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The Alfalfa Electric Cooperative (AEC) Essay Contest is a scholarship and trip opportunity for high school juniors. In this contest the student can win a trip to Washington, D.C., a trip to Colorado, or scholarships. Each year this is available through local Rural Electric Cooperatives. The essay determines what students they want to send to represent them on both trips. This year the topic for the essay was to chose one time in history that you would like to go back to and how does electricity relate to it. Many students at Alva High had...
Alva High School yearbooks are now on sale. Students can bring money to school or order their yearbook online at jostensyearbooks.com. This year, students can personalize their yearbooks, but personalization cannot be added for orders after March 1. The regular yearbook, which includes one clear protective cover and one photo pocket, is $40. The signature package has the yearbook, one line of personalization, a color autograph section and eight multicolor signing markers. Students can also add icons to the cover of their yearbook to...
On Jan. 20 the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States marked the beginning of the four-year term of Donald Trump as president and Mike Pence as vice president. This inauguration was very special to the Alva school system. Why, you ask? Because of Carlie Edstrom, Alva alumna and current Longfellow Elementary Americorp support staff. Along with being a Northwestern Oklahoma State University student, Edstrom is also part of an Oklahoma National Guard unit. Edstrom...
Alva High School (AHS) wore blue for Blad on Monday, Jan. 24. Bladimir Mesta, 17, of Hooker, passed away on Friday, Jan. 20, due to a pedestrian/car accident on Thursday, Jan. 19. Blad was a cross country runner at Hooker High School. AHS also had a fundraiser for the Mesta family where students could pay $1 to wear a hat for a day. Quite a bit of money was raised for the family of Blad. AHS gladly supports the family and community of Hooker during this tough time....
Two Alva football players have found themselves on the 2A West All-Star team while five more Goldbugs have received additional district and northwest Oklahoma honors. Ethan Harzman and Austin Shklar were selected by the Oklahoma Football Coaches Association to the 2A West All-Star team as a defensive lineman and defensive back, respectfully. This honor capped off a list of awards for these athletes and their teammates as their high school careers come to a close. Many Goldbugs were selected as District 2A-1 specialty players of the year....
Noah Place, a senior at Alva High School and the son of Aaron and Erin Place, and brother to Emma Place, has been named January Student of the Month. Throughout high school he has been a part of band, cross country, track and Key Club. Place's plans for the future include attending the University of Oklahoma to obtain a degree in music education. "Never second-guess yourself; if you're not sure if you want to do something, try it anyway," is the advice he gives to any underclassmen. Place's...
Lexie Shafer, a senior at Alva High School and the daughter of Kenny and Tina Shafer, and sister to Emily Shafer, has been named January Student of the Month. Shafer has been a part of both the softball and basketball teams, as well as Student Council. Along with these things, she was also a class officer. Shafer plans to earn a degree in biology from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and later attend chiropractic school. Her advice to freshmen is to "give it 100 percent in everything you...
Gracie Scarbrough was selected as the Alva Kiwanis Sophomore of the Year. Gracie and her parents, Dean and Cassandra Scarbrough, will attend the Feb. 15 Kiwanis meeting to accept this award....
On Monday, Jan. 23, Halah Simon was awarded with the Alva Chamber of Commerce Citizen's Choice Honoree: Teacher of the Year award. Simon was chosen for this award due to her many years of hard work as a teacher at Alva High School. "I was truly surprised and honored that I received this award. This award means the world to me. Anytime you are honored by fellow community members it is a very meaningful experience," said Simon. The students of AHS believe that Simon was rightfully chosen for this...
Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.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 Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at 10:10 a.m.; worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Friends Church is on the corner of College Avenue and Center Street. Avard Christian Church Sunday services are from 2-4 p.m. Avard Christian Church is 7 miles west of Alva on Highway 64 and 7 miles south on County Road 370, or 6...
The opening of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, “Aspects of Love,” begins with the song “Love Changes Everything.” “Love, love changes everything, hands and faces, earth and sky. Love, love changes everything, how you live and how you die ... Yes, love, love changes everything ... Love will never, ever let you be the same ...” If human love has the ability to change us, how much more can God's steadfast and merciful love in Christ change each of us? In Romans 12:9-21, the Apostle Paul throws out a lot for us to think about. A few questions c...
This semester, I have the honor of teaching a section entitled “Jesus and the New Testament.” The name is a bit of a misnomer, though, as we only cover the first four books of the New Testament, commonly known as the Gospels. For many Christians, these four books are their favorite literature in the world, since it is within these pages that we find the story of Jesus’ earthly ministry, death and resurrection. Some of the students are surprised, however, to find out some of the things the Gospels are NOT. First, the Gospels are not desig...
The Alva area will be having a dress drive this year that offers free dresses to all area high school girls. The name of the drive is the Bippidy Boppity Boutique, and this will be its second year to run. Last year, the program was coordinated by Halah Simon through Alva High School. Nicki Chaffee is organizing the event this year, possibly with the help of the OHCE, for which she is the secretary. The location and exact time of the event are not finalized yet, but will be before Prom season....
It's been a busy month for Allyson Bush. She had a wedding that changed her last name from Rogers to Bush, took a week-long honeymoon, moved her belongings to the Bush ranch northwest of Alva near the Kansas border, and completed the purchase of the Daisy Village women's apparel store from Michelle Mackey. Bush grew up in Magnum (south of Elk City). Her dad had an ag education degree and her mom was the school secretary. She has two siblings, a one-year-old brother and a seven-year-older...
Great Salt Plains Health Center (GSPHC) CEO Tim Starkey announced that Oklahoma House Speaker Emeritus Jeff Hickman joined his administrative team to do public affairs and outreach work. GSPHC is headquartered in Cherokee with health clinics in Enid and Medford. Starkey also announced the receipt of a federal grant to build a new clinic in Canton. "I am pleased to be working with the Great Salt Plains Health Center to address healthcare access issues here in northwest Oklahoma," Hickman said....
The Northwestern Foundation & Alumni Association is pleased to announce the addition of Melissa Jenlink to its staff. Jenlink joins the organization as its Relationship Manager. She is responsible for the development, marketing and management of donor relations and the stewardship program. The relationship manager also is the primary staff member responsible for contracts, relationships and expectations of donors after they have made a gift. "We are excited to have Melissa join our team," said S...
Small pieces of fabric are cut in precise geometric shapes and connected by delicate stitching to form warm bed coverings that are also works of art. Quilts form a part of the February display at the Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva. One of the featured quilters, Lynetta Zook-Braun, arrived early to deliver her quilts for display. Although she can't be in Alva for the First Friday Art Walk tonight, Feb. 3, she agreed to tell us about her particular art form. The daughter of Jakie and Cleta Belle...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) has introduced the Free Speech Fairness Act, a bill that gives nonprofits and houses of worship the freedom to speak about government or electoral activity without the threat of retribution from the Internal Revenue Service. Specifically, the Free Speech Fairness Act addresses the shortcomings of the Johnson Amendment, which in 1954 was inserted into the Tax Code by then-Senator Lyndon Johnson. The Johnson Amendment prohibits nonprofits and c...
Alva Middle School (AMS) was a bustle of commotion last Friday, Jan. 27, due to a project called Taste a Book, created by Cindi Leiter, an eighth-grade teacher at AMS. Leiter had seen versions of the project implemented during her teaching career, so she decided to bring the project to AMS. Fellow teachers helped make the project fit AMS, including Tanya Phillips, who made a special effort to help. "This was a way to engage the whole school in a project while giving the eighth graders an...
Three Northwestern Oklahoma State University elementary education seniors were awarded the Guthrie Scottish Rite Scholarship given by the Guthrie Scottish Rite Charitable and Educational Foundation. Those awarded this semester are Joshua Frazier from Enid, Nikki Gates from Waynoka and Cinthia Rodriguez from Tonkawa. Each semester the scholarships are awarded to teacher candidates who are completing their professional semester. Dr. Christie Jenlink, associate dean of education and professor of education; Dr. James Bell, associate vice president...
With unemployment at a nine-year low of 4.7 percent and the fear of a crackdown on immigration, legal and otherwise, a shortage of fast-food workers has materialized. In the past, a future of “flipping burgers” was considered a dead-end option of last resort, but that is changing. Michael Harms, executive director of a restaurant research firm, says, “Every employee, whether they’re 17 or 40, has options in fast food.” You might say we have a food-fight over workers! How will fast-food corporate...
Choosing hospice care isn’t about giving up. It’s about making every day count. Terminally ill people who make the choice receive care for their physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs. They’re no longer seeking a cure, but they do want to live out their last weeks and months as comfortably as possible and with dignity. Medicare’s hospice benefit has helped millions of Americans and their families cope with the final stages of terminal illnesses. To qualify, you must be eligible for Medicare’s Part A hospital insurance, and your phys...
Fifty percent of girls who become pregnant do not complete their educations; becoming such a statistic at the age of 17, when pursuing a PhD had been a prominent goal, was not an option. Accidents happen. Until I was 12, the daily lesson from my maternal grandmother was “accidents happen” – a lesson that was not supposed to account for a torn condom and possible pregnancy. Expect the unexpected, right? Unfortunately, the teenagers who consistently do so come in limited numbers. Like numerous other adolescents in the United States, I was tossed...
As we saw last week, typically presidents of the United States are sworn in by chief justices of the United States Supreme Court. This is not, however, required by the U.S. Constitution. When George Washington became the first president in 1789, the Supreme Court had no justices because they must be appointed by the president! So, Washington took the oath of office from the highest-ranking judge in New York State. When Washington’s second term began in 1793, the Supreme Court had a chief j...
WOODWARD – The Alva High School Goldbugs squeezed by Woodward with a win on Tuesday night with the help of Brooks Hadwiger who scored 16 points against the Boomers. The Godlbugs were able to lock down their win early in the third quarter as Hadwiger attacked the basket for a layup to break their tie with Woodward. Alva pushed to victory during the final two quarters of the game, after being tied at halftime with Woodward at 23-all. The Goldbugs had a solid finish, adding 25 points in the f...
