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Anne Graham is the first-grade teacher at Burlington Public Schools. Mrs. Graham is originally from Blanchard, Michigan. She attended Mid-Michigan Community College and received a business and legal assistant degree. She obtained her degree in elementary education from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma. Before teaching at Burlington, Mrs. Graham taught at Flower Mound School in Lawton, Oklahoma, and Medicine Lodge Elementary in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. Anne's favorite things about Bu...
Kevin Kaumans was born on October 13, 2004, to Christina and the late Jason Kaumans. Kevin's favorite subject in school is English, and he is involved in FFA, Robotics, One-Act, FCA, Student Council and National Honor Society. Kevin is a senior at Burlington High School, and his favorite thing about Burlington is the teachers. He says, "They always try their best to be polite and professional at all times." Kevin enjoys reading, playing games, streaming Netflix or Amazon Prime, and writing in...
Burlington Schools now has an outdoor learning center available for use by all classes. The Somerhalder family contacted the school wanting to provide something of educational value to Burlington Schools. After consideration of different projects, the outdoor learning center became the focus. The outdoor learning center is a project that can directly impact each student at the school. The outdoor learning center allows students to be outside on nice days to read, learn and grow emotionally. The...
This year the Burlington basketball teams had several players that worked hard to get awards. For the boys' team, sophomore Zane Willard was an All-Conference Honorable Mention. Senior JC Crusinbery was on All-Conference Academic Team. Senior Weston Allen was an All-Conference Honorable Mention, All-Conference Academic Team, and K101 All-Star. Senior Ky Smith was an All-Conference 1st Team, All-Conference Academic Team, CTB All-Star, K101 All-Star, and OCA Class B All-State member. On the...
The annual spring music program and inaugural art show was held on Thursday, April 13. Before the program, the community was invited to a fundraising dinner hosted by the athletic program. The spring music program "Broadway Showtunes" featured all elementary, middle and high school music students. Music director Isileli Ofiu and assistant director Rachael Spears worked with the students for weeks making sure they were ready to hit the stage. They performed many wonderful well known songs from a...
Burlington Student Council recently held a fundraiser called Burlington Breakaway. Students set a goal of $1,400 encouraging each class to raise $100. Every day of Burlington Breakaway, students who wanted to paid $5 to participate in fun activities or receive treats after lunch. On Monday, the students played "Bahama Bingo" to win prizes. On Tuesday the students participated in "Aloha Hats & Hoodies" and were allowed to wear hats or hoodies all day. On Wednesday for "Leis and Rays" the 7-12...
This year's Burlington track team is almost its biggest since 2018 with 26 total tracksters from junior high and high school. The 2023 Burlington high school track team has been working hard and putting in a lot of time during this season. With all their efforts, Coach Margo Hamilton has hopes of each team member making it past regionals and qualifying for state. With this team, Brooke Whittet, Hallie Hamilton, Chloe Jantz, Tamiya Evan, Mylee Sims, Ky Smith, Weston Allen, Zane Willard, Cooper...
Weston Allen is a senior at Burlington High School. He is the son of Josh and Jessica Allen and has one brother, Paden. Weston was born in Enid, Oklahoma, and is involved in many things, including FFA, basketball, track and golf. In his free time, Weston likes to go hunting and fishing. His favorite food is chicken fried steak. Weston's greatest accomplishment is being a State FFA Degree Recipient and his favorite class is science. His favorite movie is "The Hangover" and the best book that he...
Alva Church of God Alva Church of God is located at 517 9th St., in Alva. Sheryl White is our pastor. Sunday: Normal hours are Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. with morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday evening youth meet at 5 p.m. This is for youth sixth grade through 12th grade. Young adults meet at 6 p.m. Sunday evening they will be showing "The Chosen" at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited and there will be refreshments. Alva Friends Church Please meet us for coffee and donut fellowship at 10:15 a.m. every Sunday morning. Worship is at 10:30 a.m. If...
Our Sunday morning Bible class has been studying the book of Hebrews in the New Testament for some time now. I want to encourage the reader to read this powerful book as it lays out the ministry of Jesus, showing he is greater than the angels, Moses, the Mediator and giver of the Law, and even Melchizedek, a spiritual priest of God most High! Near the end of the book in Chapter 11, it teaches about faith, and gives many powerful examples of that faith! Chapter 11 lists some great names of the Old Testament that we all know like Noah, Abraham,...
I want to share just a bit of my own experience dealing with a piece of worldwide news, one that seemed to impact everyone in their own way some time ago. That news being the tragic deaths of nine people in a helicopter crash, which included former NBA player Kobe Bryant. I consider myself a casual basketball fan. I watch the NBA enough to know the more popular players, but probably not enough to consider myself knowledgeable about the rest of the league. But I knew who Kobe Bryant was, and...
Ombudsman: Yes, it is a strange sounding word, Scandinavian in origin, but it simply means advocate. A Long-Term Care Ombudsman is a person who volunteers to be there to help that “someone” living in a nursing home, or other long term care facility. It is a very special role. It has been estimated that 65% of nursing home residents never receive a visitor. There can be many reasons for this, but regardless of the reason the simple act of visiting with that “someone” who needs you is a gift so easily given, and so deeply appreciated. Yes, th...
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy. Finding the right words for each situation is really a challenge. Research has shown that just one word can make a huge difference. In the Wall Street Journal, in an article by Jonah Berger, he says,“Saying you ‘recommend’ rather than ‘like’ something makes people 32% more likely to take your advice.” He asks, “Are there ‘magic’ words and how can we use them?” With all the anger present in our soci...
There are many different definitions of grace in the dictionary. Webster's best defines grace as approval or favor. So, when you take that definition and apply it to the grace that God rains down on us when we believers put our faith in him, it defies comprehension doesn't? I can’t seem to understand it, not in its totality, but I get the fact that whatever you have done, wherever you go, when you take that step back towards him, his grace is enough to cover your indiscretions. Not that there won’t be judgment, because we will be judged, but...
The Sunday, October 25, 1964, issue of the “New York Times Book Review” featured a glowing critique of Henry Roth’s lost novel “Call It Sleep” on its cover. This was the first time that the editors of that influential journal had given such a coveted placement to a novel that had been published years earlier and – equally rare – to the paperback edition of a book rather than a hardcover version. The results were astonishing! Bookstores began selling copies of the book as fast as the publisher...
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Women's Golf concluded their 2023 season after the Great American Conference tournament. The Rangers placed eighth in the tournament finishing with a score of 1027 (355-339-333). The Rangers were led by Madison Masch finishing with a score of 248 having her lowest round be an 80. Masch finished with a team high 27 shots on par and one birdie between the three rounds. Jalen Castle was second on the team placing 35th overall in the tournament finishing with her lowest round score 77 after i...
CANYON, Texas – Northwestern Oklahoma State competed at the Buffalo Invitational in Canyon Texas hosted by West Texas A&M. Due to the weather in Canyon the meet was shortened a little, canceling events in the meet. Even with a shortened schedule the Ranger Track and Field team had a productive outing in Canyon. Zachary put together her season best in the high jump in the meet finishing third overall in the event with a final mark of 1.54m. Valerie Nzeakor placed third in the long jump event finishing with a final mark of 5.88m. In the triple j...
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Northwestern Oklahoma State Men's Golf finished their season placing tied for fifth in the conference following the Great American Conference Championships. Northwestern tied for fifth along with Southwestern Oklahoma State after finishing with a score of 894 (301-298-295) finishing three strokes better each round. Ryder Heuston tied the Northwestern record for the best individual finish in team history tying for third in the tournament. Heuston finished with 36 shots on par which was sixth most in the tournament. He had 1...
On Tuesday, Alva High School senior Kyler Penco signed a letter of intent to play basketball at Northwestern Oklahoma State University in Alva. AHS head basketball coach Shane Feely shared a list of Penco's accomplishments during his high school career. Penco was a member of the Goldbug basketball team that made it to the state tournament quarterfinals in 2020-21. That year the team finished with an 18-11 record. In 2021-22 the Goldbugs were Alva/NWOSU Shootout champs, Wheat Capital runner-up...
Rain this week brought welcome moisture to grass, crops and other vegetation in the area. But several areas in Alva experienced an electrical outage on Wednesday. According to the Mesonet, Alva received 2.46 inches of rain from Tuesday to Thursday afternoon. That's more than the 1.96 inches received in the first three months of the year. The Mesonet average expected rainfall for January – March in Alva is 4.17 inches In the past three days, Freedom recorded 1.75 inches of rainfall. Cherokee h...
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr was silenced by her Republican colleagues on Wednesday in a vote that bars her from participating on the House floor for the remainder of the 2023 session. The crackdown followed a standoff between Montana Democrats and Republicans after Zephyr told Republican colleagues in the House they would "see the blood" on their hands if they banned gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth. It's the latest harsh punishment meted out to an outspoken lawmaker by colleagues in s...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas board decided Wednesday that high schools and middle schools must see transgender athletes' first birth certificates to decide what teams they can join, while an effort in the Legislature to end gender-affirming care for transgender minors failed. The Kansas State High School Activities Association's executive board took a key step in helping the state enforce a ban on female transgender athletes in girls' and women's sports. It replaced a policy that allowed decisions to be made athlete by athlete with one that say...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas clinics will be required to tell patients that medication abortions can be stopped using a drug regimen that the providers consider ineffective and potentially dangerous after a key legislative vote Thursday in the nation's ongoing partisan battle over culture war issues. The Republican-controlled state Senate voted 29-11 along party lines to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's veto of the medication abortion "reversal" measure. The GOP-controlled House overrode the veto Wednesday on an 84-40 vote, and the new l...
