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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 Please meet us for coffee and donut fellowship at 10:15 a.m. every...
When Nick Sartain was young, he didn’t have a cell phone to occupy his time when the fun waned. No, as a youth in the 1980s, he had to come up with his own entertainment. Throw in the fact that he traveled with his family to horse show after horse show, he needed an outlet. “What got me started roping was being at those horse shows, and I’d get bored,” said Sartain, 43, the 2009 heading world champion and Cinch endorsee from Bandera, Texas. “I’d duck off, and there were some kids that roped the dummy, and I’d find them. That’s what got me to...
For the 13th summer, members of the Oklahoma Association of Student Councils (OASC) have gathered on Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Alva campus for BASIC, a leadership workshop, June 12-17. More than 270 high school students from across Oklahoma are attending this camp, where students engage in major skill development sessions. Students attending for the week include high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. During the workshop, students are divided into 12 councils where they must...
Have you ever had a bad day, a bad week, a bad month or even a bad year? The man Job in the Old Testament had it much worse. He not only lost his wealth, he lost his children, and he lost the support from his friends who tried to convince him that he had sinned somehow and needed to repent, along with his wife who wanted him to curse God and die. We’ve all had times of trouble and for differing lengths of time, and we’ve spent time with friends and spouses trying to figure out why these things are happening and how to overcome these dif...
Like many folks, I was a small child when I first heard a playground rhyme about a woman named Lizzie Borden. According to the mantra: “Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks/And, when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41.” As an adult, I accidentally learned one day that while Lizzie Borden was tried for murder, she had been acquitted! I was surprised at this because I had assumed that she had been found guilty and, perhaps, executed. Whoever wrote the rhyme gav...
“I ride my bike, I roller skate, don’t drive no car.” – Melanie, 1971. Jody Rosen’s new book “Two Wheels Good” tells the story of the most popular form of transportation humankind has ever known: The Bicycle. Invented by Comte de Sivrac in Paris in 1791, it debuted as a two-wheeled scooter-like device. The front wheel didn’t steer. It was an invention, but an impractical one. In 1817, Baron Karl Drais’ hobby horse was straddled and propelled by the rider’s legs. It had a steerable front whe...
The Waynoka FFA hosted the "Best of the Best" Reasons Camp from May 23 to May 25. During this time there were many classes of breeding does, breeding ewes, performance bulls, simmental heifers, red angus heifers, market hogs, and breeding gilts evaluated. FFA and 4-H livestock judging teams traveled from Alva, Fairview, Kingfisher, Seiling, Shattuck, Vinita, and Waynoka to attend. Throughout the three days beginners had help from Marlie Farris and Todd Blocker learning how to memorize a set of reasons while also presenting them well. Brooke...
The nation’s newest holiday, Juneteenth, falls on Sunday, June 19, the same day as Father’s Day this year. Since it is a federal holiday, many government agencies like the post office and banks will be closed on Monday, June 20, On June 16, 2021, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday. It was passed by the House of Representatives on June 16, and President Joe Biden signed the bill on June 17, 2021. Jun...
Students in Northwestern Oklahoma State University's mass communication program picked up several honors during the awards portion of the Oklahoma Press Association's 2022 Better Newspaper Contest June 11 in Oklahoma City. The Northwestern News and its staffers won 15 awards, placing second in the competition to be the state's best collegiate newspaper. The Northwestern News won first place overall in photography and had six individual first-place awards including the following: · Photo Editor...
The Alva Airport Commission approved a large invoice for aviation fuel and a right-of-way easement with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT). With three of five members present, they had a quorum. Chairman Dale Logsdon led the meeting with Terry Cline and Mayor Kelly Parker present. Absent were Paul Kinzie and Calleb Mosburg. Mayor Parker gave the city council report. He said the city is trying to transition to being without a city business manager, and overall it is going well. He...
The summer reading program at the Alva Public Library kicked off the week of June 6 with more than 110 youngsters registered. They have been divided into five groups so that there are no more than 20 in each section. This is the alternate week with the same programs and materials for another group of kids. The alternating week program allows staff to serve more youngsters. New programming is scheduled for every two weeks. The Lego Club is proving very popular. A total of 65 signed up to participate and 44 of them showed up at last week’s s...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two Oklahoma attorneys were charged Thursday in an alleged medical marijuana scheme that allowed out-of-state growers to skirt the state's law requiring marijuana businesses to be at least 75% owned by state residents. Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor announced charges against Logan Jones, 56, and Eric Brown, 41, of the Jones Brown Law Firm. Both are charged with conspiracy to cultivate marijuana, offering false or forged instruments for recordation, cultivation of marijuana and pattern of criminal offenses. "My offi...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House and Senate failed to reach a deal on cutting the sales tax on groceries and the individual income tax that Gov. Kevin Stitt was urging them to pass. The House adjourned a special session on Wednesday after passing an array of tax cut options, but Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat on Wednesday dismissed the proposals as "political theater." "We're for tax reform," said Treat, R-Oklahoma City. "We just want to make sure it's good for the long-term future of Oklahoma."" Senate President Pro Tempore G...
MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — Police arrested a second person on Friday in a shooting at an Oklahoma festival last month in which one person was killed and eight others were wounded. Officers arrested Kendall Alexander, 25, at his home in Muskogee, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation said. He faces one count of first-degree murder and eight counts of shooting with intent to kill, Muskogee police said. Alexander was being held without bond in the Muskogee County jail and it wasn't known i...
The church shooting Thursday in Alabama is just the latest recent high-profile shooting in May and June, starting with a racist attack that killed 10 Black people at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Some of the more notable episodes of gun violence in recent weeks: VESTAVIA HILLS, ALABAMA At least two people died and another was hospitalized after a shooting Thursday evening at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in a Birmingham suburb. Police said a suspect is in custody. DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS Police shot and killed a man who fired gunshots Monday...
LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Former NASCAR driver and Fox Sports analyst Clint Bowyer struck and killed a pedestrian on a highway in southwest Missouri earlier this month, police said. The crash occurred June 5 on an exit ramp off of U.S 54 near Osage Beach, Missouri, according to a crash report from Lake Ozark police. Bowyer, a native of Emporia, Kansas, stopped immediately after the collision and called 911, police said. The woman, 47-year-old Mary Jane Simmons, of Camdenton, died at the scene. The crash report says Bowyer showed no signs of i...
MIAMI (AP) — Flanked by a huge writhing snake, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday that the annual prize-winning hunt for invasive Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades will begin Aug. 5. People must register to participate and complete an online training course for the event, which typically draws hundreds from across the country. Last year's "Python Challenge" involved more than 600 people from 25 states, DeSantis said at a news conference in the Everglades. Behind the Republican governor, it took three people to hold a live, 1...
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — The third victim of a church shooting in Alabama has died, police said Friday. The 84-year-old woman died at a hospital a day after a gunman opened fire with a handgun Thursday at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in the Birmingham suburb of Vestavia Hills, the police department said in a Facebook post. They did not release her identity. The suspect, a 71-year-old man, also fatally shot two other elderly people during a potluck dinner at the church where he occasionally attended services, police said Friday at a news c...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fifty years later, the Watergate scandal is remembered in broad strokes. Burglars broke into Democratic headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, President Richard Nixon mounted a cover-up and eventually was forced to resign. But the scandal was built from a million pieces, relevant then, largely forgotten now. Like the piece of tape found by a security guard that night, used by the burglars to block the latch in the basement entrance of the building. It's not likely many remember "Gemstone," code name for a...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union's executive arm recommended putting Ukraine on a path to membership Friday, a symbolic boost for a country fending off a Russian onslaught that is killing civilians, flattening cities and threatening its very survival. In another show of Western support, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv to offer continued aid and military training. The European allies' latest embrace of Ukraine marked another setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who launched h...
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — About 20 students at a Michigan high school where four students were killed in a mass shooting say their constitutional rights to safety and education have been violated and that they want changes to ensure security at school, a law firm representing them said Friday. The federal lawsuit being filed Friday names the Oxford Community School District, its former superintendent and other officials. It seeks an independent review and policy changes, including increased transparency and communication from the d...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission moved closer Friday to a final rule that would dramatically alter what public companies tell shareholders about climate change — both the risks it poses to their operations and their own contributions to the problem. Public comment on the proposal has now closed, with more than 10,000 comments submitted since March by companies, auditors, trade groups, lawmakers, individuals and others. Comments ranged from concerns about the costs involved for companies getting up to speed, the SEC...
NASHVILLE (AP) — As religious conservatives gathered this week at a sprawling resort near the Grand Ole Opry House, Nikki Haley pressed the Faith and Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" crowd to look to the future. "It's up to us to deliver a new birth of patriotism," said Haley, the former South Carolina governor who was ambassador to the United Nations under President Donald Trump. "And together with you, and with trust in God, I pledge to answer that call and inspire our country once again." Such comments are typical of a party that's o...
