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Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools (AHS is a Grab-n-Go breakfast with choice of main breakfast item or substitute item) Monday—Muffin, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Tuesday—Yogurt parfait, cereal, juice, milk Wednesday—Toast, scrambled eggs, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Thursday—Biscuits and sausage gravy, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Friday—Cinnamon roll, cereal, fruit, juice, milk Lunch Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday—Beef taco, Mexican salad, chips and salsa, fruit, milk Tuesday—Chicken Alfredo, green beans, garlic knot, fruit, milk W...
OKLAHOMA CITY – Thousands of agricultural producers in Oklahoma claim an agricultural sales tax exemption – a tool that keeps farmers and ranchers, as well as agricultural businesses, profitable in a competitive market. After changes to the agricultural sales tax exemption process were made by Senate Bill 422 in 2021 to expand the qualifying documents producers can use to prove they own an agricultural enterprise, Sen. Casey Murdock, R-Felt, said he wants to closely examine minor changes that can be made to the renewal process to ensure the...
A Catholic organization responsible for refugee resettlement and leaders of the Oklahoma City Muslim community are preparing for hundreds of displaced Afghan families to arrive in Oklahoma. The questions of when they might arrive, how many are coming and where they will be housed remain unanswered one week after the final U.S. troops and diplomats departed Afghanistan. Over 120,000 Afghans and U.S. citizens were airlifted from Kabul during the massive humanitarian operation. The evacuees...
Northwest Oklahoma Concert Series (NWOCS), an organization that seeks to bring cultural performances and entertainment to northwest Oklahoma, will begin its 2021-22 season Tuesday, Sept. 14, and the advisory board is selling season tickets to its four scheduled acts. All four concerts will take place on Tuesdays, with the respective dates, at 7 p.m. in Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Herod Hall Auditorium. This year’s schedule includes DFW Brass, Sept. 14; Gary Lovini, Jan. 18, 2022; Superstar, March 8, 2022; and Music of Mancini - J...
The past one and a half years has been a big challenge for the Woods County Senior Citizens and the Nutrition Center. Besides Covid and the lockdown of our congregate site for many months and all the other restriction we still have to follow such as no game room, social distancing, etc., we also have to battle with money and building issues. One of the biggest challenges is, for sure, the underfunded Title III Senior Nutrition Program. Using the population as first key for grants causes us around here to lose lots of grant money. We, in the...
Household Executive Extension Club recently honored a former member, Donna Schwerdtfeger, by placing a bench and display case in the entrance of the Women's Building on the Woods County Fairgrounds. The club was organized in 1960, and Donna joined about two years later. She was very active in various community fundraising projects and supporting a lot of other projects in Alva. In 1981 she was elected vice-president of the Extension Homemakers of Oklahoma. In 1984-1985 she was elected as the...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's music program is once again welcoming members of the public and anyone from the university to participate in the Community Choir. Rehearsals are Mondays from 6:55 to 8:45 p.m. in the J.W. Martin Library Annex. "We want to welcome all community members and alumni members to come out and join in to sing and have fun," Dr. Karsten Longhurst, assistant professor of music and director of choral studies, said. "We have a wide variety of people with us. Some...
Music educators who teach kindergarten through 12th grade vocal music in the region are welcome to register for a unique professional development opportunity at Northwestern Oklahoma State University on Sept. 17 from 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. in the Student Center Ranger Room. Building Our Music Education Community: Day of Collaboration, Networking and Inspiration will be a one-day conference. Registration, which is due by Sept. 13, may be completed at https://forms.gle/pzWCGnX6iC2tC6Fs7 and will cost $65 per person. Dr. Karsten Longhurst,...
Can’t you just picture it in your head? Colonel Worthington Worm called his tactical team together in a planning meeting one balmy evening in Oklahoma. “Attention, majors. We are officially at war. Our mission before us here in Oklahoma: To destroy and annihilate every lawn that we can. Each of you will be dispersed across the state with a company of soldiers. Your job is to direct lines of offense in your designated sector that will completely terminate every blade of living grass of the law...
If you went to the fair, I hope you had a good time. This is the first year I have not been in my booth since time began. I have felt bad for a couple of weeks, and to add insult to injury, I have developed a kidney stone. Sometimes it really hurts, and I didn't want to be at the fair when it did. Lord willing and the creek don't rise, I will see you next year. The really down side is I didn't get to the merchant's booths to get my Christmas gifts. This next weekend is the car show. I do hope to...
Wednesday, September 1, 2021 2:58 a.m. – Medic needed for a fall in the 500 block of Choctaw. 8:33 a.m. – Report of a fire alarm going off in the 900 block of 2nd Street. 4:08 p.m. – Medic needed for a fall in the 1000 block of Maple. 7 p.m. – Report of a theft in Wakita. 8:13 p.m. – Report of an assault. Thursday, September 2, 2021 11:49 a.m. – Report of an electrical hazard in the 1200 block of 2nd Street. 2:05 p.m. – Report of vandalism. Friday, September 3, 2021 8:41 a.m. – Report of a vandalism in the 800 block of Mill Street. 3:43 p....
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 Charles E. Willhite Jr., Alva, 52, has been char...
Real Estate Transfers Book 1322 page 178: Rhonda Harris unto Valerie Brown. Lot 3 through 7, block 18, City of Freedom, OT Subdivision. Warranty deed. Book 1322 page 198: Richard Moore Trust unto Judy Lott. Lot 11, block 1, City of Waynoka, Hinks 2nd Subdivision. Warranty deed. Book 1322 page 217: Jefferson Road LLC unto Glenn Cushenbery. Section 5, township 27N, range 16W, SE4. Warranty deed. Book 1322 page 243: Elk Woods Ranch LLC unto Leray Demaree. Section 17, township 27N, range 13W, NW4. Warranty deed. Book 1322 page 245: Norma Jean Lowe...
A few inches – that’s what it came down to. Just a few inches more could have made all the difference. As the seconds ticked down on the clock, the Alva Goldbugs were less than a foot from the goal line. Crossing would have meant a chance to tie the Fairview Yellowjackets who were leading by seven points. But close only counts in horseshoes. Four times Alva quarterback Kaden Slater threw himself at the defensive line, and four times he was stopped short of the goal. There was no time for a han...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court has rejected a request to remove two members of the state's Pardon and Parole Board from a high-profile death penalty case. The court's brief ruling on Friday denied a prosecutor's request to remove Adam Luck and Kelly Doyle from considering the commutation request of Julius Jones, who was sentenced to death for the 1999 killing of Edmond businessman Paul Howell. The ruling came after a lawyer for District Attorney David Prater argued before a court referee that unless members Luck and Doyle were...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Resettlement agencies in the Kansas City area have told the federal government that they have the capacity to welcome 625 refugees from Afghanistan. Three organizations designated by the U.S. State Department as resettlement agencies submitted the figure in a proposal to the agency in late August, The Kansas City Star reports. The agencies are Della Lamb Community Center, Jewish Vocational Services and Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas. But Della Lamb Executive Director Ryan Hudnall said the figure is subject to c...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas appears likely to pay $1.9 million to attorneys who succeeded in getting the federal courts to strike down a state law requiring new voters to show papers documenting their U.S. citizenship when registering. Attorneys for the state and lawyers for Kansas residents challenging the law in two federal lawsuits agreed to the amount during negotiations. They filed a joint request Friday to have U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson sign off. The attorneys suing the Kansas secretary of state's office over the law would r...
BERLIN (AP) — Is anyone missing an ostrich? An animal shelter says it is looking for the owner of an ostrich chick that was found in the German town of Krefeld late Friday. German news agency dpa reported Saturday that passers-by called the fire service after catching the 1.4-meter (4-foot-6) -tall bird in a town park. A vet found the 4-to-5-month-old chick to be in good health, dpa reported. Krefeld Zoo said the bird wasn't one of theirs....
NEW YORK (AP) — Three American presidents stood somberly side by side Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, sharing a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the nation's worst terrorist attack with a display of unity. Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton gathered at the site where the World Trade Center towers fell two decades ago. Each man wore a blue ribbon and held his hands over his heart as a procession marched a flag through the memorial before hundreds of people, some carrying photos of loved on...
RICHMOND,, Va. (AP) — Workers at the site in Virginia's capital where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was taken down this week installed a new time capsule Saturday within the statue's massive pedestal, after efforts to locate an 1887 capsule were suspended. The capsule's installation, which a state government official confirmed was completed Saturday morning, contains remembrances of current events, including those related to COVID-19 and protests over racial injustice. It was demonstrations last year over racism and police b...
NEW YORK (AP) — The world solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, remembering the dead, invoking the heroes and taking stock of the aftermath just weeks after the bloody end of the Afghanistan war that was launched in response to the terror attacks. Victims' relatives and four U.S. presidents paid respects at the sites where hijacked planes killed nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest act of terrorism on American soil. Others gathered for observances from Portland, Maine, to Guam, or for volunteer projects on what has become a...
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Several hundred people line up every morning, starting before dawn, on a grassy area outside Nairobi's largest hospital hoping to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Sometimes the line moves smoothly, while on other days, the staff tells them there's nothing available, and they should come back tomorrow. Halfway around the world, at a church in Atlanta, two workers with plenty of vaccine doses waited hours Wednesday for anyone to show up, whiling away the time by listening to music from a laptop. Over a six-hour period, only one p...
