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Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Closed Tuesday – Ham and beans, tomato spoon relish, oven fried potatoes, cornbread, mixed fruit crisp (diabetic: mixed fruit crisp) Wednesday – Monterey chicken with rice pilaf, carrots, Brussels sprouts, hot roll, rocky road pudding (diabetic: sugar free pudding) Thursday – Smothered steak with onion gravy, mashed potatoes, zucchini and yellow squash, hot roll, lemonade cake (diabetic: lemonade cake) Friday – Closed...
Leadership Oklahoma, Oklahoma’s preeminent educational organization for business, community, government, and non-profit leaders to learn more about our great state, recently announced the election of Tom Evans as chairman of its board of directors. Evans, who joined the Leadership Oklahoma board in 2015, succeeds Lana Reynolds, president of Seminole State College, who served as Chairman in 2020 - 2021. “It has been a great honor to have served as Chairman of the Leadership Oklahoma Board of Directors,” said Reynolds. “I am incredibly proud o...
A report by a concerned citizen and a traffic stop led to the arrest of an Alva woman. She is now facing charges in Woods County. Court records show on June 16 about 6 p.m., Woods County Undersheriff Keith Dale received a report from a concerned citizen who said his son was following a vehicle in the area west of Dacoma. The reporting person had been told empty beer cans were being thrown from the vehicle as it traveled east on a county road. Dale spoke to the concerned citizen’s son who described the vehicle and said it turned north on C... Full story
A third generation is taking over an Alva carpet cleaning business. Alva native and local businessman Van Johnson and his wife Brittany are opening Legacy Carpet Cleaning and Restoration, LLC beginning July 15. Previously known as Steamway of Alva, the business has provided service to Alva and the area for over 35 years. Van Johnson is the grandson of former Steamway owners Charles and Rita Miller. Johnson is an accountant and financial advisor in private practice in Alva. “Growing up as a kid traveling to jobs with my grandfather, he taught m...
Dr. Daniel Joyce has been giving out a different type of news to patients at Lawton’s Hearts That Care Clinic. Joyce, who runs the non-profit free clinic, has been talking to them to see if they’ll be eligible for free health coverage under the state’s Medicaid expansion that took effect Thursday. Time after time, he’s found many have been shocked – albeit pleasantly so. “I have one patient who’s been without insurance for about 10 years,” he said. “We got them the information (about Medicaid expansion) and they came back in tears saying ‘I g... Full story
A rezoning request failed for lack of a motion in the Alva Planning Commission meeting Monday, June 28. Attending were Chairman Christie Kornele and members Charles Murrow, Tyler Crawford and Mark Nichols. Mary Hamilton resigned from the Alva City Council on June 21, and there was some confusion about whether or not that meant she was no longer on the planning commission. City Business Manager Angelica Brady said Hamilton is not representing the city council on the commission so she can continue. Mayor Kelly Parker notified her by cellphone... Full story
Aaron Ralstin is star-struck! Not by Hollywood stars but by the myriad stars in the sky. After receiving his first camera around 2015 or 2016, he used it on one trip and then left it in his closet. It wasn't until some friends came to visit that this Tulsa-based photographer found his passion. "They actually took photos of the stars. That changed my whole world," he said. "I wanted to know how, and I was super excited on how to do it. I asked my friend what kind of equipment I'd need. Since then...
Dennis Burian's wife set him on the path to becoming a photographic artist. "My wife bought me my first camera when she noticed the intricacies of some work that I was doing building fishing rods, using a lot of different colored weaving on those rods. She decided I might be an artist and so she bought me my first camera," he said. That was in the 1980s and he's been taking pictures ever since. "I am still shooting on film. All of my images start with a silver gelatin negative, and they are...
As the photography editor for Pawhuska High School's yearbook, Janice began taking her own pictures. Over the years, photography has been a hobby as she pursued other life goals. Yeary raised two children, went to law school and worked as a federal lawyer for 32 years. "All that time I was kind of developing my interest in photography, taking junior college classes, going to workshops across the country," she said. Now that she is retired, Yeary says, "My sole goal in life is to take pictures...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s budget has been approved by the Regional University System of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education for fiscal year 2022. Northwestern will operate with a total budget comprised of $32,001,968, compared to last year’s budget of $26,072,311. The budget consists of $26,445,900 in E&G funding and $5,536,068 from CARES funds. The FY22 budget shows an increase of $557,926 in state appropriations. Due to this increase in funding, tuition and mandatory fees will remain the same at $24...
Noting a steady decline in Oklahoma's prison population, state corrections officials started formulating a plan to close the dilapidated William S. Key Correctional Center in Fort Supply in mid-May. The governor's office, facility's warden and senior corrections administrators were aware of the agency's decision a month later. But Northwest Oklahoma lawmakers and community leaders, who argue losing the prison will be devastating to Woodward County's economy, say they were left out of the...
The Alva City Council will hold a special meeting Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will be in the council chambers of City Hall. The only item on the agenda is the appointment of Sadie Bier as city council member for Ward 3 Seat 2. That seat was left vacant by the resignation of Mary Hamilton. The unexpired term will end in April 2023. The council members will vote on the appointment. After that meeting, the Alva Economic Development Authority (AEDA) will hold a special meeting. The council...
Toni Rae Burns galloped into Alva, Oklahoma, on December 24, 1946, and joined her parents, Ray and Mary (Nelson) Burns. She attended school in Alva, and graduated from Alva High School in 1964, and Northwestern Oklahoma State College in 1968 with a degree in education. On June 4, 1967, she married Bruce Alan Geis. He joined the Air Force, and they began their life together. They loved the military lifestyle, traveling the world, and making friends who became family The military took them to...
Happy? Maybe you are and maybe you’re not. But one thing is certain, you have the right to try to be happy. You have the right to pursue happiness in your own life. No doubt about it, we like to be happy. And there is nothing wrong with that. Like our country’s Founding Fathers wrote in our Declaration of Independence so long ago, we have the right of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” But that right written into the Declaration of Independence, to pursue happiness, does not guarant...
There are many holiday activities in Alva and all the surrounding towns. If I saw right, the weather is going to be fine for the fourth. There has been enough rain maybe fires will be at a minimum this year. Please be careful and teach the young people to do the same. There are several things that are more fun than burnt fingers. Here are a couple of thoughts about the holiday and its importance to all of us. On March 17th we all celebrate as if we are Irish. On May 5th we join all Mexicans in...
The Alva Renegades won the championship of the NW OK Kids League Tournament in Woodward June 24-29. The Renegades beat Vici 8-0 and bested the Woodward Rangers 7-0. In the finals, the Alva Renegades and Woodward Rangers faced off again, with the Renegades winning 10-1 to capture the championship. The Renegades now have a record of 33 wins and two losses. They will be headed to the OK Kids Baseball Regional Tournament in Woodward as the No. 1 seed. The 10 and under regional games are July 6-10. T...
Thursday, June 24, 2021 5:01 a.m. – Report of a nuisance in the 100 block of Barnes. 5:14 a.m. – Report of a vandalism in the 100 block of Barnes. 8:09 a.m. – Report of a theft in at County Road (CR) 510 and Kay Road. 5:25 p.m. – Welfare check needed in the 700 block of Logan. 8:57 p.m. – Report of burglary alarm in the 900 block of Logan. Friday, June 25, 2021 3:42 a.m. – Medic needed for a lift assist in the 800 block of 7th Street. 6:24 a.m. – Report of a theft. 6:41 a.m. – Medic needed for a patient having breathing problems. 12:20...
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 Woods 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 Caleb Grant Phye, Wichita, Kansas, 32, has been...
Real Estate Transfers Book 1319 page 430: Angry Bull, LLC, unto Canyon Pond Holdings, LLC. Section 20, township 27N, range 13W, SW4. Warranty deed. Book 1319 page 539: Veldon Woolley, unto Randall W. Lammle. Lot 13, block 3, City of Waynoka, Elm Grove Subdivision. Quit claim deed. Book 1319 page 545: Midwest Farms, LLC, unto Richard D. McLemore and Reba G. McLemore. Section 17, township 27N, 13W, NW4. Warranty deed Book 1319 page 565: McKenna S. Lowe, Preston Lowe, Bret R. Nixon and Jennifer S. Nixon, unto Frieda Crawford. Lot 4, block 62,...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma death row inmate who was fighting to overturn his death sentence for a 1999 killing in Oklahoma City has died. Jimmy Dean Harris, 64, died June 29 at a hospital from long-term health problems, The Oklahoman reported. Harris was sentenced to death for the fatal shooting of his wife's boss at an Oklahoma City transmission shop. Harris shot and killed Merle Taylor on Sept. 1, 1999, at AAMCO Transmissions, where Harris had gone to confront his wife. Harris was originally sentenced to death in 2001, but an appeals c...
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — Rockabilly and country performer Sanford Clark, who had a Top 10 hit with "The Fool" in 1956, has died in a Missouri hospital from COVID-19. He was 85. Clark died Sunday at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, where he had been receiving cancer treatment before he contracted the coronavirus, his publicist and fellow performer Johnny Vallis said Monday. Clark was born on Oct. 24, 1935, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and raised in Phoenix, where he first began performing in the early 1950s. "The Fool" reached No. 7 on the Billboard Top 100. The s...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man whose body was pulled late last week from a creek just outside Topeka. The body of Lashawn Mady, 25, of Topeka, was recovered Friday afternoon from Shunganunga Creek just east of Topeka, the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office reported Sunday. No foul play is suspected in Mady's death, investigators said, but an investigation into how he died is continuing. Authorities were notified of Mady's death around 3:15 p.m. Friday, sheriff's officials said. No other details have been r...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police have identified a man who was killed in a Wichita shooting over the weekend that also injured two other people. Shay Prewitt, 49, of Wichita, was found dead by officers called out around 1:30 a.m. Sunday for reports of shooting in southeast Wichita, police said in a news release. Officers also found a 14-year-old boy and a 36-year-old man who had gunshot wounds. The boy and injured man were taken to the hospital, where they were treated and released. Investigators believe the incident began when Prewitt and the 3...
