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Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva, and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Evening worship begins at 5:30 p.m. Young adults gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Wednesday services include 7 p.m. Bible Study, and youth group also meets at 7 p.m. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at...
I’m about to say something that might seem rude and judgmental. But I want you to know it’s out of love and concern that I tell you about my observation of the community of Alva. Please read the whole article before you choose to get upset or whatever this reading might do to you. This past weekend, my wife and son and I had the privilege of helping out the Community Food Bank by going around and picking up the bags of food left by several community members. It was one of those days I’d rather have been doing something else but was bless...
When the Israelites crossed the Red Sea, it was the end of a 400-year sojourn in the land of Egypt; but it’s also remembered as a new beginning. When Joshua led the next generation of Hebrews across the Jordan some 40 years later, it marked the end of a long era of transition from slaves to conquering army; but we recall the battle for Jericho as the start of a new reality in the land of promise. And so it goes. Each ending brings its own new beginning. Last Saturday, I had the privilege of sitting next to State Sen. Roland Pederson on the s...
Blood donors will receive a trendy “Summer Vibes” T-shirt and free admission to their choice of Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City (one entry) or Safari Joe’s H2O Water & Adventure Park in Tulsa (two entries) at one of the following drives: • Value Added Products, 2101 College Blvd. Alva; Friday, May 24, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. • Walmart Alva, 914 E. Oklahoma Blvd. Alva; Friday, May 24, 3–5:30 p.m. • Waynoka High School, 116 Main St., Waynoka; Thursday, May 30, 3–7 p.m. “Summer is a particularly challenging time for the blood supply,” sa...
Brianna Duncan, a graduate of South Barber High School, has been awarded a scholarship to attend Northwestern Oklahoma State University during the 2019-2020 academic year. Duncan will receive the Ranger Preview Scholarship. The Ranger Preview Scholarship is awarded for participation in Northwestern's annual Ranger Preview event....
Anna "Ann" Mae Rader, 98, of St. Joseph, Missouri, passed away May 15, 2019. She was one of 12 children, the daughter of Walter and Alta (Willoughby) Ruark born on August 26, 1920, in Taylorsville, Kentucky. In the late '20s her father moved the family from Kentucky to Missouri. Ann grew up on a tobacco farm a few miles from Platte City, Missouri. She attended Farmer's Rural School and Platte City High School. On March 3, 1940, she was united in marriage to Robert "Bob" Rader. They lived a few...
It was during his older brother, Randy's, baseball game on July 18, 1969, that Virgil Ivan Murrow arrived. He was born in Alva, Oklahoma, at Alva General Hospital to Virgil "Lyle" and Pearl Marie (Utterback) Murrow. Always outgoing and likable, Virgil grew up on the family farm west of Alva. Virgil played and worked hard, enjoying outdoor activities: fishing, riding horses, swimming, camping and exploring. He worked on the farm and became an accomplished cowboy. It was on the farm that he learne...
If you walk around your home, you will notice that there are areas that are hard to navigate. Throw rugs are aptly named. Most people are happiest in their current home – surrounded by memories and lots of memorabilia. Decluttering is the first step, but what is the criteria? I gifted a display case for a friend’s knife collection. His remark: “Now all the knives are in one place for a thief!” That’s not a good solution to clutter, but at some point “all that you possess belongs to someone else....
May 12–18, 2019, is Police Week – a week during which we take the time to remember fallen police officers in our nation. This week is more than that to me. My words are not elegant but let me try to explain why. People like to call the men and woman of the Blue who have lost their lives our “fallen heroes.” They ABSOLUTELY are heroes, and they have paid the ultimate sacrifice. I am not trying to take the importance away or lessen that in any way. I believe these men and women became heroes when they, some at a very young age, felt the calling...
Ambrose Madison was a plantation owner in southwestern Virginia in the early 18th century. He was allowed to lay claim to more than 4,600 acres of land as an early settler in the region. Sources are not in agreement as to the date of his birth but it may have been in January 1696. As was the case with most planters at that place and time, Madison’s primary crop was tobacco, a valuable trade item between the American colonies and Great Britain. Moreover, tobacco (of which the British were u...
ALVA, Okla. – Following a successful tenure at Oklahoma City University, Vinay Patel has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Director of Athletics Brad Franz announced on Monday. “I am very pleased to welcome Coach Patel, wife Megan and son Jaxon to the Ranger family as our men’s basketball head coach,” said Franz. “He rose to the top of a quality pool of applicants. Coach Patel has a strong background at the NCAA Division II level and has been extremely successful over the past four season...
Flooding was a major topic of discussion during the Alva Airport Commission meeting Monday. Several areas had drainage problems including the newest airport hangar building The heavy rainfall of May 7 and 8 that undermined an Alva street, flooded basements and damaged a number of rural roads presented a challenge to runoff water systems in the area. At one point, all major highways into Alva were closed due to flooding. The Alva Regional Airport also had flooding issues from that downpour. Board member Paul Kinzie brought up the problem at...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The Oklahoma Baptist baseball team came out firing against defending national champion Augustana. Unfortunately, the Bison were edged out in a wild game, 12-10. In the top of the first, Garrett McKee, Jake Gozzo, and Eric Carlson all recorded hits. Gozzo's hit put McKee in scoring position before Carlson's double batted in both McKee and Gozzo to give OBU a 2-0 lead. In the top of both the second and third the Bison put up four more runs. In the second, Brett Bloomfield hit a home run and batted in Brock Carter. Carlson h...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Behind a national runner-up finish from senior Gloria Choi, the SWOSU Women's Golf team advanced to the Match Play portion of the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships after tying for fourth place in stroke play, which concluded on Thursday. Choi birdied the first three holes to move into the lead during the final round and she entered the most difficult portion of the course at one-under for the day after recording eight straight pars from holes 7-14. A birdie on the par-3 15th hole got Choi back to two under,...
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Arkansas Tech's Jacqueline Klemm was named WGCA Division II Freshman of the Year and Peerada Piddon was named WGCA Division II First Team All-American, the Women's Golf Coaches Association announced Thursday. Klemm is the first golfer in program history to receive National Freshman of the Year. Meanwhile, Piddon is All-American for the second year in a row; however, this is first time on the First Team, as she was named Honorable Mention last season. She is one of only two golfers in program history to receive the honor....
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A law school dean will serve as University of Oklahoma's interim president following the sudden resignation of the school's current leader, who'd served less than a year in his role. The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents says OU Law School Dean Joseph Harroz Jr. will serve as interim president for at least 15 months. The board announced its decision shortly after 2 a.m. Friday following a nearly six-hour executive session. Harroz takes over immediately for Jim Gallogly, whose short tenure at the state's flagship u...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency's internal watchdog urged the agency on Thursday to look into recovering $124,000 in premium travel charges for former EPA head Scott Pruitt and his bodyguards. The EPA's inspector general rejected Pruitt's claims that security concerns warranted the first- and business-class travel at taxpayer expense. The findings provided a rare public resolution to one in a long series of ethics allegations that led to Pruitt's resignation last July. The EPA inspector general had ended some previous i...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Native American tribes in Oklahoma are planning to build a meat processing plant in an effort to take a more active role in bringing the nations' bison herd to the marketplace, a tribal business official said. Nathan Hart, business director for the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, noted an eatery at the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum currently being developed in Oklahoma City could sell the meat plant's first bison entrees. Hart said the U.S. Department of Agriculture-inspected processing plant being built in E...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman accused of stabbing her 11-year-old daughter 50 to 70 times, hitting her in the head with an ax and then setting their home on fire has been sentenced to life in prison. A Tulsa County Judge handed the sentence Thursday to 40-year-old Taheerah Ahmad, who pleaded guilty last month to two counts of child neglect and one count each of first-degree arson and assault and battery. Her daughter survived and authorities say she has recovered from her injuries. Ahmad was arrested last May after authorities said s...
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — The parents of a black teenager who was naked and unarmed when he was shot and killed by suburban Oklahoma City police have asked to meet with the police chief, mayor and other city officials to find out what transpired. Vicki and Troy Lewis want to know what happened when their son, 17-year-old Isaiah Lewis, was shot and killed late last month in Edmond, attorney Andrew M. Stroth told The Associated Press on Thursday. "In this situation you have an unarmed, naked black boy who, after an hour pursuit, was shot and killed b...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities in Oklahoma City say falling debris is still a danger after a skyscraper was damaged when it was battered by a dangling scaffold holding two men. Police blocked some roads and a park to most vehicle and pedestrian traffic Thursday, a day after two window washers were rescued from the scaffold above the nearly 850-foot (259 meters) Devon Tower. Both men refused treatment after they were brought to safety. It's unclear what caused the scaffold to hit the building, shattering windows and dropping glass. The c...
