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The Alva School Board met Monday night and accepted a resignation from Transportation Director Richard Burton, and a retirement notice from JoAnn Isenbart, central office activity fund custodian. They hired three paraprofessionals: Ashley Bounds, Kathleen Hamlin and Jacob Gould. John Wood was hired as custodian at the high school. Board member Steve Ellis was absent because of a need to attend a funeral. Jane McDermott chaired the meeting, with Larry Parker, Karen Koehn and Tiffany Slater present. Superintendent Steve Parkhurst said the Oct. 1...
Timberlake FCCLA The Timberlake FCCLA will be having a spaghetti dinner in the school cafeteria on Oct. 6, from 5-7 p.m. before their home football game, Timberlake vs Sharon-Mutual. FCCLA members will have decorated pumpkins on display and attendees will be able to vote for the “Best Dressed Pumpkin.” Dinner by donation....
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Monday, Oct. 2, for a jam-packed meeting to discuss bids for a new cascade system and SCBA units for Helena Rescue, among other generalitems. Board members present were Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Toby Walker. The general items such as M & O warrants for payment, appropriations, monthly officer reports, and monthly highway expenditures were approved, as well as blanket purchase orders, the allocation of the alcoholic beverage tax and road crossing permits. Next, a request was approved by the board to add...
The Kiowa District Hospital Board of Directors met for their regular September meeting last Thursday. Board President Pat Myers called the meeting to order. Members attending included Chantae Simpson, Miranda Allen, Jeff Miller and Jim Parker. Also present were CEO Margaret Grismer, CFO Janell Goodno, DON Heidi Courson, PA Melissa Stroh, Manor DON Krisgina Fossoh, members of Cohesive Healthcare, Foundation chairperson Judy Schrock and Mike Rhodes. “We had the best swingbed days of the year,” Goodno said of August statistics. With Coh...
The Waynoka School Board met Monday, Oct. 2, for a relatively short meeting in which they approved the annual board election for the 2017-2018 school year. Two seats are opening up for election: Seat 3 and Seat 5. Seat 3 is a five-year term, and Seat 5 is a two-year term. The election will be Tuesday, Feb. 13, 201,8 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Members present at the meeting were Garret Gum, Clint Olson, Travis George and Rick George. Andy Ferguson was absent from the meeting. The board heard from a visitor to the meeting, a representative from Joe...
On Sept. 23, Curtis Robinson successfully implemented the first impossible obstacle course in Hatfield Park. This was an amazing project that required planning, advertising, building and lots of money! The course then had to be dismantled and stored for what we hope will be next year’s big event. The course was amazing and its completion no small feat. It could be run as an individual or as a team of four. I don’t know of a course of this scope anywhere in northwest Oklahoma and feel so pro...
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. Civil Filings Doug Hughes, Carmen vs. Jessica R. Dillon...
September 27, 2017 Deputy Paasch responded to a welfare check on U.S. Highway 281. Deputy Woods responded to suspicious activity at the Hardtner Hospital. September 28, 2017 Medicine Lodge EMS transported to Wichita. Deputy Woods performed an arrest at Fifth and Main in Kiowa. September 29, 2017 Deputy Miller responded to a theft call. Sheriff Small, Undersheriff Brewer and Deputy Miller respond to a domestic dispute. Medicine Lodge Fire Department responded to a call of a possible gas leak on north Oak. Kiowa EMS standby at football game....
Real Estate Transfers Book 816, Page 930: Correction. Bobby Johnson and Neva Polson, Successor Trustees of the Amorita Community Church; convey unto Monte Stewart and Michelle Stewart, husband and wife. Lots 19-24, inclusive, less W 50' of said lots, in block 31, Amorita, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quitclaim Deed. Mortgages Book 818, Page 410: Between Howard R. Smith II, and Bonita L. Smith, as husband and wife; and BancCentral National Association. SW/4 of Section 11, Township 27N, Range 12, W.I.M.; and NW/4 of Section 14, Township 27N, Range...
Filing began Monday and continues until 5 p.m. today, Oct. 4, for the Oklahoma State Senate District 27 seat vacated when Bryce Marlatt resigned. Late Tuesday, five candidates had filed with the state election board. Those filing on the Republican ticket so far are Jeff Hall, 47, of Mooreland; Carolyn McClarty, 67, of Mutual; Travis Templin, 44, of Seiling, and Casey Murdock, 47, of Felt. The only Democrat filing as of Tuesday is Amber Jensen, 36, of Woodward. The special primary election will be held Tuesday, Dec. 12. The special general...
SOUTH BARBER'S FOOTBALL HOMECOMING ROYAL COURT – South Barber's Football Homecoming game Friday night was the first game played on the school's newly re-sodded field after an Aug. 6 horrific storm blew the stadium across the field and damaged the grass with deep gashes and debris. The school's Homecoming Royal Court stands on the new field for the coronation. They are: (from left, front row) kindergarten helpers Declan Quick, Jancey Goodno, Bradley Cropp and Janda Goodno; (back) sophomores e...
QUEEN, CANDIDATE AND ATTENDANTS CHEER FOR THE CHIEFTAINS – Looking pretty as they watch the Chieftains homecoming football game are: (from left) sophomore attendant Adrienne Allison, junior attendant Ines Jakob, Queen Idallis Shaffer, candidate Kaleigh Velasquez and freshman attendant Sterling Rector....
By the height and exuberance of these body bumps as the South Barber Chieftains are introduced at their homecoming game, it's no surprise they bulldozed the Pretty Prairie Bulldogs 60-13. This is how the Chieftains wanted to start district competition. Their head coach is Matt Cantrell, who is assisted by Berton Walz....
KINDERGARTEN HELPERS STEAL THE SHOW AT HOMECOMING – Entering the field in their finest attire for South Barber's Football Homecoming are kindergartners as cute as the Chieftain's victory was huge: (from left) Declan Quick, the Goodno twins Janda and Jancey, Bradley Cropp. Photo by Yvonne Miller...
FLAGS AND VETERANS LEAD THE HOMECOMING PARADE – Red, white and blue patriotism is alive and well at South Barber High School's Football Homecoming Parade. Local veterans and a few visiting veterans ride the float leading the event as parade marshals. The local veterans on the float are Buddy Anderson, Mike Hiltner, Lawrence Conrad, Mike Miller and Dennis Christensen. Buddy Williams drove the truck. Two of Donna Williams' cousins from Minnesota were visiting. Also veterans, they are Harley C...
The recent explosive controversy regarding behavior during the national anthem has dominated conversations across America, especially the last few weeks. Some professional athletes choose to kneel or shoot a fist in the air to protest (a variety of their issues). This is instead of standing with hand over heart to show respect for the flag, and for the men and women who died for their country, those who served and those who are serving to protect us and our freedom. When it was time to decorate...
Don't yell at your child if the first word of their mouth when coming home after school is "I got caught." In fact, children are hoping their teachers catch them doing something good. Your child will be praised and receive a certificate for showing an act of kindness to someone at school. This is part of the new character program implemented this year at South Barber Schools in Kiowa, Kansas. Guidance counselor and academic coach Adam Maloney at the pre-K-6 building said the character program...
Miller Delores Moreno of Kiowa, Kansas, is so proud of her 13-month old grandson she had to share his news. It's not often that the face of a Kansas child appears on one of the jumbo trons in Times Square at New York City. Joey has Down syndrome and his face was one of the 400 selected from 2,000 children with the syndrome to appear on the screen Sept. 16. Joey's mother is Kristianna Moreno, who describes her son as "amazing." Joey's father is Bryan Nowlin. They live at Wichita. Moreno is the...
Memorial services for Carroll Dale Todd were held on Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1 p.m. at Touchmark Retirement Center in the Grand Hall in Edmond. Arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. of Helena. Online condolences may be made at www.lanmanmemorials.com....
A graveside service for Nana Marie Wheatley will be held at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery east of Avard, Oklahoma, on Thursday, October 12, 2017, at 10 a.m. Nan was born in Aurora, Colorado, on October 13, 1954, the daughter of Thomas Ervin and Ramona Rae (Ralston Wheatley, and passed away in Oklahoma City on September 21, 2017. She lived in Avard for most of her life and was the owner of Vina Rae’s Grill and Graze Restaurant....
Steve W. Booher, retired publisher of the Cherokee Messenger & Republican, died September 29, 2017. He was 69. A Celebration of Life Service was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, October 3, 2017, at Oakwood Christian Church, 401 N. Oakwood Road in Enid, Oklahoma. Booher led the Messenger & Republican from 1980 to 2001 as general manager, then continued as publisher until his retirement in 2014. Prior to that he served as general manager of the Fairview Republican, managing editor of the Clinton Daily...
Edwin Leon Bergner, son of the late Lorace Lee and Doris Lee (Paris) Bergner, was born March 5, 1957, at Kiowa, Kansas, and passed away September 30, 2017, at Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 60 years, 6 months and 25 days. He was cremated at his request under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Ed was a graduate of Carmen High School and graduated from Alva VoTech with a degree in diesel mechanics. On December 28, 2010, he was united in marriage to Lesa Mae Houston. He lived in the...
I've received a couple of calls reminding me that repeated warnings are needed on some of the scams perpetrated on old people. The first is the grandparent scam, which I mentioned a few months ago. The grandparent receives a call from someone who identifies themselves as their grandchild and says, “Please help me. I'm out of the country and I got picked up on a DUI and am in jail and need help in posting a bond so I can get out. Please ... Please ... Please don't tell Mom and Dad. I'll pay y...
