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Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Polish sausage on bun, oven-fried potatoes, sauerkraut, mixed fruit (diabetic: no sugar added mixed fruit) Tuesday – Spaghetti bolognese, green beans, cauliflower, garlic bread, plum/apple fruit crisp (diabetic: fresh fruit) Wednesday – Ham, sweet potatoes, broccoli, hot roll, banana cream pie (diabetic: fresh banana) Thursday – Chicken salad sandwich, potato soup, cucumber, tomato, onion salad, pineapple (dicabetic: no sugar added pineapple)...
Grow and Share OHCE group met on Tuesday, April 21, by Zoom at 6:30 p.m. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. and all members recited the flag salute. All present recited the flag salute. Thirteen members present answered roll call to: "How are you coping with Covid-19?" Shannon McDaniel was a guest. Minutes for the March meeting were approved and the treasurer's report was given. A thank you note was received from the Northwestern Foundation for a scholarship donation. The group received two thank you's for scholarship donation....
Jo Melissa McDermott, daughter of B.D. and Arleen Thorne, was born July 18, 1960, in Primghar, Iowa, and WALKED home to Jesus on April 21, 2020. The family moved to Bentonville, Arkansas, in 1964, where Jo attended and graduated from Bentonville High School. Arkansas remained her home until she married Donnie McDermott on March 3, 1995, and moved to Oklahoma. Jo's passion was horses. She was at her happiest while showing and riding, particularly her beloved paint that she raised from a colt,...
Although the regular meeting of the Alva Hospital Authority (AHA) was moved to Tuesday, April 28, a special meeting was held Thursday afternoon, April 23, to consider an application for the CARES Act Payroll Protection Program (PPP) loan. Trustees logged on from various locations via Zoom for the virtual meeting. Trustees attending were Jason Gaisford, Dr. Kenneth Brown, Dr. Halah Simon, Dr. Bo Hannaford and Jay Randals. Kim Baugh was absent. Also attending were Share Medical CEO Kandice Allen, interim CFO Steve Knox and AHA Attorney Rick...
The Alva School Board held a special meeting Thursday, April 23, at 5 p.m. in the high school library. The main purpose was to hear a report from Pat Carroll of the firm Chas W. Carroll P.A. concerning the 2018-2019 fiscal year audit. All school board members were present including Jane McDermott, Shane Hansen, Larry Parker, Tiffany Slater and Karen Koehn. Superintendent Tim Argo operated a videoconference link with Pat Carroll whose image was projected on a screen. Carroll told the board the...
STILLWATER – While many people are doing their part by social distancing in an effort to remain healthy and protect the community, there are others looking to make a quick buck. Those fraudulent marketers are popping up and promoting various products that claim to help prevent or treat COVID-19, said Janice Hermann, Oklahoma State University Extension nutrition specialist. “Fraudulent COVID-19 products can come in many varieties, including dietary supplements and other foods, as well as products claiming to be tests, drugs, medical dev...
STILLWATER – Building financial accounts is an important priority for many people moving toward retirement. While those reserve funds grow, financial management experts typically agree it’s important to be patient and not withdraw early. However, job loss and income reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic have left some families in dire straits, said Cindy Clampet, Oklahoma State University Extension assistant resource management specialist. Those circumstances are prompting further consideration with new options on the table. “Generally, when...
Oklahoma cattle ranchers had been hoping this would be a banner year. COVID-19 took care of that. Now many of the ranchers and farmers across Oklahoma and the Midwest are praying they can just hang on until the economy rebounds. While cattlemen may sow the seeds and harvest the crop, packers and processors are the only ones now reaping the profits. Raising cattle has always been difficult. But prices plunged last August following a fire that shuttered one of the nation’s largest packing plants in Holcomb, Kansas, and they were just starting t...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is encouraging all Americans – even people who feel healthy – to wear cloth face masks or homemade face coverings in public when 6-feet social distancing is difficult to maintain in an effort to help slow the spread of the coronavirus. The new guidance, announced Friday, is a reversal from previous CDC recommendations that face masks need to be worn only by people who are sick with COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus, or by those caring for someone who is sick. "From rec...
According to the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Woods County has three confirmed cases of coronavirus, Major County two, Alfalfa County one, Harper County one and Woodward County one. Garfield County has 11. As of this advisory on Saturday, April 25, there are 3,193 confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Oklahoma. There are six additional deaths; one occurred in the past 24 hours and the others died between April 18 and April 23. Two in Oklahoma County, a male in the 65 and older age group and male in the 50-64 age group. Two in...
In the wake of Gov. Kevin Stitt's decision to start reopening Oklahoma's economy, Oklahoma Watch reached out for reaction from top medical groups and checked the remarks from Oklahoma City and Tulsa mayors. Here's what we gleaned: Oklahoma State Medical Association Dr. George Monks, president of medical association, stuck by his initial assertion that the governor's May 1 date for the first phase of reopening was hasty. But he said Stitt had to take into account more than just medical advice....
STILLWATER – Oklahoma State University will launch the state's first free online concurrent enrollment program for Oklahoma high school seniors from a four-year public university beginning this fall. Concurrent enrollment occurs when high school students take college classes before completing high school. Through funding provided by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education and the OSU Foundation, the new Cowboy Concurrent Online courses at OSU will be offered 100% free of charge to Oklahoma high school seniors admitted to OSU as c...
STILLWATER – Social distancing mandates may have canceled field days many agricultural producers depend on, but wheat growers can get a sneak peek of Oklahoma State University’s 2020 wheat tour virtually starting April 25 on OSU Extension’s weekly agricultural television show SUNUP. “This is the time when producers should be looking at how wheat varieties are performing in their areas and the OSU Wheat Field Day historically is one of the main sources of unbiased information wheat growers use to learn about those varieties,” said Amanda de...
STILLWATER – Backyard poultry producers may find themselves able to offset increased prices for eggs as Oklahoma and the nation deal with COVID-19 concerns. “Eggs in many stores have been going for about $3 per dozen, and in some places concerns about the coronavirus pandemic have led to a run on eggs resulting in bare shelves,” said Dana Zook, Oklahoma State University Extension area livestock specialist for northwestern Oklahoma. People who raise their own chickens already appreciate that they have easy access to a healthy, prote...
The Woods County Economic Development Committee (WCEDC) held two meetings last week in their search for a new executive director. On Wednesday, April 22, they met in executive session to interview four candidates for the position. On Friday, April 24, the committee met with the possibility of a hiring announcement on the agenda. During an executive session, two possible job candidates were called in. Following an almost two hour executive meeting, the committee returned to open session. Chairman Allan Poe immediately made a motion to table...
Newspapers in the United States have traveled rough seas to the First Amendment freedoms we enjoy today. From the colonial Stamp Act through wartime censorship to today, when thousands of newspapers were slammed with the public health emergency known as COVID-19, people who work for newspapers have never had completely smooth sailing. Now most of the businesses that advertise with us are shut down. The pipeline to make our payroll shut down with them. People are restlessly waiting in their locked-down homes for us to bring the news...
I asked someone the date while paying for their iron, and they said it was the 43rd day of April. It does seem like March and April have lasted a long time. My brother Jack and family may have been in quarantine too long. For entertainment, sister-in-law Sandy caught her hair on fire while fixing breakfast the other day. It just burned a little hair on the front of her bangs, and frankly, she looks lots better. You can see her pretty face now, and Jack saved a beautician bill. I see where some...
Thursday, April 16, 2020 7:39 a.m. – Controlled burn on OK-132. 11:15 a.m. – Caller advised their boss fell out of a tree. Medic may be needed. 1:07 p.m. – Report of cattle out on Beckham and county line. 2:55 p.m. – Report of a grass fire west of Ash Street. 6:45 p.m. – Male asked if he could have an officer for a civil standby so he could get his lawn mower. 10:39 p.m. – Caller advised their dirt bike was stolen. Friday, April 17, 2020 7:32 a.m. – Caller advised they hit a deer on OK-132. 9:19 a.m. – Caller wanted asked for civil assist. 3...
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. Paternity Proceedings State of Oklahoma, Fairview, vs. Gabriel...
Real Estate Transfers Book 1303 page 134: Paula Kletke conveys unto Darian Carothers and Tyler Forell. Lot 4 and 7 in block 11, College Hill in City of Alva. Quit claim deed. Book 1303 page 174: Greg Baker conveys unto Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Section 6, township 27N, Range 13W, and Legal NW4. Warranty deed. Book 1303 page 214: Christopher J. Glass and Sunny Jo Glass convey unto Jeremy D. Logsdon and Katie M. Logsdon. Lot 4, 9, 10 and 11, in block 1, Tanner Subdivision. Warranty deed. Book 1303 page 261: Cherie Jeanelle Meroney,...
Miami and Nebraska dominated college football from the 1980s through the early 2000s. Since the Hurricanes and Cornhuskers played for the 2001 national championship they have been trending in the wrong direction, and both are coming off losing seasons in 2019. So maybe it should be no surprise that neither the Hurricanes nor Cornhuskers had a player taken in the NFL draft's first three rounds. Heading into Saturday's final four rounds, Miami is still trying to extend a streak of having at least one player drafted that started in 1976. Nebraska...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Colin Poulton moved to Nashville in 2008 to study commercial guitar. He dropped out of college but stuck with the city and the guitar, first playing in a series of original bands and more recently making his living in the honky-tonks of Lower Broadway along with "a few wedding bands and some other bands." All those gigs ended abruptly when the coronavirus hit. The clubs shut down on March 16 to slow the spread, and Nashville's normally packed downtown streets are all but deserted. Poulton applied for unemployment as s...
HAYSVILLE, Kan. (AP) — Police in a suburb of Wichita, Kansas, are investigating the deaths of two people as a possible murder-suicide. KAKE-TV reports that responding officers on Friday found two people dead inside a home in the town of Haysville. Police Chief Jeff Whitfield said it appeared to be a murder-suicide but did not disclose further details. The names of the victims were not immediately released....
Frustration is mounting as more families across the U.S. enter their second or even third week of distance learning — and some overwhelmed parents say it will be their last. Amid the barrage of learning apps, video meet-ups and e-mailed assignments that pass as pandemic home school, some frustrated and exhausted parents are choosing to disconnect entirely for the rest of the academic year. Others are cramming all their children's school work into the weekend or taking days off work to help their kids with a week's worth of assignments in one d...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The number of coronavirus cases among residents of a Kansas nursing home has topped 100, after nine additional cases were confirmed. The additional cases were identified this week at the Riverbend Post-Acute Rehabilitation facility in Kansas City, Kansas, the Kansas City Star reported. The increase came after some residents who were said to be COVID-19-negative were retested and found to be positive, health officials said. "Riverbend recently retested those residents and some tested positive this time. It is possible t...
