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Alva Schools Breakfast Menu Monday—Whole Grain Fruit Loops, toast, pears, juice, milk Tuesday—Super chocolate donut, fruit yogurt cup, fruit cocktail, juice, milk Wednesday—Pancakes, maple syrup, mandarin oranges, juice, milk Thursday—Sausage roll, peaches, juice, milk Friday—Cinnamon roll, applesauce, juice, milk Alva Schools Lunch Menu Monday—Nachos with ground beef, refried beans, picante sauce, bread sticks, pears, milk Tuesday—Hamburgers, dill pickles, french fries, baked beans, applesauce, milk Wednesday—Potato tot casserole, gree...
Nineteen Woods County 4-H members, comprising two Alva 4-H teams and four Waynoka 4-H teams, competed in the NW District Livestock Judging Contest on Feb. 1 in Enid. These teams competed in the junior age group of the 4-H Division, which had a total of 28 teams and over 100 individuals participating in the contest. The Alva 4-H team placed second in the contest, an excellent showing. Team members included Colby Mackey, Tara Owen, Brady Lott and Payden Nusser. Waynoka 4-H had the fifth-place...
Alva City Council members thought everything was set for the municipal election in April. They’d approved the election resolution and the notice had been published with four council seats (Seat 1 in each ward) and the city treasurer position open for filing next week. However, the city was notified by the election board that two other council seats need to be on the list. Those two council members were appointed to fill vacancies. So Ward 2 Seat 2 and Ward 3 Seat 2 also need to be on April municipal election. The filing period for these two sea...
The Alva Board of Education will be discussing bid proposals for phase 2 of the Indoor Practice Facility at their meeting Monday. The board meets at 5 p.m. in the district office at 418 Flynn. Once they’ve discussed bids, the board may vote to accept a bid for the facility construction. A related item on the agenda calls for discussion with possible board action to approve the donation of $9,000 from Todd and Mary Margaret Miller to the AHS Football Activity Fund sub account for the purchase of furniture in the Indoor Practice Facility. In o...
A car and truck collided on U.S. Highway 281 South about 12:45 Saturday afternoon, Feb. 4, in front of Champ's Restaurant and Jiffy Trip. Witnesses at Jiffy Trip said it appeared the white car pulled out in the path of a farm truck carrying a large round hay bale, which resulted in the car being broadsided. The airbags deployed and the Alva emergency crews had to remove both doors from the driver's side to take the automobile driver to Share Medical Center's ER....
A class that ended up being split between two training officers completed their training to become prison guards on Friday, Feb. 3, at Northwest Technology Center. The initial instructor, Andrea Jordan, became ill during the course of the class and so Deanna Haskins, DOC training officer, completed the job. Several speeches were given, with the main commencement speech provided by David Parker, regional director of DOC for Region II. However, a student, Joseph Bronaugh, provided the following...
OKLAHOMA COUNTY – An elaborate plan to smuggle drugs into Oklahoma facilities was busted by the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office and the Department of Corrections. "It was a very complicated scheme that they had put together, and it took a lot of good detective work on our part in order to bring this down," said Mark Opgrande with the Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office. Authorities said it started when Christian Eric Meador, an Alva prison inmate, got Jessica Bolton involved in the drug t...
Three arrests on drug and alcohol charges resulted from a traffic stop in Alva on Wednesday, Jan. 25. According to court records, about 10:08 p.m. Trooper Brock Morgan stopped a vehicle that had been traveling 43 mph in a 35 mph zone on Oklahoma Boulevard. The vehicle made a turn north on Seventh Street just before Morgan activated his emergency lights and made the stop. Morgan asked the driver, Joy Fife, to have a seat in his patrol vehicle while he checked her license. He observed that Fife was unsteady on her feet and had to use the front...
Woods Girl Scouts kick off the cookie season with a cookie rally. Cookies have arrived in town and the scouts are busily selling to their customers. Booth sales will begin on Feb. 17 and run through March 26. The cookie rally gets the girls excited about the sale and reminds them all about their cookies and what they can earn this year. This is the 100th year of selling Girl Scout cookies and the first documented sale of cookies was in the state of Oklahoma in Muskogee in 1917. To finance the sc...
Alva's Girl Scout Troop #969 helped the residents at the Homestead decorate picture frames and hearts for their Valentine craft. Carla Hess, the new activity director, asked the scouts to help her with their craft activity. The scouts helped the residents participating decide which craft they wanted to do. The residents glued on old puzzle pieces to their craft choice and then spray painted and glittered them. After the crafts dried, they applied magnets so the residents can hang them in their...
Complaints of a loud party at an Alva apartment led officers to evidence that caused them to arrest two residents. According to court documents, on Jan. 20 about 9:30 p.m. Woods County Deputy Sheriff Adam Honeyman and Alva Police Officer Brian File went to the Aspen Apartments on Hart Street. They were approached by the property manager who said another tenant complained of a strong odor of marijuana coming from the apartment in question. When the officers went to the apartment, they could see visible smoke coming from around the door jamb and...
Both cars were heavily damaged in a two-vehicle collision on Oklahoma Boulevard in Alva on Saturday, Jan. 14. The wreck occurred about 5 p.m. at the intersection with Logan Street. According to the police report, Bradley Williams, 20, of Alva said he was in a 2005 Hyundai stopped at the stop sign on Logan and pulled out onto Oklahoma Boulevard because he didn't see the approaching vehicle. Williams' car stuck the front passenger side of a 2005 Lincoln driven by Jenna Micholson, 24, of Alva....
An Alva woman was injured when her vehicle struck a deer in Woodward County Friday. Patricia Jessup, 53, of Alva was taken by Freedom EMS to Alliance Health in Woodward where she was admitted in stable condition with neck and trunk internal injuries. She was then transferred by Air-Evac to OU Medical in Oklahoma City. The collision occurred at 7:35 a.m. on State Highway 50 approximately 19.1 miles north of Mooreland. According to the highway patrol report, Jessup was driving a 2009 Chrysler 300 south on State Highway 50, struck a deer and...
Ehan Flynt got a "yes" after he went public asking Payton Jones to be his date at the Alva High School prom. The pair have been dating for a while and the boyfriend convinced Jesse Jones, Payton's dad, to put the sign up....
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the Feb. 14 Annual School Election for Waynoka and Freedom Public Schools, Woods County Election Board Secretary Sandra Koehn said today. Please keep the following information and tips in mind as the election approaches. • Early voting is available at the county election board office located in Suite C of the Professional Building at 410 4th St. on Thursday, Feb. 9, and Friday, Feb. 10, from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. • Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Lines are possible at peak voting times. Wai...
According to police, a driver failed to stop at a red light, which led to a collision at Fourth Street and Oklahoma Boulevard in Alva on Friday, Jan. 20, about noon. Xuhui Kuang, 43, of Fairview was driving a 2016 Chevrolet south on Fourth Street. Patrick Harris, 60, of Alva was westbound on Oklahoma Boulevard in a 2009 Ford F1S. Kuang’s traffic light was red, and Harris’s light was green. Kuang failed to stop and the front left of his vehicle struck the Harris vehicle in the back right fender. K9 Commander Patrick Hawley investigated. Thr...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Alva campus is partnering with the Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) to hold a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 14–15, in the Student Center Ranger Room. Northwestern sorority members from Delta Zeta and Alpha Sigma Alpha are co-sponsoring the event. All blood donors will receive a free limited edition “Blood Donor Challenge” T-shirt, free health screenings and donor rewards points. Donors are asked have a photo ID available to give blood. OBI is encouraging everyone to acce...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s new doctor of nursing practice (DNP) program is accepting applications for the inaugural class that will begin study in August. The application deadline is March 20. Northwestern is one of only two public universities in Oklahoma to offer a DNP program. Admission requirements and an application packet can be found at www.nwosu.edu/bsn-to-dnp. Tuition and expenses for the doctoral program can be found at this link as well. Northwestern’s DNP program is a practice-focused doctorate, rather than the tra...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Natural Science Department will play host to a Science and Religion Workshop on Sunday, Feb. 12, at 3 p.m. in the Science Amphitheater on the Alva campus. This event is free and open to the public. Dr. Aaron Place, professor of biology at Northwestern, encourages people to attend who are interested to learn more about the relationship between religion and science in an informal gathering. Place and the Rev. J.F. Wickey of the United Church of Christ will give short talks about the topics. A discussion t...
Hopefully Cleo and I will be home to read this. Cleo became ill two weeks ago today with stomach issues and we began our hospital adventure. We started out at Share Medical Center and then she was mediflighted to St Anthony’s in Oklahoma City. I want to give Dr. Rader two thumbs up. He came in after three days of treatment (two by him) on the TV and asked Cleo how she felt. Her reply was, she felt no better than when she got there. His response: if I have treated you for two days and you are no...
RED ROCK, Okla.—The Alva High School Goldbugs were back on the road this Friday as they faced off with the Frontier Mustangs. It was a tough battle for the Goldbugs against the Mustangs as Alva was able to stay within reach of Frontier for the first quarter, trailing by just four points, 13-17, going into the second. The Goldbugs cut that lead to two off a putback from Grant Ritter, but 15-3 run form the Mustangs gave them a commanding lead over Alva with the score at 18-32. Shutting out the second quarter with a buzzer-beater trey, gave the M...
RED ROCK, Okla.—The Alva High School Ladybugs had another road game on Friday night as they battled against the Frontier Lady Mustangs in a hard-fought win heading into the weekend. Whitney Randall led the way, attacking the basket while Frontier couldn’t find an answer for her along the baseline. The Ladybugs inside game helped notch a 52-48 victory over the Lady Mustangs, but it was a tough win. It was a close matchup throughout the entire night with five tie-ups and six lead changes before halftime. Though the Lady Mustangs led Alva 23-...
The Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association has announced pairings for Class 3A basketball district playoffs. Districts are Feb. 16-18. Alva teams will play host to Crooked Oak. OK Centennial will host Chandler, Luther hosts Okemah, and OK Christian School will host Perry. The regional main site for these teams will be OK Christian School with OK Centennial as the sub-site. Additional district playoffs in Class 3A Area I are Hennessey at Chisholm, Cascia Hall at Holland Hall, Meeker at Star-Spencer and Community Christian at...
Northwestern Oklahoma State's baseball team took on two MIAA opponents in Northwest Missouri State and Fort Hays State Saturday, Feb. 4, and went 1-1 on the afternoon. The Rangers were on the wrong end of Game One against the Bearcats, 15-0, but turned the tables in Game Two, crushing the Tigers 13-3 in a mercy-rule game. Five different Rangers recorded multiple hits during the two contests: Nathan Kane (2-for-3), Colton Krokroskia (2-for-5), Steven Deckard (2-5), Garrett Douglas (2-6) and...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State opened up their season Friday afternoon when they took the field against MIAA opponent, Fort Hays State and came away with a big opening day win, 4-2. One of the big stories of the game was transfer pitcher Bryce Tomlin who took the mound in the first game of the season and his first in a Ranger uniform, going six innings, earning six strikeouts while surrendering just one hit. Seven different Rangers joined the hitting column in the contest, helping the offense plate four runs, which was good enough f...
