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The Alva Community Garden is getting ready for the spring growing season. The garden's organizers are excited to announce that raised garden beds will be available for lease to individuals or families who want to garden but may not have their own space. If the weather cooperates, the community garden hopes to have the raised beds planted by mid-May. Plants and soil will be provided to the leasees. Leasees will sign an agreement with the Alva Community Garden agreeing to care for their garden bed as well as to abide by the garden’s rules for u...
Grow and Share OHCE met for its regular meeting at 6 p.m. on April 13 in the home of Mary Hamilton. Carol McDaniel served as hostess. President Janet Cunningham called the meeting to order. All present recited the flag salute. McDaniel gave a devotional from Psalm 91. Eight members present answered roll call to “Name your favorite houseplant or succulent.” Minutes for the March meeting were read. Amanda moved that the minutes be approved as read. Motion passed. Jean gave the treasurer's report stating a balance of $607.15. Jean also communicate...
Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Chicken biscuit, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Tuesday – Apple cinnamon oatmeal, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Wednesday – Breakfast burrito, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Thursday – Toast, scrambled eggs, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Friday – Donut, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Lunch Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday - Pig in a blanket, mac and cheese, baby carrots and ranch, fruit, milk Tuesday – Chicken taquitos, Mexican salad, chips and salsa, fruit, milk Wednesday – Frito chili pie, beans, fruit, milk T...
The Alva Planning Commission will hold a regular meeting Monday at 6 p.m. in the city council chambers of City Hall. The commission will consider two requests for changes to zoning. Michael Dale and Lindi Wiggins are requesting that 201 Flynn St. be changed from commercial to residential zoning. They purchased the property to build a residence but did not know about the zoning. They want to build a three bedroom house with 2.5 baths and a two-car garage on the two lots at that location. The...
The Alva Tourism Tax Committee approved three requests for funding events during their meeting Wednesday, April 21. Present for the meeting were Chair Norville Ritter, Connor Martin, Terri Parsons and Dr. Charles Tucker. Melinda Barton was absent. Chamber Director Jodie Bradford presented the financial report showing the committee has $421,224.29 available in their account. She said encumbrances for the Alva Chamber and Northwest Oklahoma Visitors, the Red Carpet Country Visitors Guide, and the Oklahoma State Parks & Outdoor Guide are about to...
Johnny Moyer of Suddenlink spoke to Alva City Council members Monday, April 19, about renewal of the franchise agreement with the city. Moyer said the agreement is mostly the same as the one that expired in September 2020. He said Suddenlink has hired 450 call center employees who are in training now to improve communication with customers. Field service and construction personnel had been operating under their own branch, but they have now been brought back under Suddenlink. He said this should reduce the problems such as missing...
The Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector's Office recently conducted an audit of the City of Alva. It was conducted in response to a citizen petition. The cost of the audit comes out of the city's budget. Monday night, Councilmember Brandon Sherman reported the cost was $5,093.75. Sherman, reporting on the council's Finance Committee meeting, listed several other large claims that were among those approved. Garnett Oil was paid $6,841.31 for bulk fuel. Ascent Aviation Group, Inc. was paid...
When there are changes in the city council members, the mayor makes new committee assignments. Monday night, April 19, Mayor Kelly Parker presented the new list of committees for discussion. “These are committees that help us review operations and projects that the business manager is carrying out with staff,” he said. “In these committees we provide guidance to the business manager, and also when the business manager has items that need potential city council consideration, these committees will review those items and then make recom...
You may already have seen people zipping around on the speedy two-wheeled scooters. The Bird Scooters began appearing in Alva early last week. Thursday morning, a ribbon-cutting held by the Chamber of Commerce officially marked their arrival. Local manager Jeremy Darr lined up several of the scooters at the pocket park on the north side of Alva's square of ceremony. His young daughter, Alex, accompanied him and snagged a piece of the red ribbon to take home. There is no physical building for...
Oklahoma’s legislative districts are set to look much different for many voters next election season. Republican House and Senate leaders unveiled their proposed legislative redistricting plans this week, setting up potential floor votes on the packages. Because of a delay from the U.S. Census Bureau in releasing its data, Oklahoma and states across the country have yet to receive the final population figures used to redraw state and legislative and congressional districts every decade. That means Oklahoma lawmakers will have to return for a s...
Spencer Kinzie Spencer Kinzie is the son of Paul and Elizabeth Kinzie and the grandson of Beverly and Wayne Kinzie. He is an active participant in band, debate, One Act and the Wichita Youth Symphony. After high school he plans to attend Wichita State University to study filmmaking and music. His personal motto is, "What is the most important step a man can take? The next one, always the next one" (a quote from a character in one of his favorite books). Haley Jackson Haley Jackson is the...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's choirs, which consist of the University Singers and the University Chorale, will be performing "Soundscapes V" at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at the Alva Independent School Bus Barn, 230 Choctaw. The concert will be live-streamed via the university choir's Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/NWOSU.Choirs. Tickets are free, but due to Covid-19 safety regulations, limited seating is available. Tickets can be reserved online at https://...
Ever been caught in a situation where your say-so doesn’t carry enough weight to make a difference? When you totally disagree with the decision, but there isn’t much you can do to change what’s coming? I can hear the resounding ‘Oh Yeah!’ from every reader. So, what do you do? Yell obscenities? Throw stuff at the TV? Fall to the floor in a full-fledged childish tantrum? Complain loudly and bitterly to any and every person within earshot? Could be. I don’t know how you react to unpleasant...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University education students performed "The Wizard of Oz" for Enid Public Schools Fowler Early Childhood Center students recently. The performance was held in the Northwestern-Enid commons area. "The students at Fowler were completely captivated by the characters in the story and enjoyed the up-close interaction," said Becky Meyer, a teacher at the Fowler Center. "They are still singing 'Follow the Yellow Brick Road.' It was an experience that will be with them...
A group of midget wrestlers are going to put on a show Tuesday. I hope all that attend have a fun time. I probably won't go because if I want to wrestle, I just mouth off to Cleo, or get too close, and she will throw me down. We don't go for the three-count pin because we both need help to get off the floor. Maybe after the arena is built, they can get Hulk Hogan, Chyna, and some of their friends to come see us. A couple of weeks or so ago I put the plants by the door outside. I had to bring the...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University and Head Coach Matt Walter have announced its 2021 football schedule. The 2021 campaign begins with a Thursday night contest at home against Southern Arkansas on Sept. 2. Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. The remaining home schedule for the Rangers features East Central (Sept. 25), Arkansas Monticello (Oct. 9), Southern Nazarene (Oct. 23), Harding (Oct. 30) and Southwestern Oklahoma State (Nov. 13). The 2021 Homecoming celebration will take place on Oct. 30 when the Rangers face Arkansas Montic...
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The Rangers concluded their 2021 spring season in Hot Springs, Ark. The Red and Black completed three rounds in two days at the Hot Springs Country Club and recorded a team score of 309-326-308 – 943. Tyler Berryhill led Northwestern after carding a three round 235. He tallied two birdies and improved his game after each round. Berryhill carded a 78-79-78 in Hot Springs. Cade Seymour carded a 76 after his first round. He recorded an 85 after the second round and a 75 to finish the contest scoring 236 after three rounds. Seym...
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The Lady Rangers concluded their 2021 spring season in Hot Springs, Ark. The Red and Black completed three rounds in two days at the Hot Springs Country Club and recorded a team score of 347-334-342 – 1023. Ashley Watts led Northwestern after carding a three round 248. She tallied five birdies and improved her game after each round. Watts carded an 85-82-81 in Hot Springs. Madison Masch carded an 87 after her first round and improved the second round by nine shots after turning in a score of 78. The next day, she rec...
The teachers at Alva Middle have selected Addisann Weber and Joseph Cox, eighth grade; Tymberlyn Self and Cade Mackey, seventh grade; and Mylee Nettles and Coleman Gaisford, sixth grade as AMS Students of the Month for February. Addisann Weber is in eighth grade and is the daughter of Amanda and Jack Jones. Her grandparents are Sherrie and John Kutz, and Judy Jones. Her favorite classes are math and reading. She is involved in soccer, Elevate Youth, 4-H, basketball, and babysitting. Joseph Cox is in eighth grade and is the son of Scotty and...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The rolling average of new coronavirus cases in Oklahoma each day has declined by 59.3% during the past two weeks, according to data from Johns Hopkins University on Saturday. The data showed the daily average decreased by 351.3, from 592.3 on April 8 to 241 on April 22. There have been 95 new cases per 100,000 people in Oklahoma during the past two weeks, which ranks 48th in the nation for new cases per capita. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports 202 people hospitalized with the virus on Friday. The health d...
QUAPAW, Okla. (AP) — Four people, including two children, were killed in a two-vehicle collision in northeastern Oklahoma Friday, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Charlsee Eberly, 30, of Miami; Kaitlyn Kibel, 28, of Quapaw; a 7-year-old girl and 10-year-old boy whose names were not released died as a result of injuries suffered in the crash, according to an OHP report. The collision occurred on U.S. 69 just after 8: 30 p.m. Friday near Quapaw, about 90 miles (145 kilometers) northeast of Tulsa. Three children aged 3, 7, and 8 were h...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Testimony concluded Friday in the murder trial, the fifth such trial, of a former Tulsa police officer charged in the fatal 2014 shooting of his daughter's boyfriend. Shannon Kepler, 60, who is white, was off duty when he shot Jeremey Lake, 19, who was Black. Testifying in his own defense Friday, Kepler says he fired in self-defense because he thought Lake pointed a handgun at him. Afterward, he could not find the gun he thought Lake had been brandishing, he said. Defense attorney Stan Monroe has argued that someone removed...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a pair of bills Friday to mitigate the skyrocketing storm-related utility costs from a February winter storm. The bills were among two dozen measures that Stitt signed into law. He also vetoed two measures. The utility bills authorize the issuance of ratepayer-backed bonds to help offset an estimated $4.5 billion in increased storm-related energy costs. The securitization is designed to lower the monthly costs for ratepayers over an extended period. One bill he vetoed would have added m...
SMITH CENTER, Kan. (AP) — Several small earthquakes have rattled north-central Kansas. The largest had a magnitude of 3.5 and was reported Friday in Jewell County. Two other quakes measuring 2.3 and 2.5 on the Richter scale were recorded Saturday in Smith County, while a third with a magnitude of 2.5 was reported in Jewell County. There are no reports of damage. The threshold for damage usually starts at a magnitude 4.0....
OTTAWA, Kan. (AP) — It is a brisk spring morning in mid-April and Kansas Hop Co.'s farm is a blank canvas. Clyde Sylvester walks across his property over to the 3 acres (1.21 hectares) of soil where hops seeds are resting beneath. Dozens of wooden utility poles stand tall on the property, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports. Hops season is just beginning in Kansas and in a few short months, Sylvester's hops farm will transform into a green, lush scene. "They grow to this 18-feet (5.49 meters) length basically in well over a month," Sylvester s...
