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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...
Being the father of a 17-month-old toddler and another one on the way to “toddler-hood” has allowed me the privilege of seeing anew the wonderful joy of a quickly learning mind and heart, as well as the incredible illogical thinking of the inexperience and immaturity of such minds. A joy one minute and total chaos the next, particularly if she doesn’t get her way! Oh, wow! Lord God, I need wisdom for the days ahead to shape and mold a heart and mind that desperately needs to see that she is not the center of the universe, yet let her know...
Two bids were received and opened Monday at 2 p.m. for Phase 1 of the Apron Expansion Project at the Alva Regional Airport. The bids were discussed during the regular Alva Airport Commission meeting Monday night, Aug. 10. Commission members present for the meeting were Chairman Dale Logsdon, Kelly Parker, Terry Turner and Caleb Mosburg. Paul Kinzie was absent. The meeting was held in the lobby of the airport terminal to allow everyone to spread out. Engineer Toby Baker of CEC Engineering attended the meeting to discuss the two bids, which...
Here in Shamrock, Texas, we’ve been studying the Old Testament on Sunday afternoons. Last week, we talked about the Genesis 1 account of creation. God created all things in six 24-hour periods. Only in the last 200 years or so has anyone been inclined to launch a full-scale assault on that explanation of origins. If your God is not big enough to pull off a Genesis 1 type of creation, perhaps your God is too small. This week, we moved over to chapter 2, wherein the emphasis shifts from the C...
Inattentive driving was blamed for a two-vehicle collision that injured both drivers. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Diana Jane Solorio, 67, of Wakita, was driving a 2008 Ford Expedition eastbound on Logan Road in Grant County. Her vehicle ran into the back of a 1996 Ford Ranger pickup truck driven by Rodney C. Conrady, 61, of Wakita, which was also traveling east. Conrady’s pickup departed the roadway to the left and came to rest in the north ditch. Solorio’s vehicle continued straight for approximately 37 feet, coming to rest in...
Northwestern’s Student Government Association (SGA) will sponsor a week of fun events for students at the Alva campus Monday through Thursday, Aug. 17–20. Face coverings will be recommended due to the coronavirus pandemic. SGA leadership will be following Centers for Disease Control guidelines for COVID-19. SGA members have chosen the first day of classes to kick off the Alva campus Howdy Week excitement with “Aloha Northwestern” for all Northwestern students. At 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, on the Intramural Field will be a cookout, sand vo...
After the longest Spring Break in history, education is back to some semblance of normal but the pandemic has put plans on hold for many, especially those in college. There have been questions about refunds of tuition, changes in transfer options, cancellations for overseas exchange students, and taking a gap year. We saw gap years for many during the oil boom and, traditionally, college enrollment increases when booms end. Predictions are not so positive this year. What about those student...
Marvin Katko broke into an abandoned farmhouse in Eddyville, Iowa, in 1967 and was wounded when a booby-trapped shotgun discharged, striking him in the legs. Katko suffered non-life threatening injuries that required extensive medical treatment and left him with a permanent limp. He decided to sue the owners of the farmhouse, Edward and Bertha Briney. At trial, to the surprise of many local observers, Katko prevailed. The jury awarded him $30,000 (including $10,000 in “punitive” damages – to pu...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The last day of an NBA regular season typically sees just about every team in action, with plenty of drama surrounding down-to-the-wire playoff races and statistical titles on the line. Typical doesn't seem to exist in 2020. The NBA's regular season ends — sort of — Friday with just four games, none with any bearing on matchups for the first round of the playoffs that begin next week. The biggest items to be settled Friday are which teams will wear home uniforms to start the Miami-Indiana and Oklahoma City-...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ Panhandle Oil and Gas Inc. (PHX) on Thursday reported a fiscal third-quarter loss of $3.6 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On a per-share basis, the Oklahoma City-based company said it had a loss of 21 cents. Losses, adjusted for non-recurring costs and asset impairment costs, came to 3 cents per share. The oil and gas company posted revenue of $2.7 million in the period. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, the company's shares hit $2.34. A year ago, they were trading at $11.46....
SALINA, Kan. (AP) — An agricultural equipment manufacturer plans to invest $43 million to put in a facility in Salina, Kansas, that will create 120 new jobs, the governor's office said Thursday. Great Plains Manufacturing, a Salina-based agricultural equipment manufacturer that has been in Kansas since 1976, already has several plants in north-central Kansas. Most of them are located in rural communities. The company was acquired by Kubota Corporation of Japan in 2016. "We know global investment and trade are critical to the state's economy and...
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — A former Army infantry soldier described by prosecutors as a Satanist who hoped to overthrow the U.S. government endured a lifetime of victimization, isolation and trauma that led him to become involved with online extremist groups, his defense attorney argued Thursday in a motion seeking lenient punishment. Jarrett William Smith, a private first class stationed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and previously at Fort Bliss, Texas, was discharged from the military after the 24-year-old admitted in February that he provided i...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma County district judge imposed a $500,000 fine on the nonprofit overseeing Epic Charter Schools for filing a libel and slander lawsuit against Sen. Ron Sharp, who alleged the virtual charter school unlawfully counted student enrollment and misused taxpayer dollars. Judge Cindy Troung decided the nonprofit was subject to a fine under Oklahoma Citizens Participation Act because the law sanctions plaintiffs who file meritless lawsuits intended to silence critics, according to The Oklahoman. Community Strategies I...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — As schools prepare to reopen, sports teams are offering an early glimpse into the challenges of protecting students from the coronavirus. Nine clusters have been tied to sports, with 64 cases as of last week, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Wyandotte County announced Thursday that it is barring non-professional athletes from competing this fall in football, volleyball and soccer because of virus concerns. The order also bars marching band events. The district in Kansas City, Kansas, c...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tulsa will spend $5.6 million of the $30 million in federal coronavirus relief funds it received to provide internet services for public school students, Mayor G.T. Bynum said Thursday. "Through the use of CARES dollars, we will be providing better opportunity and internet access for more than 22,000 Tulsa families, providing a clear path for our children to receive the help they need with their education during this critical time," Bynum said in a statement. Gov. Kevin Stitt announced last week that Oklahoma had been a...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana is getting another $205 million in BP oil spill money to restore its coast. Most of that — $176 million — will use sediment dredged from the Mississippi River to build 1,200 acres (485 hectares) of marsh in Jefferson Parish. "This project continues the process of using restoration funding to restore wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitats in the Barataria Basin, where the greatest oiling impacts from the Deepwater Horizon spill occurred," a news release stated Wednesday. More than $25 million will go to oy...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Overall collections to the state's main operating fund for fiscal year 2020 were more than 10% below projections as the state's economy reeled from slumping energy prices and the economic impact of COVID-19, state finance officials reported on Thursday. Total collections to the general revenue fund for the fiscal year that ended June 30 were $6.27 billion, which was 10.2% below the estimate, the Office of Management and Enterprise Services reported. OMES Director Steven Harper also reported some good news on Thursday: The o...
DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines is planning to drop flights to up to 30 smaller U.S. cities if a federal requirement to continue those flights expires at the end of next month, an airline executive familiar with the matter said Thursday. American agreed to keep serving those smaller cities as a condition of receiving $5.8 billion in federal payroll help this spring. However, the money and the requirement to serve those destinations both expire Sept. 30 unless they are extended. The move by American could put more pressure on Congress and the W...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department said Thursday that it has seized millions of dollars from cryptocurrency accounts that militant groups, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State, used to finance their organizations and violent plots. Law enforcement officials said the groups used the accounts to solicit donations, including through a scam that sought to raise money from the sale of fraudulent personal protective equipment for the coronavirus pandemic. Officials described it as the largest-ever seizure of virtual currency funds r...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump's administration is undoing Obama-era rules designed to limit greenhouse gas emissions from oil and gas fields and pipelines, formalizing the changes Thursday in the heart of the nation's most prolific natural gas reservoir and in the premier presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania. Andrew Wheeler, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, signed the rollback of the 2016 methane emissions rule in Pittsburgh as the agency touted the Trump administration's efforts to "strengthen a...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have moved into a new family home, a representative for the couple said Thursday without providing its location or other details. Real estate agents and tax records point to a seven-acre estate in Santa Barbara County, according to The Los Angeles Times. "The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved into their family home in July of this year," a statement from the couple's spokesperson said. "They have settled into the quiet privacy of their community since their arrival." The statement added that t...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Evans became the most politically prickly "Avenger" a few years back with withering tweets about President Donald Trump and his Republican supporters. But the "Captain America" actor is staying relatively quiet during this presidential campaign. He wants to amplify the voices of elected officials instead. Last month, Evans launched a civic engagement app and website called A Starting Point, featuring short videos from both Republican and Democratic members of Congress and other U.S. politicians sharing perspectives o...
PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — A wayward emu was taken to an animal shelter after it was captured while running through the streets of a northern New Jersey city. A woman spotted the long-legged bird on Tuesday morning in a residential neighborhood near Paterson's border with Totowa. Animal control officers managed to snare the emu, which is about 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall. The emu was placed in a large animal cart and was taken to a shelter, where officials arranged for the emu to be examined by a veterinarian. Officials were not sure whether the b...
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The white rings that wrap around two massive lakes in the U.S. West are a stark reminder of how water levels are dropping and a warning that the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River face a much drier future. Amid prolonged drought and climate change in a region that's only getting thirstier, when that reckoning will arrive — and how much time remains to prepare for it — is still a guess. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released projections Friday that suggest Lake Powell and Lake Mead will dip 16 feet (5 mete...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) "The nurse at the clinic said, 'he did not mean it.' He drugged my drink. How could he not 'mean it?' My grades plummeted. I quit college. I lost my dignity. I lost me." That statement is just one among the thousands of tweets with the hashtag #WhyIDidntReport. The hashtag went viral in 2018 after President Trump questioned why Christine Blasey Ford didn't report the sexual assault she alleged against then-Supreme...
