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South Barber High School’s National Honor Society members: (l-r) new inductees Bryce Roberts, Paige Koblitz and Riley Denton; members Courtney Roark, Elizabeth Miller, Kiera Yates, Amber Weve and Remington Grasz; new inductee Holly Drake. Member Dalton Black is not pictured. Photo by Yvonne Miller
Four South Barber students inducted into National Honor Society By Yvonne Miller Belonging to the National Honor Society (NHS) is about more than keeping a standard of excellence in scholarship for high school juniors and seniors. Members are also selected based on their character, leadership, service to community and school. South Barber High School Counselor and NHS Sponsor Cheryl Washburn said each student applicant was required to write an essay about a common subject. Essays were judged by a panel of teachers on content, grammar, etc. NHS members must maintain a minimum 3.4 GPA (grade The Alva Review-Courier / Newsgram is published Wednesday by Martin Broadcasting Corp. 620 Choctaw St. Alva, Oklahoma 73717 Lynn L. Martin, President Telephone Numbers: Alva Review-Courier 580-327-2200 Newsgram 580-327-1510 FAX 580-327-2454 www.alvareviewcourier.com E-Mail: manager @alvareviewcourier.net news@alvareviewcourier.net Entire Contents Copyright 2014 Members of: Associated Press Oklahoma Press Association
point average). New South Barber High School NHS inductees for the 2013-14 school year are: Holly Drake, senior; juniors Riley Denton, Paige Koblitz and Bryce Roberts. NHS officers are: President, Amber Weve; Vice-President Dalton Black; Secretary Elizabeth Miller; Treasurer, Kiera Yates. New NHS members were inducted
at a candlelight ceremony in the high school library on a Sunday afternoon just before Christmas. Family members of inductees and current members attended the ceremony and enjoyed homemade cake and punch, compliments of Mrs. Washburn. NHS members do a few philanthropic projects throughout the year. One of their fundraisers will be Singing Valentines in February.
Rugg injured Christmas Day in rollover By Yvonne Miller Christmas Day about noon Kiowa and Hazelton emergency crews and the Barber County Sheriff’s Office responded to a single vehicle accident on the TriCity Road near Hazelton, Kan. Alisha Rugg, 30, of Hazelton was southbound in a 2006 Pontiac on TriCity Road. One-half mile south of Hawkins Road, Rugg reportedly lost control of the vehicle. Barber County Deputy Jeff McCullough said roadways were dry. He
said Rugg was driving too fast and lost control. The deputy said, “The vehicle rolled at least four times.” Reportedly not wearing a seatbelt, Rugg was ejected as the vehicle rolled, McCullough said. Rugg was alert following the crash, the deputy said. McCullough said although Rugg had multiple fractures and a broken collar bone, “She was very fortunate.” She was taken by Kiowa EMS to the Kiowa Hospital. McCullough said she was transported to a Wichita hospital.
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Drug charges result from traffic stop By Marione Martin A traffic stop in Alfalfa County resulted in drug charges for two Kansas residents. According to court documents, on Dec. 19 about 9:50 p.m. Alfalfa County Deputies Blake Trekell and David Gebers were on routine patrol about two miles west of Cherokee on Greer Road. A four door Pontiac with a Kansas tag approached, and they saw it was illegally displaying its auxiliary driving lamps. The deputies pulled in behind the vehicle, and it stopped about a quarter mile west of Cherokee. Trekell talked to the driver, Jeanna M. Richter, 22, of Great Bend, Kan. He asked for her driver’s license and insurance verification form. While Richter pulled out her driver’s license, her passenger, later identified as Patrick A. Doty, 30, of Great Bend, Kan., was looking in the glove box for the insurance form. Trekell saw Doty remove a small mirror, approximately 5 inches square, with residue on it. Doty quickly concealed the mirror back into the glove box. Trekell went to the passenger side and asked Doty for the mirror he had seen, that based on his training and experience appeared to be drug paraphernalia. Doty said the mirror was in a house he bought and he put it in the car. Trekell could smell a strong odor of marijuana coming from the passenger window. He asked Richter to step out of the vehicle and be seated in the passenger seat of his patrol car. Running Richter’s Kansas driver’s license Trekell learned it was suspended. He asked Richter if she knew, and
she said she thought she had taken care of it. He asked if there were any illegal drugs in the car. Richter paused looking at the vehicle and said there weren’t or should not be. Trekell went back to the car to talk to Doty. He asked why he could smell marijuana from inside the vehicle, and Doty said there was a little weed in the car. He said it was in a leopard design purse in the passenger side floorboard beneath his feet. Trekell asked Doty to step out of the car, and asked if there was any paraphernalia in the car. Doty said there were a few pipes in the purse as well. Trekell retrieved the purse and found it contained a small clear baggie with a green leafy substance that appeared to be marijuana, two glass pipes with a residue inside that smelled like marijuana, a grinder and a box of rolling papers. Also in the purse was a pill bottle with the name Jeanna Richter on it and the drug name Citalopram. Inside the bottle were seven capsules with one half clear and the other orange with the words M. Amphet Salts on them. When asked, Doty said the marijuana and pipes belonged to Richter. Trekell asked Doty the last time he smoked marijuana, and he said he smoked it at the house a couple of hours ago. Trekell asked if he used the pipes and marijuana in the purse, and he said he did. Trekell returned to his patrol vehicle with the pill bottle and asked Richter whose marijuana was in the purse. She said it was Doty’s car and she was just using it. He reminded her that her child
was in the car and her daughter’s diaper bag and other items were in the car, and he doubted Doty would keep his marijuana inside a leopard purse. Richter admitted the items were hers. Trekell asked about the pills in the pill bottle, and Richter said she didn’t know there were any pills in her purse. She looked at them, and said she didn’t know what they were, they weren’t her pills and they weren’t the pills that were supposed to be in the bottle. Trekell went back to speak to Doty about the pills. He said they were some pain pills someone gave him for his knee. He said he had them in a plastic bag but he put them in a pill bottle he found on the floorboard of the car. Both Richter and Doty were placed under arrest and taken to the Alfalfa County Jail. The infant child and the vehicle were released to Richter’s mother. The pills were identified as amphetamine and dextroamphetamine tablets, a Schedule II narcotic. On Dec. 23, Patrick A. Doty was charged with a felony of unlawful possession of a controlled drug without a valid prescription, and misdemeanors of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and unlawful possession of paraphernalia. Jeanna M. Richter was charged with misdemeanors of possession of a controlled dangerous substance and unlawful possession of paraphernalia. She was also given a traffic citation for operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license.
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Alfalfa County Commissioners approve projects
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By Rebecca Kinney The Alfalfa County Commissioners approved minutes, payroll warrants, M & O Warrants for payments, and blanket purchase orders at their meeting on December 30, 2013. Only three road crossing permits were approved, all located in District 1, with total revenue of $1500. Two permits were for electric lines and one was for natural gas. A funding resolution to replace a bridge, located two miles east of Highway 64, two north and six east was approved. A separate project was approved to move a rural water line. The commissioners rejected the heat/ air bids for the exhibit building at the fairgrounds. They approved a request of the Alfalfa County Fairboard to sign an agreement to purchase power at the fairgrounds. They also approved an application for purchase of power for the Sheriff’s storage building. A separate meter will be installed there.
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New Year’s resolutions you can actually keep By Lynn L. Martin (Lifted from an email someone sent me.) • Read less. • I want to gain weight. Put on at least 30 pounds. • I will start buying lottery tickets at a luckier store. • Stop exercising. Waste of time. • Watch more TV. I’ve been missing some good stuff. • Watch less T.V. in standard definition • Gain enough weight to get on The Biggest Loser.
• Watch more movie remakes. • Start washing my hands after I use the restroom. • Procrastinate more. • I will do less laundry and use more deodorant. • I will no longer waste my time reliving the past, instead I will spend it worrying about the future. • Drink. Drink some more. • Stop buying worthless junk on Ebay, because QVC has better specials • Start being superstitious. • Spend more time at work. • Stop bringing lunch from home: I should eat out more. • Take up a new habit: maybe smoking!
Legal pot sales begin amid uncertainty in Colo.
By Kristen Wyatt DENVER (AP) — A gleaming white Apple store of weed is how Andy Williams sees his new Denver marijuana dispensary. Two floors of pot-growing rooms will have windows showing the shopping public how the mind-altering plant is grown. Shoppers will be able to peruse drying marijuana buds and see pot trimmers at work separating the valuable flowers from the less-prized stems and leaves. “It’s going to be all white and
beautiful,” the 45-year-old ex-industrial engineer explains, excitedly gesturing around what just a few weeks ago was an empty warehouse space that will eventually house 40,000 square feet of cannabis strains. As Colorado prepares to be the first in the nation to allow recreational pot sales, opening Jan. 1, hopeful retailers like Williams are investing their fortunes into the legal recreational pot world — all for a chance to build even bigger ones in a See Pot Page 24
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These little girls are as cute as they are obviously having fun performing at the South Barber Cheer Clinic show at halftime of a Chieftain’s basketball game. They are (front l-r) Teagon McGlothlin, Autumn Drake and (in back) Arrington Walz. The SBHS Cheerleaders put on the Mini Cheer Clinic each year as a fundraiser and to expose elementary girls to the fun of cheerleading. Photo by Yvonne Miller
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At the performance of the South Barber Mini Cheer Clinic during halftime of a Chieftain’s game, high school cheerleader Nicole Blick helps these tiny kindergartners and future cheerleaders build a pyramid. On top: Lily Dunham; (l-r) Trilbey Dorsey and Lily Schurter. The SBHS puts on the Mini Cheer Clinic each year as a fundraiser and to encourage elementary girls to become cheerleaders. Photo by Yvonne Miller
SBHS Mini Cheer Clinic At left: These older South Barber elementary girls shake it during their turn at the South Barber Mini Cheer Clinic performance at halftime of a Chieftain’s basketball game. They are: (front) Clare Pollock; (back l-r) Briar Bodemann and Lacee Wolf. This is part of the Mini Cheer Clinic organized by the SBHS Cheerleaders for the elementary girls to encourage them to become cheerleaders. It’s also the other fundraiser the cheer squad has during the year except to scrub school buses in the summer. Photo by Yvonne Miller
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By Yvonne Miller Zack Odell is chairman of the Kiowa Hospital District Board. Recently many questions arose among the public about Odell’s position with the tax-supported district, what capacity he serves beyond board chairman and the money he receives from the district for his extra work. These questions came up since hospital and manor CEO Aldeen “Van” Vandeveer resigned and had his last day September 11. The Newsgram contacted Odell to discuss the situation. Odell said since that time he has
acted as a voice of the board for regular employees at the board’s request. Since Van left, Odell said he began meeting weekly with employees and team managers to talk and promote teamwork and cooperation. Since that time, the meetings reduced to about every other week or as needed. Odell said board members Jim Parker or Dan Lukins attended some those meetings. Odell handles any issues that arise. “That first month I was constantly setting up communications with employees,” Odell said. When asked his title, Odell said, “There’s no label – no contract. This is
not a long term solution.” Odell explained the board realized the pay of an interim administrator would cost the district nearly $50,000. “The board looked at ways to reduce that cost.” He said board members agreed Odell has good management experience and said he should represent the board with employees and the search for a hospital administrator/ CEO. A longtime employee with SC Telcom at Medicine Lodge, Odell became general manager of the large corporation in July, replacing Steve Davis who retired. Odell said SC Telcom is his first priority along with his family – then followed by the hospital. Odell confirmed when he does work for the hospital that is beyond his role as board chairman, he is paid $100 per hour, “almost a management/consultant” charge, Odell said. “It’s subjective on my part. I always err on the side it is a board management function,” Odell said. He said that first month when he was so busy with hospital employee
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issues, he turned in an invoice for 15 hours. Odell said the next few months that amount was about cut in half. For December he said he’s put in nearly 18 hours, but said he’ll invoice about four or five hours. He said a bulk of his extra hospital work is after hours. Odell praised the hospital’s team managers for making decisions within board perimeters. If they have to go beyond those perimeters they contact Odell. He is involved in more day-today activities. If he’s not available they contact vice president Lukins. Robert Stark is the board’s representative for the building committee. Despite his work, Odell said, “This would not be possible without Carla
Dunigan (interim manor administrator). I am not qualified to run the manor. I also want to thank our department managers. We have a good wealth of experience on our management team. I’m impressed with the decisions they make and their dedication. It’s definitely a collaborative effort.” He mentioned all the additional responsibilities board members take on in this interim period. Before the board agreed to have Odell represent them, he said the board designated member Lori Schrock as their liaison to check with the hospital’s attorney to insure what they were doing was not violating bylaws. The attorney is David Moshier with Hampton and Royce of Salina.
“It’s the opinion of our attorney that what I am doing is above and beyond what a board chairman is to do,” Odell said. Speaking again of the collaborative effort, Odell said, “We have lots of area for checks and balances.” Search for Hospital CEO When asked about the search for a hospital CEO, Odell said, “We missed out on the gentleman from Colorado. We’ve expanded our search. We’ve found two candidates – one from New Mexico, the other from Utah. We’re in the process of setting up interviews.” Odell said the board is working through a recruiting firm. “Our goal is to have a CEO hired in the first quarter of 2014,” he said.
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has been right to ban pot since 1937? Cannabis was grown legally in the U.S. for centuries, even by George Washington. After Prohibition’s end in the 1930s, federal authorities turned their sights on pot. The 1936 propaganda film “Reefer Madness” warned the public about a plant capable of turning people into mindless criminals. Over the years, pot activists and state governments managed to chip away at the ban, their first big victory coming in 1996 when California allowed medical marijuana. Today, 19 other states, including Colorado and Washington, and the District of Columbia have similar laws. Those in the business were nervous, fearing that federal agents would raid their shops. “It was scary,” recalls Williams, who along with his brother borrowed some $630,000 from parents and relatives to open Medicine Man in 2009. “I literally had dreams multiple times a week where I was in prison and couldn’t see my wife or my child. Lot of sleepless nights.” That same year, the Justice Department told federal prosecutors they should not focus investigative resources on patients and caregivers complying
with state medical marijuana laws — but the department reserved the right to step in if there was abuse. In Colorado, the industry took off. Shops advertised on billboards and radio. Pot-growing warehouses along Interstate 70 in Denver grew so big that motorists started calling one stretch the “Green Zone” for its frequent skunky odor of pot. The city at one point had more marijuana dispensaries than Starbucks coffee shops, with some neighborhoods crowded with dispensary sign-wavers and banners offering free joints for new customers. Local officials have since ratcheted back such in-your-face ads. But the marijuana movement didn’t stop. Voters in Colorado and Washington approved recreational pot in 2012, sold in part on spending less to lock up drug criminals and the potential for new tax dollars to fund state programs. The votes raised new questions about whether the federal government would sue to block laws flouting federal drug law. Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper famously warned residents not to “break out the Cheetos or Goldfish too quickly,” and activists predicated a legal showdown.
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fledgling industry that faces an uncertain future. Officials in Colorado and Washington, the other state where recreational pot goes on sale in mid-2014, as well as activists, policymakers and governments from around the U.S. and across the world will not be the only ones watching the experiment unfold. So too will the U.S. Department of Justice, which for now is not fighting to shut down the industries. “We are building an impressive showcase for the world, to show them this is an industry,” Williams says, as the scent of marijuana competes with the smell of sawdust and wet paint in the cavernous store where he hopes to sell pot just like a bottle of wine. Will it be a showcase for a safe, regulated pot industry that generates hundreds of millions of dollars each year and saves money on locking up drug criminals, or one that will prove, once and for all, that the federal government
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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 news-
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Felony Filings Patrick A. Doty, 30, Great Bend, KS: Unlawful possession of controlled drug w/out valid prescription ($303). Taylor Joseph Seay, 23, Aline: Possession of controlled dangerous substance ($265.50). Misdemeanor Filings Patrick A. Doty, 30, Great Bend, KS: (1) Possession of controlled dangerous substance; (2) Unlawful possession of
paraphernalia ($458). Lana Lynn Sears, 36, Woodward: (1) Driving under the influence of intoxicating substances; (2) Possession of controlled dangerous substance ($977.50). Child Support Filings Department of Human Services vs. Robert I. Wershing: Reciprocal ($135.70). Traffic Filings Jeanna M. Richter, 22, Great Bend, KS: Operating a M/V w/out a valid DL ($256.50).
Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Log December 25, 2013 4:25 p.m. OnStar advised keys are locked in car, advised officer to go look. 4:57 p.m. control burn 1 ¼ miles east of highway, burning limbs. 6:48 p.m. got a hold of individual to clean gravel and drilling mud off bridge. 6:51 p.m. advised ODOT about bridge and they are going to clean it up, rocks and drilling mud. 6:58 p.m. respondent advised was driving on bridge leading into Jet on 64 and a car slid off road into ditch. 7:40 p.m. bonfire in a pit corner east of Carmen 2 miles north.
December 27, 2013 3:06 p.m. miscellaneous, respondent advised a semi is broken down in Ingersoll on Hwy 64, may need some traffic control, advised OHP. 5:00 p.m. miscellaneous, orange tanker truck leaking something southbound on Hwy 8, advised OHP, deputies are away from location, will not make it in time. 10:54 p.m. stopping someone walking on Main in Carmen. December 28, 2013 11:29 a.m. civil matter, respondent advised that his neighbor was having
a problem with one of her tenants and needed a deputy to help, advised deputy, deputy advised that he would contact the landlord and advised it is a civil matter. 11:34 a.m. miscellaneous, deputy advised he needed on call deputy to call him so he could advise him of an issue that 2 people were having over some property, deputy advised at the house in Burlington concerning this call, deputy en route to get water turned on. 12:49 p.m. stolen vehicle, respondent advised that someone stole a homebuilt vehicle off his property at the 11/38 Jct, deputy advised.
Barber County Sheriff’s Log 122413 Medicine Lodge Ambulance transported patient from Cedar Street to Medicine Lodge Hospital. 122413 Deputy McCullough investigated a report of damage to property northwest of Medicine Lodge. 122513 Alisha Rugg, Kiowa, driving a 2006 Pontiac overturned on the TriCity Road near Hazelton. Over $1000 damage, driver taken to Kiowa Hospital via Kiowa Ambulance with unknown injuries, accident investigated by Sheriff
Rugg, assisted by Hazelton Volunteer Fire Department and Kiowa Rescue Squad. 122513 Kiowa Ambulance transferred patient from Kiowa Hospital to Wichita. 122613 Union Chapel Volunteer Fire Department responded to a grass fire along the Gyp Hill Road. 122713 Kiowa Ambulance transported patient from Hardtner to Pratt. 122713 Medicine Lodge Ambulance
transported patient from 2nd Street to Medicine Lodge Hospital. 122813 Medicine Lodge Ambulance transferred patient from Medicine Lodge Hospital to Wichita. 122913 Medicine Lodge Ambulance transported patient from east of Sharon to Medicine Lodge Hospital. During the week officers performed 9 Public Assists; and assisted two other agencies. Arrests: 122613 Joshua D Armitage, Hardtner, W/M, 29. Arrest by BASO. Bond Revocation. 122913 Richard Myers, Yoder, Colorado, W/M, 39. Arrest by KWPD. Charge: DUI. Released 122913 on $760 Cash Bond. 122913 Alfredo Dimas-Pineda, Anthony, W/M, 50. Arrest by KWPD. Charge: Drive without DL. Released 122913 on $500 Cash Bond.
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Alfalfa County Real Estate Transactions Beginning in Book 729 Page 804 Real Estate Transfers Mark & Kay Hamil to Koky Arnold: a tract of land described as Lots 7 & 8 in Block 71 of Cherokee Park Addition: Quit Claim Deed. Earl Stanley Crowder, Trustee of the Earl Stanley Crowder Trust, a trust created by an instrument dated June 2, 1986 and Earl Stanley Crowder, Trustee of the Elisa M. Crowder Trust, a trust created by an instrument dated June 2, 1986 to Atlas Pipeline Mid-Continent WestOk LLC: a 525 x 500 tract of land in the Southeast Quarter of Section 7, Township 26 North, Range 10, WIM: Special Warranty Deed. Kathy S. Meade to Samantha L. Beiger: a tract of land located in Block 1 of Dunavant’s Lakeview Addition in Section 15, Township 26 North, Range 9, WIM: Warranty Deed. Willis Viers, Guardian of the Person and Estate of Edith Ellen Viers, Marie Joy Dewitt & Dran Dewitt, Dorothy Ellen Koehn & Alvin L. Koehn, and Robert Lee Randolph & Mary A. Randolph to Ruth Campbell: Lots 13, 14 & 15 all in Block 35 in Town of Jet: Quit Claim Deed. Virgil C. Thorp & Marilyn S. Thorp and Thomas V. Thorp & Cheryl J. Thorp: (1) an undivided ½ interest in the North-
west Quarter of Section 7, Township 23 North, Range 10, WIM, commonly known as the Dewitt Quarter; (2) an undivided ½ interest in and to the Northeast Quarter and the East Half of the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, Township 23 North, Range 10, WIM, commonly known as the Torti Place; (3) an undivided ½ of the surface and mineral interests owned by the Grantor in and to the South Half of the Northwest Quarter AND the Southwest Quarter of Section 6, Township 24 North, Range 9, WIM, commonly known as the Castle Place; (4) Lots 1, 2 & 3 in Block 3 in Bonham’s 2nd Addition to the Town of Helena AND the Northwest Quarter of Section 22, Township 24 North, Range 10, WIM, commonly known as the Masquelier Place, LESS and except (a) Bonham’s 1st Addition to the Town of Helena; (b) a tract of land in the Northwest Quarter of Section 22, Township 24 North, Range 10, WIM; (5) the Northeast Quarter of Section 29, Township 24 North, Range 10, WIM, commonly known as the Ford Home Place: Joint Tenancy Warranty Deed. Forrest E. Jenlink & Doris Mae Jenlink, as Trustees of the Forrest E. Jenlink Trust and Doris Mae Jenlink Trust to Ronald A. Jenlink: (1) the East Half of Section 9, Township 25 North, Range 10, WIM; (2) the East Half of the Southeast Quarter and the Southeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 23, Township 26 North, Range 9, WIM; (3) an undivided 4/15 interest in and to the Northwest Quarter of Section 19, Township 25 North, Range 10, WIM: Correc-
tion Quit Claim Deed. Mortgages Charles K. O’Neil & Carol J. O’Neil to Community Bank: a tract of land in the Southwest Quarter of Section 4, Township 24 North, Range 12, WIM, containing approximately 140 acres more or less: $250,000. David Holderby & Gwyneth Holderby to Farmers Exchange Bank: a tract of land located in the Northeast Quarter of Section 17, Township 28 North, Range 10, WIM: $138,000. Susan C. Koontz & David A. Koontz to Farmers Exchange Bank: a tract of land located in the Northeast Quarter of Section 32, Township 27 North, Range 12, WIM: $148,000. Kelli M. Arnold FKA Kelli Puffinbarger & Kolby Arnold to Farmers Exchange Bank: Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 in Block 71 of the Park Addition to Cherokee: $86,000. Eddie Miller & Deana Miller to ACB Bank: (1) a tract of land more particularly described as follows; Beginning 140 feet South of the Northwest Corner of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 25 North, Range 9, WIM, thence East 470 feet, thence North 140 feet, thence East 457 feet to a point on the North right-of-way line of the A.T. & S.F. Railway, thence Southwest along the North line of said Railway right-of-way to the intersection of the West line of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, thence North 1,216 feet to the point of beginning in the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 25 North, Range 9, WIM; (2) Beginning at a point on the Section line 14 chains and 5 ½ links East of the Quarter Section corner of Sections 5 & 8 in Township 25 North, Range 9, WIM, thence South 9 chains and 50 links to a post, thence East 5 chains and 86 ½ links to a point on the line between the Northeast Quarter and the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 25 North, Range 9, WIM, thence North 9 chains and 50 links to a point on the section line, thence West 5 chains and 86 ½ links to the point of beginning, containing 5 ¼ acres more or less; (3) Lots 8 thru 10 and West Half of Lot 11 in Block 38 in Town of Jet; (4) Lots 1 thru 14 in Block 39 in Town of Jet; (5) Lots 1 thru 23 in Block 40 in Town of Jet; (6) Lots 7 & 8 in Block 54 in Town of Jet; AND (7) Lots 13 thru 24 in Block 37 in Town of Jet: $150,000.
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That didn’t happen. In August, the DOJ said it wouldn’t sue so long as the states met an eight-point standard that includes keeping pot out of other states and away from children, criminal cartels and federal property. Colorado law allows adults 21 and older to buy pot at state-sanctioned pot retail stories, and state regulations forbid businesses from advertising in places where children are likely see their pitches. Only existing medical dispensaries were allowed to apply for licenses, an effort to prevent another proliferation of pot shops. Only a few dozen shops statewide are expected to be open for recreational sales on New Year’s Day. Legal pot’s potential has spawned businesses beyond retail shops. Marijuana-testing companies have popped up, checking regulated weed for potency and screening for harmful molds. Gardening courses charge hundreds to show people how to grow weed at home. Tourism companies take curious tourists to glass-blowing shops where elaborate smoking pipes are made. One has clients willing to spend up to $10,000 for a week in a luxury ski resort and a private concierge to show them the state’s pot industry. Dixie Elixirs & Edibles, maker of pot-infused foods and drinks, is making new labels for the recreational market and expanding production on everything See Pot Page 38 from crispy rice treats to fruit lozenges.
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Firewood For Sale
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Seasoned Mixed. $65 Rick. Will deliver and stack for free within Poodle, Chihuahua, Morkie, 35 miles of Alva. 580-327-7687 Yorkie Poo, Maltese pups. or 580-327-7868 lovealotkennels.com. 620-8863458 or 620-213-1490 New Construction Free
The best time to build is now! WFM Total Construction, 2 Border Collie mixes. 2 F LLC. 580-327-7935. 6 month old and 1 year old, wfmtotalconstruction.com neutered. 240-434-6918 Hunters/Trappers Automotive Kan/okla Fur Co. will be in Alva For Sale every Sunday through March 2nd 2009 3500 Silverado. Butler Arm at 619 E Flynn from 1-3pm to Bed. 72,000 miles. Exc cond. buy fur. 620-892-5895 580-829-3156 or 580-829-4524 Depot Bar & Grill Business Services Wed open at 1:30pm, Thur & Fri-Open 11am. No Special. Full Double B Carpentry Menu. Carry-Out available. 580For all your carpentry needs from 327-2212 remodeling, painting, drywall, Conceal Carry texturing, siding, windows, farm & ranch, etc. 580-748-1489 Conceal or Unconceal your choice one day class in Still Number 1 Cherokee, OK Sat Jan 4. Call for “The Hobbit” now playing at Registration 580-541-7425 Rialto. in 2D, not 3D. Also Dawn’s Tanning Salon showing “Anchorman 2” starting Friday. “Paranormal Activity The 24/7 Tanning. Call 580-732-0402 Marked Ones,” rated R. Call 580CC Construction 327-1900 or 0535 for showtimes Pasture Tree Clearing Save moisture & grass. Let me clear trees in your pasture. Skid Steer & Marshall Tree Saw. Ed Grover 580-474-2465 or 580542-0298
Interior-Exterior improvements. Room additions. Plaster Repair & Painting. Handicap. Structural & Non Structural Concrete. Will also accommodate Farm & Ranch. 580-307-4598 or 620825-4285
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25% off Dec/Jan. Offer expires Jan 31, 2014. Kathy’s Painting/Alva. Interior, exterior, commercial & residential painting & staining, wall & ceiling repair, texture. Free Estimates. 405-831-6814
The Homestead Retirement Community seeks a part time Dietary Aide. Please call 580430-3390 or apply online at www.smcok.com
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Cherokee Manor is hiring will all types of furniture. Over Certified Nurse Aids for all shifts. 55 years experience. Goltry, OK. We have a new wage scale along 580-496-2351 with insurance benefits. Staff may set their own schedules. If Premium Firewood Avail you are interested please contact Black Jack & White Oak. Also Administrator/Jack at 580-596quality Firewood Racks. Will 2141 or call me on my cell phone stack & deliver. 580-922-1256 at 580-541-0119 Employment
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CDL night Drivers-Humboldt, KS, Pacer Energies, an affiliate of the Nichols Companies has the following open positions for Night Drivers at our facility in Humboldt, KS. Must have Class A CDL, clean record, hazmat & tanker experience. Submit resume to Hr@nbservices. com. Must include job title/job location in the subject line. www. Nicholsbrothersinc.com
Class A CDL Driver to haul Salt Water. Competitive wages & Insurance. Call Chris at 580-7271562 Help Wanted Kiowa Manor is seeking qualified cooks, dietary staff, Licensed Nurses and Certified Nurse Aides. Offering competitive benefits and many shift options. If interested please inquire at 620-825-4117. Must pass preemployment screenings
Farm Supplies Hay For Sale
200 Small Squares Alfalfa, 2nd cutting $10/bale. 200 Small Share Medical Center Hospital Squares Burmuda $7/bale. Call seeks full time RN (day and night Rick at 580-748-2222 shifts), and part time Surgery For Sale Scrub Tech. Please call 580-4303390 or apply online at www. 6 x 20 Blair 95 Stock Trailer. Good cond. Shedded. $3000. smcok.com 620-508-6448 Help Wanted Miscellaneous Share Convalescent Homes For Sale seeks full time LPN and part time Dietary Aids. Please call Maytag Electric Dryer. $100. 580-430-3390 or apply online at 580-327-3487 www.smcok.com Help Wanted
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All Natural Weight Loss. I am 1bdrm, 1bth Duplex with selling Plexus. Call for more info appliances, utilities paid. $750/ 580-273-7134 Month. 580-515-8280 Card Shower January 4, 2014, Budd Ridgway will be 94. Send cards to Beadles Rest Home, PO Box 728, Rm #203, Alva, OK. 73717
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25’x60’. 511 Main Street, Burlington, OK. Insulated garage door in rear of shop, newly renovated restroom, Natural Gas Heater/3200V AC. All windows Matinees Everyday w/Security Bars, 24hr Monitored thru Sunday Jan 5th. Rialto Alarm System. In addition has Theatre. Call 580-327-1900. full 50amp RV Hook-Up w/Sewer Dump. $18,000. If interested Also shows every night at 6:45 please call or 918-906-2457 Real Estate Rent or Buy For Rent $130,000. 619 Center. Residential 2 bdrm Luxury Apt. $650/Month. and or Business. Schuessler No Pets. 6 month lease. 580-430Real Estate. 580-327-0707. 6052 alvahouses.com
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2013 ends with 2 old Broadway favorites on top By Mark Kennedy, AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Broadway’s highest grossing show in 2013 wasn’t a new strutting musical or a bawdy one or even one with a big star. The crown goes to a regal but mature performer — “The Lion King,” now in its 16th year. And another veteran turned heads when “Wicked” recorded Broadway’s highest single-week gross ever. The old-timers are going just fine, end-of-year-data from the Broadway League released Monday showed. The 10-year-old “Wicked” earned a staggering $3.2 million over nine performances for the week ending Sunday, the first time a show has ever crossed the $3 million mark in a single week. Another pro, Elton John and Tim Rice’s “The Lion King,” ruled all other shows during the entire calendar year, ending with nearly $97 million, despite the fact that there are five bigger theaters on Broadway. For good measure, the show pulled in $2.8 million over nine performances last week, a theater record.
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Several other shows — including current Tony winner “Kinky Boots,” the 2011 Tony winner “The Book of Mormon,” the new acrobatic revival of “Pippin,” the sizzling “Betrayal” and the veteran “Chicago” — all finished 2013 with box office records. “Kinky Boots,” with songs by Cyndi Lauper and a story by Harvey Fierstein, earned a whopping $2.2 million over its nine-performance week, smashing the Al Hirschfeld Theatre record. The revival of “Pippin” also ended the year with a bang: It earned $1.2 million for its eight-show week ending Sunday, a house record for the Music Box Theatre. “The Book of Mormon,” which took in $90.4 million for the year, set a weekly haul record with $2.1 million over nine shows at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre ending Sunday, and that old murderously wicked “Chicago” showed lots of life by pulling in $1 million over eight shows, a record at the Ambassador Theatre for a show in its 18th year. The revival of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” starring Daniel Craig, Rachel
Weisz and Rafe Spall not only broke its own weekly record by pulling in $1.4 million over nine shows but producers also crowed that the show had made history as having the best single week for a play ever on Broadway, beating the Tom Hanks-led “Lucky Guy” that earned $1.4 million this spring. The numbers overall were boosted by steadily increasing ticket prices, high demand from tourists swelling Times Square, reconfigured seating in some theaters and the use of premiumpriced seating, in which some tickets are snapped up for very high amounts. The win for “The Lion King” is just the latest accolade for the show. This year it became the first Broadway show to earn $1 billion, and last year it swiped the title of Broadway’s alltime highest-grossing show from “The Phantom of the Opera.” It is the fourth longest-running Broadway show, behind only “Chicago,” ‘’Cats” and “The Phantom of the Opera.” *** Follow Mark Kennedy on Twitter at http://twitter.com/KennedyTwits
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Newsgrams in the mail Dec. 18 we began mailing Newsgrams to homes in Alva. Starting Jan. 1, we will mail Newsgrams to homes in Cherokee. The Newsgrams will continue to be thrown by Arrowhead West to residents in Kiowa and in Medicine Lodge. We made this decision due to the difďŹ culty in ďŹ nding people willing to take on this job every week in all kinds of weather. We realize some of you receive your mail later in the day. The Newsgram is still being delivered early to convenience stores, restaurants, etc. where you can check for an early copy. The Newsgram is also available online at www.alvareviewcourier.com.
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Community Calendar Wednesday 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is closed for New Year’s Day. 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.
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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. 5:30 p.m. Weight Watchers meets every Thursday at College Hill Church of Christ in Alva. 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. 7 p.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets every Friday at the Senior Citizen Center, 122 1/2 E. Second, Cherokee.
using airport-security-line-style ropes to corral shoppers, and suspects she’s going to run out of pot. A longtime marijuana legalization advocate, she knows it’s a crucial moment for the movement. “We have to show that this can work,” she says. “It has to.” The challenges, activists and regulators say, are daunting in Colorado and Washington. One of the biggest questions is
whether they have built an industry that will not only draw in tens of millions of dollars in revenue but also make a significant dent in the illegal market. Another is whether the regulatory system is up to the task of controlling a drug that’s never been regulated. There are public health and law enforcement concerns, including whether wide availability of a drug with a generations-old stigma of ruining lives will lead to more underage drug use, more cases of driving while high and more crime. As state officials watch for signs of trouble, they will also have to make sure they don’t run afoul of the DOJ’s conditions.
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It’s easy to see why the industry is attracting so many people. A Colorado State University study estimates the state will ring up $606 million in sales next year, and the market will grow from 105,000 medical pot users to 643,000 adult users overnight — and that’s not counting tourists. Toni Fox, owner of 3D Cannabis Center in Denver, anticipates shoppers camping overnight to await her firstday 8 a.m. opening. She’s thinking of
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