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FIRST FRIDAY DOWNTOWN ALVA'S ARTS AND SHOPPING DISTRICT

May 6th, 2016 • 6-8pm At Graceful Arts Gallery and Studios

Exhibit Title: NWOSU Arts--Now and Then: Featuring Cuma Heronemus, Rod Dunkin, Angelia Case, NWOSU Students, Crystal Fraire, Naicee Gugelmeyer, Abbie Haskins, Clayton Hall, Laura Hughes, Tori Hurley, Brieana McClure, Tiffany Phillips, Alexandria Skinner, Ashley Urban, Audrey Amissah, Gladys Bradford, Rachel Davis, Rhyan Hagel, Mickey Jordan, Mary Riegal and Jenny Sattler, and NWOSU Artist in Residence, Gloria Shows. Refreshments will be served!

The NWOSU Art Society will be hosting a fund raiser in front of the gallery that night!

At the Runnymede - Help for how to enter the Fair! The OHCE Patchwork Friends

Extension Group will be hosting a "Get Ready for the Woods County Fair" Project workshop. Make a project and get ready to enter your project in the Fair! Refreshments will be served!

At ACT I

ACT I will be hosting Rehearsals for "Legally Blonde” from 6-7 p.m. at the ACT I Building.

At The Elegant Toad--NOW OPEN!

Located across the street north of the Runnymede! Special Exhibit of Jack Moore Drawings. Refreshments will be served!

Upcoming Events at Graceful Arts Gallery and Studios for May

**Third Friday Paint Night on May 20th--Bring Your Own Refreshments and Paint with Friends! **Summer Art Camp #1 May 24-27! Children ages 5 to 12 8:30 to noon each day! Call the Graceful Arts Gallery to enroll! Space is limited so please enroll early!

Get Out and Enjoy Fun Times in Downtown Alva Be sure to support our Retail Partners and Stop in at the Rialto for a movie and great snacks! Enjoy ice cream and shopping at Holder Drug!

First Friday Sponsored by

Graceful Arts Gallery and Studios 523 Barnes Street, Alva • 580-327-ARTS

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Lynn Says

Potential cuts would cripple nursing homes Alva Beadles home illustrated

(This eye-opening piece was offered to the Newsgram and it should be of high interest to anyone who has relatives in a nursing home or who may be contemplating a nurse home. – Lynn L. Martin) By Tandie Hastings The Oklahoma Health Care Authority, facing the possibility of major budget reductions, is threatening to cut Medicaid reimbursement rates by 25 percent. If that happens, it’s impossible to overstate the health care crisis we will face in Oklahoma. Nine out of 10 nursing homes would be in danger of closing, potentially leaving more than 16,000 vulnerable and elderly Oklahomans homeless and without medical care. Almost 17,000 nursing employees would lose their jobs. Lawmakers have told many

THANK YOU Our family wishes to convey our sincerest appreciation to Share Hospital Staff, Alva Firemen, Whartons, Alva Police and Town & Country Church. Your efforts and comfort are truly appreciated. Sincerely, The Steve Jacobson Family

residents and employees not to worry – the Medicaid rate cut may be much lower than 25 percent, perhaps 10 percent or even 5 percent. These words are meant to be comforting, but those of us in the nursing profession know the truth: Nursing facilities have been underfunded for so long that any cut threatens a large-scale collapse of the system. At a 5 percent reduction in Medicaid reimbursements, 44 percent of Oklahoma nursing facilities are in danger of closing, potentially displacing 8,000 seniors. One of those seniors is Jeanie Yohn, an 89-year-old who lives in the Beadles Nursing Home in Alva. Jeanie needs around-the-clock medical care and nursing assistance. She uses a special stand-up lift to get in and out of bed. She is wheelchair bound and requires constant care for skin disorders and frequent labs. She has a loving family who helped place her in a nursing home because it gives her the best opportunity to live in relative comfort and with a sense of decency. Her family is terrified of the Beadles facility closing, and for good reason: They will be left with virtually no way to care for Jeanie. While the state does offer other optional programs for people like Jeanie, including the at-home care offered in Medicaid Advantage, those

programs don’t deliver the same level of skilled nursing services that most nursing home residents need. The home-delivered meals, occasional visits and other services offered by those programs are beneficial, but they fall short of the 24-hour access to medically intense care that truly vulnerable and elderly men and women need. For residents like Jeanie, nursing homes aren’t just the best option, they are the only option. If our lawmakers allow that option to be taken away, which it will be for thousands of Oklahomans if there is any reduction in the Medicaid rate, they will create a medical and humanitarian crisis in Oklahoma. To avert that catastrophe, nursing home residents, employees and owners have joined a growing coalition of health care providers to push for a solution: a $1.50-per-pack tax increase on cigarettes that would generate $187 million a year to be spent on stabilizing the Medicaid system. Lawmakers tell us that passing such a tax is a “heavy lift” because of opposition from convenience stores and smokeshops. To that I would say: God help us all if our government is so broken that it now values the profit margins of cigarette vendors over the well-being of Oklahoma seniors. Hastings is president of the board of the Oklahoma Association of Health.

More filings for elected positions in Barber County By Yvonne Miller Barber County, Kansas, Election Deputy Amy Sill announced additional filings made in Barber County, Kansas, for elected positions. Votes will be cast in the Aug. 2 primary. The Newsgram ran a list of those who filed last week. These are the names of those who filed since that list was released. The filing deadline is June 1. Sheriff – Justin Rugg, the incumbent, filed as a Republican. Medicine Lodge Township Trustee – Tom Fortune filed as a Republican. US House of Rep. 4th District – Michael Pompeo, the incumbent, filed as a Republican.

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By Lynn L. Martin Superintendent Steve Parkhurst told the Alva Board of Education Monday night that the district has collected 97 percent of the revenue projected for the fiscal year by the auditor in preparing the budget. The projected amount was $16,166,215.06, while the amount collected so far is $15,755,012.70. As a comparison, the general revenue collected for 2015 was $14,384,270.42 while the revenue collected for 2014 was $11,151,585.59. With the decline in the oil business, gross production revenues are lagging. The projection was $2,241,383.39, but collections are 80 percent of that at $1,789,760.14. Comparing previous years, at the end of fiscal year (FY) 2015 gross production revenue was $3,735,638.99. The numbers at the end of FY 2014 were $2,572,075.51. The board hired two new certified teachers: Tami Michael and Yesenia Buckhaults. The board is no longer specifying which school site the teachers will work. This allows administrators to move teachers to different sites throughout the school year without having to call a special board meeting. Resignations In people leaving the district, Becky Pingelton is retiring from the central office at the end of the fiscal year. Two certified teachers resigned: Heather Lohmann, who teaches Alva Middle School math (going to Waukomis), and Sylvia Griego-Beeler from Longfellow. Non-certified staff submitting resignations included Jewel Conner, band as-

sistant (although she may return for the next year); Hayden Seifert, a para at the high school; Mary Cox, a cook at Lincoln; Nicole Nusser, a para at Longfellow; Tracy Bratten, a para at Washington; Tena Martin and Amy Toews of the Cooperative Education project. School Lunch Prices The school lunch prices will be slightly higher next year. Elementary lunches will move from $2 to $2.05. Middle school lunches will increase from $2.10 to $2.15; high school lunches will increase from $2.35 to $2.40. The breakfast offerings will go up about a nickle each. Elementary will be $1.75, middle school will be $1.75 and high school $1.75. Guest adult lunches will be $4.35. Bus Usage The board approved the use of Alva district buses for two groups. First Baptist Church will be using buses to take students to Falls Creek at Davis July 1823, and also to Oklahoma City on Aug. 1. The Cherokee Strip Museum will use buses for summer camps in July with trips to the Sod House, Salt Plains Lake, and the Hatlestad Farm in Cherokee. In each case, the organization is to provide fuel, a licensed/certified driver and certificate of insurance before using the bus. Summer Camps Approved A summer basketball camp for boys and girls who will be entering grades 3 – 9 will be operated from May 25-27 from 9 a.m. to noon. Each camper will receive a camp shirt and basketball for their tuition of $65. Boys and girls who will be entering grades K-2 are eligible to participate in a summer camp May 25-27 from 1-3

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Yesenia Bucknaults, math teacher p.m. Each camper will receive a camp shirt and basketball for their $50 tuition. An Alva football camp will begin June 6 and run through June 8 for second through eighth graders at the Alva High School football field. This is a non-contact camp. The fee is $50. The plan said the camp is encouraged for anyone looking to gain pivotal knowledge and instruction in how to play football. A camp shirt will be provided with attendance. Another Alva football camp will run July 6-8 for ninth through 12th graders at Alva High School football field. The fee is $50. A camp shirt will be provided. The Summer Pride Camp for incoming third through 12th grade boys and girls enrolled in the Alva Public Schools will begin at the new indoor complex and weight facility. Two sessions will be held. June 1 – Aug. 2 Monday through Thursday at 7 a.m. for both. Then also a session June 6 – July 22 for thirdthrough eighth-grade boys and girls. Fee for either is $50. The school board entered into an executive session to discuss the superintendent’s salary. Parkhurst told the board he did not want a pay increase since the teachers were not getting one. The board voted to continue his contract for the 2016-17 school year the same as it was for the 2015-16 school year with an annual pay of $104,500.

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ALVA COMMUNITY THEATRE, INC. presents

Music and Lyrics by Laurence O'Keefe and Nell Benjamin Book by Heather Hach Based on the novel by Amanda Brown and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer motion picture Legally Blonde JR. Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI)

Two Nights Only: Friday, May 13 & Saturday, May 14 7:30 pm Tickets: $6 adults, $5 Seniors, $3 Students For Reservations Call (580) 327-0622 Tickets Available at the Door This project is made possible with the assistance of the ACT I ANGELS

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Waynoka Board of Education renews contracts for 2016-2017 school year By Stacy Sanborn Waynoka’s school board met Monday night for their regularly scheduled meeting. Mindy Zook, Rick George, Don Blalock, Clint Olson, and Andy Ferguson were all present. The consent agenda was looked at first and subsequently approved. Superintendent Loren Tackett spoke about financials and said no Atlas money has come in yet on ad valorem reimbursement, but said he should hear something soon. On expenditures, the school is $300,000 ahead of last year, and is in really good shape. Tackett deemed the school financially sound. During his report, Tackett said a letter was received last week stating the school didn’t do the maintainance of efforts on special education. Trying to explain, he said,“Whatever I spend for special ed, which is flow-through money that goes to the coop, or basically my salaries of my teachers here and whatever we spend in special ed, from year to year it has to stay the same or you get penalized for what you didn’t spend. It forces you to basically spend what you spent in the past. They don’t want you trying to save money by not spending money on special ed. That’s a federal thing. Our maintenance of effort wasn’t enough this year, but the reason is because Mrs. Crissup went on half-time.”

He went on to say that he’s taking care of it and will have to send in a report, but a penalty should not be assessed. An on-site audit of the child nutrition program was completed a couple of weeks ago, and only two or three minor issues surfaced. He said it was nothing that would cost them any money. The State Department did an audit on the school’s state testing, but no official feedback has been received to date. He talked about some summer projects he and the custodians are planning. Those items include cleaning and inspecting each bus, painting classrooms in the north building, removing and replacing old tin from the ag building, and replacing tiles and painting in the elementary bathrooms. In his report, Prinicpal Michael Meriwether said that so far testing has been going really well in all classes. He said that when the State Department was there for the audit, they told him that they had zero concerns about how the school conducted the testing. Moving down the agenda, agreements with Alcohol and Drug Testing Inc. were approved for bus drivers and student extra-curricular activities for the 2016-2017 school year. A list of items was approved to be declared as surplus and designated for disposal.

Discussion ensued as the group reached an agreement on the proposed 2016-2017 school calendar. Meriwether said he likes to get as many school days in as possible before testing begins, but Rick George was concerned about days being cut out. Finally, a calendar was agreed upon and voted through. The board went into executive session to go over personnel decisions for certified career classroom teachers, certified temporary classroom teachers, a drivers education teacher, the summer maintenance staff, and also the contract of the superintendent. Upon reconvening, all full-time and part-time certified teachers were approved for reemployment. Certified temporary classroom teachers approved for reemployment were Tim Crissup, Shannon Gossney, Carly Williams, and Renea Gaskill. Upon Tackett’s recommendation, first year teachers Lindsay Seaman, Dustin Smith, Megan Smith and Danielle Budy were rehired on a temporary contract. Beau Westfahl was rehired to serve as the drivers education teacher for the 2016 summer, and the summer maintenance staff consisting of Danny Green, Beau Westfahl, Scott Kysar, and Dustin Smith were voted for rehire. The board tabled making a motion for the superintendent’s contract. With no new business, the meeting adjourned.

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Letter to the Editor:

Integris explains their plan for Alva health clinic Oklahoma-owned INTEGRIS Health’s mission is to improve the health of the people and communities we serve, and we are excited to provide our quality health care services to the people of Alva and Woods County. We are proud to be a community partner in many towns and cities across northwest Oklahoma. INTEGRIS works alongside other health care providers in many of these communities, working in partnership to provide needed services. Our desire is to bring providers to Alva to establish a clinic that would provide primary care, as well as rotating specialist such as cardiology, orthopedics, pain management, ENT and OB/Gyn. We plan to strengthen our relationship with Share Medical Center and use their available ancillary services to make access as convenient and easy as possible for our patients. The relationship between INTEGRIS and Share Medical Center is long standing, as both the INTEGRIS Cherokee Family Clinic and the

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INTEGRIS Waynoka Family Clinic are supporters of Share Medical Center and frequently utilize services provided at the facility. Our facilities in Enid serve between 10 - 15 people each day who call Alva home. At this time, those friends and neighbors travel more than 70 miles each way from Alva to Enid to seek care at one of our clinics. Those daily doctor’s appointments represented a total of more than 3000 physician visits to Enid from Alva during 2014. We have submitted an application to the City of Alva in accordance with ordinance No. 2014-046 that would bring physicians to Alva. This a secondary request, as the facts today are now different than when the application was first considered. With the recent exit of two physicians from Alva, we believe the outmigration for health care services will only increase and we see it is an important time to reconsider. Our main goal for bringing INTEGRIS providers to the clinic

location in Alva is to help ease the burden of those we serve in Alva. In response to any concerns the Alva community may have in regards to the opening of the Alva Medical Clinic, the services that we will provide at the clinic will be complimentary to those offered at Share Medical Center. The primary care providers who will be located at the clinic will become familiar with and utilize the available services in the community, such as laboratory and diagnostics. By utilizing these local services we can make access to care as convenient as possible for our patients. By adding access to specialty physicians and primary care providers, in the Alva community, we will ease the burden of those that are currently traveling to Enid, or distant communities, to access that same care. At the same time, by adding these providers to the community, the amount of patients seen in Alva for health care will increase. We are pleased that we were able to work with a local landlord to find existing space for lease that perfectly meets the needs of our providers. No capital investment or reconstruction of any kind has been necessary, and our only needs are a few furnishings to help make the clinic as pleasant as possible for our patients and families in Alva. INTEGRIS recognizes Alva as a wonderful community and an ideal location for us to provide services. We encourage you, the citizens of Alva, to support the opening of the INTEGRIS Alva Medical Clinic. We ask that you contact us with any questions you might have regarding the opening of the clinic. Please contact Catherine Gann at 580-548-1109 or catherine.gann@integrisok.com. We look forward to continuing to develop a positive relationship with the Alva community and to serving our patients in a location that’s more readily available and convenient to them. Sincerely, Kevin Seely Vice President INTEGRIS Medical Group

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Congratulations to The Queen of Cake (and all other sweets) on their purchase of this new Ram Promaster City. This cargo van not only can handle a payload, it seats up to five passengers comfortably. With available heated seats, navigation, SXM radio and backup camera, it makes doing a job that much easier. Stop by Jackson's of Enid and ask Kent about all the incentives going on right now on commercial vehicles . MEET YOUR COMMERCIAL MANGER

KENT RORICK

BUSINESS LINK MANAGER (580) 234-5400 KENTRORICK@JACKSONSOFENID.COM

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Alva Rotary Club invites you to Alva Fireman Appreciation Day

Monday, May 9th @ Champs Sports & Spirits

Champs will be open 11am to 2pm and 5pm to 9pm All proceeds beneďŹ t the Alva Fire Department COME BY EAT AND SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION

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Obituaries MICHAEL DOBBS TAMMS, Illinois â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Michael Lee Dobbs, 48, passed away at 3:30 p.m. on Friday, April 29, 2016, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born on April 11, 1968, in Madison, Wisconsin, the son of Rodger and Margaret (Province) Dobbs. He married Doris Wiltshire on April 20, 2007, in Edwardsville, Illinois. She survives. Other survivors include one son, one step-son, one daughter (Tori Rodgers of Alva), one step-daughter, eight grandchildren; one brother, and one sister. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Marks Mortuary in Wood River, Illinois. FLOYD SMITH DOMNICK, JR. Floyd Smith Domnick Jr., age 76, of Tyler, Texas, passed from this life on April 29, 2016, at the East Texas Medical Center following a very short illness of cancer. A celebration of his life will be held at the Apostolic Christian Church in Kiowa, Kansas, at 10 a.m. on Thursday May 5, 2016, with Ron Allenbach and Matt Schupbach officiating under the direction of Lanman Funeral Home Inc of Kiowa. Viewing will be Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. with family present from 7:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. He was born in Peoria, Illinois, on March 13, 1940, to Floyd Smith Domnick and Doris Lorraine (Fritz) Domnick. They moved to Udall, Kansas, when

Junior was about three. In 1945 they moved to a farm west of Burlington, Oklahoma, where he attended school first -10th grades and participated in FFA, basketball, tennis and track. However, he had a desire to play football and transferred to Kiowa High School his junior year, where he graduated in 1958. He then attended Northwestern State University in Alva, Oklahoma, and Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, majoring in horticulture. He was united in marriage to his high school sweetheart, Vanda Garner of Kiowa, Kansas, on October 30, 1959, at the United Methodist Church in Kiowa. To this union two children were born: Brandon and Holly. He accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior in 1960 and followed the Lord in baptism. He loved the Lord in his own special way and in his later years really enjoyed talking to people about the Lord, even total strangers. In 1961 he enlisted in the Army and was stationed in Cleveland, Ohio, and Fairbanks, Alaska. His dad was a custom cutter and he, with his siblings, spent their summers cutting wheat from the Texas-Oklahoma border to the Canadian border. In 1973 Junior and Vanda established Hilltop Nursery and Landscape Service north of Hazelton, Kansas, and then later went into farming in 1980. He also drove a school bus and was janitor for South Barber Schools for several years. He had many different jobs throughout his lifetime, but horticulture and working with plants was his passion. Junior loved his children and family deeply, cherishing memories of Domnick family reunions in years past. He was the oldest of five siblings and twentyone first cousins. Every time he had an

opportunity to be with any member of the family, he had a story to tell about each one of them. He was preceded in death by his parents and a miscarried son. He is survived by his wife, Vanda of Tyler, Texas; son, Brandon and wife, Amy of Northglenn, Colorado; daughter, Holly Beavers and husband, Scott of Phoenix, Arizona; two granddaughters, Megan and Harry Lujan of Englewood, Colorado and Rachel and Dylan Zollars of Highland Ranch, Colorado; two brothers, Ronnie Domnick and Skeet of Kiowa, Kansas, and Terry Domnick and Donna of Oklahoma City, two sisters, Judith Kildow and Roger of Cherokee, and Cindy Domnick of Missoula, Montana; many nephews; nieces; many cousins and friends. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made through Lanman Funeral Home in Kiowa to The Apostolic Christian Church of Kiowa, Hardtner or Kiowa Volunteer Fire Departments, Kiowa District Hospital or South Barber Schools. KRAMER CHRISTOPHER LEWIS A celebration of life for Kramer Christopher Lewis will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 4, 2016, at the Alva High School Auditorium with Rev. Paul Cole, pastor of the Town and Country Christian Church and Derrick Thomas, Youth Director at First Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Alva Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva. Kramer Christopher Lewis, son of Peter Lewis and Tonja (Miller) Lewis, was born July 7, 1995, in Lubbock, Texas. He was baptized at the Town and Country Christian Church on February 6, 2005. Kramer was granted his angel wings on April 30, 2016, in Alva, Oklahoma, at the age of 20 years, 7 months and 7 days as a result of injuries sustained in a one vehicle accident. He was a beautiful soul with a zest for life, who had a love for his family that

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ALVA’S MARKET DELI NOON SPECIALS WEDNESDAY: LASAGNA THURSDAY: POT ROAST FRIDAY: CATFISH MONDAY: ENCHILADAS TUESDAY: PULLED PORK WEDNESDAY: HAM & BEANS

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Boneless Beef Bottom Round Roast Salmon fillets..................$4.99/lb Family Pack.....................$2.99/lb Single................................$3.29/lb Pork Spare Ribs..............$2.29/lb Chicken Breast Boneless Sirloin Cut Pork Chops Boneless/Skinless............$1.89/lb Family Pack.....................$1.69/lb Small Pack.......................$1.99/lb Eckrich Smoked Sausage, 10-14oz pkg.....................2/$5.00

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Roger Kassik - On Telehospitalist Program at Share Medical Center Roger Kassik of Dacoma, with his wife Paulene and daughters Lynni and Dawn, relaxes after he was transferred back to SMC for less costly swing bed level of care. He may occasionally have to transfer back to the larger hospital for specialized procedures. He is monitored by Dr. Robert Rader via telemedicine while in Alva.

“I think this tele-medicine machine is a great thing. Some of the treatments I need require multiple trips to larger OKC hospitals for check ups. With the Chief of Staff of St. Anthony Hospital handling the tele-medicine work for Share Medical Center, it saves my family time and travel trouble. They also drop by SMC with a fifteen minute trip from Dacoma. We can lunch together and discuss family business so easily,” Roger said. “It is amazing that we can have almost immediate access to an OKC specialist. We’ve been able to visit with Dr. Rader every day. For me, they’ve been able to do it at any hour of the day or night.” Daughter Lynni said, “I think it is more comfortable for my Dad to be in the smaller surroundings being taken care of by people we know and who care for us.”

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Dawn said, “This is awesome technology. I was highly impressed by Dr. Rader. It is so great to be able to converse with someone like that and so clearly, too. The picture and sound quality is simply outstanding.”

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Municipal Warning Sirens

City of Alva, Oklahoma The City of Alva’s Storm warning siren system currently incorporates 6 sirens which are designed to alert residents who are outdoors.

Storm Sirens (one long blast for 60 seconds) are activated when: • A tornado warning has been issued for a portion of Woods Co. that includes the City of Alva • When a storm spotter, re ghter, or police ofcer sees a tornado • Winds 70 mph. or greater are approaching • The Sirens may also be blown for a re: (several up-down-up cycles) to muster remen to ght a re if other means of summoning are inoperable or unsuccessful.

The system is only activated for the conditions listed above. There will not be an all clear blown at the expiration of the tornado warning. Residents should be mindful that the storm siren is an outdoor warning system and is not designed to signal a tornado warning to an entire community indoors. The storm siren warning system should not be -SIGNAL- a family’s only warning system. Residents are reminded that when severe weather is A series of THREE SHORT forecast for the area the best source of information is a radio, television, or weather WAVERING TONES on the radio station. A test activation of the system occurs the rst Wednesday of each month at 12:00 noon. Municipal Warning sirens. The system will not be activated for a test if there is a threat of severe weather for the area. Please do not call 9-1-1 for weather information when you hear the sirens sound. -MEANING- Instead take immediate shelter and listen to a radio, television, or weather radio An inmate from the Bill station for further information. (During severe weather it is especially important that 9Johnson Correctional Center 1-1 lines remain open for emergency use.) Citizens should have a storm emergency plan has left his work party in place consisting of a predetermined place to shelter from an approaching storm.

BJCC Inmate Escape

without authorization.

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Elevator managers predict earlier than usual harvest, average or better yields By Yvonne Miller The following are literally million dollar questions in America’s heartland where now green wheat fields will soon be amber waves of grain blowing in the Oklahoma and Kansas winds. When will harvest begin? Will the wheat have good yields? Will the grain quality be strong and marketable? If and when will the dangerously low price of wheat increase? A call to area grain elevator managers Monday afternoon, May 2, found similar comments along the southern border of Barber County, Kansas, and the northern Oklahoma counties of Woods and Alfalfa. All the men specified that their comments are how the crop is today – painfully aware that Mother Nature can change the scenario in a heartbeat. Newman’s Overview of Crops in Burlington Area Burlington Cooperative Manager Robbie Newman said the area is much in the same scenario as last year. He said conditions started out that the 2016 harvest could be a bumper crop. Then problems like bugs, disease, drought, etc., came along and harmed the wheat. Regardless, Newman said, “We still have the potential to have a 40 bushel (per acre) wheat crop – probably some 50 and 60. I expect it will be all over the board.” He can see harvest starting around June 1 “if we stay in this weather pattern.” Newman said the cool evenings are good for allowing the wheat to fill. “There’s not as much freeze damage as I thought. If Mother Nature is good to us between now and June, we should have a good harvest,” Newman said. Courson Comments on Kansas

Border Wheat In Kiowa, Kansas, O.K. Grain Inc. assistant manager Brett Courson said the crop in the Hardtner, Hazelton and Kiowa area “is lookin’ pretty good.” He said, “There’s some bugs and fungus – the main issue is rust.” Before the recent rains, Courson said, “The terrace tops were thinned out and the drought was taking it. The rain was a lifesaver. It perked the crop up a little – saved it. Right now it looks like the yields will at least be average or above.” Courson’s prediction for wheat cutting to commence is May 29 which he said “is a little early.” Courson that the canola planted in the area “looks good right now.” The brilliant yellow blooming plants are the source of allergy complaints by many. As the plant loses color it is close to canola cutting time which is about the same time as wheat harvest. Kiowa’s east elevator accepts canola seed at night. Truelock on Alva Area Crops Ronnie Truelock, general manager of the Alva Farmers Cooperative was en route to the Oklahoma Grain and Feed Convention Monday afternoon. “I’ll know lots more when I return from that,” he said. Truelock said wheat in the Alva area “lost some potential” with the drought, some late freezes and some rust problems. In the recent wet conditions, Truelock said, “It makes the wheat more susceptible to rust. But the cooler temperatures help the (grain) quality.” Despite the challenges this 2016 crop has endured thus far, Truelock estimates the wheat will still average 25-35 bushels/acre. He predicts the

crop will average 10 bushels better than last year. When asked an estimated date for the beginning of wheat cutting, Truelock said, “We’ve been saying the 25th. By June 1, we’ll see some wheat harvested.” Recalling the lower-than-usual quality of grain (test weights) produced by the 2015 wheat crop, Truelock said, “We were pretty fortunate this winter. We could raise our quality of last year’s lower test weight by blending it with some higher quality wheat.” Lohmann Comments on Alva Area Wheat Agronomist Jay Lohmann became manager of Wheeler Brothers Grain in Alva this spring. He said the biggest challenges to this year’s crop were stripe rust and leaf rust. He said they’ve seen a small amount of freeze damage. “We were starting to hurt west of Alva with the drought. Thankfully we have adequate moisture right now. I see an average of 40 bushel (per acre wheat). We just need the price to come up.” Lohmann said he thinks wheat cutting will begin in the Alva area by June 1. Parker on Cherokee Area Crop Cherokee Cooperative Manager Shane Parker said wheat crops in the Cherokee area “look pretty good, despite the drought, late freezes to insect problems and rust. The rain and cooler weather we’ve had are ideal for filling the grain.” Parker predicts, “maybe an aboveaverage crop.” He expects harvest to be going in the Cherokee area by the first week in June. “At this point everything looks good except the price (of wheat) which closed at $3.89 today.”

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Kiowa Hospital Board encourages taxpayers to attend annual meeting May 19 To discuss decreased valuation (tax revenue) and how to combat shortfall for KDH; To elect new board member By Yvonne Miller Thursday, May 19, is the annual meeting of the Kiowa (Kansas) District Hospital (KDH). The KDH board members encourage all interested taxpayers who live in this hospital district that is supported by tax revenues to attend the 7 p.m. annual meeting at Kiowa’s Community Building. As reported previously in the Newsgram, the valuation of Barber County, Kansas, has drastically decreased due to the decline of the oil and gas boom, protested taxes and lawsuits by oil companies, etc. At the regular April meeting of the KDH board of directors last Thursday, President Pat Myers said he’s been told that the tax valuation will most likely be cut in half. That equates to much less tax revenue the hospital district relies on partially to operate. To continue operations with the loss of tax revenue, the hospital board realizes that in the worst case scenario they might have to double the KDH mill levy, which would require a vote of the taxpayers, Myers said. “We do not have a lot of bulk to cut out and run our hospital as we should,” Myers said. “I do not want the community to be blindsided. They need to know what we are dealing with.”

During the April meeting the board held a conference call with BKD Auditor Matt Morris (who audits KDH finances). He presented a draft audit. Morris had lots of good things to say, such as cash-onhand being up $300,000 to $400,000 this year. The preliminary cost report shows near $500,000 due from Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. Morris expressed concern about how hard the decreased valuation from the county will affect KDH. “Your net position is up, which is good,” Morris said. Morris will present the complete cost report and audit at the annual meeting. He complimented KDH CFO Janell Goodno for making further improvements this year. “Each year Janell makes our job easier,” Morris said. Auditor Discusses Manor The auditor addressed finances of the manor, which is part of the hospital. Morris said BKD did a six-year analysis of the manor from 2010 to 2016. He said that in 2015 the manor had 67 percent occupancy. Morris said in the six-year analysis, the manor has lost an average of $390,000 each year. He said that was when Medicare reimbursements were higher and before the Affordable Care Act.

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Grismer explained with the Affordable Care Act, KDH has increased regulations and less money to meet those regulations and fines if they don’t meet requirements. She said the state of Kansas has not expanded KanCare and Kansas is not a Medicaid expansion state. Additionally a federal sequester means two percent less reimbursement (for example, Medicare and Medicaid). All of this means less revenue for KDH. Morris said that all over facilities with nursing homes are trying to reduce their number of beds and staff. Even that has not been a solution, he said. “Everyone is trying to determine what is best,” from a cost-saving perspective. Despite the number of residents, facilities still have fixed costs. If a nursing home has more residents, they must have more staff and aides. KDH CEO Margaret Grismer said, “We’ve exhausted out supply of staff and aides.” The manor financial operating statement ending in March 2016 presented by Goodno at the April meeting showed that the manor has lost $93,312 year to date. That’s an improvement over the same time last year when the loss was $98,959. Open Board Seat, to Be Elected at Annual Meeting All members of the board attended the April meeting with the exception of Brenna May. Attending were Myers, Jim Parker, Jeff Miller and Chantae Simpson. Two board seats are open at the annual meeting. One of those is held by Jim Parker, who is willing to serve another term on the board. The other open seat is held by Myers, who will not seek reelection to the board. If interested in serving go by the business office at the hospital. The board positions will be filled by a vote of the people attending the meeting. The remainder of the KDH April Board meeting will run in a separate article next week in the Newsgram. One exciting note from that meeting is in the search for another physician, the committee has another candidate to interview.

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Pictured left to right are Brian, Kathy and Kayli Ryel, Emmalee and Jennifer Taylor, Megan and Bracen Ryel. Ryan and Kynnlee Taylor are not pictured.

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Jet Fire Department annual benefit supper Jet Fire Department will host their annual benefit supper Saturday, May 7, 5-8 p.m. The department will serve smoked pork, scalloped potatoes, baked beans, green beans, corn, salads and homemade desserts. Donations will be accepted at the door and all funds will be used to support the ongoing work of the Jet Fire Department. The department is working to update the city pumper, add extrication tools and replace wildland safety gear, helmets and tools that are worn out. Jet Fire Department serves as a

response agent in Alfalfa County. The department works with the Timberlake Elementary School to help educate students on fire safety. They provide mutual aid to fire departments in Alfalfa, Grant and Woods counties. The department has gone through training with Vance Air Force Base to provide fire and rescue service at Kegelman Air Force Base and the surrounding area. The department responded as part of the Alfalfa County Strike Force in providing mutual aid to wildfires in northwest Oklahoma the last three

years. Currently the department has 12 members who volunteer their time and service, Jason Jenlink, chief; Colton Castle, assistant chief; Glen Hensley, training officer; Ernie Price, safety officer; Sandra Price, secretary; Steve Carson; Tre Carter; Kim Humphrey; Jeff Jenlink; Logan Reinhart; Adam Tucker and Chris Tucker. The Jet Fire Department’s fleet of trucks and an Air/Evac Lifeteam helicopter and crew members will be available for everyone to see at the benefit supper.

“From Barrels and Boxes to Feed Sacks” exhibit at the Sod House Museum The Sod House Museum presents a new exhibit, “From Barrels and Boxes to Feed Sacks,” for visitors to enjoy when visiting the museum. The display features bonnets, aprons, garments, a sugar crystal bag and feed sacks, along with a 100-pound bag for Cherokee Chief Egg Mash, manufactured by the Cherokee Grain Company in Cherokee. Museum Director Renee Trindle will present an overview of the history and use of feed sacks on Saturday, May 21, at 10 a.m. Trindle will present a timeline of the history of feed sacks, starting with the invention of the lockstitch sewing machine and including World War I, the Great Depression and the patriotism of World War II. In the early 1800s tins, boxes and wooden barrels were used to transport goods such as food, grain, seed and feed. Then between 1840 and 1890 cotton sacks gradually replaced barrels as food containers because of the invention of

the lockstitch. The lockstitch sewing machine, invented in 1846 by Elias Howe, made it possible to sew double locking seams strong enough to hold the contents of a bag and practical for repeated use. Bags were produced in varying sizes from one pound for household use to those 12 feet long for picking cotton. As late as the 1880s barrels were still the preferred storage unit, but by World War I they had all but disappeared. The sacks were originally plain, unbleached cotton and the farmer’s name often was stamped on his bag so it could be reused. In the late 1800s textile mills were producing strong, inexpensive cotton, which quickly replaced canvas as the preferred material for feed sacks.

Feed sacks first were sold in colors, then in colorful prints beginning around 1925. Farmers’ wives enjoyed this new source of basically free fabric by turning the cotton sacks into items of use such as clothes, pillow cases, undergarments, curtains and quilts. Feed companies began to print their sacks in colored patterns, and since it usually took more than one bag to make a dress, the idea was to give the farmer an incentive to keep buying their products. The Sod House Museum is operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society. The museum is open Tuesday–Saturday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., and is located southeast of Aline on State Highway 8. For more information contact Director Renee Trindle at 580-463-2441.

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These are the members of the South Barber forensics team, most of whom qualified for state. The team earned fifth in the state. Back row, left to right: Brandon Baysinger (who went as a timer), Ammorae Williams, Caitlin Jacobs, Noah Howerter, Slater Blick, Dale Hoch, Joseph Bowden, Tyler Martin, Kolby Pavlu, Grant Cantrell. Front row: Haylie Drake (who competed at state festival and received a II in Poetry), Sabrina Hughbanks, ReAnna Dunlap (who went as a timer), Kathleen Martin, Savannah Hughbanks, Emily Rugg, Kacee Hostetler, Ana Wilhelm, Idallis Shaffer. Photo courtesy of South Barber Yearbook

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Forensics Coach Meagan Henry said as a team, the South Barber students placed fifth. Three South Barber students also placed fifth individually at state. They are Noah Howerter in Poetry, Ammorae Williams in Prose and Ana Wilhelm in Humorous Solo. Four more South Barber students made it to semifinals. They are Joseph Bowden, seventh in Poetry; Slater Blick, 11th in Extemp; Kacee Hostetler, eighth in Informative; Kacee Hostetler and Emily Rugg, 11th in Duet.

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The 19th Annual Sunflower Balloon Fest Don’t miss the 19th annual Sunflower Balloon Fest in Anthony, Kansas, May 6-8. Nineteen hot air balloons rise from the green pastures to dot the clear blue skies of Kansas. The first balloons take the air on Friday evening, May 6, and continue to take flight through the weekend. The three day event kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6, at the Anthony Airport. Parking and admission are free. Friday evening the balloons will be inflated as the weather permits. A fireworks display will finish off a lovely

evening. Sunrise on Saturday is a perfect time for a hot air balloon flight. Pilots will be briefed at 6 a.m. and, if the weather allows, will start inflating their balloons by 6:30 a.m. Arrive at the airport early for the best views of the launches. Balloons from all over, including Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota and California, will participate. After the flights, visit downtown Anthony for a wide variety of activities. Local merchants will welcome shoppers with specials all day. At 2 p.m. a parade

will proceed down Main Street. Saturday evening the pilots will try for another balloon flight from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. weather permitting. Sunday morning at sunrise will be the last flight for the hot air balloons from 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. after watching the balloons take off there is still time to attend a worship at one of the local churches. We recommend that you arrive one hour before flight time. For more information call 620-842-5456 or visit the website at www.sunflowerballoonfest.com.

Miranda Allen for Congress: an Independent for Kansas’ 4th District Miranda Allen, a south-central Kansas businesswoman, today announced that she is running for Congress as an Independent in Kansas’ 4th Congressional District. “Our current system is broken. Partisan bickering has replaced hard work and problem solving. Special interest money has further corrupted

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was responsible for receipting all local payments to the school as well as issuing the checks to pay expenses. I have been a notary public for 10 years and am very familiar with legal documents and confidentiality issues. I have worked with timesheets and contracts. I administered oaths of office to the various school board members over the years I was there. I was one of the people who supported software changes within the school. Learning computer programs and training others has always been very easy for me. I have experience in public relations. I answered phone calls, greeted guests and vendors, took care of student records and had numerous other responsibilities. I currently work for Chesapeake Energy as a Production Assistant II. I have been there for four years and was promoted in a short time. Some duties I perform daily at Chesapeake are identifying and correcting discrepancies with pumper records, training, record keeping and filing, and Bureau of Land Management reporting. I have also dealt with invoicing and inventory. I am CPR-certified and attend many other types of safety training. I love to meet new people and am excited for the opportunity to serve the citizens of Alfalfa County as your court clerk. I appreciate your vote on June 28!

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Voters should apply early for absentee ballots Voters in Woods County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the June 28 primary election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Sandra Koehn said today. Although the county election board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, Koehn urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early. Absentee ballot application forms are available at the County Election Board office located at 410 4th St. Suite C, Alva, OK. An online version of the form can be filled out and submitted electronically at: www.elections.ok.gov. A print form can also be downloaded at that address. At least two mail transactions must be made. The county election board must mail the ballots to the voter and the voter must return the voted ballots by mail. Ballots must be in the hands of county election board officials by 7 p.m. on election day to be counted. Koehn said any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he/she is eligible to vote. However, a voter must be registered and reside at an address within the geographical

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place and allows these persons to vote under circumstances similar to those at a regular precinct polling place. They may apply only by mail, by fax, by email, online or via an agent who is at least 16 years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot. • Military personnel and residents of the county living overseas and the spouses and dependents of each group are eligible receive absentee ballots. These voters may apply only by mail, fax or email. Military personnel should contact the voting service officers in their units for application forms and additional information or visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program website (www.fvap. gov/oklahoma) for more information and instructions. Residents of Oklahoma living overseas can obtain the same materials from any United States military installation and from United States embassies and consulates as well as on the FVAP website. For the June election there will be a Republican ballot, a Libertarian ballot and a City of Waynoka Ballot. Democrats will not have a ballot for this election.

Three to compete in Miss South Barber Pageant Monday afternoon By Yvonne Miller The public is invited to watch three young women compete in the Miss South Barber Pageant. The contest is next Monday, May 9, at 2 p.m. at the South Barber High School Auditorium in Kiowa, Kansas. The contestants are finishing their junior year. As a senior, the new Miss South Barber will represent her school in the Miss Cinderella Pageant during Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s homecoming in Alva Sept. 29 – Oct. 1. The contestants are Andraia McKitrick, Anna Perez and Emily Rugg. Andraia is the daughter of Ronnie McKitrick and Brandy Rathgeber McKitrick. She will sing for her talent. Anna is the daughter of Rudy and Nicole Perez. She will play the piano in the talent competition. Emily’s parents are Justin and Dooli Rugg. In the talent competition, she will sing.

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By Justin Juozapavicius TULSA, Okla. (AP) — University of Tulsa trustees are deciding whether to rename the law school because of one founder's ties to the Ku Klux Klan, a proposal that was lauded Tuesday by a civil rights group. Trustees at the private school will discuss whether to remove John Rogers' name from the law school building during a meeting Wednesday, trustee Sharon Bell told The Associated Press. Bell — an attorney and the daughter of Rogers' late law partner, William H. Bell — said school administrators have recommended the name be removed, and trustees could vote on the proposal after any discussion. Rogers was a prominent attorney and philanthropist who helped found the law school in 1943, served for years as its unpaid dean and was a university trustee for decades. Rogers also helped incorporate the KKK-affiliated Tulsa Benevolent Association, which was founded months after the 1921 Tulsa race riot that left about 300 black residents dead and a thriving section of downtown — known as Black Wall Street — decimated. Rogers spent about two years in the KKK, which was so popular in Oklahoma that at one point about two-thirds of the state Legislature were members, and politicians running for office actively sought the group's backing. School administrators recently commissioned a review of all campus buildings named after individuals and Rogers' name was the only one that was flagged as problematic in a report prepared earlier this year, Bell said. A school spokeswoman declined to

offer any details of Wednesday's meeting, saying only in a statement that "after intensive study and thoughtful deliberation," administrators have made a recommendation to the executive committee of the trustees board. Nationally, universities and cities, sensitive to the issue of race, have conducted similar reviews. In 2013, Tulsa City Council members voted to rename Tulsa's glitzy arts district, which had been named after Wyatt Tate Brady, the son of a Confederate veteran and KKK member. Today the street is still called Brady, but for the Civil War photographer Mathew Brady. The proposal to remove Rogers' name was applauded Tuesday by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "I think any time that we find a racist element in our society, in general, we have an obligation to confront those issues and an obligation to make things right," said Garland Pruitt, president of the NAACP's Oklahoma City branch. "If we know of a bad apple and we ignore it and we don't address it, we're just as guilty." Bell plans to vote against the recommendation, saying that Rogers renounced his membership in the KKK and dedicated the rest of his life to public service. "The man I knew was not a racist," Bell said in an interview Tuesday. "He had 58 years of learning from his error

and moving forward in a way that clearly left the community of Tulsa a better place." Bob Blackburn, the executive director of the Oklahoma Historical Society, said he is generally reluctant about moves to change buildings named for people with similar ties as Rogers because it erases a part of history. "We need to know about the racism, we need to know about the foundation blocks on which we are building a new Oklahoma today, but if we don't understand those foundations, we run the risk of committing those same mistakes," Blackburn said.

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By Tim Talley OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday invalidated an initiative petition that calls for a statewide vote on whether to allow wine to be sold in grocery stores. In a 7-1 decision with one abstention, the Supreme Court ordered that the petition, filed by the Retail Liquor Association of Oklahoma, be stricken from the November general election ballot. The petition was challenged by the Oklahoma Grocers Association, which alleged the ballot measure unconstitutionally delegates legislative authority and that the written explanation of its effect, called the gist, is insufficient and misleading. The Supreme Court agreed, ruling

that the petition makes significant changes in the state's liquor laws and that its gist does not provide enough information for voters to make an informed decision. The Retail Liquor Association's president, Bryan Kerr, owner of Moore Liquor in Moore, said he was disappointed in the high court's ruling. "That's a shame. We really thought we had a valid petition," Kerr said. Organizers thought the measure's gist, which is legally required to describe what the petition would do, provided a valid and thorough description of its effect. "The citizens of Oklahoma won't have the opportunity to vote on what we felt like was a sensible reform of our alcohol laws," Kerr said. Currently, liquor, wine and beer in

excess of 3.2-percent alcohol can be sold only at package liquor stores, which are strictly licensed and regulated and closed on Sundays. Among other things, the petition would have allowed grocery stores to qualify for licenses to sell wine for off-premises consumption and would permit retail package liquor stores to sell any item sold in convenience and grocery stores. But other changes the petition would make "are recognizably absent from the gist," according to the Supreme Court's decision. The petition prohibits a liquor license from being sold for a package liquor or grocery store within 2,500 feet of an existing store, "making many grocery stores ineligible for a retail grocery wine store license," the decision states. And only one license could be issued to entities with multiple stores, "again limiting a grocery store's eligibility for a retail grocery wine store license," it says. Although the initiative petition was invalidated, a similar ballot measure that would permit grocery stores to sell wine and cold, strong beer is pending in the Legislature. The measure is the result of months of negotiations among alcohol distillers, brewers, wholesalers, distributors and retail groups. A companion bill is reportedly more than 200 pages long. Most of Oklahoma's liquor laws were developed in the late 1950s and include a variety of statutes and constitutional amendments that cannot be changed without a vote of the people. Oklahoma is one of only five states in which low-point beer is sold. Unlike strong beer, it can be refrigerated and purchased at grocery and convenience stores until 2 a.m. and on Sundays.

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Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office log April 25, 2016 7:27 a.m. On shift, deputy to Creek County, prisoner in custody x1 en route to station. 9:05 a.m. Controlled burn on Kay Road. 9:11 a.m. Controlled burn on Craig Road. 1:41 p.m. Controlled burn south of Cherokee on west side. 3:30 p.m. Controlled burn south of junction of highways 11 and 38, hay bales. 3:45 p.m. Miscellaneous, respondent stated there was a plane flying spraying a field and it is flying real low. 5:46 p.m. Civil paper service, deputy at apartments, deputy served papers to individual. 6:04 p.m. Busy, deputy busy at residence giving partner a break. 7:07 p.m. Civil paper service, deputies in Helena attempting to serve papers, deputy advised individual served. 11:53 p.m. Busy, deputy giving an adult male a ride to Carmen, deputy clear. April 26, 2016 1:13 a.m. Minor accident, Cherokee Police Department (CPD) advised of an accident between 660 and 700 on Highway 11, there are no injuries, advised deputy and Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), roadway is blocked, deputy advised respondent has

called wrecker, OHP wanted verification. 9:17 a.m. Minor accident, semi backed into a car in Carmen, advised deputy and OHP. 9:36 a.m. Controlled burn west of Burlington. 5:06 p.m. Transport prisoner, deputy en route to Major County with prisoner in custody one adult male, at 5:31 deputy advised hail has stopped, deputy en route back to Major County, deputy back in county. 5:31 p.m. Miscellaneous, deputy advised nickel size hail at the Aline turnoff. 7:03 p.m. Miscellaneous, respondent advised he had got a call that another party had jumped the fence. 7:30 p.m. Miscellaneous, Jet is out of power. 7:34 p.m. Debris in roadway, deputy advised tree down blocking the road on S. Kansas between Fifth and Sixth. 7:37 p.m. Debris in roadway, deputy out at Sixth and Ohio to clear limbs, deputy advised limbs clear. 7:37 p.m. Debris in roadway, officer heading to S. Kansas to help, officer arrived at scene, officer advised Kansas is clear. 7:40 p.m. Weather, advise weather and road conditions, deputy advised everything fine that way. 7:44 p.m. Miscellaneous, Jet advised

junction of U.S. Highway 64 and Highway 58 south on 58, power lines down not on road. 7:46 p.m. Miscellaneous, deputy sending deputy to down power poles. 7:51 p.m. Miscellaneous, Jet advised few limbs down. 7:51 p.m. Debris in roadway, tree down on Penn between 10th and 11th blocking the road, officer arrived at scene. 7:54 p.m. Miscellaneous, deputy advised everything fine that way, heading home. 7:55 p.m. Miscellaneous, got through to OG&E, notified of lines down. 7:59 p.m. Miscellaneous, National Weather called wanted to know if damages. 8:18 p.m. Suicide attempted, Major County sheriff called saying he was trying to get ahold of deputy, deputy arrived in Major County, deputy arrived at St. Mary’s, deputy back in county. 10:12 p.m. Medical emergency, respondent said that man was unresponsive, wanted ambulance, Jet Rescue and other unit on scene, Unit is en route to St. Mary’s, back at station. 10:17 p.m. Information, respondent said that a car about cut her off at Cozy Curve, sent officer to check it out, negative contact. April 27, 2016

Alfalfa County court filings 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 Alfalfa 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. Misdemeanor Filings Chance Loryan Smith, 20, Cherokee: (1) Driving while under the influence of alcohol under 21 years of age; (2) Obstructing an officer ($977.50). James Lee Streck, 56, Lawton: Unlawful possession of paraphernalia ($229). Christopher Drew Hoggard, 18, Cherokee: (1) DUI MISD Municipal (with VCA); (2) Two counts of leaving the scene of an accident ($1,234).

Civil Filings Cach LLC vs. Erick Nickerson: Foreign judgment ($146.66). Wilby Bueno vs. Nicky Steven Werner: Auto negligence ($229.66). Small Claims Filings Chaparral Village Apartments vs. Amber Nicole Clements and Carl Joe Schneeberger: Indebtedness for rent ($103). Protective Order Filings Cassandra Lee Oakes vs. William James Oakes (outstanding warrant): EPO issued ($218). Steven Tom Farnsworth vs. Diana Jill Wilson: EPO issued ($218). Traffic Filings Pedro Ortega-Cedillo, 38, Wichita, Kansas: Failure to comply with compulsory insurance law ($231.50). Eric Charles Little Coyote, 26, Anthony, Kansas: Operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license ($256.50). Shekher Adhikari, 21, Alva: Failure to

stop at stop sign ($211.50). Sadie Mae Demauro, 17, Tulsa: (1) Failure to comply with compulsory insurance law ($231.50); (2) Failure to use child passenger restraint system ($234.50). Danny Wayne Means, 59, Enid: Failure to carry insurance verification ($231.50). The following individuals received a citation for speeding: Pedro Ortega-Cedillo, 38, Wichita, Kansas: 11-14 mph over ($226.50); Eric Charles Little Coyote, 26, Anthony, Kansas: 15 mph over ($226.50). The following individuals received a citation for failure to wear seatbelt ($20 fine): Steven Eugene Reynolds, 38, Harrah (driver); Thomas Zeek Harper, 43, Tucson, Arizona (driver); Lance Joseph Hill Franklin, 36, Enid (driver); Bethany Nicole Wright, 27, Dierks, Arkansas (driver); Eric Charles Little Coyote, 26, Anthony, Kansas (driver).

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3:44 a.m. Information, dispatch called deputy to advise him inmates are acting weird. 8:51 a.m. Medical transport, request for transport from location to St. Mary’s, spoke with individual, individual requested ambulance, unit at location, en route to hospital. 10:12 a.m. Medical emergency, call to location, man has purple arm, unit en route from Bass to Cherokee, back in county. 2:31 p.m. Medical transport, St. Mary’s call for transport to location, advised to page out Helena Ambulance, Helena at St. Mary’s, Helena has dropped package off. 3:30 p.m. Controlled burn east of fourway and then north. 3:56 p.m. Information, respondent wanting to talk to deputy, advised deputy. 4:47 p.m. Information, caller wanting to know who called from this number, advised no one here called. 5:32 p.m. Transport prisoner, deputy with prisoner in custody x1 male, deputy en route from Crabtree. 8:14 p.m. Disturbance, respondent called to report loud music being played from a pickup parked in Cherokee, officer advised he will check, negative on music playing. 8:56 p.m. Unknown fire, Carmen grass rig heading north of the elevator in Carmen for anhydrous leak. 9:19 p.m. Medical transport, deputies en route to St. Mary’s, deputies back from hospital. April 28, 2016 7:33 a.m. Controlled burn south of Jet. 9:32 a.m. Controlled burn southeast of Goltry. 9:37 a.m. Controlled burn west of Cherokee on Fifth Street. 2:13 p.m. Medical transport, deputy to St. Mary’s with individual, deputy out of county, deputy at hospital. 2:30 p.m. Information, person wanting to know individual’s number. 3:37 p.m. Information, respondent called to report a scam from a certain number. 3:44 p.m. Controlled burn, city advised controlled burn on Highway 8. 4:21 p.m. Miscellaneous, respondent of person smelling gas while doing yard work, advised it is coming from meter shut off by fire department. 4:24 p.m. Information, respondent called to report an IRS scam from a number. 6:37 p.m. Reckless driver, respondent

advised a silver Dodge two-door pickup is driving recklessly around town in Jet. 6:48 p.m. Controlled burn west of Aline on the Aline blacktop and county road. 8:03 p.m. Information, respondent advised of a woman being parked at fairgrounds, will not need to hook up to anything and will be there just tonight. 10:35 p.m. Medical transport, place called needing a transport for individual, paged Cherokee EMS, lift assistance needed, unit en route to hospital, back in county. April 29, 2016 4:38 a.m. 911 call, respondent advised that individual has run into her car and keeps hitting it and then taking off, officers advised, had multiple calls about a wreck, officer advised they have found pickup and located subject on Fifth Street, unit en route to St. Mary’s, officers en route back from hospital. 6:01 a.m. Medical transport, 911 wanted an ambulance to transport individual to Kiowa, unit on scene, unit en route to Kiowa. 6:09 a.m. Juvenile runaway, respondent advised that his 7-year-old foster daughter is missing, they had locked the front door, she went out the back door or wind, last seen wearing a two-piece PJ set, advised officers, officers advised child found, back at house. 9:02 a.m. Break/enter, respondent advised someone has broken in and stolen a shotgun and a Ruger 22 rifle, advised deputy. 10:43 a.m. Transport, deputy en route to St. Mary’s to pick up individual. 11:57 a.m. Juvenile runaway, caller advised little girl walking on Oklahoma and hid face when they were passing, advised by caller little girl walked into her home, advised officer. 12:03 p.m. Medical emergency, advised an individual has fallen north of Cherokee, fire department for lift assistance, page sent to fire department and ambulance, fire department en route. 2:00 p.m. Medical transport, St. Mary’s request transport of individual, page sent. 2:25 p.m. Livestock at large, cattle out north of Correction Line north of Helena, spoke with Helena officer, someone is checking on it. 3:26 p.m. Medical transport, en route to St. Mary’s for transport, arrived at hospital, left location to head back to Helena.

4:59 p.m. Domestic disturbance, father and son fighting, verbal argument, parties separated. 5:57 p.m. Information, respondent advised that his gate has been cut along with the lock on the meter and was replaced, wanted it documented. 11:08 p.m. 911 call, respondent advised that an 18 year old having seizures, paged EMS, unit clear from scene, no transport, back at station. April 30, 2016 8:06 a.m. Controlled burn, respondent called and said he was doing a controlled burn by Yewed. 5:35 p.m. Livestock in roadway, nine head of cattle out on the highway, advised possible owner, all cattle back in but fence needs fixed. 7:42 p.m. 911 call, caller stated that there were kids driving dangerously on Razors and bikes in Nescatunga, caller has fear of them being hit, advised deputy. 8:28 p.m. Livestock in roadway, caller advised there were cattle on the road, will attempt to call possible owner. May 1, 2016 12:30 a.m. Grass fire, respondent advised that there are tree limbs in a burn pit that are on fire, advised Cherokee Fire Departmetn (CFD), CFD still out at 4:50 a.m. 5:46 a.m. Residential alarm, alarm company advised alarm going off in Cherokee, advised officer. 11:15 a.m. Dog at large, caller advised two pit bulls had chased her back into her house, advised officer. 12:53 p.m. 911 call, officer and Cherokee EMS in route to location for an individual at north door, alert and responding, EMS arrived at scene. 1:38 p.m. Dog at large, caller advised neighbor dogs attacked her dog on her property, advised deputy. 2:29 p.m. Medical emergency, 30 year old fell and hurt knee, EMS en route, unit at Share Medical, en route to station. 8:06 p.m. Information, respondent called and said person next door is being loud and wants an officer to check it out. 8:44 p.m. Domestic disturbance, respondent called and said needed an officer because her boyfriend was taking things that don’t belong to him, heard him say he was going to hit her if she didn’t let him take it, advised officer, officer with prisoner in custody x1 A/M.

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Community Calendar Wednesday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. Noon Alva Kiwanis Club meets at Champs Restaurant. 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030. Thursday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. Noon Alva Rotary Club meets at Champs Restaurant. Noon-1 p.m. Woods County Democratic Women meet first Thursday of every month at Gambino’s in Alva.

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2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030. 3-6 p.m. Food distribution every Thursday, Alva Wesleyan Food Bank, 818 Lane St. 7 p.m. Alva Moose Lodge men’s meeting is held every Thursday. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 1027 8th (Wesley House) in Alva every Monday and Thursday. Friday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transportation provided upon request. 2-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum in Alva is open every day except Monday. For information or arranged tours, call 580-327-2030. 6-8 p.m. The First Friday Art Walk will be held in downtown Alva.

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exceeded all. A son, brother, grandson, nephew, uncle and cousin, all of which he was proud to be. Kramer’s life would seem too short to many. His neverending smile and stunning blue eyes will be forever embedded in our hearts. Kramer had the ability to make others smile during the toughest times and was a friend to everyone he met. His wit and charm would turn the worst into the best. He had the biggest heart and would give to others even if it meant he would have to go without. Kramer’s favorite verse is “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). Kramer loved being outdoors in God’s country. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. His secret passion in life was to live on a ranch, driving a tractor, harvesting wheat and fishing at his pond. He also enjoyed riding motorcycles, snowboarding, and being at the lake on the boat with friends and family. During high school Kramer was involved in Goldbug baseball, FFA and FCCLA. For several summers he worked for Tyree Harvesting which helped shape him into a hardworking man. He graduated from Alva High School in

2014. He then attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University. At the time of his death he was working at Garnett Oil Company, serving customers with a smile. He was preceded in death by three grandfathers, Bill Lewis, Bill Miller and Eugene Marcus; one grandmother, Tavey Wagner Lewis; his great grandmothers, Ida Wagner, Agnes Pemberton, and Gracie B. Miller; and great grandfathers Earl Pemberton and William Miller Sr. and his dog Roscoe. Kramer is survived by his parents, Peter and Tonja Lewis; two loving sisters, Kamaree Lewis and fiancé, Christopher Hatfield and Kerstie Lewis; his grandmother, Doris Marcus; and one very special nephew, Torin Olyver Cunningham all of Alva; his faithful companion Nuke and special friend Brianne Cherry of Ponca City; numerous relatives and friends. Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Town and Country Christian Church Youth. Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneralhomes. com.

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Book 793, Page 710: Larry Don Miller and Brenda Miller; convey unto Larry Don Miller and Brenda Miller, Trustees of the Miller Family Trust. Lots 3 and 4, Block 4, Monroe Addition to Cherokee; Undivided 1/2 interest in the N. 50’ of the W. 50’ of Lots 16-18 and all of Lot 19 and 20, in Block 22, in Cherokee; and an Un-

divided 1/2 interest in the N/2 NE/4 of 25-29N-11W, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty deed. Book 793, Page 615: Between Kirsten Thompson and Steven Thompson; an Kyle W. Goodwin. The SW/4 of 33-26N-11W, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quitclaim deed.

Book 793, Page 616: Between Klay P. Goodwin; and Kyle W. Goodwin. Location same as Book 793, Page 615. Quitclaim deed. Book 793, Page 617: Between Howard Russell Smith and Jane Smith; and Howard Russell Smith, II. SW?4 of 11-27N-12W, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quitclaim deed.

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investigated a possible reckless driving south U.S. Highway 281. Medicine Lodge Rural Fire Department responded to a possible fire on Ridge Road. Kiowa Ambulance transported patient from Main Street to Kiowa Hospital. April 27, 2016 Sergeant Gentry investigated a possible burglary at the fairgrounds in Hardtner. April 28, 2016 Medicine Lodge Ambulance transported patient from South Cherry to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. Medicine Lodge Ambulance transported patient from Lake City to Medicine Lodge Memorial Hospital. April 29, 2016 Medicine Lodge Ambulance responded to East Washington. Sergeant Gentry investigated a suspicious vehicle in Hardtner. Judith S. Hoagland, Lake City, driving a 2009 Ford Escape hit a deer 3 miles west of Medicine Lodge on River Road. Over $1,000 damage, no injuries, investigated by Deputy Richardson. April 30, 2016 Kiowa Ambulance transported a patient from Fifth Street to Kiowa Hospital. Deputy Richardson investigated a domestic disturbance in Kiowa.

May 1, 2016 Charles Conaway, Medicine Lodge driving a 2010 Chevrolet Camaro struck a coyote on Highway 160 by Pixley. Over $1,000 damage, no injuries, investigated by Deputy Richardson. During the week officers received five reports of cattle out, two reports of goats out, eight reports of hogs out and assisted two other agencies. ARRESTS April 25, 2016 Leona Pauline Perkins, Hardtner, W/F, 47. Arrested by Medicine Lodge Police Department. Charges: Vehicles; unlawful act e.g. registration/vehicle liability insurance required. Released April 28, 2016, on $1,500 OR bond. April 28, 2016 Jared Allen Flores, Kiowa, W/M, 36. Arrested by BASO. Charges: DUI, transporting an open container, vehicle liability insurance required. Released April 29, 2016, on $2,000 cash bond. April 29, 2016 Anthony Paul Petardi Jr, Medicine Lodge, 35. Arrested by BASO. Charges: Failure to appear warrant. Richard Alan Schwerdtfeger, Medicine Lodge, 30. Arrested by Medicine Lodge Police Department. Charges: Failure to appear warrant. Released April 29, 2016, on $75 cash bond.

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