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Alva Church of God Sunday school begins at 9:30 a.m. and worship at 10:30 a.m. with Pastor Nathan Braudrick. Alva Church of God is located at 517 Ninth St. in Alva and can be found on the web at www.AlvaChurchOfGod.org. Sunday: Sunday school is at 9:30 a.m. and morning worship is at 10:30 a.m. Evening worship begins at 5:30 p.m. Young adults gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday: Wednesday services include 7 p.m. Bible Study, and youth group also meets at 7 p.m. Alva Friends Church Please meet us for coffee and donut fellowship at 10:15 a.m. every...
Overview: State officials resumed executions after a six-year moratorium and mounting issues at the Oklahoma County Jail drew national attention. Inside state prisons, corrections officials distributed vaccines to the incarcerated and ended prolonged restrictions on prisoner movement and family visitation. Looking forward to 2022, court rulings and state legislative votes will have a lasting impact on the future of criminal justice in Oklahoma. There was no shortage of criminal justice news to cover in Oklahoma in 2021. State officials resumed...
At the beginning of a new year, we naturally think about new things. Christians sometimes go further and project this kind of thinking onto God, imagining that God is going to do something new just because a calendar page has turned over. It is true that the prophet Isaiah, speaking on behalf of God, did say, “Behold I will do a new thing”. However, this prophecy was fulfilled 700 years later when Jesus took a cup of wine and said, “This is my blood of the new covenant.” The New Covenant is God’s “new thing.” It represents a radical revol...
We set out to read through the Bible in one year and to read the Bible for one year. This week we will read First John through the book of Revelation. We have read all of the Old Testament and will have read the New Testament twice. From creation to Christ, God had a plan for mankind. Most of the people written about in the Bible could not see the entire picture, how it all fit together. We are fortunate to have the completed Bible so we can read about the Creation, the promises, the history of the Old Testament. We also can read of the...
Patricia "Patty" Tracy was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. The good Lord called her home at the age of 68 on December 26, 2021, after a battle with an extended illness. She was born to Edwin and Marlyne Hendrickson on December 13, 1953, in Alva, Oklahoma. Patty attended high school in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado, where she was a member of the National Honor Society, a starter on the basketball team, and was well known for her antics on the pep squad. Shortly after graduating...
“Arden the tool man” might be a nice moniker for me because, in addition to all the tools I inherited from my dad, I have amassed a greater collection of my own. I have favorites; the go-to that first comes to mind is the cordless electric screwdriver. The first ones were by Black and Decker, a cute little novelty that had a built-in battery, reversing switch, and variable speed trigger. Now known as driver/drills, they feature removable batteries and have become larger and more powerful. Lithiu...
Professors and professionals across the country, including some in Oklahoma, have urged K-12 schools to preserve higher-level math courses, which are now under attack because some racial minorities are underrepresented. In a public letter signed by nearly 1,500 individuals, officials declare that they “are deeply concerned about the unintended consequences of recent well-intentioned approaches to reform mathematics education, particularly the California Mathematics Framework (CMF). Such frameworks aim to reduce achievement gaps by limiting t...
By the mid-1930s, Erskine Caldwell was a well-known and acclaimed novelist and short story writer. He was also quite controversial for his discussions of sex and race as well as his portrayal of Southerners – particularly those who were Caucasians. Caldwell readily criticized those who were rich and powerful for their brutal and consistent mistreatment of African Americans, noting that whites could abuse, rape, and even murder blacks without fear of reprisals. Others objected to Caldwell’s cha...
The idea took root a few months ago. The Parsons brothers were talking about Christmas and what it would be like without their grandmother. Merita Parsons passed away in August. As Joe said in a social media post, it would be hard to get in the mood to celebrate. "My grandma was a great part of my life. Anyone who knew her knows she loved Christmas and loved to do things for others, especially feeding people," Joe wrote. The two young men (Max is 22 and Joe is 19) decided the best way to honor...
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern Oklahoma State's New Year’s Day game has been postponed due to Covid-19 protocols within the Arkansas Monticello men's program. The game was scheduled for 3 p.m. on Saturday in Monticello. The two programs are working on a new date to play the Great American Conference game against Arkansas Monticello, which will be announced at a later time when a date is agreed upon. The Lady Rangers are still scheduled to play their game against Arkansas-Monticello at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 1....
ALVA, Okla. – Northwestern will be inducting five former standout Rangers into the Hall of Fame Class. This will be the 30th Hall of Fame Class induction Northwestern will have. The induction ceremony banquet will be held on Saturday, February 5, 2022. These members will have three from the 2022 class including Dean Farrow (Baseball-1977-1981), Bill Julson (1999-2001), and Brittany (McBride) Johnson (Women's Basketball 2005-2007), and two members from 2021 class in Bob Battisti (Basketball Coach and Athletic Director) and Brandon Christenson (...
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas woman faces sentencing in February after being convicted of second-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a teenager from Leavenworth. The Kansas City Star reports that 28-year-old Amber N. Alexander, formerly of Leavenworth, was found guilty Thursday. Prosecutors presented evidence that Alexander had several drinks before leaving a bar in Lansing and driving to Main Street in nearby Leavenworth in August. Alexander allegedly struck a 16-year-old girl before speeding away and crossing a bridge into M...
PLAINVILLE, Kan. (AP) — Taylor Ayers wanted a job, but at just 13 years of age he was having a tough time finding one. So earlier this year he started his own successful business, and he's using the proceeds to help his sister and other children with special needs. KSNW-TV reports that the Plainville boy started a pet sitting business that is proving successful in the Rooks County community. Taylor said that he realized he didn't really need the money, so he decided to donate to Plainville Elementary School's special education program. His s...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, whether as a man-crazy TV hostess on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" or the loopy housemate on "The Golden Girls," has died. She was 99. White's death was confirmed Friday by Jeff Witjas, her longtime agent and friend. She would have turned 100 on Jan. 17. "I truly never thought she was going to pass away," Witjas told The Associated Press. "She meant the world to me as a friend. She was the most positive person I've ever k...
SUPERIOR, Colo. (AP) — One couple returned home Friday to find the mailbox about the only thing left standing. Charred cars and a burned trampoline lay outside smoldering houses. On some blocks, homes reduced to smoking ruins stood next to ones practically unscathed by the flames. Colorado residents driven from their neighborhoods by a terrifying, wind-whipped wildfire got their first, heartbreaking look at the damage the morning after, while others could only wait and wonder whether their homes were among the more than 500 feared destroyed. At...
They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service. But both also saw their legacies tarnished by their actions in the long, bloody war in Iraq. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are among the many noteworthy people who died in 2021. Powell, who died in October, was a trailblazing soldier and diplomat. He rose to the rank of four-star general in the Army before becoming the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And under former...
SHEDAI CAMP, Afghanistan (AP) — In a sprawling settlement of mud brick huts in western Afghanistan housing people displaced by drought and war, a woman is fighting to save her daughter. Aziz Gul's husband sold the 10-year-old girl into marriage without telling his wife, taking a down-payment so he could feed his family of five children. Without that money, he told her, they would all starve. He had to sacrifice one to save the rest. Many of Afghanistan's growing number of destitute people are making desperate decisions such as these as their n...
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Sarah Weddington, who as a young lawyer from Texas won the Roe v. Wade case at the U.S. Supreme Court, is being remembered this week as a champion of feminism whose work impacted the nation's politics as views shifted on abortion. She died Sunday at age 76. Weddington was 26 when she successfully argued the case that legalized the right to abortion throughout the United States. The Supreme Court's ruling in 1973 cemented her place in history. "I just see her role at that time as being so courageous," said Sarah Wheat, a s...
