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What might I do after failing persistently for almost 40 years? How might I set out a new pattern for living? In Deuteronomy, the Israelites were about to enter the Promised Land. But they had been there before, 40 years earlier. They had failed to believe and take hold of God’s promises to give them the land of Canaan. So, God allowed them to wander in the wilderness (for 40 years). For 40 years the Israelites had lived out the consequences of their weak faith and disobedience. But instead of hiding their past mistakes, Moses brought them o...
Last week we looked at the Creation and the Creator beginning in Genesis. This week in Genesis we will look at Adam and Eve and the first encounter with evil, with Satan. Satan, in the form of a serpent, tempts Eve and she fails the test. Then Adam fails the test as well. From these encounters we learn about the nature of Satan. First, we learn that Satan is a liar. Second, we learn that he is a deceiver. He will lie about the Word of God to deceive people. We also see this in the New Testament at the temptation of Christ. Satan says worship me...
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...
Bobby Lee Beagley of Alva, Oklahoma, passed away on December 17, 2021. Bob was born on August 22, 1938, in Alva, Oklahoma, the son of Arvel Allan “Jack” Beagley and Cleta W. Knox Beagley. Bob was raised in Alva and attended Alva High School. He married Joyce Ann (Roberts) Beagley in the Bible Baptist Church of Alva, on May 15, 1959. Bob was a member of the Oklahoma National Guard and Alva Fire Department. He worked as a mechanic for Bob Coker Motor Co. of Alva. Bob owned and operated Bea...
Team Standings Knights of Columbus 51 Wins 29 Losses Dilly Dilly 47 ½ Wins 32 ½ Losses The Bowl Movements 44 Wins 36 Losses Rollin GoodTimes 42 Wins 38 Losses O'Bar 40 ½ Wins 39 ½ Losses Marshall's Oldtimers 38 ½ Wins 41 ½ Losses Next Frame 32 Wins 48 Losses Livin' on a Spare 24 ½ Wins 55 ½ Losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game—O'Bar – 800 Dilly Dilly – 791 Knights of Columbus – 789 Scratch Series—Dilly Dilly – 2327 Knights of Columbus – 2326 O'Bar – 2276 Handicap Game –O'Bar – 1142 Marhsall's Oldtimers – 1105 Knights of Columbus – 10...
ALVA, Oklahoma – The Northwestern Oklahoma State softball season is a month from first pitches the Rangers will travel to Lubbock to compete in the Lubbock Christian Festival. On Wednesday afternoon the Great American Conference released their annual Preseason Coaches’ Poll where the Red-and-Black were selected 12th. The defending regular season champion Southern Arkansas was projected first taking 115 points along with seven of the 12 first place votes. The Mulriders were one of three teams to earn votes for first place. Arkansas Tech was sec...
As we noted last week, Daniel Nathan and Emanuel Lepofsky created the fictional character named Ellery Queen, an amateur detective and mystery writer, in 1929. In 1941, Nathan had the idea of creating a regular periodical containing mystery short stories and (without much assistance from his partner Lepofsky) created “Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine” (EQMM). The journal, in its early years, published varying numbers of issues annually. It began with four, then six, and in 1946 began appea...
ALVA, Oklahoma – Northwestern Oklahoma State University's head coach Vinay Patel has earned the week 9 HoopDirt coach of the week award. This is the fifth time in his coaching career he has earned coach of the week and the second time he has earned this recognition with the Rangers. According to HoopDirt.com when a coach earned coach of the week this makes the head coach eligible to win the end of the year HoopDirt National Coach of the year award announced at the conclusion of the season. Patel wins coach of the week following a 2-0 week f...
ALVA, Oklahoma – Northwestern Oklahoma State Men's basketball announced a schedule update today on the makeup date from the postponed game against Arkansas-Monticello from originally schedule date on Jan. 1. Northwestern and Arkansas-Monticello will now play on Monday, Jan. 31 in Monticello, Arkansas, with tip-off time set for 5:30 p.m. The Rangers have currently won two straight games this past week over Henderson State and Ouachita Baptist. Northwestern (9-4 overall and 4-3 GAC play) will be back in action Thursday night hosting S...
ALVA, Oklahoma – The 2022 baseball season is three weeks away from first pitch before the Rangers play host to Minnesota Crookston. On Tuesday afternoon the conference released their annual coaches preseason poll where the Red-and-Black were selected sixth in the conference. Southern Arkansas was selected first in the conference after receiving seven first place votes out of the 12. The Muleriders were one of four teams to earn first place votes from the coaches. Southern Arkansas finished with 113 total points. Second is Oklahoma Baptist w...
King Solomon was a biblical character known for wealth and knowledge. Throughout history, his mines are believed to be the source of his riches. To the uninitiated, the area appears to be one of isolation, a sweltering flatland marked by stark cliffs known as Solomon’s pillars. Three thousand years ago it was bustling with activity, and today the cliffs themselves are pockmarked with tunnels dug with bronze chisels and graffitied with hieroglyphic art of a lost civilization. But where was his f...
Gary Lovini will perform in Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Herod Hall Auditorium at 7 p.m. on Jan. 18 as part of the Northwest Oklahoma Concert Series. The public is welcome to attend the concert with a ticket that may be purchased at the door for $20 for general admission or $5 for students. Lovini originally hails from the United Kingdom where he began his professional music career as a teenager. Today, he makes his home in Orlando, Florida. Lovini's mastery of the violin has seen...
Active Covid-19 case in Alva have more than doubled in the last week, according to the most recent update from the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). In last week’s report, Alva had 21 active cases. Data released Wednesday, Jan. 12, now lists Alva with 44 active cases. Previously, other Woods County cities had zero cases listed because the OSDH shows 1-4 cases as zero. This week, Waynoka is listed with seven active cases. Wednesday afternoon, the newspaper was notified that the Woods County Courthouse was locking the doors until n...
Looking back at February 2021, we begin with the tragedy of an early morning fire that claimed the lives of two Waynoka residents and two firefighters. As the month winds down, Alva High basketball teams are in the playoffs. It was a month of below zero temperatures causing electrical power grid problems. High interest in the municipal election caused a record number of filings for Alva city offices. The Feb. 5, 2021, edition of the Alva Review-Courier covered Alva and Waynoka firefighters and...
The Dec. 10 tornado outbreak affected thousands in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. When Tricia and R.L. Coday, and their kids Erica and Taylor, saw the news, they had to do something to help. It was an unusually devastating tornado outbreak. "Although damages are still being calculated, current reports are that 68 tornadoes, ranging in intensity from EF1s to EF4s, ravaged a path some 250 miles long," Tricia Coday said in one of several emails she wrote First Christian...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge on Friday revoked the bond of a white local businessman accused of killing a Black man who worked for him after a prosecutor said the businessman was spotted in a bank drive-thru and visited a local Waffle House in violation of his bond conditions. Logan County Judge Susan Worthington ordered Daniel Triplett, 67, and returned to the Logan County Detention Center. Triplett faces charges of first-degree murder and desecration of a corpse after the body of 51-year-old Brent Mack was found buried beneath a s...
Kellie Harper is working to return the Tennessee women's basketball program back to being a title contender and has the Lady Vols closer to their traditionally elite status. She's got company at other big-name programs, too. The Lady Vols are ranked fifth in Harper's third season at her alma mater. Tennessee is among a group of AP Top 25 teams returning to prominence after recent coaching changes. Teams like No. 12 LSU, No. 15 Georgia Tech, No. 16 Duke, No. 20 Notre Dame, No. 21 North Carolina and No. 23 Oklahoma are thriving and primed to...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board Chairman Adam Luck, who has consistently voted to spare the lives of death row inmates, announced Friday he is resigning at the request of the governor. Luck wrote in his resignation letter that he was stepping down immediately so Gov. Kevin Stitt could appoint someone more aligned with his support for the death penalty. "When I began service on this board there was a moratorium on executions in the state of Oklahoma," Luck wrote. "As we resumed executions in October I came to the c...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — As the omicron variant rages and fills up hospital beds around the country, Republican governors are highlighting their opposition to restrictions that have marked the COVID-19 pandemic even as they seek to move past it and set their agendas for the year. The state of the state addresses governors are delivering to kick off their states' legislative sessions are occurring as COVID-19 hospitalizations surge to their highest levels since the pandemic began in 2020 and soaring infections are disrupting seemingly all a...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A sweeping new Texas voting law that Republicans muscled through the Legislature last year over dramatic protests is drawing fire again, even before some of the most contentious restrictions and changes kick in ahead of the state's first-in-the nation primary. Thousands of Texans — including some U.S. citizens — have received letters saying they have been flagged as potential noncitizens who could be kicked off voting rolls. And this week, local elections officials said hundreds of mail-in ballot applications are being reje...
