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Thursday morning rollover sends two to SMC
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Emergency medical and law enforcement personnel work to extricate Sandy Lee from her vehicle after a rollover accident on College Avenue at Locust Street on Thursday morning. Lee was taken by Alva EMS Ambulance to Share Medical Center. Photo by Roger McKenzie
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Alva Fire and Rescue, Alva EMS, Woods County Sheriff’s
Department and the Alva City Police all responded to a
rollover accident on College Avenue early Thursday morning.
The accident involved two Alva drivers and occurred when the
2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer being driven south on College
Avenue by Sandy A. Lee, 32, was struck by a Cadillac being
driven by Nelda J. Heasley.
Both women ended up at Share Medical Center. Lee had to be
extricated from her badly damaged vehicle. Police listed
injuries to Lee’s head, arms, and legs as non-incapacitating.
The
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Continuance granted for Schultz murder hearing
A continuance was granted July 22 in the preliminary hearing
of Clain Brian Schultz, defendant, who is charged with second
degree murder in the death of his brother.
The motion cites “a reasonable expectation of the case being
settled without the requirement of a preliminary
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VAP’s new CEO targets increased market • New product is one-minute cinnamon roll
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NewVAP President/CEO Dirk Merle displays the company's newest product, Super Wheat pizza dough, which is just one of the new products that gives Merle optimism for a growing market for VAP products. Photo by Jim Stout
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Value Added Products (VAP) has a new President/Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer as of Monday.
The new President/CEO is Dirk Merle who comes to Alva from
Russellville, Ark., where he was the Mid Central Region
Manager overseeing Schwans Food Service business in eight
states.
Promoted to COO from plant manager is Alva’s Harry Dunker.
“What Dirk brings is to increase sales,” Dunker said
Wednesday. “He has a real strong sales background.”
Merle said his objective is to increase VAP's business and
product portfolio by
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Decker re-elected president of Preservation Oklahoma, Inc.
Dr. Kay Decker of Freedom, Chair of the Social Sciences
Department at Northwestern Oklahoma State University and
Executive Director of Freedom West Community Development
Corporation, has been re-elected to her third term as
President of the Board of Directors of Preservation
Oklahoma,
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Miss Teen Earth encourages kids to live green
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Sarah Smith, Miss Teen Earth Texas
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One young woman carries the title of Miss Teen Earth while
encouraging elementary students to protect their
environment.
Sarah Smith, daughter of Rodney Smith, Maryville, Texas and
Ana Marie Calderon, Austin, Texas, earned the crown of Miss
Teen Earth Texas earlier this summer and soon will travel to
Laughlin, Nevada to compete in the 2010 United States Earth
Pageant.
Sarah is the granddaughter of Teresa Ramirez of Alva.
Smith, 16, will be competing with 20 other young women who
hold the title of Miss Teen Earth in their home state. She
will be judged in several
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Alfalfa County unofficial election results
Republican
County Commissioner District #3
Raymond Stonehocker 22
James H. Simpson 70
Ray Walker 104
Roger Nichols 38
Town of Carmen Board of Trustees
Elias Stonehocker 62
Robert U. Mast 8
Robert L. Brown 50
Town of Aline – Sales Tax
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Woods County unofficial election results
In the Primary Election on July 27, 2010, those voting
totaled 1,579. Voting on the Republican ballot were 1,053
while Democrats totaled 526. The total number of registered
voters in Woods County is 5,213 so voter turnout was 30.29%.
Republican
County Commissioner District #3
Mike
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Cherokee inmate attempts suicide in jail
Alfalfa County dispatcher Sandy Schroeder discovered jail
inmate Christopher Morrison hanging from the bars of his cell
on Tuesday, July 20.
Morrison had been arrested and booked into the Alfalfa County
Jail for domestic Abuse and evading arrest.
At that time, he yelled, cursed,
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