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Only a week remains for registered voters in Alfalfa County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the Nov. 6 General Election, Alfalfa County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein said today. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the county election board no later than 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, to be processed in time for the election. Absentee voters may apply in person at the county election board office located at 602 W. 5th St., Ste. 3, Cherokee or may send their applications by mail, fax or e-mail. An...
On Friday, Oct. 26, the Timberlake Tigers will host the Waynoka Railroaders in a football match up at 7 p.m. in Helena. Before the game, from 5 to 6:45, the seventh-grade class will host a chili and soup supper in the high school cafeteria by donation. At the game, fans are encouraged to wear pink for breast-cancer awareness. The Timberlake cheerleaders will be taking donations for the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. The following day, on Saturday, Oct. 27, Helena will host its 10th annual Oktoberfest. Timberlake FCCLA will host a pancake...
Commissioners in Alfalfa County met Monday morning with a much longer agenda than in weeks past. The three officials got down to business after the usual invocation and flag salute, approving previous meeting minutes and signing approved warrants for payment and blanket purchase orders. Three road-crossing permits were approved this week – two for District 2 totaling $2,750 and the single permit in District 3 totaling $250. Quotes on both a Ford and Chevy sport-utility vehicle (for the sheriff’s office from state contract) were looked at but...
Guy Arthur Winters was born July 12, 1931 in Roxanna, Oklahoma, to Mildred Hazel Thacker and Edward Dan Winters. He passed away peacefully October 21, 2018, at Elk City, Oklahoma, surrounded by his wife and children at the age of 87 years, 3 months and 9 days. Guy grew up and graduated from Preston High School. He was married to the love of his life, Jeannie Milliger, on December 13, 1953, in Pratt, Kansas. Guy enlisted in the United States Air Force and served his country during the Korean War...
We honor the life of our mother, Corrine Marie Rose, who was welcomed to her heavenly home Friday, October 19, 2018. Corrine Marie Brattin Rose was given the gift of life in Kiowa, Kansas, on August 26, 1926, daughter of Thomas Homer Brattin and Leona Ann Weatherly Brattin. She attended all of her school years in Kiowa and graduated with the class of 1944. She was united in marriage with Clarence E. Rose on December 31, 1945, and they raised two children, Douglas A. Rose of Kiowa and Nancy R. Copeland of Phoenix, Arizona. She was employed at...
Funeral services for Bettie Mae Herren will be 2 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2018, at the Alva First Baptist Church with Derrick Thomas officiating. Interment will be in the Byron-Amorita Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Bettie Mae Herren, daughter of the late Noble I. and Nora Delta (Shepler) Arb, was born June 8, 1935, in Alva, Oklahoma, and passed away October 18, 2018, at Alva at the age of 83 years, 4 months and 10 days. On November 26, 1959, she was united in marriage to Clifford L. Herren at Alva. Bettie is...
Annabelle Lee Parson, daughter of Jessie and Ernest Snyder, wife of Norman Parson (deceased) and mother of Alena Parson (deceased), Kathy Spears and her husband Jim of Oklahoma City and Kim Treas and her husband Barry of Houston, Texas, died October 13th, 2018, in Oklahoma City. She was born December 31, 1924, and lived a long life of 93+ years. Annabelle and Norman married May 12, 1944, in Cherokee, Oklahoma. They lived on the family farm 12 miles south of Alva for 48 years. They were married...
State Question 801, School Property Taxes to be used for School Operations This is the final State Question that will be on the November Ballot. State Question 801 has to do with using ad valorem taxes to help with operations expenses at the secondary schools of Oklahoma. If passed, the 5 mill building fund could be used for operational purposes as deemed necessary by a school district. So there is no new money being generated by this proposition it is just broadening how the building fund money can be used. Currently, building fund money can...
