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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 Angela Kay Loredo, Carmen, 34, has been...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 8:43 a.m. Cattle out east of the four-way stop north of Cherokee. 10:44 a.m. Caller advised someone had driven in their field, on County Road 660 and Bryan Road, and done donuts. 1:16 p.m. Lady advised her husband had fallen and needed help to get him up. Medic en route. No transport needed. 5:09 p.m. Caller advised of a fuel truck hauling a hose, dragging and it smelled like gas. Deputy en route. Negative contact. 9:33 p.m. Deputy en route to Carmen to assist DHS. 11:44 p.m. Called advised white pick-up sitting in the...
Going strong 33 years, Kiowa's First State Bank Labor Day 5K Race is giving back to the community. Friday on behalf of the 5K run, Melissa Rector presented checks totaling $2,140 to three organizations. She presented $1,000 checks to both Mobile Meals and Friends of the Kiowa District Hospital and Manor Foundation. South Barber's USD 255 vocal music department also received $140 to send some students to one of the performances of the Northwestern Concert Series in Alva. These financial gifts...
Real Estate Transfers Book 822 page 171:John Quigley Revocable Trust, Grantor, conveys unto the Quigley Family Revocable Living Trust, Grantee. E/2,NW/4, section 28, township 29, range 12, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 822 page 264: Farmers Cooperative, grantor, convey unto Perry A. Sciara, grantee. Lots 7 and 8, North of Mill Switch block 23, original town of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. Book 822 page 265: Farmers Cooperative, grantor, convey unto Perry A. Sciara, grantee. Lots 9 and 10, North of...
January 29, 2018 Deputy Paasch investigated a theft at southeast Pleasant Hills. Deputy Passch investigated a non-injury accident at the south Barber High School. January 30, 2018 Kiowa ambulance transported patient from the Kiowa Manor to the Kiowa Hospital. January 31, 2018 Christopher James Slifko, Derby, driving semi-truck, hit a cow belonging to Stephen Gugelmeyer, Kiowa, Kansas, on US-281 south of Medicine Lodge. Unknown damage, no injuries, investigated by Deputy Woods. Sheriff Small and Deputy Paasch investigate suspicious activity on...
Alfalfa County received a report of a hysterical, hallucinating and combative female in Carmen at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 31. County law enforcement and emergency medical people responded. According to documents in the case, Deputy Loren Nusser was on his way when he was told the woman had broken into a neighbor’s house in the 500 block of Central, had been kicked out and was trying to break into another house. Nusser asked that Undersheriff Gary Mast be contacted for assistance. Nusser t...
During the day of Wednesday, Jan. 31, Barber County Sheriff’s Department officers and the U.S. Marshall’s office executed an arrest warrant in Kiowa, Kansas. A tip from a local citizen by phone call prompted law enforcement to come to Kiowa to a residence that was temporarily housing the man who was arrested. That’s according to Barber County Undersheriff Dusty Brewer, who said Marcus Lee Miller was arrested. The undersheriff confirmed the warrant was from the Department of Corrections Parole Board. He said that Miller, who is not from Kiowa...
JEFF KLETKE Funeral services for Jeff Kletke will be Thursday, February 8, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church with Reverend Aaron Wagner officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Lutheran Cemetery under the direction of Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchaple.com. Jeff, son of Barbara (Littrell) and Edward Martin Kletke, was born on February 6, 1960, in Alva, Oklahoma. Jeff passed away suddenly on Saturday, February 3, 2018, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He...
The Alva School District is in good shape, according to Superintendent Steve Parkhurst. The fiscal year (FY) 2018 general fund is $10,417,593.89, up $765,158.74 from FY 2017. Warrant comparison shows the district has spent $295,378.73 more this year than last. Even gross production tax is up about $10,000 from the year previous. Employee changes include Clayton Walker resigning from Alva High School (AHS), Laura Beth Hamil resigning as a paraprofessional because she is facing numerous surgeries, and Louis Zwiefelhofer custodian at Longfellow...
All members were present Monday night, Feb. 5, for Waynoka's monthly school board meeting. Superintendent Scott Cline gave his report right after the consent agenda was approved. Starting with the school's financial situation, he said revenue for this month is up about $400,000 more than last year due to the valuation increase while expenditures stayed relatively the same. More money is being brought in compared to what's being spent. Building fund revenue is up as well while building expenditures are down. He said though expenses in child...
On Jan. 30, Gov. Mary Fallin issued a proclamation declaring a burn ban for the western part of Oklahoma. Nothing in these guidelines relieves an individual from responsibility for his or her actions. If the use of fire in contracting, welding, cooking, or for any other purpose results in a wildfire, the individual conducting such activity is responsible for the immediate suppression of the fire, and for damages that might occur from such fire. As is broadly defined in O.S. Title 2, Article 16,...
Jeff White has retired from the Cherokee School Board after nine years of service. He was honored with a certificate and cake at the Monday night school board meeting. In other honors, Angel Hernandez, a state-level vice-president for the FCCLA, made the ballot for the state president's position. If he isn't elected president, he will still get the first vice-president's seat. Sydney Wyatt was one of three to receive the Harry Gore Scholarship at Wichita State. Taylor Miller received a...
A second student-athlete has been dismissed from the football program at Northwestern Oklahoma State University as a result of an altercation that occurred at the Nite Lite club in Alva on Sunday, Jan. 28, according to a statement posted from NWOSU Monday. The Woods County Sheriff’s Office is in charge of the investigation into the incident. No...
Friday night is Basketball Homecoming at South Barber High School in Kiowa, Kansas. The Chieftains host the Central Christian Cougars. One of three senior young women will be crowned homecoming queen during the coronation held at halftime of the boys game, approximately 8:30 p.m. Those candidates are: Kylee Wright, Kaleigh Velasquez and Glenna Williams. A picture of those girls and an introduction of them was featured in the Newsgram last week. The class attendants and their escorts are: Freshman – Nora Gugelmeyer and Emilio Perez; Sophomore ...
Last week an article in the Newsgram featured business from the January meeting of the Kiowa District Hospital. This article covers financial, statistical and more information from that meeting. As reported, all board members attended. Board President Pat Myers called the meeting to order with Chantae Simpson, Miranda Allen, Jim Parker and Jeff Miller present. CEO Margaret Grismer also sat at the board table. CFO Janell Goodno was also present to give financial reports and more. Many KDH employees attended the meeting, including: Komari Ruiz,...
Cherokee Public Schools librarian Lindsay Headlee will be honored at the Professional Oklahoma Educators Foundation Excellence in Education Awards Banquet to be held on April 13 in Oklahoma City. She has been named a finalist for the Olan Isbell Merit Award. The Excellence in Education Awards Banquet is a venue for recognizing and rewarding Oklahoma educators who demonstrate a commitment to their students in teaching strength of character and excellence in the classroom. Award nominees must go...
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Monday, Feb. 5, at 10 a.m. All commissioners were present as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, and Doug Dorris. After the call to order the invocation was given by Dorris, interim pastor at Lavern Christian Church, and the flag salute was led by Lambert. The minutes from the previous meeting with the monthly officer reports, M&O, appropriations and blanket purchase orders were approved by the commissioners. Monthly highway expenditures and allocation of the alcohol beverage ta...
Voters will go to the polls Tuesday for the Feb. 13 General Election for Senate District 27, Woods County Election Board Secretary Sandra Koehn said today. Please keep the following information and tips in mind as the election approaches. • Early voting will be available on Thursday, Feb. 8, and Friday, Feb. 9, from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m, and Saturday, Feb. 10, from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. • Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. Lines are possible at peak voting times. Wait times will likely be shortest at mid-morning and mid...
Burlington beat Cherokee 48-47....
Burlington beat Cherokee, 66-45....
(From the web.) For those who love the philosophy of ambiguity, as well as the idiosyncrasies of English: • One tequila, two tequila, three tequila … floor. • Atheism is a non-prophet organization. • If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes? • The main reason that Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live. • I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, “Where's the self-help section?” She said if she told me, it would defeat th...
MONTICELLO, Ark. – The Ouachita Tiger baseball team is back to .500 on the season after an 8-4 victory over the University of Arkansas at Monticello on Tuesday afternoon. Ouachita (2-2) has now scored eight or more runs in back-to-back games for the first time since March 17-18th of last season, when they defeated East Central University 8-6 in game one and 18-7 in game two of the three game series. Victor Draijer (Heansted, The Netherlands) worked a one-out walk in the top of the first inning. Kyle Alexander (Conway, Ark.) took a 2-1 pitch a...
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. - After helping the Lady Muleriders jump out to a 4-0 start to the 2018 campaign, Southern Arkansas sophomore pitcher Victoria Taylor has been tabbed as the Great American Conference's Pitcher of the Week as announced by the league offices on Tuesday morning. Taylor was dominant in both of her starts this weekend at the Ronnie Hawkins Invitational. The sophomore tossed a pair of complete game shutouts and racked up 19 strikeouts in 14 innings in the circle. A native of Greenwood, Arkansas, Taylor allowed just six hits and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some immigrants may have been "too afraid" or "too lazy" to sign up for the Obama-era program that offers protection from deportation, White House chief of staff John Kelly said Tuesday as he defended President Donald Trump's proposal on the divisive issue. Kelly discounted the possibility that Trump would announce a temporary extension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program beyond March 5, when its protections could expire. He said the administration would not ask Congress to set a later date to give bargainers...
