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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 Alfalfa 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. Misdemeanor Filings Levi Jack Lyons, Waynoka, 38, has been...
Tuesday, September 24, 2019 During this day one civil paper was served. 11:14 a.m. – Report of a vehicle speeding at the apartment parking lot. 1:08 p.m. – Medic was needed for a male with fluid on his lungs. Medic took patient to St. Mary's Hospital in Enid. Wednesday, September 25, 2019 4:21 a.m. – Medic needed for a female in the 700 block of Oklahoma. Medic took patient to Share Medical Center. 11:02 a.m. – Report of a stray of dog on callers porch and she would like it gone. 4:12 p.m. – Report of a redtailed hawk with a broken wing lyin...
On Sunday, Sept. 27, Medicine Lodge High School's football team played the Oxford High School team and won, 48-0. Statistics from the game were as follows: Passing Josh Bowman – 11 Completions, 20 Attempts, 247 Yards, 5 Touchdowns, 0 Interceptions Kirk Fisher – 1 Completion, 1 Attempt, 44 Yards, 0 Touchdowns, 0 Interceptions Receiving Josh Bowman – 1 Catch, 44 Yards Theron Wedel – 1 Catch, 38 Yards, 1 Touchdown Cauy Scripsick – 3 Catches, 57 Yards, 2 Touchdowns Brayden Schmidt – 2 Catches, 68 Yards, 1 Touchdown Kyson Cunningham – 1 Catch, 17 Y...
Two local students have completed their degree during the summer of 2019 from Wichita State University. Undergraduate students who attained a grade point average of 3.9 out of a possible 4.0 received the summa cum laude award, those with an average of 3.55 received the magna cum laude award and those with an average of 3.25 received the cum laude award. Receiving their degrees are Jessica Daughhetee, Kiowa, Kansas, Bachelor of Arts in Education, and Maggie J. Hawkins, Medicine Lodge, Kansas, Bachelor of Arts in Education, ECU/Elementary...
David Moore, son of the late Orlando Murl Forsythe and Frances R. Rosetta, was born April 30, 1943, at San Bernardino, California, and passed away September 27, 2019, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 76 years, 4 months, and 28 days. David was a high school graduate and worked as a county mechanic in Arizona. He was united in marriage to Gloria Ann Seebeck on November 10, 1979, at Flagstaff, Arizona. They made their home in Prescott, Arizona, until his retirement in 2005 when they moved to Alva....
Memorial services for Debra Rees will be held on Saturday, October 5, 2019, at 2 p.m. at the Women's Building at the Woods County Fairgrounds with Eulogy by Adam Jordan. Debra Ann Rees, daughter of Elizabeth Jane (Pack) and Joseph Thebo, was born on April 16, 1955, in Kansas City, Missouri. She passed away at her home with her family in attendance on September 21, 2019, at the age of 64 years, 5 months, 5 days. Debbie is survived by her children, 13 grandchildren, nieces and nephews and their children, other relatives and friends. Online...
Memorial graveside services for Jack V. Quinlan will be 11 a.m. Saturday, October 5, 2019, at Waynoka Municipal Cemetery with Ladeana Nelson officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Jack Vaughn Quinlan, son of the late Kermit Laverne and Grace Lucille (Campbell) Quinlan, was born January 2, 1931, in Woods County, Oklahoma, and passed away of natural causes, September 26, 2019, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 88 years, 8 months, and 24 days....
Jim Hodgson passed from this life on September 27, 2019, in Enid, Oklahoma. Jim was born September 16, 1937, in Byron, Oklahoma, to Carl and Bessie Hodgson. He graduated from Wichita East High in 1955, where he was an outstanding four-sport athlete. Jim was married to Betty Lou Hager of Alva, Oklahoma, for over 56 years. Jim and Betty lived in the Burlington area where they farmed and Jim worked at the Burlington Co-op for over 42 years. Jim loved flying, hunting, fishing and his family....
Memorial services for Raymond Andrew Knabe will be 1:30 p.m. Thursday, October 3, 2019, at the First Baptist Church in Alva. It was his wish to be cremated. Raymond Andrew Knabe, son of the late Buckley Duane and Bonnie Jean (Whisman) Knabe, was born April 10, 1960, at Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away September 28, 2019, at his home in Cherokee, Oklahoma, at the age of 59 years, 5 months and 18 days. Raymond graduated from Alva High School and attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University. On...
The Celebration of Life service for Thomas Floyd Ogburn was held at 2 p.m.,Tuesday, September 3, 2019, at the Hoover Building on the Garfield County Fair Grounds under the direction of Henninger-Hinson Funeral Home. Tom was born January 9, 1944, in Enid, Oklahoma, to Arlie Miles and Lillian Ruth (Spaulding) Ogburn and passed away August 29, 2019, at his home in Burlington, Oklahoma. He was raised and attended local area schools, graduating from Enid High in 1962. In 1963, Tom enlisted in United...
In 1960 Dave Eagleston spent a memorable summer working on a farm west of Alva. He learned to drive a tractor, do farm chores and bathe in a water trough. He also learned about Alva and the German POW camp located there during World War II. It all made a lasting impression on a city boy getting ready to start high school in Tulsa. After a career as a commercial pilot traveling around the world, Eagleston now lives in McKinney, Texas, where he decided to use his youthful experience to write a...
"No family tree is without its nuts," explains Mickey Jordan, director of Northwestern Oklahoma State University's upcoming theatre production of "Arsenic and Old Lace." Add a plethora of family secrets to that tree and one gets a real show that leaves spectators on the edge of their seats. This production will welcome students, faculty, staff and community to Herod Hall Auditorium Oct. 3-4 at 7 p.m. and Oct. 5 at 2 p.m. Jordan, who just began serving the university as its director of technical...
All members of the Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors were present as President Pat Myers called the regular monthly meeting to order Sept. 24. They are: Jeff Miller, Chantae Simpson, Jim Parker and Miranda Allen. This was the board's first Tuesday meeting as that is now the official meeting day of the week for the monthly meeting. The change was, in part, so Chief of Staff Dr. Paul Wilhelm can attend the meetings, which he did. Others hospital personnel present included: KDH...
Last week, Alfalfa County elected officers met with the board of commissioners and consulting accountant Buddy Carroll to work on the placement of appropriations for the fiscal year 2019-20 Estimate of Needs. This Monday morning, Carroll was back on-site to formally present it and acquire the necessary signatures. "We've been over the concerns and all of the projections for the future and everything, and we understand where the numbers are coming from, there's no debate on that. The issue at hand is our declining fund balance. For each year, we...
Last Thursday morning Kiowa's City Council met for a special meeting. The city had to republish the proposed 2020 budget due to a typo. No members of the public appeared to comment on the budget so the hearing was closed. Council re-adopted the budget as presented and then applause began. Mayor Bill Watson called the meeting to order with councilmen R.L. Simpson, Tom Wells, Brent Shaffer and Russ Molz present. Councilman Brian Hill arrived for part of the near 30 minute meeting. In other business, the council approved the purchase of a trailer...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against a temporary staffing agency and a manufacturing facility in Norman, alleging managers there fired a female employee who complained about sexual harassment. The EEOC announced Tuesday it filed the lawsuit against Johnson Controls, Inc., which manufactures rooftop air conditioning units at its Norman plant, and ManpowerGroup US, Inc., which provides employees for the company. The lawsuit alleges a woman who worked at the facility was fired after s...
DALLAS (AP) — A white former Dallas police officer was found guilty of murder Tuesday for fatally shooting her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment for her own. Here's a look at that and other high-profile cases in recent years in which officers were charged in the fatal shootings of black people: AMBER GUYGER Guyger was indicted in November for the September 2018 killing of 26-year-old Botham Jean. Authorities say Guyger told investigators that while returning home from work, she mistook Jean's door for her own and that she s...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter is warning Oklahomans that a recent federal court ruling in Colorado doesn't mean women may start going topless in public. Hunter released a statement Monday following a recent 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision regarding public nudity. The federal court has jurisdiction over federal cases from Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah and Wyoming. Hunter says the ruling was specific to a Colorado ordinance and doesn't immediately invalidate local and state laws in O...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas conservatives are trying to overturn a state Supreme Court decision that protects abortion rights and threatens years' worth of Republican-enacted restrictions, guaranteeing an election-year fight over amending the state constitution. A legislative study committee opened two days of hearings Tuesday on a ruling in April by the state's highest court that access to abortion is a fundamental right under the Kansas Constitution. The Republican-led committee is expected to urge the full, GOP-controlled Legislature to p...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell steered the city's nearly $524 million contract for a new water plant away from a nationally known design team and toward his political supporters and friends, a newspaper reported. A city selection committee unanimously recommended that the contract to replace the city's 80-year-old water plant should go to Jacobs Engineering, a national design firm that specializes in water treatment plants. Instead, Longwell urged the City Council to first change the terms for the bid for the contract and t...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is reporting that it collected $43 million more in taxes than anticipated in September. The Department of Revenue said Tuesday that the state collected $744 million in taxes during the month when its official revenue forecast predicted $701 million. The surplus is nearly 6.2%. Revenue Secretary Mark Burghart called it an encouraging end to the first quarter of the 2020 state budget year that began in July. For those three months, tax collections were more than $1.7 billion and exceeded expectations by $48 million, o...
