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Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva, and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Alva Friends Church Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m.; coffee and donut fellowship at 10:10 a.m.; worship at 10:30 a.m. Alva Friends Church is on the corner of College Avenue and Center Street. Avard Christian Church Sunday services are from 2-4 p.m. Avard Christian Church is 7 miles west of Alva on Highway 64 and 7 miles south on County Road 370, or 6...
Far too many times I have heard people speak of people as “lost causes.” They look at a certain individual who is held securely in the clutches of sin, and they declare, “He or she, is a lost cause. There is no hope for them.” They assume that the level to which a person stoops, the length of time they are captives, or the condition of the person, has some bearing on God’s ability to transform their lives, but nothing could be further from the truth. In Mark 5, Jesus encounters three individuals, who are lost causes. He first encounter...
It’s Tuesday morning, May 22. I just finished leaving a message on the Roberts Brothers Funeral Home page for the family of Conner Smith. He was rapidly becoming one of my favorite people – the second son of a fine pair of Christian parents from “no man’s land” between Guymon and Liberal. He was in the process of moving into the Bible Chair to become the “face-man” of our on-campus ministry. I can’t find a word to describe how I feel. Conner was 19. His memorial will be held in a gymnasium with most of his family and friends in attendance. Tomo...
The Alva City Council took care of a lot of business in a packed agenda Monday night. The monthly meeting lasted over two hours. Two items involving issuing a utility system revenue note had to be tabled due to the absence of two council members. Those required a 75 percent majority vote so they’ll be addressed during a special meeting planned for June 7. Council members absent were Michael Eckhardt and Brandon Sherman. The Northwestern Oklahoma State University Foundation presented their semi-annual scholarship invoice to the city. The c...
Jade Black Films, LLC, and the Oklahoma Film and Music Office (OF+MO) are pleased to announce that principal photography has begun in Oklahoma on the feature film “Jade Black.” Written, directed and produced by Oklahoma native Terry Spears with an all-Oklahoman cast and crew, “Jade Black” is an action thriller about a young, highly-skilled female government agent tasked with stopping a rogue former agent from wielding a biological weapon. “We really love to film in Oklahoma,” said Spears. “The wide diversity in available locations and...
Storm clouds would appear, severe storm watches were issued, but somehow all the rain seemed to pass by Alva to the north or south. Storms would even split around Alva. Sunday evening Alva finally received a decent rain, but it was still not enough to make up for months with nary a drop. Finally Wednesday night, the rains came and stayed long enough to record 3.11 inches of precipitation in the Mesonet rain gauge for Alva. The Mesonet station is actually located about eight miles south of Alva at the NWOSU ag farm. This time, all the towns arou...
Graceful Arts will offer summer art camps on June 19–22 for students aged kindergarten through 10 yeas old, and July 17–19 for students ages 8 to 14. Camps will be held 1-4 p.m. with snacks provided. There is a limit of 40 students per camp. For more information on multi-child household discounts or scholarships call Graceful Arts Studio at 580-327-2787....
From an article in AARP Magazine called “The Voices of Deception” came some outlandish telephone ploys to scam the innocent. The same is true of television ads and paid advertisements in magazines and newspapers, showing once again that “Scammers will say just about anything to get you to hand over your cash.” I met the mailperson at the box as I often do to hand outgoing and get my daily dose of bills, but yesterday I received nothing but magazines and junk mail. My first response is always,...
Horace Mann was a successful politician when he set out to spread the concept of publicly funded education throughout the United States. The Massachusetts family into which Mann was born in 1796 was one of poor farmers. Consequently, he received only a cursory formal education while growing to adulthood. But he read voraciously at the local public library, and in 1816 he enrolled in Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated three years later at the top of his class. Later, Mann...
Lance McDaniel is the executive director of deadCenter Film and an Emmy-nominated filmmaker who has worked on 21 feature films, including Oscar winner "Million Dollar Baby." McDaniel was born and raised in Alva. He credits the Alva Boy Scouts with giving him confidence and a love of singing, and the Rialto Theatre and Drive-In for inspiring him to make movies. At deadCenter, McDaniel leads free film classes to 3,000 rural high school students each fall, provides quarterly continuing education...
Farmers Cooperative Association and CoBank recently renewed their commitment to building a better rural America by combining together to give $10,000 in funds to area organizations. Each year CoBank partners with qualified customers to match contributions to charitable groups they support. This year the co-op chose Alva Wesleyan Food Bank, Woods County Senior Citizens and the Alva Fire Department. Alva Wesleyan Food Bank has been a staple in the Alva community for seven years now, providing...
In today's current political climate, it can feel like all politicians are essentially the same, regardless of party. But Murray Mark Thibodeaux, Oklahoma Congressman candidate, definitely stands out from the crowd. Many people worry not simply about potentially compromising on an issue, but trusting that representative in Washington. Thibodeaux offers a novel approach. Disregard the idea of scraping the candidate's history for their voting patterns. Murray Thibodeaux has a plan to directly...
With the barbecue season in full swing, Northwestern Oklahoma State University is unveiling its own private label sauce in partnership with the producers of the popular JR Okie Smokie. Ranger BBQ Sauce is now being sold at retailers in Alva with hopes of expanding to other retailers in northwest Oklahoma. Northwestern receives a royalty on every bottle produced. "Northwestern looks to align with brands that meet our standards for quality and will represent the university in a positive manner,"...
Graveside services for Harold Dwaine Danielson will be 2 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2018, at the Alva Municipal Cemetery with Steve Danielson officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Harold Dwaine Danielson, son of the late Earl Elias and Hattie Lee (Rogers) Danielson, was born December 1, 1924, in Bado, Major County, Oklahoma, and passed away May 23, 2018, at Capron, Oklahoma, at the age of 93 years, 5 months and 22 days. Harold attended the Sternberg Country...
Funeral services for Matt Clepper will be Saturday, May 26, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Cherokee Methodist Church in Cherokee, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery under the direction of Goodwin-Wharton Funeral Chapel. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. Matt, son of Vicke (Hitchcock) and David Clepper, was born May 15, 1976 in Kiowa, Kansas. He passed away May 20, 2018 at the age of 42 years and 5 days. In 1995 Matt graduated from Cherokee High School and went on t...
MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. – Despite three-stroke victories by Kellen Gray and Putter Srinoon, the Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys fell, 2-2-1 (23-6), to the Lynn Fighting Knights in the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Quarterfinals on Thursday. Gray started the day for the Wonder Boys, taking a three stroke lead over Lynn's Jorge Villar after the first three holes. Gray, who started on the course's second nine holes, birdied hole 18 to finish the back nine with a 1-under 35 and extend his lead to six strokes. Gray took his largest lead of seven strokes t...
SALEM, Va. – Seventh-seeded Southern Arkansas opened play on Thursday afternoon in the 2018 NCAA Division II Softball World Series at the James I. Moyer Sports Complex and despite solid pitching, the Lady Muleriders fell to second-seeded Saint Anselm 2-1 in nine innings. SAU returns to action tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. EST in the DII World Series' second elimination game and will take on the loser of the (3) Chico State and (6) Saint Leo matchup. Live coverage links are available at www.MuleriderAthletics.com. Sophomore Victoria Taylor t...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Police say a man armed with a pistol walked into an Oklahoma City restaurant and opened fire, wounding two people, before being shot dead by an armed civilian in the parking lot. The shooting happened about 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Louie's On The Lake, a restaurant on Lake Hefner in the Oklahoma capital. Police Capt. Bo Matthews says a woman and a female juvenile were undergoing surgery for gunshot wounds but apparently "are going to survive." A man suffered a broken arm while trying to escape. No identities have been r...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The chairman of Oklahoma's police pension board stepped down after investigators discovered he sent and received photos of nude women on government email accounts. W.B. Smith resigned Wednesday as chairman of the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System. He will remain a trustee on the board overseeing the $2.5 billion police pension fund, the Oklahoman reported . "I want to apologize to everybody for my mistakes," said Smith, 74. Investigators discovered the emails while probing Steven Snyder, the board's former execu...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says it has recovered the body of the second of two people missing after a boating accident on a central Oklahoma lake. Troopers say the body of Cody Foster of Little Axe was recovered about 10:45 a.m. Thursday from Lake Thunderbird, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) southeast of Oklahoma City. Authorities say Foster's body was found about 35 feet below underwater. Foster had been missing since a boat he was in collided with a second vessel Saturday. The body of 33-year-old Brandon Michael Kelley o...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Census Bureau says Oklahoma City's population has increased as many areas throughout the state see slowed growth or even a decline in residents. The Tulsa World reports that recent census estimates show Oklahoma City grew by 0.7 percent to more than 643,600 residents during the year-period ending July 1. Oklahoma's fastest-growing city was Piedmont, which grew by 4.9 percent to nearly 7,750. The city sits west of Edmond in Canadian County. Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state after Oklahoma City. But c...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group supported by Walmart seeking a public vote on whether to allow optometrists to operate inside stores says they've gathered enough signatures to place the measure on Oklahoma's November ballot. Oklahomans for Consumer Freedom announced Thursday they've gathered about 255,000 signatures from the state's registered voters. That's more than twice the number needed. If Oklahoma voters approve, State Question 793 would amend the state Constitution and nullify current state laws that prohibit optometrists from operating i...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Blake Brewster hit a solo homer in the third inning and No. 4 seed Oklahoma eliminated top seed Texas from the Big 12 Tournament with a 3-1 victory on Thursday. Brewster entered the game with just one home run and a .129 batting average this season. Levi Prater got the win in one inning of relief for the Sooners (35-22). Big 12 Player of the Year Kody Clemens had two hits for Texas (37-20), but he struck out swinging with a runner on in the eighth. Longhorns coach David Pierce was ejected for arguing. Kyler Murray's RBI s...
