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Alva Church of God with Pastor Sheryl White Sunday: At 9:30 a.m. Sunday school will meet, with morning worship starting at 10:30. In the evening, the youth group will meet at 5 p.m. This is for students in grades 6-12. At 6:30 p.m. Children's Ministries fo K-5th grades will meet. Young adults also meet at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Bible study will begin 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...
This month we celebrate Valentine’s Day. This is a day when we show love to those around us in various ways. Love is something that should be a part of everyday life. Is it part of your everyday life? This month at Cedar Grove we will work through the book of Ruth. This is a great book to study as we consider the many aspects of love. Two of the key themes of Ruth is kindness and redemption. Both are aspects of love that Christ showed to us and expects us to show to others. When we do not show t...
Going for a walk in the cool of the day is a very relaxing exercise that is beneficial in so many ways. It gets our heart rate up and running for a certain length of time, which helps our cardiovascular system become healthier. If we have a partner to walk with, it also allows us to converse with that person about the details of our day, week, year and entire life. This sharing of our lives with one another is a very healthy practice that builds trust in others as well as developing our heart and soul’s strength. In the Christian’s life, we...
The teachers at Alva Middle School have selected Kayla Maier and Jakobi Rose, eighth grade; Kalyn Berry and Christian Callahan, seventh grade; and Elliana Reames and Raiden Dooley, sixth grade, as AMS Students of the Month for December. Kayla Maier is in eighth grade and is the daughter of Steve and Amber Maier. Her grandparents are Randy and Susan Hill, Milton and Becky Hicks, David and Sue George, and John Maier. Her favorite classes are math and Electric Voices Show Choir. She is involved in...
“You talk too much, you worry me to death” – Joe Jones, 1960. An article by Dan Lyons in Time Magazine asks, “Do you know any overtalkers?” Honestly, aren’t we all guilty of that at one time or another? In addition to cornering conversations telling stories you have already heard, overtalkers bore you with family drama, interrupt with useless trivia, or get into trouble with thoughtless tweets. Success today is measured by how much attention we can get. We see it on social media where apps...
This Saturday morning Laverne is having a community wide prayer service to ask our Lord and Savior to make it rain. I don’t know how dry we are. I know we are drier than the dirty '30s and when it was so dry in the 1950s. I know wheat pastures are brown and not green. I know the pastures don’t look dormant, they look dead. I know that if we don’t get moisture in the next 60-90 days, cattlemen and farmers are going to have to make some tough decisions. I know that if farmers and ranchers have to make tough decisions then stores and busin...
This is a story about a guy named Matt Williams. While numerous people have that name, this particular Matt Williams played football for Texas Tech University a few years ago. Matt was born and raised in Weatherford, Texas, graduating from high school there in 2006. He played on the football and soccer squads; in football, he was the team’s place kicker as well as a wide receiver. After high school, Matt attended Tarleton State University and tried out for the football team as a “walk-on” (meani...
The City of Alva has seven offices open for election this spring, and five of them will be contested with two or more candidates filing. The two offices drawing only one candidate filing are City Clerk with incumbent Melody Theademan filing and Councilmember, Ward 3 Seat 2 with incumbent Sadie Bier filing. Following are the candidates for the other five offices that will be on the April 4 ballot: • Councilmember, Ward 1 Seat 2: Garret Lahr (incumbent), Justin Scribner and Jeramie Wade Bradford • Councilmember, Ward 2 Seat 2: Gail Swallow (in... Full story
Team Standings O'Bar – 5 ½ wins, 37 ½ losses Knights of Columbus – 56 wins, 40 losses Dilly Dilly – 54 losses, 42 wins Rollin GoodTimes – 48 ½ wins, 47 ½ losses The Bowl Movements – 44 ½ wins, 51 ½ losses Holy Bowlers – 38 wins, 46 losses Livin' on a Spare – 42 wins, 54 losses Marshall's Oldtimers—40 ½ wins, 55 ½ losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game Dilly Dilly – 875 Knights of Columbus – 813 Rollin GoodTimes – 810 Scratch Series Dilly Dilly – 2456 Knights of Columbus – 2335 Rollin GoodTimes – 2275 Handicap Game Dilly Dilly – 1168 Li...
Team Standings O'Bar – 5 ½ wins, 37 ½ losses Knights of Columbus – 56 wins, 40 losses Dilly Dilly – 54 losses, 42 wins Rollin GoodTimes – 48 ½ wins, 47 ½ losses The Bowl Movements – 44 ½ wins, 51 ½ losses Holy Bowlers – 38 wins, 46 losses Livin' on a Spare – 42 wins, 54 losses Marshall's Oldtimers—40 ½ wins, 55 ½ losses Last Week's Top Scores Scratch Game Dilly Dilly – 875 Knights of Columbus – 813 Rollin GoodTimes – 810 Scratch Series Dilly Dilly – 2456 Knights of Columbus – 2335 Rollin GoodTimes – 2275 Handicap Game Dilly Dilly – 1168 Li...
There was some unplanned excitement during the Alva Ladybug game Tuesday night. Toward the end of the first quarter play between Alva and Woodward, the fire alarm sounded. People were filing out and the teams were preparing to exit the floor when the announcer said it was a false alarm. The newspaper's photographer said the alarm was set off by burnt popcorn in the concession stand. There was no more popcorn served that evening. Play resumed, and the Ladybugs led 12-7 at the end of the quarter.... Full story
It was Senior Night Tuesday at the Alva High School basketball game against Woodward. With ten seniors on the team, Coach Shane Feely chose to start five of them. With the change in configuration, the Goldbugs had a slow start in scoring, trailing 15-11 at the end of the first quarter. As more of the usual starters rotated in, Alva added 22 points in the second quarter to lead 33-26 at halftime. The Goldbugs continued to stretch their lead, winning 78-52 against the Boomers. First Half Woodward... Full story
PHOENIX (AP) — A coalition of Native American groups who have lobbied the Kansas City Chiefs to abandon their mascot, logo and the fan-driven "tomahawk chop" said Thursday the team's return to the Super Bowl has emboldened them more than ever. "People are trying to be really positive about Kansas City and what it does and how like 'Yes, sports binds us all together,' " Rhonda LeValdo, founder of the Kansas City-based Indigenous activist group Not In Our Honor, said at a news conference. "It's not bringing our people into this celebration t...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A faulty weld at a bend in an oil pipeline contributed to a spill that dumped nearly 13,000 bathtubs' worth of crude oil into a northeastern Kansas creek, the pipeline's operator said Thursday, estimating the cost of cleaning it up at $480 million. Canadian-based TC Energy said the flawed weld caused a crack that then grew over time because of the stress on the bend in its Keystone pipeline system in rural pastureland in Washington County, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) northwest of Kansas City. The company said the w...
MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Dennis the Menace has been found. A statue of the comic strip character that was stolen from a park in Monterey, California, last summer was found submerged in a nearby lake. "Today is a happy day!" Monterey County Sheriff Tina Nieto said Wednesday at a press conference where the statue was wheeled in on a handcart. The sheriff's dive team found the 3-foot-tall (1 meter) statue in Roberts Lake after Monterey city police received an anonymous tip about its location. Dennis the Menace has a big but oddly troubled local c...
PALM COAST, Fla. (AP) — Crime might not pay, but authorities say a criminal tried to. Authorities arrested a Florida man who they said broke into a convenience store and took a few items, although he left his debit card behind. In a video Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly posted to Facebook, the suspect told deputies he left his debit card so he "could come back later and pay" for the items he took. "I didn't want to steal anything, you know, that's against the law," he said in the video. Deputies responded to an alarm at a closed Palm Coast g...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — One of three Memphis Police officers who initially detained Tyre Nichols last month has admitted he did not witness the alleged reckless driving that was the justification for pulling over Nichols but still approached his car while brandishing his gun, according to police documents seeking to bar him from working in law enforcement. That Jan. 7 traffic stop quickly escalated into a beating, and Nichols died three days later. Officer Preston Hemphill's own body camera showed that from the very beginning of the traffic s...
PHOENIX (AP) — Rihanna is putting in the work ahead of her Super Bowl halftime show, focusing so hard on what she promises will be "a jam-packed show" that her upcoming birthday and Valentine's Day almost slipped her mind. "The setlist was the biggest challenge. That was the hardest, hardest part. Deciding how to maximize 13 minutes but also celebrate — that's what this show is going to be. It's going to be a celebration of my catalog in the best way that we could have put it together," Rihanna said. At a media preview Thursday ahead of Sunday'...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Delaware man who threatened a Black police officer with a pole attached to a Confederate battle flag as he stormed the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to three years in prison. Kevin Seefried, 53, tearfully apologized for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot before U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sentenced him. "I never wanted to send a message of hate," Seefried said. McFadden said it was deeply troubling that Seefried wielded the flagpole as a weapon against the officer. "Bringing a Confederate flag i...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Producers of spirits have new bragging rights in the age-old whiskey vs. beer barroom debate. New figures show that spirits surpassed beer for U.S. market-share supremacy, based on supplier revenues, a spirit industry group announced Thursday. The rise to the top for spirit-makers was fueled in part by the resurgent cocktail culture — including the growing popularity of ready-to-drink concoctions — as well as strong growth in the tequila and American whiskey segments, the Distilled Spirits Council of the United State...
