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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 Alfalfa 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 Dominic Daywon Turner, 19, Tulsa, has been...
Monday, January 9, 2017 10:54 a.m. Reporting party (RP) advised of two black cows out at County Road 610 and Comanche. Left message for possible owner. 2:24 p.m. RP advised of a dead cow 2 ½ miles south of Carmen on water town road. Unable to locate owner. 3:35 p.m. RP advised there was a semi speeding down his dirt road going 60 mph. Just letting someone know. 4:14 p.m. RP reported a two-vehicle accident, one injury rolled. Roadway was not blocked. Paged Cherokee medic and Nescatunga first responders. Medic en route to St. Mary's in Enid. 5:08...
Limited Civil Filings Credit management Services Inc. vs. Taarnna Renner: debt collection. South Central Wireless, a KS corp., vs. Andrew Kuhr: debt collection. Midland Funding LLC vs. Richard L. Cross: debt collection. Jefferson Capital Systems LLC vs. Sonya Bush: debt collection. Dirks Copy Products vs. Steven Nixson: debt collection. Traffic Filings Charles L. Coggins has been cited for failure to wear seatbelt ($10). James D. Martin has been cited for exceeding maximum speed limits ($183). Korey L. Wilson has been cited for defective tail...
Shawn Michael Sahandi vs. Manda Jeannene Sahandi: marriage dissolution....
Real Estate Transfers Book 142 page 90: Lee A. Capansky and Carla M. Capansky, husband and wife, grantors, unto Lee A. Capansky and Carla M. Capansky, husband and wife, grantees. Commencing at a point 15 rods west of the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section, township 32 south, range 11 west of the 6th principal meridian, thence 258 feet and 9 inches for a place of beginning, thence west 208 feet and 9 inches, thence north 128 feet and 9 inches to the place of beginning. And commencing at southeast corner...
January 9, 2017 Medicine Lodge Rural Fire Department responded to a possible fire on U.S. Highway 281. January 10, 2017 Sheriff Small, Undersheriff Brewer and Deputy Suchy searched for suspects on BOLO from Pratt County. At 7:50 a.m. Correy Lynn Burden, Beaver, Oklahoma, driving a 2006 International owned by US Foods, ran off the road on Highway 160 west of town. Damage, no injuries investigated by Sheriff Small and Deputy Suchy. January 11, 2017 At 12:22 p.m., Thomas James Allen, Medicine Lodge, driving a 2014 Dodge Ram, hit a deer on River...
The Alva Fire Department responded to an early morning fire Sunday, Jan. 15. The call came in at 7:14 a.m. and firefighters arrived at 1106 Mill St. at 7:19 a.m. Alva Fire Chief Kirk Trekell said the fire was contained to the area where it started although damage was extensive with flames traveling up a wall and into the attic. He said the fire was electrical in nature. The residents had to find a new place to stay because electrical service had to be cut off. Firefighters remained on the scene to make sure all the embers were out and cleared...
Comanche Pool Prairie Resource Foundation will host the first of its three Coffee Shop meetings of 2017. The meeting will be on Thursday, Feb. 2, at the Wilmore Community Building 105 Taft Street in Willmore, Kansas. This meeting will feature “Anderson Creek Wildfire – What We Learned.” Jerry McNamar, Barber County emergency manager, will discuss the fire and the events that unfolded and what was learned for the future. “Range Recovery for Livestock after Anderson Creek Wildfire” will be presented by Dusty Tacha, NRCS range managemen...
Over the next four months, Kiowa District Healthcare, Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital and Barber County Health Department will be partnering with other community health providers to conduct the 2017 Barber County, Kansas, Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA). The goal of this assessment is to understand progress in addressing community health needs and to collect up-to-date community health perceptions in Barber County, Kansas. To accomplish this work, a short online survey has been developed and is available by going to...
If you have an event to plan, there is a new company in the area that will do it for you, whether it's a themed party, help with planning a wedding, need to rent table, chairs, tents or party supplies or maybe a night of karaoke. This company will even bake your specialized goodies, treats and pastries. The company is Eventures by Aimee with owner and producer Aimee Bryan of Kiowa, Kansas. She has a background in culinary arts from the Colorado Institute of Arts in Denver. "Every weekend we are...
The Freedom school board held two meetings in one night on Monday, Jan. 16. The first, at 6 p.m., was to open bids for roof repairs on the school. No decision was made because there were several unanswered questions about the bids. The board is calling another special meeting on Thursday the 19th at 1 p.m. Brian Lehr of Alva Roofing Company has agreed to attend that meeting to answer questions. In financial reports, the school activity fund balance at BancCentral is $33,196.91 with outstanding checks included. An increase was needed for air...
The massive ice storm predicted for northwest Oklahoma wasn't quite as dire as weathercasters warned. After testing or buying new generators, stocking up on essential food supplies and filling vehicle tanks with fuel, residents were relieved to see that ice accumulations didn't reach the levels predicted in Woods and Alfalfa counties in Oklahoma. The moisture fell mainly as rain instead of sleet, freezing on grass, trees and power lines but melting as temperatures hovered just around the...
Mayor Brandon Farney called the January meeting of the Kiowa (Kansas) City Council to order with all members present: R.L. Simpson, Bill Watson, Russell Molz, Brian Hill and Tom Wells. Also seated at the council table were City Administrator Lou Leone, City Attorney Laurel McClellan and City Clerk Marlo Rugg. At the end of the meeting, the council held two executive sessions. The first lasted 40 minutes and was to discuss personnel. Leone said no action was taken regarding that subject upon return to open session. The second executive session...
An Alva man has been charged with 12 felony counts involving sexual activity with a 12-year-old girl in Alfalfa County. The charges were filed on Monday, Jan. 9. Lance Keith Shahan, 19, of Alva has been charged with four counts of lewd molestation, four counts of first degree rape by instrumentation and four counts of first degree rape, all felonies. Lewd molestation is punishable by imprisonment for up to three to 20 years. Rape by instrumentation is punishable by imprisonment for not less than five years to life without parole. First or...
Alva Longfellow Elementary Principal Steve Shiever has accepted a job as superintendent for the 2017-2018 school year at the Lomega schools. The district consists of a 45-student high school located in Omega and a 180-student K-8 elementary school at Loyal, about 12 miles apart. The district has a budget of $3.08 million, with the A-F state report card showing a B+ at the elementary school and an A- at the high school. Lomega is also known throughout the state for their exceptional basketball...
Superintendent’s (4.0) 7th Grade—Jacob Diller, Greysan Koeger-Henson, Ethan Jenlink, Colten Lormand, Cade Severin, Rebecca Woodall 8th Grade—Summer Finney, Lindsay Olson, Hailey Phillips, Gaby Solis 9th Grade—Alec Judd 10th Grade—Dru Bryant, Caitlyn Fargo, Brayden Frech, Cade Jenlink, Kalynn Leforce, Jaden Severin, Jake Thorp 11th Grade—Jayden Dillon, Joey Najera, Xaylen Stearns 12th Grade—Madison Anderson, Kylee Fargo, Kamber Leforce, Alanna Nacion Principal’s (3.75-3.99) 7th Grade—Will Gwinn 9th Grade—Braxton Buller, Jacob Jones, Devon...
A Tulsa man has been charged with two felonies and three misdemeanors following an alleged attempt to bring contraband into James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) at Helena. According to court documents, on Jan. 10 at 2:26 a.m. Helena Police Chief Jim Dykes was contacted by Officer Aaron Parks of JCCC who said he had found a man hiding in the grass on the southwest corner of the farm office. Authorities say the man had a black duffel bag that contained 14 separate packages wrapped in black tape. An inventory of the items included 130 grams...
The Woods County commissioners had a short ten-minute meeting Tuesday morning approving previous minutes, warrants and claims, road crossing permits for D & B Solutions in District 3 and Chesapeake in District 1, and blanket purchase orders. They also also approved belly-dump hauling quotes from several local vendors at $95 per load. All vendors were approved, with the commissioners planning to call upon the company closest to their road-work site and who is available. Those approved: Isenbart Farms; Thin Red Line Trucking; Gary Murray, Dennis...
Memorial services are pending for Ralph E. “Eddie” Bruner, 81, of Carmen with Wentworth Mortuary LLC....
Wilbur was born to Katie E (McBeth) and Chris F. Haas on the family farm north of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on July 9, 1925, and passed away on Jan. 4, 2017, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 91 years, 5 months and 25 days. He lived most of his life in Barber County, Kansas, and attended school at Amber, the country school near the family farm, and at Sharon, Kansas, where the family later moved. Chuck had one brother, Lee, and four sisters, Gertrude, Louise, Mary Jane and Annabel. He served in...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has inherited quite a problem with the sudden and overwhelming flood of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) in the USA. The FAA is charged by law to regulate the airspace in the USA. That regulation obviously needs to apply to both piloted aircraft and unmanned aircraft. Indeed, drones probably need to be regulated more-so than piloted aircraft because they crash a lot more. An Alva woman told me that around Christmas it seemed that every kid in her block...
The Alva Middle School Goldbugs are headed by coaches Pete Phillips (eighth grade) and Cody Hooper (seventh grade) for a fourth year as the 2016-2017 season winds downs. Eighth-Grade Boys After moving up a grade level, the eighth-grade boys continue to develop their fundamentals in preparation for the next level under the head coaching of Phillips. The AMS Goldbugs are led by point-guard Gavin Perez, whose average is in double-digits. Perez likes to rely on the long-range game, and has a quick,...
In her third year at the helm of the Alva Middle School Ladybugs' basketball program, Margo Hamilton is working to end the 2016-2017 season strong. Eighth-Grade Girls The eighth-grade Ladybugs have another year of experience under the belt in preparation for the high school level, and they are working to end their season strong. There have been some struggles for this young group in taking care of the ball, but their aggression keeps them competitive. Rianna Clark is the only Ladybug to average...
After the retirement of head coach Ken Jones, the Burlington Elks welcome Shane Feely to the head coaching position in his 19th year of coaching, first with the Elks. Burlington is off to a great start for the 2016-2017 season as they tipped off the new year with a 10-game winning streak before taking their first loss in the finals of the Northwest Prep Classic against the Timberlake Tigers, 43-51. The No. 6 of Class B has recently faced some tough opponents in the Cherokee Invitational: No. 8...
Despite losing two of their big scorers from last season, the Burlington Lady Elks are still continuing their winning ways as Kirsten Pruett enters her 14th year as head coach. In the 2015-2016 season, the Lady Elks closed out the year with an overall record of 27-4 and their third straight appearance in the Class B State Tournament quarterfinals coming up just short in a tightly contested game against Red Oak 40-42. Starting the season with a record of 12-4, the Lady Elks are working toward...
