy with activities. October Woodward's Grace Meinders was crowned Miss Cinderella on Sept. 30 at NWOSU. She was also the...
The Alva Regional Airport Commission will meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the airport meeting room. The commission has a fairly short agenda for the meeting. There will be a presentation of fuel and ramp policies followed by discussion and action on the fuel and ramp policies presented. The airport manager will give a report, and there will be a report on recent city council meetings. Board members will be given a chance to make remarks on inquiries on any topic. Any citizens present will also be given the opportunity to speak....
A special meeting of the Alva Arena Authority has been scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 10, at noon in the board room of the Alva State Bank Annex at 525 Barnes. After votes to approve minutes of the Nov. 15 meeting and the treasurer’s report, the board members will vote on meeting dates for calendar year 2017. They will discuss and possibly take action on a report by Mike Hood regarding a study compiled by Oklahoma State University. There will be discussion and action on a report by Daren Slater, Woods County commissioner representative. That w...
The Alva City Council kept it short in the first meeting of 2017 held Tuesday, Jan. 3. Guests from Northwestern Oklahoma State University addressed the council concerning the semi-annual bill for scholarships provided by a city sales tax. Allen E. (Skeeter) Bird, CEO of the NWOSU Foundation, presented the bill for $295,114.72 to cover fall semester 2016 incentive scholarships for students. Dr. David Pecha, vice president for administration, was also present to answer any questions. Dr. Janet...
The Alva Board of Education will hold two meetings on Monday. The first at noon will be a special meeting for a proposed executive session to evaluate Superintendent J. Stephen Parkhurst. The regular meeting will be held at 5 p.m. Monday. Both will be at 418 Flynn in the board room at the administrative office. Under items of current business, the board will discuss and act on approving the plan by architect Roy Easley for completion of the athletic training building and related site work. That will be followed by discussion with possible...
Woods County Dispatch put out a Christmas Eve radio call for all units about a report of a man trying to kill his family in a car. The car was described as a silver blue Nissan Altima and was reported to be traveling north on U.S. Highway 281 South. The last location known was outside the city limits of Alva and the vehicle was described as traveling at 115 mph and above. Dispatch said the vehicle was going to an address on Ridgeway and could possibly use Harper Road. According to court documents, Alva Police Officer William Shahan drove south...
ALVA – Effective Jan. 1, K. Forell and Associates PLLC announced that it has merged with the accounting firm of ENJ Financial LLC. The goal is to provide clients with expanded services for financial planning and accounting services. Kindsey Ely, president of ENJ Financial, said she is excited with the opportunity that merging the firms will accomplish. K.Forell and Associates offered a wide range of accounting, consulting and tax services through offices in Alva and Cherokee in Oklahoma, and i...
Somewhere in America, a woman is sexually assaulted every two minutes, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (2007). Researchers have found that one in six men have experienced abusive sexual experiences before age 18. In Oklahoma, a rape occurs every five hours, 50 minutes and 24 seconds (Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigations). Approximately two-thirds of rapes are committed by someone known to the victim. This can include a friend or acquaintance, someone in a close relationship with the victim, or a relative. We can – and must – resp...
Austin and Marlo Smith awoke early Friday morning to the smell of smoke. Reports say flames were discovered in the chicken coop just behind their home. Austin attempted to put the flames out with a fire extinguisher but the fire was too much. It quickly spread to the house, and Austin and Marlo hurriedly gathered their six-year-old son and family pets. They called the local fire department and escaped to the Woodard home nearby. The Smith home and everything in it is gone. The following was...
Due to the number of questions we received concerning the insidious nature of staggering strokes, we felt that further comments on the matter were warranted. The reader might remember, from our previous article (Dec. 18, 2016) that staggering strokes come on gradually with minor symptoms as contrasted to a sudden full-blown debilitating stroke. Understandably, the reader might get unduly concerned if he tried to analyze every little twinge or tingle that one might experience during a day, not knowing if it’s a prelude to something really d...
Snow, snow, snow. Single-digit temperatures to finish this weekend to be followed by 60-degree weather. I hope you had a good start to 2017. Cleo started 2017 like she ended 2016: not feeling well. So Dad and I went to the Boot Hill Casino, Dodge City, Kansas, without her. She really did pretty good from home. She had a $10 free play which I invested for her and brought back a $5 profit for her. There was a pretty good crowd at the casino. I had one first while there. I had eaten a couple of cra...
ARKADELPHIA, Arkansas – Despite a quality second half against one of the conference's top teams, Northwestern Oklahoma State's women's basketball team was defeated by a final score of 87-74 by conference foe Henderson State. Northwestern (3-10, 2-4 in GAC) outscored Henderson State (5-7, 5-1 in GAC) by a total of 51-33 in the second half during Saturday afternoon's action. The outburst of points in the second half of action was spurred by senior Ashley Pride and junior Kalea King, who scored 19 and 16 points respectively in the half alone. P...
Thursday, December 29, 2016 7:24 p.m. Fire on Jefferson Road. 7:43 p.m. Controlled burn but didn’t call it in. Friday, December 30, 2016 1:04 a.m. Reporting party (RP) advised of a patient in Pond Creek having difficulty breathing. 10:29 a.m. RP advised of two dogs loose, dragging chain. 11:23 a.m. Controlled burn at County Road 400 and Custer. 12:08 p.m. Cows out on State Highway 50. 3:38 p.m. Semi on fire at County Road 430 and Grady. 6:23 p.m. Patient having shoulder pain on Johnson Road. Saturday, December 31, 2016 2:22 p.m. RP advised s...
2 Guilty 1 Felonies Gladstone Merri Evans III, 29, Alva: Defendant pleaded guilty Dec. 7, 2016, to failure to comply with sex offender registration in case CF-2016-54. Defendant was sentenced to a term of five years imprisonment; with all except the first two years suspended under the custody and control of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. Defendant to receive credit for time served in Woods County Jail. Defendant shall pay total fees and cost of $10,182.12. Misdemeanors Gladstone Merri Evans III, 29, Alva: Defendant pleaded guilty Dec....
According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Woods County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Felony Filings Nicki Jo Andrews, 41, Mustang, has been charged...
Real Estate Transfers Book 1253 page 949: Billy Lee Ross Sr., a single person, unto Devon J. Cushenbery and Danielle M. Cushenbery, husband and wife. A tract of land located in the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 31, township 28 north range 14 west of the Indian meridian, Woods County, Oklahoma, more particularly described as follows: beginning at the southeast corner of said section 32, thence north 1,069.5 feet; thence west 407.5 feet; thence south 1,069.5 feet; thence north 407.5 feet to the point of beginning, and...
Thursday, December 29, 2016 William Dickey, under house arrest, called at 10:55 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. to request permission to leave home; permission was denied. He called again at 11:48 to provide information, and again at 2:20 p.m. to request permission to leave home; permission granted. He called to report returning home at 2:54 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2016 Dickey called at 11:08 a.m. to request permission to leave home; permission denied. He made a similar call at 2:30 p.m., but changed his mind due to information provided. Saturday,...
