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Alva Church of God Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Bible study is at 7 p.m. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Alva Friends Church Please meet us for coffee and donut fellowship at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday morning. Worship is at 10:30 a.m. If you cannot make it in person, we are on Facebook at Alva Friends Church Group. The church is located at the corner of College Avenue and Center Street. Barnes Street Church of Christ...
The things of this world constantly bombard us. Such as political correctness in saying what we can or cannot say or even what is acceptable to do or to say. We are inundated with commercials suggesting what we should buy or not, what is in or out. There is a culture of wanting things done and wanting them done now according to the individual and how they feel about it. The people around us influence us, and the community and the culture in which we live also play a part in how most people respond to this high-demand, fast-paced, socially...
What makes you happy? Throughout history, humans have endured trial and tribulation to survive and pursue happiness. To the cave dwellers it was bagging the next meal, and as civilization progressed it metamorphosed into getting the right meal. Happiness has expanded into multiple areas of pleasant emotions. St. Augustine is quoted, “True happiness … is unattainable in our present life.” Happiness is fleeting – one moment of elation can be replaced by woe. An example would be buying a new car...
In November of every even-numbered year, the United States experiences something called a “general election” for statewide and national offices. We just recently went through one of those. Now, at the beginning of another year, we can also take note of the fact that, just as years follow each another, so do elections. The only difference is that we have a general election once every two years rather than annually. Consequently, in the early days of 2023, the country is already looking toward the...
Team Standings Dilly Dilly – 49 wins, 35 losses Knights of Columbus – 49 wins, 35 losses O'Bar – 47 ½ wins, 36 ½ losses Rollin GoodTimes – 42 ½ wins, 41 ½ losses Marshall's Oldtimers – 39 ½ wins, 44 ½ losses The Bowl Movements – 39 ½ wins, 44 ½ losses Holy Bowlers – 33 wins, 39 losses Livin' on a Spare – 34 wins, 50 losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game Knights of Columbus – 815 Dilly Dilly – 791 Marshall's Oldtimers – 787 Scratch Series Knights of Columbus – 2348 O'Bar – 2299 Dilly Dilly – 2239 Handicap Game Holy Bowlers – 1160 K...
Bachelor-level social work students at Northwestern Oklahoma State University recently began their field practicums at agencies throughout Oklahoma. These eight seniors entered practicum agencies to complete 420 contact hours, demonstrate 31 behaviors and master the program’s nine core competencies as outlined by the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). “A key component for the Bachelor of Social Work program at Northwestern is the field education students receive to establish and expand skills within the practice,” Codi Harding, assis...
The Woods County Industrial Development Authority met for a special meeting last Tuesday to discuss applying for the Rural Business Development Grant through the USDA. The application would be for Richard Burton to acquire equipment to help his business. Stan Kline motioned to approve moving forward as long as they used only one day of WCEDC Executive Director Jeremy Zeller's time and at Zeller's discretion. Brodie Bush seconded, with Randy McMurphy and Melissa Fisher voting yes. The group then took action on updating officers. They voted...
The Avard Regional Rail Park Authority meeting's open session was brief on Tuesday. Members Stan Bixler, Ed Sutter and Allan Poe were without the presence of Todd Holder (who was attending another board meeting elsewhere) but were joined by several others. Those included commissioner Randy McMurphy, count clerk Shelley Reed, consultant Sonja Williams, and WCEDC Executive Director Jeremy Zeller. In addition, Jared Cooper from State Commerce and Emblem Strategies' Jill Shero joined by video conference. The governing body approved the minutes...
“For the first time since roughly January 2020, the General Fund has a positive pooled cash balance, which means that all arears to the various funds that totaled $2.8 million dollars have been effectively paid off and accounted for in approximately two and one-half years,” said Finance Committee Chair Daniel Winters. He was reporting to the Alva City Council Tuesday night, Jan. 17. “That was some great news to have. There is some money that needs to be transferred into the airport account that hasn’t been transferred yet, but it is account...
Lawson Ream, 8-year-old Brownie Girl Scout from Alva, Oklahoma, Troop #1217, was a part of the Second Inaugural Address for Gov. Stitt on Jan. 9 at the Oklahoma State Capitol. Ream and nine other Girl Scouts from around the state were chosen for the honor to serve as ushers for the day....
LIMA, Peru (AP) — People poured into Peru's coastal capital, many from remote Andean regions, for a protest Thursday against President Dina Boluarte and in support of her predecessor, whose ouster last month launched deadly unrest and cast the nation into political chaos. There was a tense calm in the streets of Lima ahead of the protest that supporters of former President Pedro Castillo hope opens a new chapter in the weeks-long movement to demand Boluarte's resignation, the dissolution of Congress, and immediate elections. Castillo, Peru's fi...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday an eight-month investigation that included more than 120 interviews and revealed shortcomings in how sensitive documents are secured has failed to find who leaked a draft of the court's opinion overturning abortion rights. Ninety-seven employees, including the justices' law clerks, swore under oath that they did not disclose a draft of Justice Samuel Alito's opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, the court said. It was unclear whether the justices themselves were questioned about the leak, w...
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, prosecutors announced Thursday, citing a "criminal disregard for safety." Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies issued a statement announcing the charges against Baldwin and Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who supervised weapons on the set of the Western "Rust." Halyna Hutchins died shortly after being wounded during rehearsals at a ranch on the outskirts of S...
PARIS (AP) — At least 1.1 million people protested on the streets of Paris and other French cities Thursday amid nationwide strikes against plans to raise the retirement age — but President Emmanuel Macron insisted he would press ahead with the proposed pension reforms. Emboldened by the mass show of resistance, French unions announced new strikes and protests Jan. 31, vowing to try to get the government to back down on plans to push up the standard retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron says the measure - a central pillar of his second term — i...
BERLIN (AP) — Germany faced mounting pressure to supply battle tanks to Kyiv and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aired frustration about not obtaining enough weaponry as Western allies conferred Thursday on how best to support Ukraine nearly 11 months into Russia's invasion. Since the U.K. announced last week that it will send Challenger 2 tanks, Berlin has faced increasing calls to supply Leopard 2 tanks or at least clear the way for others, such as Poland, to deliver German-made Leopards from their own stock. Germany's new defense m...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A group of religious leaders who support abortion rights filed a lawsuit Thursday challenging Missouri's abortion ban, saying lawmakers openly invoked their religious beliefs while drafting the measure and thereby imposed those beliefs on others who don't share them. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis is the latest of many to challenge restrictive abortion laws enacted by conservative states after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. That landmark ruling left abortion rights up to each state to decide. Since then, r...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden notches two years in office on Friday. That represents 730 days since his inauguration — and a whole lot of other numbers as well. The story of the first half of Biden's term, at least by the numbers, is a mixed bag. It includes a long-sought $1 trillion bill to shore up the nation's bridges, roads and other infrastructure, but also the unwelcome milestone of historic inflation. There's been a huge number of COVID-19 vaccinations, but nearly 680,000 people have died of the disease. Biden has visited thr...
With hundreds of new movies released each year, many of us depend on the expertise of film critics to help curate our own watching — a thoroughly communal yet deeply personal experience. To honor the supporting role that entertainment journalism can play in this beloved pastime, The Associated Press on Thursday unveiled its inaugural AP Top 25 Movies list. The AP Top 25 Movies ranking is a distinctive honor roll of films released in 2022, as determined by a truly representative panel of 26 of the U.S.' smartest movie experts working for A...
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Hillary Clinton was running for president, her campaign wanted a gentler way to talk about the criminal investigation into her private email server, so they called it a "security review." Now President Joe Biden's team is using similar language when talking about the discovery of classified documents in his Delaware home and former office. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, tends to describe the situation as a "review" or a "legal process," using the term "investigation" much less frequently. Any White H...
NEW YORK (AP) — Countless artists have taken inspiration from "The Starry Night" since Vincent Van Gogh painted the swirling scene in 1889. Now artificial intelligence systems are doing the same, training themselves on a vast collection of digitized artworks to produce new images you can conjure in seconds from a smartphone app. The images generated by tools such as DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion can be weird and otherworldly but also increasingly realistic and customizable — ask for a "peacock owl in the style of Van Gogh" and the...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every year, the night sky grows brighter, and the stars look dimmer. A new study that analyzes data from more than 50,000 amateur stargazers finds that artificial lighting is making the night sky about 10% brighter each year. That's a much faster rate of change than scientists had previously estimated looking at satellite data. The research, which includes data from 2011 to 2022, is published Thursday in the journal Science. "We are losing, year by year, the possibility to see the stars," said Fabio Falchi, a physicist at t...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government bumped up against its debt limit Thursday, prompting the Treasury Department to take "extraordinary" accounting steps to avoid default — as friction between President Joe Biden and House Republicans raised concern about whether the U.S. can sidestep an economic crisis. The Treasury Department said in a letter to congressional leaders it had started taking "extraordinary measures" as the government had run up against its legal borrowing capacity of $31.381 trillion. An artificially imposed cap, the debt cei...
When I was a young child, I was deathly afraid of the dark. Actually, today I will admit that I do not like dark places, so I guess you could say that I am still somewhat afraid of the dark. When I go into dark places today, I am way more cautious, and I prepare my mind to react in case the boogey man jumps out to grab me, lol!!! There are many reasons that people, like me, are scared of the dark. Maybe it’s a fear of the unknown, maybe it’s simply because we cannot see clearly and are afraid of a misstep. Some say it’s even a psych...
