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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 Dustin Ray Edsall, Aline, 37, has been...
Real Estate Transfers Book 813, Page 904: Forrest H. Nelson; conveys unto Forrest H. Nelson as Trustee of the Forrest H. Nelson Trust. The SW/4 of S24-T27N-R12W. Quitclaim Deed. Book 813, Page 968: William O. Baker and Teresa Ann Baker, Trustees of the Bill and Teresa Baker Family Trust; convey unto Gene Alan Zrust, Trustee of the Alan Zrust Revocable Trust. NW/4 of S1-T23N-R9W. Warranty Deed. Book 814, Page 110: Willie Charles Harrelson and Brenda D. Harrelson; convey unto Michael S. Keller and Donna S. Keller. S/2 of Lot 18 and all of Lots...
Tuesday, June 6, 2017 8:05 a.m. 911 call, male having trouble with his blood pressure being over 200. RP was out of meds and was wanting to be taken to Enid hospital. Paged medic. Medic en route with patient in St. Mary's Hospital. 8:16 a.m. Residential alarm going off at the back door. 8:38 a.m. Contacted Cherokee Manor about a missing person for the night before. Found out he had not been found. Advised of the possibility he may be headed to the Tulsa area where he lived prior to the Manor. The nurse asked about the possibility of looking at...
June 5, 2017 Kiowa ambulance transported patient from north 13th to Kiowa Hospital. June 6, 2017 Kiowa ambulance transported patient from Kiowa Hospital to St. Francis is Wichita. Undersheriff Brewer, Deputy Woods investigated a suspicious vehicle in Hardtner. Medicine Lodge ambulance transported patient from Sharon to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. June 7, 2017 Undersheriff Brewer responded to an alarm on Pleasant Hill Road. June 8, 2017 Deputy McAbee investigated a traffic hazard in Hardter. David J. Carkoski, Loup City, Nebraska, driving...
Airport Manager Greg Murray said agreement has been reached with five individuals who have leased newly constructed hangars at the Alva Regional Airport. He said, “We have lease agreements printed and are awaiting signatures on two others.” He also said one individual has expressed interest and will likely provide an answer by the end of the week. At that point, Murray said, “We can declare the prospective hangar waiting list to be completed and a new one can be started.” Murray was turned down on an idea of putting a television monitor...
Burlington's Board of Education held a special meeting the evening of June 2. The main order of business was hiring a new principal and music teacher. This is to replace Principal Shane Feely and his wife Kiley Feely, who was vocal music, band director and librarian at Burlington. Shane Feely accepted a principal position at an Alva elementary school and Kiley Feely is elementary vocal music teacher at Alva. Following a nearly three-hour executive session the board hired Lane Pruett as the new principal at Burlington for the 2017-2018 school...
Investigation of a domestic disturbance in Aline led to the arrest of a man on unrelated felony charges. According to court records, on June 1 Alfalfa County Deputy TJ Rockenbach was called to Ash Street in Aline for a domestic situation between a man and woman. Before he arrived dispatch advised the man had left the residence in a white Dodge pickup, driven around the block, parked the truck and was walking back to the residence. When Deputy Rockenbach arrived, he spoke with the woman who said the man, Dustin Edsall, had tried to choke her...
A Cherokee woman reported her vehicle stolen on May 22. According to court documents, Cherokee Assistant Police Chief Ryan McNeil was dispatched to the Cherokee Inn about 11 p.m. He spoke with Christin Michelle Curry who said she was with another woman in a motel room when Charles J. Garner took the keys to her silver 2001 Chevy Blazer. She said he didn’t ask for the keys but just took them from her. She said she told Garner to give the keys back, but he wouldn’t and then “took off.” Curry said Garner scared her and she wanted to press charges...
A Cherokee man has been charged with domestic assault and battery after another man was injured. According to court records, on May 27 about 12:24 a.m. Cherokee Police Officer William Irvin was contacted by the Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Department and was told he was needed at 113 W. Sixth St. where Charles Garner had fallen through a window and had some large cuts on his neck. When he arrived, Irvin saw Curtis Kimminau sitting on the porch of the residence. Alfalfa County Deputy TJ Rockenbach was inside assisting Garner who was sitting on t...
At the regular June meeting of Kiowa's City Council, they hired a new city clerk. She is Patricia (Trish) Brewer, wife of Barber County Undersheriff Dusty Brewer. City Administrator Lou Leone said Brewer will officially be appointed by Mayor Brandon Farney at a special council meeting at the end of June. Mayor Farney attended the meeting with all members present including Bill Watson, R. L. Simpson, Russell Molz, Brian Hill and Tom Wells. Leone was also at the council along with city attorney Laurel McClellan and interim city clerk Lynette Call...
A plan to get his wife in trouble backfired for a Cherokee man. He ended up with additional felony charges along with his wife. Corwyn Michael Madison, 26, of Cherokee has been charged with three felonies: (1) child neglect, (2) possession of controlled dangerous substance (methamphetamine) and (3) maintaining a place for keeping and/or selling controlled substance. He is also charged with a misdemeanor of unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia. His wife, Mandy Lee Madison, 37, of Cherokee is charged with the same three felonies and one...
A former Department of Corrections employee is facing charges related to intimacy with an inmate and bringing cellphones into a prison. The incidents allegedly took place at James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) in Helena. Terranda Michelle Murry, 33, of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, has been charged with two felony counts: (1) bringing and/or possession of cell phone or electronic device in penal institution and (2) sexual battery. The first charge is punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or by a fine not exceeding...
Registered sex offenders are not allowed in state parks. Apparently that was news to a man visiting the Great Salt Plains State Park in Alfalfa County. According to court documents, on Saturday, May 20, Park Ranger Ryan Webster was on patrol in the South Spillway area when he saw two men fishing. He spoke with them and checked their fishing licenses. While doing a public records check, Webster learned that one of the men, Michael David Owens, is a registered sex offender with a status of active and aggravated and a requirement to register for...
Superintendent's Honor Roll 12th Grade—Bailey Roberts, Emily Rugg 11th Grade—Kacee Hostetler, Trae Rathgeber 8th Grade—Nora Gugelmeyer 7th Grade—Claire Pollock Principal's Honor Roll 12th Grade—Sabrina Hughbanks, Anna Perez, Madison Polson 11th Grade—Idallis Shafer 10th Grade—Hermen Carbajo, Brent Grismier, Katie Holcolm, Savannah Hughbanks, Taylor Pollock, Morgan Polson, Kanakom Thongmeesang 8th Grade—Chloe Blunk, Sterling Rector, Shalea Watts, Keaton Wiske Honorable Mention 12th Grade—Grant Cantrell, Gavin Doherty, Spencer Kimmell 11th Grad...
Kenny and Tina Shafer, Alva, are pleased to announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Emily Morgan Shafer, to Baysil James Prather, son of Jeff and Rhonda Prather, Mooreland, and Tara Crow of Woodward. Emily is the granddaughter of Allen and Pat Shafer, Richard Kutz and Pat Shafer, David and Lyn Lyon, all of Alva, and the late Del Lyon. Baysil is the grandson of Anne Prather and the late Dan Prather Sr., Mooreland, and Charlotte North and the late Bill North of...
The county commissioners approved road crossing permits for Rodco and SemGas. Part of the road crossings will be for the long 60-mile pipeline being laid from southern Woods County to near Seiling. Six-month bids arrived and had not been opened. The commissioners voted to have the clerk's secretary to open, list and organize the best bids. They did the same with ballot bids. They will be opened by the election board clerk and a recommendation will be brought to the commissioners later. They accepted a bid from Bidadoo.com (an auction firm) to...
Wednesday morning, June 13, members of the Woods County Industrial Development Authority heard from Sonja Williams, executive director, that the three buildings owned by the authority are now rented. The Waynoka Incubator building, which has been empty for several months, has been rented to Centurion Artificial Lift, LLC, which creates unique oil field pumps. The firm gets a break on rent because they will be working with Northwest Technology Center's incubator program. Rent starts out at $875 per month and will increment upwards to $2,500...
The Lord called our sweet angel home on June 6, 2017. Dolly Marie (Ferrell) Daniels left this earth peacefully at home, surrounded by those who love her. Dolly was given the gift of life and she enjoyed it to the fullest. Dolly was the ninth child of ten born to Leon and Maude Marie (Winans) Ferrell on January 19, 1935, at home in northern Alfalfa County. She grew up in the Driftwood, Oklahoma, area. She enjoyed telling everyone that she had nine siblings, naming them in order – seven b...
Reverend JF Wickey III passed away Friday, June 9, 2017, at his home in Alva, Oklahoma, after a short but severe illness. He was 59 years young. Preceding him in death were his grandparents John M. Sims and Mildred Kincaid-Sims, also of Alva, and his grandparents Helene Lee and John F. Wickey of St. Louis, Missouri. He is survived by his parents John F. and Patricia Wickey, his sister Janet Wickey-Spence and her husband Luke (all of Webster Groves, Missouri), and his fiancé and best friend...
The Alva Arena Authority continues to meet to create plans to build a large arena. Over the last few months, the group has viewed several designs. At their June 6 meeting, they decided to go back to the original rendering. The next step was to discuss interior finishes. Input was requested from the board to define what is a high-end, middle-end and low-end interior finish and the costs associated with each. The design committee said they would be meeting again soon and they would try to gather that information. In regards to funding, the bank...
A new twist on getting you to give away your personal information is hitting my email accounts about every week. One this week was allegedly from Network Solutions saying they wanted to confirm my user name and reset my password. This one got my attention because Network Solutions is the hosting firm for nearly all of our email accounts and web sites. I was suspicious so I went to NetworkSolutions.com and logged on normally with my common user name and password. There were no problems in getting...
The Burlington FFA chapter recently highlighted another year's accomplishments at the annual banquet. The evening began with a meal provided by the Burlington FFA Mother's Club and was followed with recognition of the 2016-2017 Burlington FFA Mother's Club president, Marci Hyde. Anna Motycka presented the FFA Creed and numerous proficiency awards were presented by Burlington FFA President Bayli Hyde. Tateyn Rieger was recognized as the Chapter Star Greenhand and Jonathan Armbruster was...
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — A black student who wrote about racial tension at her New Jersey high school was suspended after submitting a yearbook photo that included artwork that contained a racial slur and images of lynchings. Jamaica Ponder was suspended from Princeton High School on Monday because of the photo, (http://bit.ly/2sYb2JS ) Newsworks reported. It shows her with a group of friends in her home, where work from an art exhibition her father produced about race hangs on the wall. Submitting a photo with the racial slur in the b...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Market demand for the dirtiest of fossil fuels is plummeting worldwide, according to industry data published Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump has made reviving the long-struggling U.S. coal mines the bedrock of his administration's energy policy. The BP Statistical Review of World Energy shows global coal production fell by more than 6 percent last year. That's the largest decline in the history of BP's survey, which the British energy company has issued annually for more than six decades. It is the second straight y...
