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Menu for Woods County Senior Citizens Monday – Beef tips in gravy over noodles, green beans, squash/zucchini, chocolate custard, salad bar Tuesday – Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, cucumber/onion/tomato salad, wheat bread stick, fruited gelatin Wednesday – Taco (beans, beef, cheese in taco shell, sour cream, salsa), lettuce, tomatoes, onion, Spanish rice, banana and spice cake Thursday – Crispy baked fish, cheesy broccoli, blushing pears, soya rice casserole, salted pretzel chocolate chip cookie, salad bar Friday – Closed...
Technology has changed the way we access information. Sandra Ott Hamilton, director of the Alva Public Library, told the library board Monday that the local facility has become more of a community center than an information storage building. In the past, people sought out the library to look up reference material and information or to ask questions. Ott Hamilton says the library now serves more as a place to learn new skills, find entertainment and meet with other community members. As society and the use of technology have changed, the...
The Alva Board of Education will hold a regular meeting Monday at 5 p.m. in the office at 418 Flynn St. The board will be voting on the hiring of a list of non-certified personnel for the next school year. Shane Feely is proposed as the curriculum coordinator for the coming school year. Other discussion and action will be on the support personnel salary schedule, the administrative salary schedule, the extra duty salary schedule and the extra duty assignments for next school year. Board members will discuss and vote on entering into an agreemen...
When someone drove into trash cans and a gas meter behind her house, LaDonna Landers knew who to call. Landers, who works for the Woods County Sheirff’s Office, called Deputy Adam Honeyman on July 1 to report the driver hitting the trash cans and gas meter and then yelling and screaming at her and trying to drive away. Deputy Honeyman called Officer Sean Farris to respond with him to the 1100 block of Flynn where they talked to Landers. She said the driver was Billy Lee Ross Jr., and he had driven away in a black or dark blue F150. Honeyman a...
Oh to be able to say precisely the right thing at just the right time. That is to say, one would be able to reply to an insult with a real zinger that puts the resident smart aleck in his place. And at the same time, the zinger would not be so “over the top” that it gets the person hurt, physically or emotionally. A pretty tall order for your “average Joe,” but some people definitely have the talent to live on the edge. One of the best at this was none other than Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, of whom it can be said, “he weaponize...
When Scott Pruitt was given the job of EPA director, I was in shock because he never has had a clue past remembering to breathe in and breathe out. On the other hand, it upped the IQ in two places when he left Oklahoma for Washington, DC. Now I see where he is out of the EPA. Quick, Trump, make him the ambassador to China or tell him Oklahoma disappeared and he needs to go somewhere else. I hope everyone had a safe and fun 4th of July. Dad, Jack, Cleo and I went to the Kansas Star and the Osage...
Friday, June 29, 2018 6:12 a.m. Controlled burn off U.S. Highway 64. 6:59 a.m. Woman needs lift assist on Jackson Road. 7:26 a.m. Black calf out half mile east of County Road 280. 8:06 a.m. Calf out on west of County Road 260. 8:15 a.m. Calf out on County Road 260/U.S. Highway 64. 8:42 a.m. Controlled burn in Capron. 8:43 a.m. Question on drug court program. 8:47 a.m. Report of damage to a work truck in the 200 block of Church. 8:57 a.m. Welfare check needed. 9:16 a.m. Medics needed for woman having difficulty breathing in the 500 block of Ash...
According to the affidavits and petitions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is innocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All information is a matter of public record and may be obtained by anyone during regular hours at the Woods County Courthouse. The Alva Review-Courier will not intentionally alter or delete any of this information. If it appears in the courthouse public records, it will appear in this newspaper. Felony Filings Billy Lee Ross Jr., Alva, has been charged with...
David Allen Roach, Kiowa, Kansas, and McKenzie Elane Earle, Kiowa, Kansas: marriage license (no counseling) ($50). Brian Gene Hofen, Dacoma, and Loretta Lynn Samples, Alva: marriage license (with counseling) ($5)....
Thursday, June 28, 2018 8:42 a.m. Dispatch called for cattle owners’ info. 8:45 a.m. Woman called for court information. 9:09 a.m. Dispatch called for warrant check. 3:44 p.m. Man called to talk to a deputy. 8:39 p.m. Woman called about information on an inmate. Friday, June 29, 2018 8:39 p.m. Woman called for information on an inmate. Saturday, June 30, 2018 9:52 a.m. Man called for warrant check. 5:36 p.m. Man called for information....
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State looks to take the next step in its 2018 women's soccer campaign. Newly hired, James Ross' fall schedule will feature 18 regular season games – eight of them at home – and one scrimmage. The Rangers will begin the 2018 season with a scrimmage at home which will take place on the 21st of August where they will host Oklahoma Wesleyan University at 7 p.m. The Eagles were a top 10 team a year ago in NAIA, making it all the way to the Round of 16 in the Natio...
A camera from a cereal box, using a 126 cartridge, sparked Jon Linder's interest in photography. That was about 1974, but his interest rekindled in 1983 when he attended the Colorado Institute of Art in Denver. In his first juried show, he took Best of Show in the fine art black and white category. Linder's photography is on display this month at the Graceful Arts Gallery in Alva. The Alva native visited with people attending the First Friday Art Walk July 6 at the gallery. Linder's...
Children and families are favorite subjects for local area photographer Evie Nusser Shriver. "I love kids. I think a lot of photographers have trouble with kids and families because they get really stressed out," she says, "but to me if I just let the kids run around and do what they want, these get the best photos, the best smiles." Shriver started as a mom taking photos of her kids during their sports activities. "I don't really like to gossip," she says. This was a way for her to get away...
Though he has a photography studio in Edmond, Jeff Glass says his love of photography comes second to travel. So he likes to combine the two. "It's hard for me to go anywhere without a camera. It drives my wife a little bit crazy sometimes because I usually take a lot of equipment." The son of Larry and Joy Glass, Jeff grew up in Alva. These ties made him a natural to include in the Graceful Arts Gallery's July display of photography. Glass said his photography is digital these days because...
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — Activists in Oklahoma are looking to entrench the right to use marijuana in the state's constitution by promoting a pair of ballot measures. The Tulsa World reports that the first state question would classify marijuana as an "herbal drug" and amend the Oklahoma Constitution. The other initiative says a person 21 years or older can possess or consume up to two ounces of marijuana for personal use. Both were filed in April. Voters in Oklahoma backed the medicinal use of the drug last month. Yet, Isaac Caviness with G...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's 4.0 earthquakes are up significantly this year, but the overall rate of earthquakes is declining. Oklahoma has had six quakes of at least magnitude 4.0 halfway through this year, which is one more than all of last year. But the overall rate of earthquakes has declined, with 96 quakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater through June 30, compared with 144 at this point last year and 302 by the end of 2017, the Tulsa World reported. A magnitude 4.6 in April near Perry was the 12th largest in state history. Scientists are lar...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Cowboy hat and boot stores in Oklahoma City's historic stockyards district have some new neighbors: rattlesnakes and other reptiles. KGOU reports the OKC Rattlesnake Museum opened to visitors this week. It's home to 35 venomous reptiles, including a Gila monster a 5-foot, 22-pound eastern diamondback named "Big Girl." Museum founder and owner Carl Sandefer says he hopes visitors will learn to identify different types of snakes with up-close looks. He says rattlesnakes could be coiled up on a back porch, so it helps to h...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Beth Roncevich's father was in his last few days of life, lying in bed in his Indiana Township home with her and her mother somberly by his side. Though his eyes were closed while terminally ill from lung disease on that day four years ago, laughter unexpectedly emerged from Albin Langus. "I said 'Dad, what are you laughing at?' He said, 'Oh, we're all together.' " The bewildered Roncevich and her mother wondered who and what he was seeing. He was even giggling. "He said, 'Everybody's together and we're all just having a wonde...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Police say a man killed by western Kansas police earlier this week was wanted for murder in Missouri. The Kansas City Star reports that 43-year-old Charles Webb was wanted in the May 3 shooting death of 43-year-old Robert Eugene Jennings, of Columbia, Missouri. Police in Columbia said a warrant had been issued for Webb charging his with second-degree murder and armed criminal action in that shooting. Authorities say Webb was shot to death early Friday during a confrontation with police at an apartment complex in O...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A bicyclist who was hit on a western Kansas highway last month while competing in a cross country race has died in a Wichita hospital. The Wichita Eagle reports that 64-year-old John Egbers, of St. Cloud, Minnesota, died Thursday. He was hit by a car from behind June 14 while he was riding eastbound on Kansas Highway 96 west of Scott City. Egbers suffered multiple broken bones, a collapsed lung and other injuries. Egbers was competing in the Trans Am Bike Race at the time of the crash. The event is a 4,300-mile bicycle r...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man is gaining attention on YouTube for his car collection. Tyler Hoover, 31, runs the "Hoovie's Garage" YouTube channel, The Wichita Eagle reported . The channel features videos where he purchases broken or unusual cars and documents what it takes to refurbish them. He frequently resells the cars, though he said he often doesn't make money from the sales. "Flipping would kind of allude to me actually making money when I sell the cars, and that hasn't happened in a long time," he said. "It really wasn't supposed t...
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Federal, state and local prosecutors are sponsoring a two-day conference on human trafficking next week in northeast Kansas. U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister plans to open the conference Tuesday morning at the Manhattan Conference Center. His office says about 200 people are registered. McAllister's office is co-sponsoring the event along with Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt's office, the Riley County attorney's office, the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center and the Midwest Criminal Justice Institute at W...
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (AP) — One northern New Mexico school board is revisiting the option of having armed security guards on campus. The Las Vegas Optic reports that the West Las Vegas school board recently discussed its campus weapons policy and got an update on efforts to revamp security for the district. District Superintendent Chris Gutierrez says there have been talks about having level III security, which would mean armed security staff on campus. Gutierrez says he's received a lot of feedback and many in the community are in favor of armed s...
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A northern Nevada school district has settled a First Amendment lawsuit with an eighth-grade student who said his rights were violated when he was told his pro-gun T-shirt violates the district's dress code. The Washoe County School District and the boy's attorneys announced Friday the district has updated its dress code to no longer ban clothing that promotes weapons and has allowed the student to wear a Firearms Policy Coalition T-shirt. The statement says the school district will also pay a portion of the boy's legal f...
