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If you spend any time around Millennials, you have probably heard the term YOLO. For a man who has eased passed the half century mark, YOLO sounds like gibberish. For those of you that have not yet been introduced to the term, it means You Only Live Once. Therefore, you need to go for the gusto (that is a phrase a guy my age can understand), because this life is all you have. Last year, I had the unfortunate task of helping my mother prepare for death. She skimped and saved much of her life, and managed to put aside a small amount of money for...
Real scholars scare me. “Type A” people intimidate me. I’m not a type A. I’m more of a type C-minus. However, the Lord has blessed me with a lot of neat opportunities to teach and some of those type A scholars have come in quite handy at times. Recently, I’ve been watching a series of videos from Dr. Bill Barrick. He is introducing the text and storyline of the Old Testament. One of the things that immediately caught my attention was his ability to field wild and wonderful questions from his students without missing a beat. From the simplisti...
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...
Graveside services for Willard Bryan Lee will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 17, 2017, at the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery with Rev. John Bowers officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka, LLC. Willard Bryan Lee was born in Kennard, Indiana, on October 14, 1920, to Harrison Edward Lee and Iva May (Walker) Lee. He joined the Navy and was placed in radio school. Most of his four years in the Navy was spent as a radio man on a blimp. Bryan married Patricia Gene Mathes on August 29, 1948. Bryan is survived by his...
Teddy Ruxpin – the best-selling toy of 1985-1986 – was an animated, interactive Teddy Bear that used a cassette tape to talk and move. That was later replaced by a digital cartridge in the newest version, which is still being marketed. However, the digital cartridge can be replaced with a processor capable of internet links to take commands, answer questions and record background conversation. Wow, a talking bear with artificial intelligence! Is that only the beginning of the age when your stu...
Being a freshman legislator is quite a change from years of being a solo practitioner. During session, I learned that being successful in getting something done means getting the majority of your colleagues to see your vision, no pun intended. It was a great learning experience, and I feel like we accomplished some important successes. It goes without saying that the budget process was frustrating, especially when I was unable to be part of closed-door meetings. However, I am glad we were able...
As we saw last week, John Scott Harrison was the son of President William Henry Harrison and the father of President Benjamin Harrison, giving him a unique place in U.S. history. Like other members of his family, John Scott was also an elected public official, serving in the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio from 1853 to 1857. Harrison, who had been born in 1804, died in 1878. On the day of his funeral, his family learned some disturbing news. A family friend, a young boy named Augustus...
Girl Scouts with Troop 969 sold nuts and candy and numerous cookies, received donations from community service activities, and held a pancake feed at McDonald's, raising enough money over the past two years to go on a troop trip out of state. The scouts chose to go to the beach at Galveston, Texas, see the sights and then spend a day at NASA Space Center in Houston, Texas, before heading back to Alva. After a very long day of driving to get to Galveston – about 13-and-a-half hours due to the c...
Dr. Kylene Rehder, an associate professor, director of the Social Work Program and chair of the Department of Social Work at Northwestern Oklahoma State University, has been chosen as one of 100 honorees in the field of social work from the Anne and Henry Zarrow School of Social Work at the University of Oklahoma during the school's 100 for the 100th anniversary celebration. Rehder has worked at Northwestern since 2005 and is credited with leading the social work program to external...
The doors open at 7 a.m. today for Renae Stewart's new restaurant, to be known as You Pick, located in the building formerly known as Red's. Breakfast will be served until 11 a.m., either by use of the drive-through window or in the usual sit-down area. She says the business will be open seven days per week until 9 p.m. in the evening, except closing after lunch on Sunday. She encourages telephone orders to be placed in advance for speedy service at the drive-through window. The number is...
MAGNOLIA, Ark. – Southern Arkansas University is pleased to announce that the 7th-Annual Rip Powell Invitational Golf Tournament, presented by Mustard Seed Wealth Management, will take place on Friday, June 23 at the Magnolia Country Club. The annual golf invitational will be feature two flights with a morning flight tee time at 8:30 a.m. and an afternoon flight tee time of 1:30 p.m. Teams will be comprised of four golfers with the format in each flight being a four-man scramble. The entry fee of the event, which will include breakfast, l...
The Woods County Economic Development Committee (WCEDC) spent the initial part of their meeting going over their financial report as WCEDC Director Sonja Williams noted some discrepancies and wanted to make them known to the committee. The committee had enough for a quorum for their quarterly meeting on June 13. Chairman Daren Slater presided over the meeting. Other members present were Kyle Murrow, Sandie Olson, Steve Lohmann and newly appointed Matt Tucker. Alan Poe was absent. Director Williams first discussed the financial report, with the...
Alva High School Baseball, headed by Scott Baugh, will host a summer baseball tournament starting today and ending on Sunday, June 18. Six teams, including the Alva Goldbugs, will compete in this three-day event that will be held on Crenshaw Field starting at 11 a.m. with the final game slated to start at 8 p.m. Other teams competing are Timberlake, Fairview, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, Pond Creek-Hunter and Red Dirt. The Goldbugs are scheduled to open the tournament at 11 a.m. against the Timberlake Tigers and close the first evening at 8 p.m....
Northwestern Oklahoma State Director of Athletics Brad Franz announced the hiring of Ryan Bowen as head baseball coach. Bowen has been the lead assistant at Great American Conference foe Southeastern Oklahoma State for the past five seasons where they have consistently competed year in and year out. “I am extremely happy to have Ryan Bowen join Northwestern as our head baseball coach,” Franz said. “Ryan comes from a storied family tradition and has also coached under a legend, Mike Matheny at Southeastern. Ryan brings tremendous drive and enthu...
Ten Rangers are ready to ride for college rodeo's most coveted title. Six men and four women from the Northwestern Oklahoma State University have earned the right to compete at the College National Finals Rodeo, set for June 11-17 at the Casper (Wyoming) Events Center. “Having 10 going to the college finals shows how great the program is in Alva and what a great coach Stockton (Graves) is,” said Edgar Fierro, a heeler from Hennessey, who qualified with his partner, Kass Bittle of Kremlin. “It shows Stockton's 'Let's go win' attitude. That...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is delaying two Obama-era regulations aimed at restricting harmful methane emissions from oil and gas production. The Environmental Protection Agency said it is seeking a two-year delay for oil and gas companies to follow a new rule requiring them to monitor and reduce methane leaks from their facilities. The delay follows a 90-day pause ordered earlier this year. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said the agency is reconsidering the 2016 rule, which he said may duplicate state rules that can achieve e...
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge's ruling that might open the door for at least a temporary shutdown of the disputed Dakota Access pipeline surprised the industry that hailed the project as a "game changer" for North Dakota oil. But shippers said Thursday that they aren't concerned that there will be any long-term disruption to service on the $3.8 billion pipeline that on June 1 began moving crude from the Bakken oil patch to a distribution point in Illinois, from which it's shipped to the Gulf Coast and potentially high-paying markets abroad. "...
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Thursday to promote plans for an ambitious Mediterranean undersea natural gas pipeline project, in a bid by his country to become a key European energy supplier. Israel is hoping to export much of its newly discovered natural gas to Europe by a proposed 2,200-kilometer (1,350-mile) undersea pipeline to Cyprus and Greece. "It's something we're very excited about," Netanyahu said in Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city. "Of course the idea of the East Med p...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Exxon Mobil has settled a lawsuit over a 2013 pipeline spill that dumped tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into an Arkansas neighborhood. Attorneys representing 64 families announced the settlement Thursday. They say terms will remain confidential. Exxon told The Associated Press that it is committed to paying for the cleanup, but wouldn't comment on the settlement's specifics. Government attorneys have said the rupture caused more than $57 million in property damage to a subdivision in Mayflower, about 25 m...
PERRY, Okla. (AP) — An earthquake has shaken parts of northern Oklahoma. The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 2:35 a.m. about 12 miles west of Perry in Noble County. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of about one mile. No damage or injuries were reported. Geologists say damage is not likely in quakes below magnitude 4.0 and that earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 to 3.0 are generally the smallest that are felt by humans. Thousands of earthquakes have been recorded in Oklahoma in recent years, with many l...
WASHINGTON (AP) — A frequently polarized Senate found common ground Thursday as Republicans and Democrats joined forces to approve a sweeping sanctions bill that punishes longtime adversaries Iran and Russia with an array of financial penalties. The bipartisan legislation passed overwhelmingly Thursday, 98-2, more than five months after U.S. intelligence agencies determined Moscow had deliberately interfered in the 2016 presidential campaign. Lawmakers have long sought to hit Iran with more sanctions in order to check its ballistic missile p...
RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — Future accidental radiation releases at the largest U.S. site of waste from nuclear weapons production are likely following back-to-back emergency evacuations of workers in May and June because aging infrastructure is breaking down, the top Energy Department official at the site told The Associated Press. Adding to the likelihood of more nuclear mishaps at the sprawling Hanford Nuclear Reservation is inadequate government funding to quickly clean up the millions of gallons of toxic nuclear waste at the site, said Doug S...
