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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...
When the Apostle Paul wrote to the Corinthians, “Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God …” he is suggesting that it is possible for us to imagine things that are incorrect – we are capable of misconceptions. And as it turns out, there are, in fact, many things we imagine about God and about Christianity that are not true at all. For instance, many people imagine God as a stern and angry judge, sitting in heaven with a feather-quill pen, writing down every mistake, transgression and sin, e...
This month, the world is engrossed with its favorite sport. Football. Of course, we’re not talking about good old American, Friday night, do or die, pom-poms and marching bands football. The sport in question is commonly referred to as “soccer” by we ugly Americans. Some of the greatest soccer teams on the planet are representing their home countries in one massive tournament, of which I have watched about 5 minutes total. I hear the USA women’s team is amazing, but my short attention span coupled with 90 minutes of people kicking a ball and ra...
Wife Nicki tells the story of her Grandma Annie who painted her ’47 Chevy coupe with a brush. I read a story about painting cars outside; for best results they recommended the color Indian Ceramic, to hide the dust. Now, the term “patina” well known in the antique trade; describes all conditions of original finish. The theory is that a car is only original once. There are a number of reasons to avoid a new paint job: doing the preparation is time consuming and if rust is involved beneath the s...
It’s the time of year when we like to set off – or at least watch – fireworks. The bigger and more colorful and the louder the boom, the better. But beyond the booms and the lights and the oohs and the ahs is the overarching sense of what the Fourth of July is really about: a celebration of the United States of America’s enduring legacy of independence and liberty. It’s our nation’s 243rd birthday since the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. With this document, our founding fathers announced their intent to throw off the tyrannical...
Olivia Hooker was an African American who lived in Oklahoma in the days of segregation. She managed to survive prejudice and discrimination, and succeeded in living a life of significant accomplishments. Hooker was born in Muskogee on Feb. 12, 1915. Shortly thereafter, the family moved to Tulsa where her mother was a housewife and her father operated a clothing store in the city’s vibrant black business district. Then, on May 31, 1921, the Tulsa Race Riot began as white mobs roamed black n...
Funeral services for Wanda Severn will be held Friday, June 28, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Wharton Funeral Chapel with Reverend Carol Cook Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Alva Municipal Cemetery. Online condolences may be made at www.whartonfuneralchapel.com. Wanda Lee, daughter of LaVerne (Garvie) and Smith Gingrich, was born August 1, 1938, in Quinlan, Oklahoma. She passed away June 26, 2019, in Enid, Oklahoma, at the age of 80 years, 10 months and 25 days. She attended the Mayfield-Garvie...
ENID, Okla. – A halfway house in Enid contracted by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections will soon close its doors. On June 17, Catalyst Behavioral Services representatives informed ODOC they will terminate their contract to operate the halfway house. The halfway house, an ODOC contractor since 2011, is home to 86 female inmates nearing release. ODOC will move the women to other state facilities by mid-July when the contract ends. “Enid was a great location for the women to prepare for their release from incarceration,” said Scott Crow,...
An Alva student is among the 1,668 named by Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, to the Dean's Honor Roll for the spring 2019 semester. The Dean's Honor Roll includes undergraduate students only. To be eligible, students must have completed 12 or more credit hours and earned a minimum grade point average of 3.60 for the semester. Full-time on-campus and FHSU Virtual College students are eligible. Named to the Dean's Honor Roll is Whitney Jae Randall of Alva, a sophomore majoring in Health...
A Goltry man was injured in a collision Wednesday in Alfalfa County. Vernon Roy Sanders Jr., 56, of Goltry, was transported by Helena EMS to St. Mary’s in Enid where he was admitted in stable condition with head, trunk external, trunk internal, arms and leg injuries. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report, the collision occurred at 7:19 a.m. on June 26 on State Highway 45, 502 feet west of County Road 680. The location is three miles west of Goltry. Victor Saebz Galindo, 51, of Amarillo, Texas, was driving a 1992 Ford dump truck w...
A Dacoma man died early Thursday morning when his pickup rolled and he was ejected. Ronald Wayne Wallace, 57, of Dacoma, was transported to Share Medical Center where he was pronounced dead and transferred to the medical examiner’s office in Oklahoma City for further investigation. The wreck occurred at 3:30 a.m. June 27 on County Road 500, 304 feet south of Ellis Road. The location is three miles north of Dacoma in Woods County. Wallace was driving a 2001 Ford F-150 pickup south on CR 500 when the vehicle departed the road to the right and h...
Whether it was the legislative wrap-up, a tour of the firearms simulator or Karen Koehn's cinnamon rolls, a large crowd attended the Alva Chamber Community Coffee on Friday, June 21. Northwest Technology Superintendent Darin Slater welcomed everyone, saying when he first came to school they had a wellness plan. "I didn't think those (Koehn's cinnamon rolls) were going to be on the wellness plan." Chamber Executive Director Alex Mantz spoke about upcoming events. "July 19 we meet again for...
State Senator Casey Murdock gave an update on the recent legislative session to the crowd attending the June 21 Alva Community Coffee at Northwest Technology. "This was the best session since I've been there," said Murdock. "I was first elected into the House in 2014, and you all know what '15, '16 and '17 looked like for the state. It was horrible. So this session was great because we had a little bit of money. We were able to start fixing some things that we have been putting on the back burne...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Thursday it will hear arguments a second time in a case involving an Oklahoma man who argued that the state had no right to prosecute him because he is a Native American and the crime occurred on land belonging to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The justices announced they will hear a new round of arguments in the case of Patrick Murphy. The justices will begin hearing arguments again in October. Murphy was convicted of killing a fellow tribe member in 1999. A federal appeals court found Oklahoma had no r...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. government wants a portion of Oklahoma's $270 million settlement with Purdue Pharma that stemmed from the state's ongoing lawsuit against opioid makers. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services wrote to the head of Oklahoma's Medicaid agency that it has determined the federal government is entitled to part of Oklahoma's proceeds. The June 12 letter from CMS' regional director Bill Brooks also seeks detailed information from the Oklahoma Health Care Authority and warns that failure to return a portion o...
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Investigators say a former Oklahoma state senator who was found dead inside his home apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot. The Norman Police Department said Thursday it has concluded its investigation into the death of 53-year-old Jonathan Nichols. Investigators say foul play wasn't involved. Officers discovered Nichols' body on June 5 inside his west Norman home after receiving a call about an individual with a gunshot wound. Police say their final report will be forwarded to the Medical Examiner's Office. N...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Vaccination opponents in Kansas have mobilized against a plan from the state health department to require more immunizations children in school and day care. The Wichita Eagle reports that dozens of them packed a public hearing on a regulation drafted by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. The new rule would require children in school and day care to be vaccinated against meningitis and hepatitis A. The state already requires immunizations against polio, diphtheria, measles, German measles, whooping cough, m...
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have found a body inside a badly burned central Kansas garage. KAKE-TV reports that the fire was reported before 1 p.m. Thursday just southwest of the Butler County town of El Dorado. Butler County dispatchers said the detached garage was on fire. There were multiple explosions from propane tanks stored in the garage. There is no word on the identity of the person found in the garage. El Dorado is 30 miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Wichita. ___ Information from: KAKE-TV....
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The battle to keep open Missouri's only abortion clinic has moved from the courts to a state administrative process, adding to the confusion about the future of the Planned Parenthood-operated clinic in St. Louis. No state has been without a functioning abortion clinic since 1974, the year after the landmark U.S. Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized the procedure nationwide. Here is a look at the uncertain situation involving abortions in Missouri. ___ Q: What led to the abortion license battle in Missouri? A: T...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A black transgender woman who was found dead this week in a northeast Kansas City neighborhood was the second transgender woman to die in the area in the last four years. Police have said Brooklyn Lindsey, 32, had signs of trauma to her face when her body was found early Tuesday but a cause of death has not been released and no suspect information has been released. Neighbors said they heard an argument and gunshots before her body was found on a porch in the neighborhood. It remains unclear if Lindsey was killed b...
*GARDNER, Kan. (AP) — A cat named Meow has been reunited with her suburban Kansas City owners after she went missing nearly three years ago. The Kansas City Star reports that Meow escaped after Taylor Jezik moved to a new apartment complex in Gardner, Kansas. Jezik searched for Meow in her old neighborhood, posted pictures on Facebook, called animal shelters and looked along roadsides for dead cats. She says her young son, Charlie, was devastated. Then Tuesday, she received a text message saying her cat had been found. Gardner police said t...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas City Chiefs player and now businessman who has served on local and state government boards is running for the U.S. Senate in Kansas. Dave Lindstrom, who lives in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, launched his bid for the Republican nomination with an event Thursday in Goodland in Kansas' northwestern corner. He said he chose the site to show that agriculture is important and because he's helped organize charity golf tournaments for the local medical center there. Four-term GOP Sen. Pat Roberts is n...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — A 25-year-old Kansas man pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing a woman who he left to die in woods in suburban Kansas City. Korrey Raine White Rinke, of Ottawa, had been charged with capital murder and rape in the 2016 death of 46-year-old Julianna Pappas of Overland Park. Under a plea deal announced Tuesday, Rinke pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated kidnapping. He faces life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years when he is sentenced Sept. 12. In 2018 prosecutors planned to s...
SELAH, Wash. (AP) — An appeals court says a piano teacher in Washington state deserved the $40,000 she was awarded in a dispute with a neighbor who revved his pickup truck engine for months to drown out the sound of her lessons. The Yakima Herald-Republic reports the appeals court ruled Tuesday that Junghee Kim Spicer's Yakima Arts Academy was entitled to the payment from her neighbor. The inharmonious relationship started in 2012, court records say, when Spicer increased the number of piano lessons she gave. From November 2015 through March 2...
