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The following individuals purchased a building permit during April 2018: April 13: Moving a mobile home, Keltner Trailer Park 38. Expiration date July 13, 2018. Valuation: $0. April 16: 4x8 double-side digital sign, 421 7th Street. Expiration date July 16, 2018. Valuation: $32,500....
Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Whole grain cinnamon crunch, buttered toast, rosy applesauce, juice, milk Tuesday – Chicken biscuit, pears, juice, milk Wednesday – French toast strips, maple syrup, pineapple, juice, milk Thursday – Whole grain Lucky Charms, buttered toast, juice, milk Friday – Sausage roll, fruit cocktail, juice, milk Lunch Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Chicken sandwich, potato wedges, dill pickles, fruit cocktail, milk Tuesday – Mini corn dogs, pickle spear, banana, milk Wednesday – Chicken and noo...
The Patchwork Friends OHCE group held their regular meeting on April 19 at the home of Dee Mason. The hostess called the meeting to order and led the group in the flag salute. Devotion was given by the hostess from the calendar “On God's Way.” Roll call was answered to the question “Do you enjoy gardening?” Those answering were Doris White, Aleta Nolan, Liz Kinzie, Dee Mason, Dottie Gatz, Maureen Thomas and Joanne Prewett. Minutes of the March meeting were read by Gatz. The treasurer's report was given by Mason. Pennies and nickels were co...
April Ridgway hosted the monthly meeting of the Tulip Garden Club in Alycen Yoder’s home on April 1. Ridgway welcomed her guests to a brunch of breakfast casserole, cinnamon rolls, orange rolls, fruit salad, tea and coffee. She chose bright spring colors for the tableware and tablecloths. The centerpiece was a pink gingham metal garden carryall filled with sugar cookies on stems, and the favors were hand-painted sugar cookies. Members present were Mary Ann Crow, Li Brooks, Genevieve Farris, Evelyn Hofen, Helen Janzen, Linda McCoy, April R...
The Woods County Retired Educators Association (WCREA) held their luncheon meeting at the Homestead on April 19 at 11:30 a.m. Arden Chaffee, president, introduced guest speaker Becky Guffy, warden at Bill Johnson Correction Center. Guffy spoke of her local roots and gave the reason she first entered into the correction program as being insurance. Since her science teacher had given her a love of science she planned to be a chemist and find a cure for cancer. Her first position was as the warden's secretary, one of the lowest positions in the...
Information on the coming air show, race and fly in will be updated during the Alva Airport Commission meeting on Monday. The agenda also has an item for discussion and action on those events in case the commission decides they need to vote on something. The commission will meet at 7 p.m. at the airport terminal. There will also be discussion and voting on offering a 10 cent per gallon aviation fuel discount June 19-23 during the air show and race events. The commission will discuss and make recommendations on the airport budget for the...
Alva police were called to the Beadles Nursing Home on April 14 about 4:30 p.m. in reference to a trespasser. Officer Kris Franta responded. According to court documents, Franta met with Dayna Jordan who took him to a resident’s room. There he observed a woman identified as Jennie Borneman and her child in the room. Jordan, Borneman and Franta went to Jordan’s office to discuss the situation. Jordan advised that Borneman had been previously issued a trespass warning for the property. Officer Franta contacted Undersheriff Dale, who found rep...
A man has been charged with two felony counts after he was found to be registered as a sex offender in Woods County while living in Alfalfa County, according to the Woods County Sheriff’s Office. Gladstone Merritt Evans III, 30, has been charged with providing false and/or misleading registration information, a felony punishable by up to five years with the Department of Corrections and/or a fine of up to $5,000. He is also charged with violation of a provision of the sex offender registration act, a felony punishable by incarceration in a c...
In the wake of recent wildfires that have devastated many areas of western Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Farm Credit Associations – Farm Credit of Western Oklahoma, Oklahoma AgCredit, Farm Credit of Enid and AgPreference, along with Farm Credit of New Mexico, High Plains Farm Credit and American AgCredit from Kansas have established a $200,000 relief fund to support those impacted by the fires. Cobank has matched those funds and will contribute an additional $200,000. Donations have also been made by the Woodward Elks Rodeo Association and private p...
A small group of unelected citizens, all appointed by Republican state leaders, will soon be exercising significant powers to decide how the state’s top agencies spend their funding and which services they should provide. Legislators and Gov. Mary Fallin added $2 million to the state budget this year to pay for state agency audits to be conducted by a private firm and overseen by a commission of Oklahoma business leaders. Conservative lawmakers say this private-sector approach work will uncover waste, fraud and unnecessary spending that goes b...
Registered Republicans who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the June 26 Primary Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Sandra Koehn said today. Although the county election board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2018, Koehn urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early. Absentee ballot application forms are available at the County Election Board office located at 410 4 St. Suite C, Alva, Oklahoma. An online version of the form can be filled...
It is human nature to harbor a desire to be around great people, and to keep lasting mementos of the experience. One way of accomplishing that goal is to collect a notable person’s “John Henry” on paper. But the difficulty of doing so tends to vary inversely with that person’s degree of fame and with their willingness to give signatures. Now for example, you take Albert Einstein’s signature. His autograph wasn’t widely available, and memento seekers used to grab every scrap of paper he ever touched that wasn’t nailed down, even table napkins...
My mother and mother-in-law have gone ahead of our family to the promised land awaiting the coming of all the people they raised and made good citizens out of. Thanks for a job well done. Try to see your mother on this special day. If you cannot be there in person, make the call. Better yet, you still have time to call her and take her to church (morning or evening) and an after-church meal. Whether or not it is Mother's Day, she will really appreciate hearing from you and you will have a flood of memories to make your day special. Thursday,...
ALVA, Okla. – When the Alva High School softball team takes the field next August, there will be a new face leading the program as AHS has named Megan Stratton as the new head softball coach. The daughter of a softball coach, Stratton is excited to follow in her father’s footsteps as she begins her head coaching career. “My biggest coaching influence has to be my dad,” Stratton said on Thursday. “He has coached 20-plus years at my high school in Los Alamos, New Mexico. He has definitely been my biggest role model. “I have always loved softb...
Friday, May 4, 2018 6:14 a.m. Major County advised a woman stole a pickup in Ringwood Jiffy Trip. 9:01 a.m. Controlled burn at junction of highways 60 and 74. 10:12 a.m. Report of a lift assist in the 600 block of Hillcrest Drive. 6:01 p.m. Controlled burn west of Pond Creek. 6:39 p.m. Report of a four-wheeler driving down Locust and Second Street. 11:35 p.m. Caller advised of a female who had fallen and was hurt in the 700 block of Center. Saturday, May 5, 2018 12:52 a.m. Report of possible abuse of an elderly patient. 7:35 a.m. Caller...
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 Gladstone Merritt Evans III, Alva, 30, has been...
Shawn Jack Selvey vs. Bonnie Marie Selvey, Alva: dissolution of marriage ($262.14). David Hawkins vs. Jennifer Hawkins: dissolution of marriage ($252.14)....
Sunday, May 6, 2018 9:46 a.m. Woman called about inmate 10:03 a.m. Man called about an inmate. 10:25 a.m. Woman called about an inmate. 10:32 a.m. Man called about an inmate. 10:39 a.m. Woman called about an inmate. 11:26 a.m. Woman called for information. 2:57 p.m. Warrant check. 3:09 p.m. Warrant check. Monday, May 7, 2018 9:28 p.m. Dispatch called about cattle out. 10:24 p.m. Woman called about inmate information. 11:46 p.m. Dispatch called to make coffee. Tuesday, May 8, 2018 7:14 a.m. Officer called about warrant check. Wednesday, May 9,...
Jacob Faulkner Jacob is the son of Jay and Denise Faulker. High school activities include football, baseball, basketball, FFA, FCA and Key Club. Activities outside of school include being a member of the Zion Lutheran Church and Baptist Youth Group. Jacob works for DT Spraying. His goal is to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University majoring in business. The best advice he could give to a freshman is, "Have fun while it lasts." His personal philosophy is, "Work hard every day because...
The Cherokee Outlet Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) held its final meeting of the year on May 10 at 2 p.m. in the Alva Public Library. Those present were Regent Teri Piper, Mary Barker, Louise Prigmore, Marcilene Piper, Linda Peterman, Phyllis Wiersig, Marcile Lancaster and Thelma Crouch.. Regent Piper led the chapter in the patriotic exercises. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Phyllis Wiersig gave the treasure's report. Mary Barker and Thelma...
ALVA, Okla. – "I was very please and proud of this group of kids." That was the way Alva High School head baseball coach Scott Baugh described his feelings of the 2018 campaign for the Goldbugs. "Anytime you win 24 games in a season you've had a really good year," mentioned Baugh. "They were a really fun bunch of kids to be around." The Goldbugs finished the season last weekend after going 2-2 in the regional tournament at Oklahoma Christian School, closing the season with a 24-14 record. A...
