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Breakfast Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Pancake on a stick, maple syrup, fruit cocktail, juice, milk Tuesday – Omelet, toast, mandarin oranges, juice, milk Wednesday – Yogurt parfait, banana, juice, milk Thursday – Chicken biscuit, pears, juice, milk Friday – Cereal, peaches, juice, milk Lunch Menu for Alva Public Schools Monday – Rib dippers, potato wedges, green beans, cheesy bread stick, peaches, milk Tuesday – Chili, goldfish crackers, carrot sticks, banana, chocolate chip cookie, milk Wednesday – Chicken nuggets, french fries, b...
The Alva Robotics team Technic Gold won the robotics competition during Heartland BEST's "Off the Grid" event on Nov. 1-2. The team competed against seven other teams from Oklahoma and Kansas in the BEST competition. They presented a marketing strategy, a trade show booth, an engineering notebook, and competed with their robot on the field. During the robotics competition they placed first in the preliminary rounds, first in the semi-finals and first in the finals. They also were awarded third p...
OKLAHOMA CITY – VERNON WAYNE BROCK, 70, of Alva, has pleaded guilty to hiring someone to commit murder, announced U.S. Attorney Timothy J. Downing. A federal grand jury indicted Brock on April 17, 2019, for using interstate commerce facilities to commit murder-for-hire during the first few days of April. According to an affidavit filed in the case, an individual from Kansas whom Brock was trying to hire to commit murder contacted the FBI and cooperated in the investigation. Law enforcement determined that Brock and the individual from Kansas w...
Workers prepare to pour concrete Monday on the north side of the Woods County Courthouse. The location will be the site of a kinetic art installation. The project by Freedom West is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Woods County Industrial Authority....
The Nov. meeting of the Peace by Piece Quilt Guild opened with a short business meeting. Patty Barker won the drawing and presented a Show and Share. The program was presented by Drue Washburn, who presented on the Quilts of Valor presentation. The next meeting is the club's Christmas meeting. Veterans presented with quilts were (from left, front row) Monte Lopshire, Max Leslie, Leroy Buckley, Dale Dunnigam, Forrest Nelson; (back row) Eric Swart, Patsy Lynn Cook, Richard Knoll, David Like,...
One in nine babies in Oklahoma was born too early, or before 37 weeks gestation, in 2018, prompting March of Dimes to give the state a D- on its annual report card. The report, released Monday, found a preterm birth rate of 11.4 percent in the state, an increase compared to 11.1 percent in 2017. Overall, the U.S. rate increased for the fourth year in a row, earning it a “C” grade. March of Dimes is a national nonprofit that supports research, education and advocacy related to infant and maternal health. The report also highlighted racial dis...
Pregnancy discrimination stole the social media spotlight recently after questions arose over Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren’s account of being pushed out of a teaching job in the 1970s because she was pregnant. Despite a 41-year-old federal law banning employers from discriminating on the basis of pregnancy or childbirth, complaints continue nationwide. But in Oklahoma, fewer women are reporting discrimination. The number of complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission office in Oklahoma...
Eighteen members and guests attended a luncheon meeting of the Wheatland Republican Women on Nov. 6, at the Runnymede in Alva. The program was presented by Kaitlyn Finley. Finley currently serves as a policy research fellow for the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) with a focus on healthcare and welfare policy. President Jane McDermott presided over the business meeting. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Secretary Ann Shirly and approved. Carol Bramlett presented the...
The Woods County Coalition hosted all high school seniors in Woods County at a Senior Symposium on Nov. 6 at the Woods County Fairgrounds. WCC president Kohannah Hess welcomed the students by telling them "you are the future of our community, of the world. Our goal with this event is to provide you with knowledge and skills that will help you succeed after you graduate." Seniors from Alva High School, Freedom High School, and Waynoka High School attended a variety of breakout sessions on topics...
At the beginning of November, hundreds of new laws took effect in Oklahoma, including a big change to short-term health policies. Driven by rising premiums for Affordable Care Act plans, interest in short-term insurance is growing, boosted by Trump administration efforts to ease Obama-era restrictions that limited the duration of the plans to just three months. The Trump administration changed the rules to let consumers renew the policies for a total of three years’ coverage. Oklahoma lawmakers quickly passed legislation allowing it in the s...
Employers seeking employees have an opportunity to go right to the source by attending the fall 2019 Career, Internship and Grad Fair at Northwestern Oklahoma State University-Alva on Wednesday, Nov. 13, in the Student Center Ballroom from 10 a.m. to noon. Northwestern students, as well as any job seekers, are welcome to attend the fair and should be prepared to provide copies of resumes and cover letters. Organizations currently attending are BancCentral, Choose Tulsa, Great Salt Plains Health Center, Northwest Center for Behavioral Health, Ok...
Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s fine arts department will present its second theatrical production of the year – its annual children’s show “The Coloring Book” on Nov. 21-22 at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. each day in Herod Hall Auditorium. Elementary school classes from Alva and the area are invited to attend on these two dates. Everyone is welcome to come see the pages of the play come to life on Nov. 23 at 2 p.m. Dr. Kimberly Weast, professor of theatre arts at Northwestern and director of the production, said that the play addresses...
Friday, November 1, 2019 3:42 p.m. Report of a domestic crisis. Saturday, November 2, 2019 9:50 a.m. Cattle out, two red and black calves. 5:23 p.m. Reckless drivers in a navy-blue Chevy Suburban. 9:51 p.m. Call of a controlled burn – old carpet on County Road 1060. Sunday, November 3, 2019 1:28 a.m. Report of a loud party on 13th Street, police dispatched to location. 2:21 p.m. Report of man at the middle school playing with a snake. 9:53 p.m. Report of technical disturbance at the Ranger Inn. Monday, November 4, 2019 06:47 a.m. Woman d...
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 Erica Jane Corr, Tulsa, 29, has been charged...
Real Estate Transfers Book 1297 Page 725: Sharene Smith and Matt Smith, wife and husband, unto Edward Jay Lahr. Surface rights only in and to northeast quarter, section 27, township 25 north, range 13 W.I.M, Woods County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 1297 Page 766: Joshua R. Longhurst and Mary Longhurst, husband and wife, unto Richard Dean Croft II and Stacey Lane Croft, husband and wife. A tract containing five acres more or less, located in the south half of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of section two, township 27 north, ra...
Lincoln Elementary fourth grade teachers proudly presented awards for the first nine weeks goal 1, goal 2, 25 point club, 50 point club, 75 point club, 100 point club, 150 point club, and Respect Pride winners. Pats on the back for all the students who made it into this group and help your classmates join the club! Keep on reading!...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Jacob Rainey kicked a 23-yard game-winning field goal late in the fourth quarter and Tulsa rallied past UCF, knocking off the two-time defending American Athletic Conference champs 34-31 Friday night. The win was Tulsa's first in conference play. The Golden Hurricanes (3-7, 1-5) stopped UCF on downs on the ensuing possession — a big third-down sack resulting in an incomplete pass by Dillon Gabriel on fourth-and-12. Tulsa ran out the final 87 seconds. Dillon threw for 290 yards but was picked off twice and sacked six tim...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two major motion picture productions featuring actors Matt Damon, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio have issued casting calls in Oklahoma as they prepare to film in the state. "Stillwater" starring Damon and Abigail Breslin will be filmed in and near Oklahoma City, The Oklahoman reported. De Niro and DiCaprio will star in "Killers of the Flower Moon," which will be filmed in the spring and summer of 2020. "This is the dream coming to life ... and the fruits of the labor for everybody from the crews to the vendors to o...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Utah man accused of groping another passenger on a Salt Lake City-bound American Airlines flight that diverted to Tulsa for his arrest has been charged with abusive sexual contact. The man, identified in court records as James Clayton Cholewinski-Boy, 32, was charged by federal prosecutors Friday. An FBI agent said in an affidavit that Cholewinski touched the arm of a woman next to him Tuesday, and she pushed his hands away. The woman said Cholewinski then grabbed her crotch, she pushed his hand away and told him to s...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Cherokee Nation Tribal Council is considering whether the tribe should cut funding to schools that ban Native American students from observing cultural practices during events such as graduations. The council's Rules Committee approved the proposal during a meeting on Oct. 31, the Tulsa World reported. The Tribal Council is scheduled to discuss it during a meeting next week. Cherokee Nation Deputy Attorney General Chrissi Nimmo said the measure seeks to address a "recurring issue" of reports of schools trying to impose r...
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Ten people at an Oklahoma care facility for people with intellectual disabilities were hospitalized after they were apparently accidentally injected with what's believed to be insulin rather than flu shots, authorities said. Emergency responders were called Wednesday afternoon to the Jacquelyn House in Bartlesville, about 40 miles (65 kilometers) north of Tulsa, on a report of an unresponsive person and found "multiple unresponsive people," Bartlesville Police Chief Tracy Roles said. The facility had contracted w...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Before Chuck Boers joined the U.S. Army, the Lipan Apache member was given his family's eagle feathers. The feathers had been carried by his great-great-great-grandfather on his rifle when he was an Apache scout. They also were carried by relatives who fought in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. In 2004, Boers had the feathers with him during the Battle of Fallujah in Iraq. "I felt like I had my family with me to protect me," he said. "The Warrior Tradition," a new film set to air on PBS, examines the c...
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita will add the state's first electric buses to its public transit fleet in hopes of saving hundreds of thousands of dollars and reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. The first bus is expected to hit the road this month, while an additional 10 should come into service next year, KCUR reported . The city's transit director, Mike Tann, won a $2 million federal grant that allowed the city to purchase four new electric buses from manufacturer ProTerra. Tann also bought seven smaller e...
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma's 35 tribal nations with casinos have rejected arbitration in a dispute with the state over whether existing gaming compacts automatically renew at the end of the year. The Tulsa World reports that the tribes say in a letter to state Attorney General Mike Hunter that they remain unified in the belief the compacts renew. Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt has said the 15-year-old compacts expire at the end of the year and wants to renegotiate them to give the state a larger share of casino revenue. The tribes pay fees of b...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma City abortion clinic filed a lawsuit Friday challenging longstanding state laws that allow only physicians to perform abortions in Oklahoma, marking the sixth time in five years that the state's abortion restrictions have ended up in court. The lawsuit, which was filed on behalf of the Trust Women clinic, contends that such laws are unconstitutional because they restrict access to abortions without any valid medical basis. Attorneys for the clinic argue that nurse practitioners are fully capable of providing b...
