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Alva Hoop Shoot winners advance to District on Saturday
The winners of the Alva Elk's Lodge Hoop Shoot event held here
Jan. 7 will be in Kingfisher this Saturday (Jan. 28) to
compete in the Elk's District competition which will be held
at the high school in Kingfisher.
The district event will begin at 9 a.m.
Organizers for the Alva event
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Semi plows pickup
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Debris litters the highway as Alva firemen work with the Jaws of Life to free John Stites of Alva. He was not injured. Photo by Roger McKenzie
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Good news was given by Trooper Gene Goodson. The Oklahoma
Highway Patrolman said the two men involved in a sizable
collision last week on Highway 64 near Avard's blacktop were
virtually unharmed.
He said the collision between Alva resident John Stites and
Ada semi-truck driver Ron Kimmel could have definitely been
worse and was a result of Kimmel's failure to yield.
Alva Fire Chief Kirk Trekell said he, along with volunteer
firefighters Scott Kline and Morgan Reinart, responded to the
scene January 20 and used rescue equipment to free the Alva
man.
The trio put
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Voters must present ID to cast ballot
On July 1, 2011, the "voter ID" law, enacted in 2010 by the
overwhelming passage of State Question 746, went into
effect.
The law requires all voters to produce a government-issued
form of identification to prove their identity before they
are allowed to vote. A document used for proof
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ROTARY PANCAKES
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Don't judge his pankcakes! Mickey Hadwiger tries his hand at making a Mickey Mouse pancake Monday at the Rotary Club pancake feed. Photo by Leisa Beavers
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More discussion than actual business in short FISD meeting
Monday night's meeting of the Freedom Board of Education was
short. The only action taken was the approval of the consent
agenda, containing minutes of the board's December meeting,
activity fund expenditures, and encumbrances for the General
Fund, and approval of the district's service
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County to knock down old barn at AC Fairgrounds
A light agenda made for a short meeting of the Alfalfa County
commissioners on Monday. Only a few of non-routine items made
the agenda.
Bids for the demolition of the old show barn at the Alfalfa
County Fairgrounds were rejected at the request of the Fair
Board, which asked the county
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NWOSU presents $214,850 bill to city council
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Dr. Janet Cunningham, president of NWOSU, thanks the Alva city council and citizens for the incentive scholarships funded by sales tax. Photo by Helen Barrett
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Representatives of Northwestern Oklahoma State University
attended Tuesday night's Alva City Council meeting to
present their bill of $214,850 for Alva Incentive
Scholarships.
“This bill represents the amount owed for the 2011 fall
semester,” Foundation Director Skeeter Bird said in a letter
included with the invoice.
Bird was the first of three representatives from the
university to address the council.
“I want to start with a couple of personal notes,” Bird
said. “I want to thank you for your service. I know every
one of you could be
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BANK IT - NW FAMILY
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A trio of Bank It board members deliver and present a check for $5,001.93 to John Jones of Northwest Family Services. Pictured from left are Cathy Brown, John Jones, Tasha Hamil, and Halah Simon. Photo by Stacy Sanborn
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Burlington Superintendent Elliott Rehired, NWT discussion, oil production helps finances
Superintendent Glen Elliott was reemployed for the 2012-13
school year by the Burlington Board of Education at their
January meeting last Wednesday afternoon.
The board's decision came following a 20 minute executive
session. That executive session was also held to discuss
certified
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