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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...
It’s easy to have preconceived notions about people, and not really see them. We do it all the time. In fact, our brains are wired to make quick assessments of people and situations for our safety. How someone is dressed may determine whether we smile or avert our eyes. The color of a person’s skin or their accent can lead us to jump to conclusions about what he or she is like. We also do it with people we know very well. We assume that we know their thoughts and motives. At this point we stop actually seeing the person, and instead are see...
When God brought the nation of Israel out into the wilderness, He chose to establish one tribe (the descendants of Levi, one of the original 12 sons of Israel) to administer the spiritual life of the nation. Both Moses and Aaron were members of this tribe. In Exodus 40, verse 12, we find an interesting regulation concerning Aaron (serving as High Priest) and his sons. They were instructed to gather at the door of the Tabernacle – forerunner of the Temple – and be washed with water, dress in their priestly garments and be anointed with oil. Thi...
Northwest Technology Center will be offering firearms simulation training to local and regional law enforcement agencies. The firearms training simulation is an intensive training that simulates the use of firearms in real-world scenarios. The training facilities include two firearms training simulators, auxiliary firearms props, vests and over 800 training scenarios. NWTC will have one classroom facility housed at Northwest Technology Center’s Alva campus and one portable classroom housed at Northwest Technology Center’s Fairview campus. The...
While the Republican primary decided the only race for county commissioner in Woods County, that was not in the case in the crowded contest for governor. John Smiley retained his seat in Woods County District No. 3. The two Alfalfa County races were also determined in Tuesday’s vote. Tuesday’s primary election posted a record voter turnout for a non-presidential primary election. Oklahoma State Election Board Secretary Paul Ziriax said, "As the state’s chief election official, I am proud of Oklahoma voters for turning out in large numbe...
Northwest Oklahoma is known for dark skies and beautiful views of the wonders of space. NWOSU, UCO and Starcreek Astronomical Society host Saturday star parties in July, free of charge, at the Selman Living Laboratory Observatory near Freedom. The site is at the intersection of EW021 and NW2110. Wear sturdy shoes and bring a jacket. Amateur astronomers will guide you through the constellations, the planets, the moon, and more. Mars is at its brightest this year in July! Please call if severe weather or solid clouds are expected,...
Seeking to provide support for single mother students, the Women’s Foundation of Oklahoma has awarded a $2,850 grant to Northwestern Oklahoma State University. The grant will support the Single Parents’ Network on the Woodward campus, an official university organization that will serve as a resource to assist single parents in securing childcare, healthcare and other needs. Kristin Mravinec, administrative assistant to the dean, will serve as the campus resource officer. “We are thrilled to work with Northwestern to help improve the exper...
The ‘70s: Spring afternoons in the park flipping the Frisbee with Max Curry Jr. without our shirts. Harvest in June, and the famous “farmer tan” followed by lying out at the Alva Pool to impress the girls. All this and more sun tanning before sunscreen was developed. We used baby oil to improve our tan while getting that all-over shiny look so coveted by the beach bums. “California’s got the sun and the girls all get so tan.” Often referred to as “getting a good color” or a “healthy glow,...
Last week I promised to discuss the life of a woman who is leading an interesting life. Her name is Perry Barber. Barber and her twin sister, Warren, were born in New York City in 1953. Why her parents decided to give their daughters first names almost exclusively reserved for males is something I cannot answer. The Barber girls were born into a socially and financially prominent family and became debutantes in 1972. As adults, they were beautiful, talented, witty and charming. Perry decided...
In the fall of the 2017-2018 school year each high school in Woods County was contacted for the school election committee to select a good citizen from the senior class. After selection the student had available the option of participation in the scholarship essay. The students wrote their essays under a supervised time limit. The student was not given the topic of the essay until they sat down to participate. This year's topic was, “How has America advanced the cause of freedom in the rest of the world?” All three schools participated in the...
Alva's Town & Country Christian Church (829 Church St.) Vacation Bible School will begin Wednesday, July 15, and continue through Sunday, July 19. The VBS will feature Matt Miles from Creation Truth Foundation, and reliable sources say that dinosaurs will make an appearance. In fact, the collection making the trip to Alva includes examples of the albertosaurus, pteranodon and coprolite; and skulls of the tyrannosaurus, tylosaurus, edmontosaurus and pachycephalosaurus; along with a dinosaur egg....
The Alva Board of Education scheduled an end-of-fiscal-year meeting for Wednesday evening. Retiring Superintendent Steve Parkhurst handled about half the meeting, and then he invited incoming Superintendent Tim Argo to take over where the agenda contained items about the 2019 school year. Several resignations were handled: Shannon Drew will leave the Alva Middle School and take a position with the Waukomis Public Schools. Suzanne Walter will resign from the Alva Schools and take a teaching...
BEAVER, Okla. (AP) — Residents in all of Oklahoma's "dry" counties have voted to go wet, but one county's results are still up in the air. Beaver County is one of 14 counties that approved a proposition allowing for liquor sales by the drink in Tuesday's election. Unofficial results showed Beaver County passed the measure by seven total votes, but the county still hasn't counted 10 provisional ballots, the Oklahoman reported . The Beaver County Election Board will meet Friday to count the final votes, which could reverse the election o...
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — A 36-year-old Oklahoma man who was convicted of taking part in a double slaying tied to a northern Colorado marijuana smuggling ring has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Greeley Tribune reports Samuel Pinney was sentenced Thursday, a day after being found guilty of first-degree murder in the October 2015 deaths of 23-year-old Joshua Foster and 22-year-old Zachary Moore. All three are from Muskogee, Oklahoma. Pinney was one of five people arrested during an investigation that c...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld first-degree murder convictions in two unrelated cases, including a Tulsa woman sentenced to life without parole for the stabbing death of her boyfriend. The court Thursday rejected appeals by 25-year-old Sarah Francis, who was convicted in the 2014 death of Jon Jay Smitter. An autopsy found Smitter was stabbed 57 times. Francis claimed she acted in self-defense. In another case, the court affirmed the first-degree conviction of 24-year-old Immanuel Mitchell, who was s...
PONCA CITY, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma woman accused of plotting to kill her ex-husband in Israel has apologized for manufacturing the poison ricin as a judge sentenced her to more than three years in prison. The Oklahoman reports that Danielle Dana Layman was sentenced Tuesday. The Ponca City woman pleaded guilty to unregistered possession of ricin in February. The 38-year-old Layman was arrested last year after another woman told the FBI of the murder-for-hire plot. The informant says she met Layman after responding to a Craigslist ad for an o...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A clinic for prescribing medical marijuana opened in Tulsa just hours after Oklahoma voters approved the pot measure — and before election officials had even certified the vote. Tulsa Higher Care Clinic opened Wednesday morning, although it could be weeks before residents can apply for a license to possess marijuana for medical purposes. Voters approved medical marijuana Tuesday. Clinic co-owner Whitney Wehmeyer told the Tulsa World that for $250, a patient gets two appointments with a doctor who could provide a rec...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The family and supporters of a black Topeka man killed last year by police are speaking out against the city, the department and what they called unjustified violence by law enforcement toward black men as they discuss a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and the officers. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges that the two white officers, Michael Cruse and Justin Mackey, lacked legal justification when they fatally shot Dominique White, 30, after a struggle in September near a park in Topeka. The officers were r...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A law enforcement initiative prioritizes federal prosecutions of repeat offenders and convicted criminals who carry firearms in Wichita and Garden City, the U.S. attorney's office in Kansas said Thursday. The Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative teams federal prosecutors together with local and state law enforcement agencies in the two cities where the violent crime rate is higher than the state average of 3.7 per 1,000 people. The report from the Kansas Bureau of Investigations showed a rate of 5.1 in Garden City and 1...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A western Missouri man is expected to spend 25 years in federal prison for a series of armed robberies that ended when another suspect was fatally shot by police. Federal prosecutors in Kansas City say 23-year-old Deonte Collins-Abbott of Grandview pleaded guilty Thursday to robbery and firearms charges. He'll be sentenced later but a plea agreement spells out terms of his sentence. Collins-Abbott admitted to eight armed robberies in early 2016, though federal investigators believe he was involved in at least 27. The c...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer says he wants to be the governor who ends abortion in the state, but he'll need help from fellow abortion opponents to do so. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the Republican spoke Thursday at the National Right to Life convention that is taking place in Overland Park, Kansas, a Kansas City suburb. Colyer told attendees that there remains a need to stack the courts, Congress and state legislatures with those who oppose abortions. The crowd was upbeat in the wake of recent decisions by t...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers are demanding answers after protesters were locked out of the Statehouse last week. Top leaders from both parties directed the director of Legislative Administrative Services to prepare a report during a meeting Wednesday, the Lawrence Journal-World . The members of the Legislative Coordinating Council said they want to know when security officials can lock people out of the Statehouse and who has the authority to make such a decision. Issues arose June 18 when officers locked the public entrance doors to th...
DENTON, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas have arrested a man accused of receiving more than $5.8 million in bank loans by fraudulently using 8,000 head of cattle there and in Oklahoma as collateral. Officials say 67-year-old Howard Lee Hinkle of Wichita Falls, Texas, was arrested Wednesday after he was indicted by a grand jury in Denton County for first-degree felony theft of more than $200,000. Law enforcement says Hinkle defaulted on loans secured by the yearling cattle. But authorities say bank officials acting on a court order couldn't f...
