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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. Misdemeanor Filings Jeffery Baughman, 23, Blackwell, has...
Patricia Reese, Carmen vs. Stephen Edward Reese, Cherokee: divorce ($262.14)....
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 6:32 a.m. Reporting party (RP) needed an ambulance for her husband, who was in a lot of pain and had COPD. His doctor advised to go to St. Mary's Hospital in Enid. Advised Cherokee ambulance and Nescatunga first responders. Medic with the patient en route to St. Mary's Hospital in Enid. 7:37 a.m. Officer had a traffic stop on Grand. 8:10 a.m. RP advised a of small fender bender at the Jiffy Trip. 10:47 a.m. RP advised they have a skid steer on a fire. They have two units from Forestry there but need the foam unit to...
January 30, 2017 Sheriff Small and Undersheriff Brewer investigated a burglary in Kiowa. Medicine Lodge Rural Fire Department responded to a grass fire on Clover Road. Deputy McLemore and Deputy Suchy investigated a prowler on Crazyhorse Road. January 31, 2017 Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from West First Street to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Kiowa ambulance transported patient from Miller Street to Kiowa Hospital. February 1, 2017 Kiowa ambulance transported patient to St. Francis Hospital. February 3, 2017 Sheriff Small a...
For more than a quarter century, Richard Aldridge of Manchester has faithfully delivered the United States mail. After 26 years as a rural carrier, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, he retired. The Alva Post Office honored the occasion with a come and go reception Jan. 31 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. His wife, Barbie, and daughters, Brooke and Blair, were there to help him celebrate. Aldridge was first hired as a substitute carrier for a rural route out of the Burlington Post Office. Phyllis Otis was postmaster....
The Alva Board of Education voted to hire Rick Scott Construction Inc. of Ponca City to complete the work on the Indoor Practice Facility – Phase II at a cost of $544,900 minus a removed alternate of carpeting and floor finishing of $18,857. Architect Roy Easley will be paid 7 percent for his services, which comes to about $38,000. Easley said the Scott Construction will be notified immediately, and then they have ten days to start on the project. He said the timeline for the project is 120 d...
The members of the Cherokee Public School board voted Monday night to give their bullying policy a much-needed update. The new policy, which comes from the Oklahoma State School Board Association (OSSBA), meets all requirements and will completely replace the old policy. The policy is detailed and contains thorough paperwork to document a bullying event if one occurs. A board member asked whether bullying a was a problem for Cherokee Schools, the response from school staff was “Not really, but it does happen. Parent and student conferences a...
The Kansas Cattle Drive was started so that ranchers, K-State Research and Extension, the agriculture industry, FFA, and general public can all come together and learn what's happening in the beef industry across the Midwest. Ranchers from across Kansas will be hosted on Main Street in Buhler, Kansas, on Saturday, Feb. 18. Ranchers will bring a representation of their herds to showcase in portable catch pens near the high school. Chef Alli and Debbie Lyons-Blythe will do a cooking demonstration while talking about life on the ranch. Justin Tall...
Kiowa's City Council held their February meeting Monday night. Mayor Brandon Farney called the meeting to order with members present including: R.L. Simpson, Russell Molz, Brian Hill and Tom Wells. Councilman Bill Watson arrived about 20 minutes later. Kiowa City Administrator Lou Leone, City Attorney Laurel McClellan and City Clerk Marlo Rugg also sat at the table. Discussion of purchasing a second generator for the city so they can power the entire city at once during a power outage was discussed at length. Leone said they have a $600,000...
A fatal one-vehicle wreck claimed the life of a former Waynoka resident Sunday morning. Layne Michael Meriwether, 23, of Stillwater was pronounced dead at the scene with head, leg and trunk internal injuries, according to the highway patrol report. The wreck occurred at an unknown time before 7:13 a.m. Feb. 5 on State Highway 51, 405 feet west of county road Hackelman in Payne County. The location is four miles west of Stillwater. Trooper JJ Finney, who investigated, reports that Meriwether was driving a 2006 Ford F250 eastbound on State...
Only a few candidates have filed so far for the Oklahoma municipal election on April 4. The filing period began Monday at 8 a.m. and continues today, Feb. 8, until 5 p.m. at the county election board offices. Alfalfa County has had five candidates file as of 1:30 p.m. They are: • Cherokee Commissioner at Large (Mayor): Karen Hawkins • Cherokee Ward 1 Commissioner: Michael Lee West • Burlington Board of Trustees: Jack Davis • Carmen Board of Trustees: Chris Moore • Helena Board of Trustees: Paula Burkes Burlington has only one trustee position...
Polls in Oklahoma will be open for the regular school election next Tuesday, Feb. 14, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Voters in two school districts in Alfalfa County will have a chance to vote. In the Cherokee district, voters will decide whether to approve a bond proposition. Timberlake school district will be voting for a board of education position, Office No. 2. There are three candidates for that office: Quentin Sturgeon, Jay Jenlink and Chris Clift. Woods County has two schools with board races. In the Waynoka district, three people have filed...
The Hazardous Occupation Training, more commonly known as the ATractor Safety@course, will be offered again this year for youth who intend to operate farm machinery. If you are 14 or 15 and plan on driving a tractor for someone other than your parent or a legal guardian, you MUST take this course in order to protect the farmer you will be working for. If you took the course last year and received a certificate, that certificate is still valid and you need not repeat the course. If your 14th birthday is later in 2017, you can take the course...
Investors in Value Added Products (VAP) gathered for their annual meeting Saturday at the Woods County Fairgrounds in Alva and were greeted with good food and even better news. "You should be cheering," board treasurer Terry Graham and area CPA told the investors. That's because the cooperative dough plant made a six figure net profit the last fiscal year. "This is a huge milestone." Graham further said, "We are in our 17th year. We've survived 17 years and we've paid our loans." VAP CEO Dirk...
Albert E. Williams, 88-year-old Woodward resident, died Sunday, February 5, 2017, in Woodward. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, February 9, 2017, in First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Elmwood Cemetery with Billings Funeral Home in charge of arrangements....
David Leslie Young was born July 23, 1967, and died suddenly on Saturday, February 4, 2017. He was born in Alva to parents Robert and Patricia Young, and was raised in Cherokee. He is survived by his sons Jacob Leslie, Zachary Alexander and Joey David Young; his mother and father, Robert and Patricia Young; sister Glenna Bevin; six nieces; three nephews; and multiple aunts, uncles and cousins. He is preceded in death by grandparents Roy and Opal Young, Jerald and Evelyn Leech and two nieces. Graveside services will be held at Cherokee...
Funeral services for Donald Dean Zahorsky will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, February 13, 2017, at the Marshall Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. William S. Kalfas officiating. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Donald Dean Zahorsky, son of the late David Fred and Edith Elizabeth (McCoy) Zahorsky, was born February 9, 1930, at Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away February 5, 2017, at the age of 86 years, 11 months and 26 days. Don graduated...
Funeral services for Gerald Dean “Garry” Nelson of Phoenix, Arizona, formerly of Alva, are pending with Wharton Funeral Chapel....
On February 1, 2017, Kim Dallas Dale, 63, joined His Lord and Savior. Celebration of life service was held on Saturday, February 4, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Vining Community Church in Jet. Military honors were conducted by the United States Marine Corps. Kim Dallas Dale was born on January 5, 1954, to Dallas (Tex) Dale and Nellie Corrilla (Ames) Dale, in Cherokee Oklahoma, and raised on the family farm north of the Salt Plains Lake. Kim graduated from Jet-Nash in 1972, enlisting the same year in the Marine Corps. Kim married Keitha Ann Stiffler on...
LEAGUE CITY, Texas – Funeral services for Steve were held on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Cherokee with Rev. Garry McNeill and Rev. Tom Cooksey officiating. Burial followed at Byron-Amorita Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Cherokee. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com. Steven Jack Parr, 65, of League City Texas lost his battle with cancer at home the evening of Thursday, February 2, 2017. Steven was born in C...
