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Team Lucky Robotics competes for state’s top honor The Aline-Cleo/Fairview coop robotic team traveled to Alva to compete in the BEST Robotics State Championship on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

The robotic teams combined six weeks earlier for the kick-off of the season in which public middle schools and high school teams from across the state, including OKC homeschool and Lawton Academy of Arts and Sciences, compete for top honors.

BEST robotics stands for Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology and was developed to engage young students in these fields. Sixteen teams competed in Oklahoma through the Heartland BEST Hub at Northwestern Oklahoma State University’s Alva campus.

Two different competitions are available for teams to compete in. The first is the robot competition for which teams design and build a robotic solution to solve whatever the yearly challenge is. This year’s challenge, called “Bladerunner,” has robots building wind turbines and moving items designated

as prairie chickens to safe zones to prevent injuries on the construction site.

Four teams at a time compete on the field in three-minute rounds. Points are scored based on different items scored throughout the round. Eight seeding rounds, six semi-final rounds, and four final rounds were scored. At the end of the day, Team Lucky came out second in the state behind OKC Homeschool.

Deer Creek and Cheyenne High School rounded out the top four.

The second competition, dubbed the BEST competition, puts point values on different components of the event totaling 100 points. Points are given for engineers notebook (30 points), marketing presentation (25 points), team exhibit and interviews (20 points), spirit and sportsmanship (10 points), and robot performance (15 points). The difference this year between first place and eighth place was only 1.3 points.

Team Lucky finished seventh in the BEST competition and will be gearing up to do some things different for the next round.

In December, Team Lucky will travel to Ft. Smith, Arkansas, to compete with 36 other teams from seven states in the Frontier Trails BEST Regional Championship. This will be the final leg of the competition in BEST for the year.

Team members this year are Jenni and Jamie Wedel, Braden Deutschendorf, Micco Spencer, Tanner Koehn, Cody and Calen Mayer, Colten McKee, Bobby Reames, Capri Gahr, Kolton Schmidt, Cody Cosper, Donovan Thomas, Summer Reeves, and Destiny Sinnett.

This year’s advisor is Ken Carmack with mentors Brandon Eldred, Alvie Kingcade, Dana Baldwin, Deb and Steve McKee, and Cathy and Joey Koehn.

The BEST Robotic program is a portion of the STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) program at Aline-Cleo middle school and high school. The STEM program has seen a lot of growth and success this year over last and will continue setting new goals toward a well rounded curriculum that engages students.

Oklahoma's gas price falls for 27 straight days 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

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gasoline prices are down in Oklahoma — and they keep falling.

AAA Oklahoma said Tuesday that the retail price for regular gas-

oline in the state has fallen for 27 consecutive days. The average pump price for regular gasoline was about $2.61 on Tuesday, down 41 cents from $3.02 on Oct. 29, the last day Oklahomans saw a day-over-day price increase.

Chuck Mai, spokesman for AAA Oklahoma, says the last time the Oklahoma average was this low was on Oct. 2, 2010. On Thanksgiving Day 2009, Oklahoma's average was $2.49, and Mai says motorists are on track to see the lowest Thanksgiving gas prices since then, not only in Oklahoma but across the U.S. The national average price has fallen for 60 consecutive days and stands at about $2.81 per gallon.

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Askew and husband, Tim of Navarre, Florida, Meghan Kirby Kohman and husband, Lance of Joplin, Missouri, Jenna Kay Mostert and husband, Willem of Zanoni, Missouri, Calli Joelle VanRanken and husband, Earl of Zanoni, Missouri, Hailey Jo Roark of New York City, New York, Courtney Jean Roark of Kiowa, Kansas; great granddaughters, Greta Blair Kohman and Brylee Joelle VanRanken as well as several special nieces, nephews, friends and acquaintances. Paul will be missed by all.

Memorials may be made to Hazelton Kiowa Rural Fire Department, Congregational Church or donor’s choicethrough the funeral home.

Funeral service will be Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at the Congregational United Church of Christ at 2:30 p.m.

Burial will be at Riverview Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa. Memories may be share at www.lanmanmemorials.com.

Ralph James Russell was born to James W. and Amanda Jane (Littrell) Russell on November 6, 1914, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, and passed away November 21, 2014, at Share Medical Center in Alva, Oklahoma.

Born in a log cabin, Ralph was the first son of eleven children. As a youngster, he moved to a farm on the Cimarron south of Freedom, where his father worked as a circuit preacher and farmer. Ralph often accompanied his father on horseback as he carried out his duties.

Ralph married Violet Fiscus, a teacher at West Liberty, a one-room school, and they moved into a box car for their first year of marriage. In 1938, during the drought, they drove a Model A to Oregon, an eight-day trip, where he found employment in the lumber industry. While in Oregon, they purchased land back in Oklahoma, moving back four years later.

Ralph worked as a machinist for the Santa Fe in Waynoka much of his career, but never gave up his love of the land. He continued to raise cattle and farm throughout his life. Stories abound among his many grandchildren about his skill at dominoes and harrowing rides they took rounding up cattle in his pickup.

He was a founding member of Morning Star Baptist Church and served as its song leader for over sixty years.

He was preceded in death by his parents, eight siblings, his wife, Violet O. Fiscus, a daughter Gurley G. Fair, and a grandchild, Becky Sharp.

Ralph is survived by two sons, Sheldon N. Russell, and wife, Nancy, Timothy R. Russell and his wife, Joy, all of Waynoka; a sister, Bonnie Glasgow of Winfield, Kansas; a brother, Harley Russell of Tampa, Florida; four grandchildren, Jerri Dee Neal, Rick Allen Hefner, Shonda Russell, and Brandy Russell; thirteen great grand children and 15 great, great grandchildren.

His was a well-lived life, and he will be missed by all.

Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Share Convalescent Home Activity Fund.

Remembrances may be shared with the family at www. marshallfuneralhomes.com.

Obituary PAUL E. ROARK Paul E. Roark was born April 27, 1939 in Sterling, Illinois, the son of Howard Roark and Jeanette Andrews Roark. He married Clyda Kay Thurman on June 7, 1958 in Kiowa at the Congregational Church and they made their home in Kiowa. Paul passed from this life on Saturday, November 22, 2014 at the age of 75.

Paul owned and operated R&R Cattle Company and Roark Farms alongside his son, Danny Gene Roark. For 48 years, with the help of his family, Paul traveled to Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Montana and North Carolina with the custom harvesting business cutting wheat and soybeans.

He was a member of Cosmos Lodge #278, Wichita Valley Scottish Rite and Midian Shrine Rite.

For those closest to Paul, he was respected for his true grit, sense of humor and loving, generous spirit. During difficult times, he was known for saying, “when it’s too tough for everyone else, it’s just right for us.”

Those preceding Paul Roark in death were his parents; sister, Doris Hiddleson; brothers, Robert “Bob” Thomas Roark and Steven Roark.

He is survived by his wife, Clyda Kay Roark of Kiowa; son, Danny Gene Roark and wife, Dana of Kiowa; daughter, Becky Kay Mathews and husband, Scott of Kiowa; brother, Jim Roark and wife, Marilyn of Phoenix, Arizona; granddaughters, Ashley Mathews

RALPH JAMES RUSSELL Graveside services for Ralph James Russell will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at the Waynoka Municipal Cemetery with Rev. Clayton Conley officiating.

Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Waynoka, LLC.

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Burlington School Board questions some legislation, construction about complete Board position filing period Dec. 1-3

By Yvonne Miller The Burlington Board of Education met for its November meeting last Thursday evening, President Terry Graham presided over the meeting with members Beth Guffy, Allison Armbruster and Aaron Smith. Roger Allen arrived at 9:40 p.m. Others present were Superintendent Glen Elliott, Principal Shane Feely, minutes clerk Tamre Bohn and Secretary Brenda Stricker.

Superintendent Elliott reminds anyone wishing to file for the open seat on the school must do so Dec. 1-3 at the Alfalfa County Courthouse. The office is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The election is Feb. 10, 2015.

The 2014-15 General Fund Budget was approved with the following totals: General Fund – $3,643,768.18; Building Fund – $491,702.16; Child Nutrition Fund – $60,828.50 The superintendent updated the board on the new construction projects.

He said the fire marshal inspected and approved moving into the new band room. Students will have class there Monday. Elliott said band/vocal teacher Kiley Feely was smiling as she called companies to deliver the equipment she ordered for the new band room with a $50,000 grant from the Wisdom Foundation.

Elliott said a glitch with a fire alarm panel in the new vo-ag room caused a slight delay of moving in to that room, but it will be soon. The new teacherage is a couple weeks from completion, he said. He also updated other work currently being done and work scheduled for future dates, such as windows, lights, titles, and carpeting.

Teacher Evaluation Legislation Questioned The superintendent said he has not met anyone who likes Teacher Evaluation 537. It bases teacher evaluation on student test scores.

“It takes local control away from us,” Elliott said. He said keeping up with 537 takes teachers away from teaching time with students to do paperwork. He said at first schools had to have this in place by Dec. 1, but the deadline was postponed until later in December. Elliott said the new state superintendent of education wants 537 to go away, so opponents of this legislation hope it will be changed.

A motion was reluctantly made by Beth Guffy and seconded by Allison Armbruster to approve the Teacher Evaluation 537 with changes in hope that the legislature will take another look at these changes and that this approval was only made in order to be in compliance with the laws.

In a related item, a motion was reluctantly made by Aaron Smith and seconded by Beth Guffy to approve the teacher performance evaluation procedures on the SLO and SOO policy

537..R.A. again with the hope that the legislature will take another look at these changes and that this approval was only made in order to be in compliance with the laws.

Other Burlington School Board Business The following Encumbrances, Change Orders and Warrants were approved: • General Fund encumbrances: $62,059.07, warrants: $210,183.41 • Building Fund warrants: $124.25 • Child Nutrition Fund warrants $799.52 Other items approved by the board include the October Activity report; the Board of Education meeting dates for 2014/2015 with changes made to the January, November and December 2015 dates; the soccer coop with Alva Public Schools for the 2014-2015 school year.

Elliott said that two Burlington students played last year and plan to again this year.

Teacher Judy Elliott, who assists in overseeing Title I programs, discussed Title I policies. The board approve the Title I parental involvement District Policy 421..R.!.

Board members held about a 20 minute executive session to review the status of the evaluations of certified probationary personnel with no vote to be taken upon return to open session.

Employment contracts were signed for Brenda Stricker, Cheryl Czerniak and Jaci Heath. The board approved Bohn as the board minutes clerk and encumbrance clerk; and Stricker as the activity fund custodian, receiving agent and the backup minutes clerk.

The board voted to change the Monday, Dec. 15, regular meeting at 8:00 a.m. to Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 8 a.m.

Principal Feely on Student Achievements and More Principal Shane Feely told of many upcoming dates that can be checked out on the school’s website www. burlingtonschool.com.

He said the sophomore agronomy

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Lynn Says

A lot of marriage proposals happen around Christmas

By Lynn L. Martin One of the fun things we do at the weddings we photograph is separately on video ask the bride and then the group to tell us about the marriage proposal scene. The reason we keep it separate is about half the time their stories don’t match.

This makes for a fun videotape.

Here are a few proposal stories from the Internet: Colleen and Ross (Married eight years) Colleen and Ross had been dating for nearly two years and living together for a year, when they decided to get hitched. His proposal was sort of a non-proposal.

From Colleen: We were at dinner with his parents and he kept looking at me strangely all night. We got home and I asked what was up, and he said he was going to ask me to marry him but thought his parents would make too big a deal out of it.

I said, “Screw that, we should just go to Vegas,” and he asked if I would do that, thinking I wanted a big wedding.

I said, “Hell, YES!” and we booked it then and there. We flew out exactly two weeks later and got married at the Little White Chapel on the Strip.”

Cherise and Steven (Married five and a half years) Cherise and Steven went through a lot of rough spots in their relationship, but they stuck it out and made it work.

From Cherise: Steven and I probably broke up five times in our first nine months of dating. He was always late, loved hanging out with his boys, just didn’t seem to have enough time for me. I told him that I didn’t think he was in it for the long haul, so it was best to end it for good. So when we broke up for the final time, I thought that was it.

Two days after we split up, I met up with about five or six of my girlfriends

at a local bar for my friend Jessica’s birthday. We were kicking back, laughing and having a few drinks, while listening to some bad karaoke singers.

When I heard, “Next up on the stage, Steven.” I didn’t think twice about it since Steven is a popular name. But when I looked up, I saw MY Steven.

He began to belt out, Bryan Adams’ “Everything I Do (I Do It For You)” and I was in shock.

At the end of the song, he said into the mic, “Cherise, I just wanted you to know that I AM in it for the long haul.”

And there on the stage in front of everyone, he asked me to marry him.

Apparently, he had been planning this with my friend Jessica for weeks. We got married a few months later and have been very happy for the last five years.

Melissa and Eric (Married three years in May) Melissa and Eric now run a wedding favors website (among other ventures), so it’s no wonder their wedding proposal was so romantic.

From Melissa: Eric had planned it for like four months completely unknown to me, of course. It was on our three year anniversary of dating and he took me down to Shelter Island to a restaurant that was in a hotel (AJ’s Bar and Grill) – great food that overlooked a private beach the resort owned.

So we eat dinner and he is totally smiling at me the entire time and can’t stop giggling, it was too cute! So we finish and he tells me that there was a surprise back at our house and that’s what he was excited about. Well, he had me completely convinced we were going home, so we get in the car after dinner and start driving down the street, when we come to a round about that takes you off this little island. He keeps going around, doesn’t leave and just returns to the hotel! (That is totally Eric and his “sly” moves.)

So we pull into the parking lot and I am completely confused wondering why we returned and he said we were staying for three days! I was so excited

because we had never really gone on a trip like that. Little did I know he had packed my bags, which were hiding in the back seat. We go into the hotel and go straight to the room, we get to the door and he tells me to close my eyes ... that’s when I KNEW IT! And of course I start to tear up as I close my eyes.

He led me into the room. And when I opened my eyes the room was filled with roses and candles and he was on his knee asking me to marry him. It was the best night of my life, the roses even had little cards in them that read “Will you marry me?” – sweetest thing EVER. Diana and Don (Engaged) Diana never thought Don was into all the romantic stuff. However, his Valentine’s Day proposal changed all that.

From Diana: “Don and I have been living together for four years and have two kids. I never really thought much about having a real wedding or a romantic marriage proposal. I always figured one day that we’d just decide to do it or not. So his proposal actually came as a shock.

On Valentine’s Day last year, we got a babysitter for the kids and went to our favorite Italian restaurant. As we were eating dinner, I reached into the bread basket and to my surprise, found a velvet gift box instead. By the time, I could open it, Don was asking me to marry him. I was so floored that I couldn’t stop crying. We are getting married in May.” Dexie and Scott (Married 11 years) Dexie and Scott had been dating only about six weeks, when he proposed.

From Dexie: Scott actually asked me to marry him over the telephone. So there was no getting down on one knee and presenting a ring. He asked me on the phone on his birthday. We bought the rings together and he put the ring on my finger in a bathroom.

We got married three months later and have been happy ever since.

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Six felony charges filed on Tulsa pair

By Marione Martin A report of a suspicious vehicle at James Crabtree Correctional Center (JCCC) in Helena resulted n the arrest of two people from Tulsa on multiple charges. According to court documents, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, about 5:50 p.m.

Alfalfa County Deputy Sheriff Dillin Munholland was notified that a red SUV had just made a drop at JCCC in Helena.

When Munholland arrived, John Meadows who works at JCCC said he was off duty when the noticed the red SUV. He said a female was driving and it was on 7th St. in Helen when he first saw it.

As they spoke, Meadows received a phone call from another employee of JCCC stating that the red SUV was back in town at the Helena Jiffy Trip getting fuel.

Deputy Munholland and Meadows went to Jiffy Trip where Meadows identified the Jeep SUV and the tag number. Helena Police Chief Jim Dykes was on the scene and was speaking to the driver, Sarah Benefield.

Benefield told Munholland and Meadows that a tall white skinny male named Ryan was walking somewhere around the prison making a drop. She said she was paid $160 to drop him off near the prison but was not supposed to pick him up. Someone else would do that.

Munholland drove to the area where Benefield said she dropped off the man, approximately one mile west of Hwy 58 on 7th St. He located the man, Ryan Slagle, who matched the description. He placed Slagle into investigative custody until he could be questioned. Munholland took Slagle back to Jiffy Trip so he could conduct a free air sniff with his K-9 Joshi on the SUV. Back at Jiffy Trip, K-9 Joshi alerted on the driver’s side door of the vehicle, and Munholland told Benefield the dog had alerted.

Munholland conducted a search of the vehicle, locating a grey CD case with approximately 96 checks inside, none of which belonged to Benefield. He located three Oklahoma driver’s licenses, all with Benefield’s picture but different names.

Also inside the vehicle were several rolls of black electrical tape and one roll of grey duck tape.

The names on the three false driver’s licenses were Morgan Kaitlyn Sutton, Stacy Lynn Williams and Samantha Dawn

Sampson. The name on the social security card found with the licenses was Morgan Kaitlyn Sutton.

Sheriff Rick Wallace called during the search and told Munholland that contraband had been thrown over the fence at JCCC and had been taken to the Sheriff’s Office by Supervisor Capt.

Kevin Hodgson from JCCC. Munholland continued to search for narcotics or other evidence in the SUV. Chief Dykes said he had taken a bag containing several items out of the vehicle before Munholland arrived.

After completing his search, Munholland transported Slagle to the sheriff’s office and Dykes transported Benefield.

Sheriff Wallace and Munholland interviewed Slagle following the reading and waiving of Miranda rights. Slagle told them he packaged the tobacco only and did not know what was in the other packages. He said he threw six packages over the fence at JCCC. Benefield also waived her Miranda warning and agreed to be interviewed.

She said she was going to be paid $160 to drive Ryan up to the prison so he could make the drop. She said that all she knew was Ryan was going to make a drop and she only thought it was tobacco. When asked about the checks found in her vehicle, she said her family was trying to get her in trouble and the checks were placed there by her brother.

One of the driver’s licenses found in Benefield’s car was run through dispatch and checked back to a white male out of Tennessee. The others did not register to anyone.

One of the items seized from the SUV was an HP laptop computer which Munholland suspected might have been used to create the fake checks.

As the pair were being booked, a small plastic baggie containing a piece of cotton and off-white residue was found in Slagle’s right front pocket. He said he forgot it was there. The cotton field tested positive for methamphetamine.

On Nov. 15 about 1:06 p.m.

Munholland, Sheriff Wallace and Undersheriff Glenn Oister cut the bundles of contraband open to check the contents.

Among the contents are 21 packages of rolling papers, two cellphones with chargers, eight syringes and a small clear plastic baggie containing an off-white

crystal substance which later field tested positive for methamphetamine.

A hold was placed on the SUV which was towed by a wrecker company. Also $533.51 was seized from Benefield.

On Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. Sheriff Wallace received a fax from Owasso Police Officer Jack Wells showing a forgery investigation on a victim named Leona G. Chasteen of Tulsa who banks at RCB Bank in Tulsa whose routing number matches the routing number on the check for Stephanie Johnson of Locust Grove.

The checks were written to Best Buy for $898.57, to Wal-Mart for $267.89 and to Wal-Mart for $361.92.

On Nov. 18 several felony charges were filed in Alfalfa County against the pair. Ryan Slagle, 32, of Tulsa was charged with conspiracy and bringing contraband into a penal institution. Sarah Colleen Benefield, 32, of Tulsa was charged with conspiracy, unlawfully affixing improper tag to a motor vehicle, identity theft and acquire proceeds from drug activity.

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By Stacy Sanborn A special meeting by the Cherokee school board was called to order Tuesday evening, Nov. 18. Present were board President Amber Wilhite and members Tony Hellar, Melissa Kimminau and Clerk Kory Littlefield. Superintendent Cory Ellis also attended and kicked off the meeting explaining the bid process of the 2014 bond issue.

As a visual sample, the superintendent showed a rendering of the football field’s general setting after the upcoming construction. The rendering, a rough, inaccurate sketch, did not portray the construction’s final layout Ellis said, but with an estimated budget of $230,000 and a construction company’s rough estimate of $260,000, changes will still need to be agreed upon. Ellis said the field house is hindering the process of making final decisions and with the school’s north parking lot and the location of the elementary school, moving the football field down about 30 yards may be the answer.

The superintendent said a consideration to put a road on the back side to alleviate Seventh to Fifth streets traffic should be made as well.

A pre-bid meeting will be held Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. and official bids will open Dec. 9 at 4 p.m. Both meetings will be held at Cherokee Elementary School. Ellis said bids need to have a time of completion included.

Members voted to approve the proposed amendment additions to Crossland Construction’s contract.

(This agenda item was only to approve submitting the amendments – not to approve the contract)

The amendments say all work is approved by the owner (the school board), the owner retains final say, and a date the project’s final payment be paid out should be listed. A ratification for arbitration instead of litigation was also included. With the amendments approved to be added to the contract, the board now must wait to see if Crossland Construction accepts.

Ellis said among all the changes, the elementary school will receive a couple of its own. A stairwell to the basement will be added as well as windows to the computer lab.

Ground may be broken around Christmas break time. When school resumes, construction will be ongoing and questions of where the students will go arose. Elementary students may find themselves in either the Baptist or Methodist church, as both have offered to talk with Ellis later in the week about opening their facilities for the little ones.

Board members did agree on the superintendent’s suggestion of approving Jackson’s Demolition to demolish two houses – one at 520 East Fifth St. and the other at 604 South Colorado. The demolition will include the two houses, a garage apartment, two storage shelters, a whole fence line, and several trees.

Jackson’s bid came in at $29,000 with the project kicking off in three weeks or less.

The last few agenda items were to make decisions regarding the creation of a Special Education (SPED) paraprofessional salary schedule, creation of a leadership team, and the hiring of two individuals.

The SPED para-professional position

was approved to receive $1 more per hour since the district has acquired more special education students. Ellis said the physical demands on the para-pro are greater, as some students require full time assistance. He said this is an alltime high case load for special education students in their school system.

Members approved creating a new leadership team to create a collaborative spirit with teachers in keeping the school under constant review. Ellis said the idea is to help create a “machine that takes care of itself,” this being achieved by reviewing what’s happening regarding the school’s best interests, what needs to be done, monitoring progress, and tweaking and revising. The stipend plan approved for the creation of the team is for $100 per team meeting (about five per year), not to exceed $500 per school year. He said they were unsuccessful for finding volunteers.

The next approved agenda item was to hire intervention specialist Shannon George, Consultant, LLC for $15,000 for the remainder of the 2014-2015 school year. Her position will allow kids that know and understand some subject matter, but not all of it, to come out of the classroom for an intervention, or individualized help. This will help reinforce and/or accelerate the kids’ learning he said, adding that the hiring of a specialist in this manner rather than as a teacher position is the way to go because the school is not responsible for paying for insurance and a retirement package.

Lastly, an approval to hire Jill Lasater as a middle school SPED/intervention para-professional was made and the meeting adjourned.

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Helena woman arrested for failure to register

By Marione Martin Law enforcement officials say a Helena woman, convicted as a sex offender, failed to register her residence.

According to court documents, on Nov. 10, Office Deputy Amanda Kutz in the Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office told Deputy Gary Mast that Makayla Redding signed the judgment and sentence in Case No. CF-2012-48 on Nov. 5. According to that judgment and sentence, Kutz said, Redding was in violation of failing to register as a sex offender.

Kutz told Mast that Redding had been told on several occasions that she needed to register at the Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office. Kutz said Redding’s attorney told her and she was told in court.

Mast was told that Redding’s friend called the office and asked what Redding needed to do to register. Kutz told the friend that Redding needed to fill out the proper paperwork at the sheriff’s office.

Deputy Mast went to Helena and looked at the house at 421 W. Fourth St. where he was told Redding had been living since her release from the county jail in 2012. The house appeared to be very close to the city park. Mast measured the distance from the park to the mailbox as 294 feet. He also measured the distance from Timberlake High School as 1106 feet.

According to statutes, sex offenders may not reside within a 2,000 foot radius of any private school site or educational institution or within 300 feet of any school, licensed daycare facility, park or playground.

Mast spoke to Helena Police Chief Jim Dykes who said Redding has been living at that address with her mother and step-father, Beverly and Neil Wallace, since her release from the county jail.

After measuring the distances and taking pictures, Mast was leaving Helena and was stopped by Neil Wallace. He stated Redding had a

probation and parole officer and that she was doing everything right. He also said the probation and parole officer told her that she could live there. He said that Redding had registered with Chief Dykes.

Mast said Redding had been told several times to register, and she must register with the chief law enforcement agency of the county in which she is residing.

At 2 p.m. when Redding arrived at the sheriff’s office, Mast explained why she was going to be arrested. He escorted her across the hall to the jail to be booked in.

When Mast looked at the sex offender registration form that Redding filled out, she listed a different address, 301 E. Fourth St. in Helena, than the one at which she was residing.

Makayla Dawn Redding, 36, has been charged with failure to register as a sex offender and sex offender residing within 2,000 feet of a school, both felonies.

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Helium: It gives NYC's Thanksgiving parade a lift MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It'll never rank up there with turkey and pumpkin pie, but for millions of Americans the Thanksgiving experience just wouldn't be the same without ... helium.

For 364 days of the year, the colorless and odorless gas works quietly behind the scenes, doing jobs like chilling magnets in MRI imaging machines and helping welders protect their work from impurities.

But on Thanksgiving, the lighterthan-air element moves onto a much bigger stage. It's the stuff that makes Snoopy, Spider-Man, Papa Smurf and other huge balloons sail high above the crowd at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

Just so we can be properly thankful for the second most abundant element in the universe (it ranks behind hydrogen), we turned for some basic facts to Eric Bass. He is product manager for helium at Linde North America Inc. This week, for the 20th straight year, his company will supply the gas

to the parade, which in turn is marking its 88th year.

WHERE DOES THE PARADE HELIUM COME FROM? It forms underground and tends to mingle with natural gas deposits. So when companies extract and process the natural gas, they separate out the helium and sell it to companies like Linde. Helium is shipped worldwide, so the stuff that will pump up Paddington Bear or Pikachu could come from as close as Kansas or Wyoming, or as far away as Qatar, Africa or even Australia.

HOW DOES IT GET TO THE PARADE? First, the gas is chilled to make it a liquid so it's easier to transport. Huge, specialized containers of the stuff are shipped to a plant in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Gas floats above the liquid in these containers; this gas is drawn off and compressed. The gas is loaded into heavy steel tubes, and 10 to 12 tubes are put on each of four flatbed trucks. The day before the parade, the trucks drive into Manhattan for the inflating of the parade balloons. Crews

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HOW MUCH HELIUM IS NEEDED? Enough to fill 600,000 to 700,000 Mylar party balloons. But the parade helium is 99.999 percent pure, whereas the stuff in a party balloon might be only 97.5 percent pure.

HOW BIG ARE THE BALLOONS? They come in a variety of sizes.

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By Jesse Washington Anger and despair swept through many parts of America after a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson for killing Michael Brown.

What was behind the wave of emotion? Why do so many refuse to accept the grand jurors' choice not to charge the white cop with a crime in the death of the unarmed black teen? Why is there such disregard for the new evidence released with the decision?

Interviews around the U.S. show that these roiling emotions spring as much from America's troubled racial history — which in many eyes has drained the justice system of legitimacy — as from a rational examination of all the evidence.

For many people, this history is the inseparable context for the 90 seconds of Brown and Wilson's fatal encounter — and a rationale for the fury that has followed.

"It feels like the lynchings that happened in the last century. Racial profiling is the 21st-century lynching of black males. We need to call it what it is," said Kevin Powell, head of the BK Nation

advocacy organization, who has worked in Ferguson since Brown was killed in August.

"I'm depressed and numb, even though I expected the verdicts," Powell said. "I don't condone violence in any form, but I certainly understand all the anger out there. I'm very angry myself."

Since the St. Louis County grand jury decision was released Monday, the anger has manifested itself in various ways across America: raucous protests in several cities; sharp conversations at work and between friends; raging on talk radio; impassioned comments on social media. And, of course, the anger erupted into the burning, looting and gunshots that wracked Ferguson for hours on Monday night.

Many took issue with the way Prosecutor Bob McCulloch chose to present and frame the evidence, or with the shifting explanation of why Wilson first stopped Brown. Others were upset that only three of the nine jury members were black in a scenario that did not require unanimity or permit the possibility of a hung jury.

Then there were the emotional reactions, and a preexisting lack of confidence, for many, in the fairness and integrity of the U.S. legal system.

"I'm very disappointed and angry," said Shakealia Finley, an economics teacher in Atlanta. "It's a miscarriage of justice."

"More than anything, as a citizen of the United States you want to feel you can rely on the justice system to get it right," she said. "I keep observing instances where the justice system gets it wrong when it comes to the black com-

munity. They find every kind of loophole and technicality to find that the murderer will go free."

Finley firmly believes that Wilson should have waited for backup instead of chasing Brown after they struggled inside the police cruiser. She does not believe the testimony, from the officer and several eyewitnesses, that Brown was advancing toward the officer when he was shot.

"I don't believe that he charged someone who had a gun pointed at him," she said. "No scenario in my mind makes me think that. It just doesn't make sense."

Is Finley reacting rationally or emotionally?

"I think it's both, and I think it's OK to be both," Finley responded. "It's OK to say this is another example of black people in society are not afforded justice. I am able to separate the fact that Mike Brown made a bad decision in that situation. It still shouldn't have cost him his life."

That idea was echoed by Malaika Adero, a book editor in New York City.

She said that Brown bore some responsibility for what happened, and that police have the right to defend themselves, "but still, there is nothing to me about this case that justifies that young man dying."

"It's part of a disturbing pattern that's been going on for a long time," Adero said. "It's heartbreaking because of what it represents in the direction the country is going in."

Adero acknowledged that she had not read all the grand jury evidence that

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Rain, snow could mess up Thanksgiving travel

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Jenna Bouffard, a New York City public relations executive headed in the opposite direction, changed her bus ticket from Wednesday to Tuesday.

"I don't want to risk it," she said. "I'd rather be safe than sorry, and if it doesn't snow, then I just have an extra day at home with my family" in Uxbridge, Mas-

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Major airlines dropped their ticket-change fees for people flying in and out of the Northeast, allowing passengers to try to sneak on an earlier flight, though that appeared to be a challenging proposition, since most planes were filled.

By midafternoon Tuesday, just 14 flights within the U.S. were canceled for Wednesday, according to tracking service FlightAware. That's well below the norm for even a sunny day. United said it was planning to cancel 100 flights Wednesday in and out of Newark Liberty Airport in New Jersey — a small fraction of the traffic there. Delta planned to scrub 57 flights.

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At Newark Airport, retiree Sue Hansen, who lives in Roscoe, Illinois, arrived early on Tuesday to avoid the rush ahead of a big family reunion near Morristown, New Jersey.

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Oklahoma jazz hall facing more financial woes TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The lawyer for an insurance company says the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame is behind on its premiums and that his client has the right to seize the nonprofit group's assets.

Rick White told the Tulsa World (http://bit. ly/1vaeIUc ) for a story published Monday

that State Farm Insurance is owed $11,114 for overdue workers compensation premiums — nearly $3,000 more than that demanded from the company in January 2013.

"I have strongly considered taking a semi-truck and just loading up all of the assets of the Jazz Hall of Fame, which I have a perfect right to," White told the newspaper.

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The jazz hall is located in the former Union Depot, which was purchased and renovated by Tulsa County during the Vision 2025 sales tax program. The assets that could be seized are those that belong to the hall, not the county.

The museum has had other financial problems over recent years and has modified its lease to help make ends meet.

The hall's director blamed a sudden increase in premiums and said the bill would be paid by the end of the year.

"This is just one of those things," he said.

"We will get it done."

Still, a county commissioner, Karen

Keith, said she has asked the district attorney's office to look into the latest trouble.

White said State Farm had already received a court judgment against the hall but has preferred to work out an arrangement with McIntosh.

"We are trying to deal with him in a good-faith manner," he said.

Since 2012, the hall has had trouble paying its rent and property insurance, but County Commissioner John Smaligo said the hall is current on all its obligations to the county.

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had been released the night before, including previously unheard witness accounts said to support the officer's story.

"I have a suspicion that (Wilson) is a criminal. More important to me is that the police force is the criminal. Police leadership is the criminal," she said. "I don't know about Wilson. But I know that systematically there are crimes being perpetuated by the state."

"My outrage is not about Wilson," Adero said. "It is about the accountability of our law enforcement system."

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So the anger springs from many elements, from how the grand jury weighed points of law and pieces of evidence to how an officer's gunshots ended a young life — and yet there's more.

The case is bigger than simple guilt or innocence, said Charles Gallagher, chair of the sociology department at La Salle University in Philadelphia.

"That Officer Wilson was legally justified in shooting Michael Brown is both beside the point and irrelevant when it comes to understanding the triggers of civil unrest," Gallagher said in an email.

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He said that, as a result of things like racial profiling, inflated fines for minor violations that made up a large percentage of Ferguson's budget, white flight and declining education budgets, "Michael Brown became a symbol of simmering mistrust and racism."

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"We're traumatized and hurt," said Powell, the activist. "It's almost like being part of a family where you are forever outside of the house. You think you got in the house because President Obama is in the White House, you have Oprah and other successful black people, and then this happens. You wonder: Are we ever going to be treated as equals in this country?"

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Food safe kitchen a must for holiday cooking

By Trisha Gedon The ingredients for all of the favorite family recipes have been purchased. The special dishes are washed and ready to go. But before the cooking begins, make sure you have a “food safe” kitchen for the big feast.

Barbara Brown, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension food specialist, said there is more to preparing a safe holiday meal than just the turkey, yams and pumpkin pie.

“You’ll want to make sure your entire kitchen is ‘food safe’ before peeling a single potato or mixing up that green bean casserole. Use hot, soapy water to clean sinks, counters, cutting boards and all cooking pans and utensils,” Brown said. “It’s also a good idea to sanitize the countertop,

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as well as your cutting boards.”

To do this, simply make a diluted bleach solution of 1 tablespoon of unscented liquid bleach to 1 gallon of water. Let the bleach solution stand on the counter surface for a few minutes before rinsing and drying with clean paper towels.

It is a good idea to have plenty of cloth towels or paper towels on hand during the meal preparation and clean-up. For those who opt for cloth towels, make sure to wash them often.

If you used a towel to clean up juice from raw meats, do not reuse that towel when wiping down your counters or drying dishes.

If you are in charge of cooking the turkey, thaw it in a large pan on the bottom shelf of your refrigerator. This will help eliminate the juices from

dripping on other foods. Check the temperature of your refrigerator, too.

It should be at 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below, as measured with an appliance thermometer.

“When meal preparations begin, rinse fresh fruit and vegetables under running water. Even if you don’t eat the skin or rind, make sure these foods are washed as well,” she said.

“Blot them dry with a clean cloth or paper towel.”

Brown also suggests washing your hands frequently with warm, soapy water, especially before and after handling food.

“Remind anyone else working in your kitchen to wash their hands often, too,” she said. “Following these suggestions will help ensure your holiday food will be safe to eat.”

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team earned bronze team status at the national FFA convention with Jonathan Armbruster a silver team member.

Sarah Garvie placed 15th at the state cross country meet.

In basketball the BHS Elks and Lady Elks are both 2-1 and were to play Kremlin-Hillsdale last night. The junior high girls are 3-2 with the junior high boys 0-5. The grade school girls are 2-1 with the boys 3-0.

Principal Feely said that school wide text message blasts are available to those

who join the group. He reported that teachers are working on their Student Learning Objectives.

Three-Star General Speaks at Burlington’s Veterans Day Program Principal Feely said three-star General Harry M. Wyatt “gave one of the best veteran’s day speeches I’ve ever heard. He said just what the kids needed to hear. He said one of the best things you can do to thank a veteran is don’t be a drain on society – be a contributor and help others.”

Retired Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III (Ret.) was guest speaker for Burlington’s Veteran’s Day Program at the school. Wyatt was the 14th Director for the Air National Guard. He was responsible for formulating, developing and coordinating all policies, plans and programs affecting more than 106,700 Guard members in more than 88 flying wings and 200 geographically separated units throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Virgin Islands.

Wyatt entered the Air Force in 1971 and graduated from undergraduate pilot training in 1973. He earned a juris doctorate law degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1980 and maintained a private law practice until his election to the Oklahoma bench, all

while a member of the 138th FW. Wyatt has served as a fighter pilot, flight commander, group commander, vice wing commander, wing commander, and chief of staff of the Oklahoma National Guard. In 2003, Governor Brad Henry appointed then-Brigadier General Wyatt to the position of Adjutant General of Oklahoma and nominated General Wyatt for appointment to the rank of major general. In 2008, then-President of the United States George W. Bush nominated Wyatt for assignment as director, Air National Guard, and appointment to the rank of lieutenant general in the reserve active duty of the Air Force. He is a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours in the A-7, C-26, F-16, F-100, F-106, T-33, T-37 and T-38 aircraft.

Wyatt has been recently elected to be the associate district judge, 12th Judicial District of Oklahoma, Craig County, beginning January 2015.

Following the student-led program that recognized local veterans, FFA chapter advisor Bradshaw and his students hosted a brisket lunch for veterans. Principal Feely said he hopes to enhance the Veteran’s Day program even more next year to honor those who served this country.

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Alfalfa County sheriff’s log November 17, 2014 9:44 a.m. Disturbance, respondent advised she needs a deputy to look at house north of Jet, things were taken.

November 19, 2014 6:11 p.m. Officer assistance, CPD patched through a 911 call, respondent wanted to talk to the sheriff to complain about two of his officers, told to call chief and tell him the situation and if they needed an officer to assist ours are available, CPD wanted a deputy to assist them, deputy advised.

7:15 p.m. Accident, seriousness unknown, CPD patched through a 911, respondent wanted to report a accident at Highway 64 E and CR 750, respondent stated that another semi came into his lane and they bumped mirrors, respondent was heading east and said he didn’t get stopped for probably 2 miles, respondent stated he was not hurt in any way that it just scared him, deputy en route, OHP advised, Nescatunga en route, deputy on scene needs officer assist for traffic, one semi didn’t stop, trooper said for respondent to go into Jet and he will meet him there, he is in Alva on another call.

November 21, 2014 8:00 p.m. Grass fire, respondent advised of hay bales on fire off of CR

590 south of Ingersoll, advised CPD, CFD notified.

9:40 p.m. Road info, respondent advised that his truck is broke down on Highway 64, 3 miles west of Ingersoll, truck is off the road and has flashers on, respondent advised that his nephew is taking him to get another truck to tow it.

November 22, 2014 9:56 a.m. Stolen vehicle, respondent called and wanted an officer in Carmen right away, respondent stated that her 1997 Chevy light blue Blazer four-door had been taken while she was in the apartment, respondent then stated found vehicle over at her boyfriend mom’s, respondent called back and said that person took her vehicle, gave her the keys, she is going to take the Blazer but she still hasn’t found the title.

12:25 p.m. Medical emergency, security company called to say someone’s med alarm went off on CR 700, tried to call but could not get ahold of her, keyholder was going over to house, spoke to keyholder, individual had fallen, called Helena Ambulance and Jet first responders, keyholder called back and said individual may have hurt her ribs, informed keyholder that called Helena Ambulance and Jet first responders, Goltry first responders en route.

Voter registration deadline Friday, December 19, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the January 13, 2015, Special Timberlake I-93 School District Election, Alfalfa County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein said today.

The ballot will consist of two propositions. The first proposition will be for “Two Million Fifty Thousand Dollars ($2,050,000) to provide funds for the purpose of constructing, equipping, repairing and remodeling school buildings, acquiring school furniture, fixtures and equipment and acquiring and improving school sites and levy and collect an annual tax, in addition to all other taxes, upon all the taxable property in such District sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds as it falls due and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof when due, said bonds to bear interest not to exceed the rate of ten

(10%) percentum per annum, payable semi-annually and to become due serially within ten (10) years from their date?”

The second proposition will be for “Two Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000) to provide funds for the purpose of purchasing transportation equipment and levy and collect an annual tax, in addition to all other taxes, upon all the taxable property in such District sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds as it falls due and also to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof when due, said bonds to bear interest not to exceed the rate of ten (10%) percentum per annum, payable semi-annually and to become due serially within five (5) years from their date?”

Stein said that persons who are United States citizens, residents of Oklaho-

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Animals and Pets

Christmas Craft Show

Missing Calves

Sat Dec 6th. Great Gift Ideas! All Day Concessions Provided By The Nazarene Church. For Booth Info Call Melanie 580-748-0100 or Lacie 580-732-0069.

6 E of Waynoka on 281. No brand. If you have any extra please call Paul & Jerri Smith at 580-829-2881 or 580-9872220 (H)

Automotive

No Time To Do Laundry

Give us a call. 580-829-3121 or 580-748-1873. Will also 2001 Chevy Blazer. 4wd, do Rig Clothes new tires, 111K mileage, exc For Your Const Needs cond. Local vehicle. $6500.

580-829-1866 From A-Z, New Construction, Roofing, For Sale in Cherokee Have A Safe & Fun Holiday!

Additions, Remodeling, 1995 Suburban C15. 3rd Row Siding, Windows, Int/ God Bless!

We are closed Nov. 27-30 Seats. 4x4 & extras. Runs Ext, Painting, All Work good. $1000 firm. 316-519- Guaranteed. Improve the 8946 value of your home. Call 580-732-1028 For Sale Designs & Gifts By Susie Susie Schlarb VAP Holiday Special 2010 Chevy Equinox LT. 3 Blks N. of swimming pool, Alva, OK 580-327-0300 • 829-1482 91,000 miles. $11,700. 580Dinner Rolls $2.50.dz. Butter 227-0737 Croissants $5.00/dz. 2101 College Blvd. 580-327-0400 For Sale Book With Us 2003 Ford Mustang. Runs great. New tires. 580-327- Enjoy your family this 7370 Thanksgiving. Have them stay a Crooked Oak B & B. Business Services 580-430-5450 Black Friday Specials Booth Space Available at Alva Sewing Center.

Nov 28-29. Double Dip 33rd Annual Christmas Arts Savings--25% off All sewing & Crafts Show & Home machines + 0% financing Based Business Expo, Dec. for 60 months on select 6. 2014, Municipal Hall in embroidery machines and Anthony, KS from 9am-4pm. software. Christmas Open For info 620-842-5456 or House Nov 29 www.anthonychamber.com

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SIDWELL INSURANCE AGENCY

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Come in For Small Business Saturday & See Our In Store Specials!

In Business For Your Health Since 1952

Rialto Facebook Help Wanted ALVA STATE BANK & Like our page and stay up Part-Time Cook & Wait Staff.

TRUST COMPANY to date on what’s playing, Call 580-621-3258 or come by

Specialists in Agriculture Lending We’ve Served You 100 Years!

AUTO • HOME • LIFE • BUSINESS • WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Todd Hamilton Insurance Agent

580-747-7825

rhamilton1@farmersagent.com

showtimes and all the new Stables Cafe, (Cedar Canyon releases on DVD at our video Lodge), 6 miles S of Freedom store Beadles Nursing Home Depot Bar & Grill has opening for Dietary Wed Lunch Special- Supervisor with responsibilities Cheeseburger Chowder, Or cooking, supervising up to 10 Baked Potato Chowder w/ employees, reviewing charts Grilled Cheese, Cookies. & participating in resident Thur-Closed Thursday. Fri- care team meetings. Would No Special. Open at 2pm. Full prefer certified individual but Menu Every Day. Carry-Out will train & send to school. avail. 580-327-2212 Benefits include Health & Life Insurance, Vacation. Apply Double B Carpentry in person at 916 Noble. Alva.

For all your flooring and EOE carpentry needs from Help Wanted remodeling, painting, drywall, testuring, siding, farm & Depot Bar & Grill. Lunch ranch, etc. 580-748-1489 Waitress & Bartender. 580327-7011 Custom Monograming Beadles Nursing Home Time to get your Christmas Stockings & other items has opening for FT personalized.

Rara’s Housekeeper & PT Evening Embroidery, 410 Flynn, Alva. Cleaner in Kitchen. In addition 580-327-2177. Will be closed we are accepting applications Dec 12-29 for PT Data Entry person with exp in Microsoft Office.

Help Wanted This position may also assist Panhandle Nutrition needs with special activities. FT experienced Cook, 30-35/hrs position include Health & Life week, paid vacation & sick Insurance, Vacation. EOE. leave. 580-327-1822. 625 Apply in person at 916 Noble Barnes (Senior Citizen Center. or applications avail at www. beadlesnursinghome.com EOE

Help Wanted

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Help Wanted

Alva Moose Lodge. Waitress/ Lite-N-Nite, all shifts. Flexible Kitchen Help. 580-327-1359 hours. Excellent pay. Apply in or 580-748-1561. 302 4th person at 1624 Okla Blvd Street Truck Driver Needed Help Wanted CDL required, Benefits Strive Oilfield Services is now Package. Salary negotiable. hiring CDL Drivers. For more Email ehise@west-equip.com.

580-327-0105 info call 580-367-0812

We will be closed Nov 27th & 28th.

Have A Happy Turkey Day! 201 S. Okla.

Cherokee, Oklahoma

580-596-2705 Doyce & Rachel Hager

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BROOKS AGENCY

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Auto Homeowner - Farmowner - Commercial Health Bryan, Troy & Dawn Gay Brooks Eddie Adams Love Fund

www. at BancCentral. If interested in donating for Eddie Adams health issues please stop Help Wanted by or send payment to 604 Land Farmer’s Inc. is Flynn. Please make sure to exh 2pm - Open 3pm looking for Class A CDL specify who the payment is Drivers to work in the local for (Eddie Adams) Alva area. For more info Real Estate All Events Are Listed contact Brandan 479-264on our Facebook page 9263 Land for Lease Farm Supplies 1200 acres for Deer Hunting. Alfalfa County, For Sale County Arena Events Top Quality Alfalfa. Round, OK & Harper County KS. 620-243-2783 Call (580) 596-6594 to schedule events. small sq. Some Grass & For Rent Straw. Could Deliver. 580829-1866 1bdrm 1bth Duplex. Bills Paid in Alva. $750/mo. 580Miscellaneous 515-8280 Open House Crew Housing Hardtner Community J&I Bale Beds per night, PLEASE CALL Center. Arts & Crafts, Dec $30/person 2014, 2-5pm. If you have Double Occupancy, fully TODAY & ASK 6, crafts, food or other items furnished with satellite.

ABOUT OUR to see please come set-up 580-430-7098. a space. Soups & Desserts MANY Wanted start at 4pm. Santa & Mrs. SERVICES Car Haulers-Livestock-Utility Claus will make a visit. 3 Bedroom 2 Bath Brick Full Bumper Replacements & Truck Beds Have your picture taken. Home in Alva. For a Quick Custom Orders & Trades Cash Sale Call 580-430For the best natural artesian water Donations can be made Fairview, Oklahoma delivered to your home or office, to help expenses for the 5571. No Brokers Please.

Call or Text 580-744-0053 Call 580-626-4420 Community Center. Contact House for Sale Sandi 620-296-4610 Completely remodeled.

It’s Yur Turn to Cook 2bdr. 2 full bath. Large Yur Place, Hardtner, KS, living area. 2 car garage will be closed Thursday and fully insulated and heated. 2 Friday. Enjoy your family full lots with home, fenced in backyard. 3 empty lots and be thankful next door. This could be Matinees used for oilfield office or Thanksgiving Break. Check living area. Room to park our Newsgram Ad for rigs, etc. 580-438-2500 or movies and showtimes at 580-554-6794 Rialto Theatre 15 Lots For Sale For Sale in Dacoma City Limits.

Lufkin 40 ft Flat Trailer. Owner will finance. Call or $2000 obo. 620-243-2783 text 580-273-7134

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November 26, 2014 Oilfield Yard 5bdrm/2bth house. 17 acres. Office.

30x50 Shop. 40x200 Covered Parking. 2 bunkhouses-12bd, 4bth, 4 kitchens, fully furnished. Lots of Parking. 2 20x30 Metal Buildings.

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Virgil 829-2830 • Traci 748-0044 • Harvey 829-1195 Mary 829-2080 • Darren 405-401-2350

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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 closed for Thanksgiving.

7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will

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PAT WHITE REALTY

LISTINGS: 1719 Cherry, 913 Apache, 918 Church; 907 Church, 522 Spruce, 817 1st, 531 13th, 519 11th, 717 7th, & 2168 Cecil in Waynoka.

Select one of these soon!

CALL PAT 580-327-4337 OR 580-430-5743, TERRI BROWN 580-829-3164 or Cris CAMPBELL 580-732-0422

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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 p.m. Alva Mayor’s Tree Lighting will be held on the downtown square on the west side of the courthouse. Refreshments will be served.

School

ma, and at least 18 years old may apply to become registered voters.

Persons who have never been registered to vote before or who are not currently registered in the county of their residence and persons who are registered but who need to change their registration information may apply by filling out and mailing an Oklahoma Voter Registration Application form in time for it to be postmarked no later than midnight Friday, December 19.

Stein explained that applications postmarked after that time still will be accepted and processed; however, the applications will not be approved until after January 13, 2015.

The County Election Board responds in writing to every person who submits an application for voter regis-

tration. The response is either a voter identification card listing the new voter's precinct number and polling place location or a letter that explains the reason or reasons the application for voter registration was not approved. Stein said that any person who has submitted a voter registration application and who has not received a response within 30 days should contact the County Election Board office.

Oklahoma Voter Registration Application forms are available at the County Election Board office, and at most post offices, tag agencies, and public libraries in the county. Stein said that applications also are available at www.elections. ok.gov, and voters can check their registration status at http://www.ok.gov/elections/Voter_Info/Online_Voter_Tool/

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AUCTION

Pratt County Land 2 Tracts

Date: Mon. Dec.1st

Time: 1:30pm

Sale Site: Hamm Auction Center, 107 NE State Rd. 61, Pratt Ks. Tract 1 will sell at 1:30pm Legal Desc: SW4 of 9-29-11, Pratt Co. Ks; 160 Acres +/- ; Land Located: From Cairo 7 m. South, 1 m. East, 1 m. South; From Isabel 3 m. N. 1 mile E, 1 m. N. Watch for signs; FSA Info: 157.42 acres cropland; Land Desc: Crop Land is planted to wheat; Buyer receives 1/3 of Wheat Crop, Buyer pays 1/3 of Expenses; Tenant rights: Buyer receives Possession Following 2015 Wheat Harvest; Minerals: Mineral Rights Sell with Land. Producing minerals sell with land; Earnest Money: $10,000.00 Down Day of Sale; Balance at Closing; Taxes:2014 Paid by Seller; Title Insurance: 50% Buyer; 50% Seller; Closing Fee: 50% Buyer; 50% Seller; Closing: On or Before Dec. 31, 2014; Seller: Allen Seaman Tract 2 Sells Immediately after Tract 1 Legal Desc: NW4 22-28-14, Pratt Co. Ks; 160 acres +/- Land Located: From Cullison, Kansas go 2 ½ miles East, then 2 miles South. Watch for our signs. Surface Rights only sell on this property. FSA Information: Cropland-156.41 acres.Land Desc: Crop Land is planted to Wheat; Buyer receives 1/3 of Wheat Crop, Buyer pays 1/3 Expenses; 2013 Taxes are $993.23 Tenant Rights: Buyer Receives Possession Following 2015 Wheat Harvest; Earnest Money: $10,000.00 Down Day of Sale; Balance at Closing; Taxes: 2014 Paid by Seller; Title Insurance: 50% Buyer; th50% Seller; Closing Fee: 50% Buyer; 50% Seller; Closing: On or Before Jan. 5 , 2014; Seller: Allen Seaman

John Hamm Auctioneer 620-450-7481

107 NE SR 61 Pratt, KS 67124

620-672-6996 FAX: 620-672-6999

Full Sale Bill Online At www.hammauction.com

Announcements made Day of Sale take Precedence over any internet, faxed, printed or digital materials.

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MARK REAM MOTORS

LONG GAS CO. 702 E. FLYNN, ALVA, OK • 580-327-1436

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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 newspaper.

Felony Filings Ryan Slagle, 32, Tulsa: (1) Conspiracy; (2) Bringing contraband into penal institution ($531).

Sarah Colleen Benefield, 32, Tulsa: (1) Conspiracy; (2) Unlawfully affixing improper tag to a motor vehicle; (3) Identity theft; (4) Acquire proceeds from drug activity ($1,062).

Makayla Dawn Redding, 36, Helena: (1) Failure to register as a sex offender; (2) Sex offender residing within 2,000 feet of school ($568.50).

Misdemeanor Filings Misty Michelle Smith, 39, Yukon: Operating vehicle while driver’s license suspended (first offense) ($229).

Shawn Matthew Belt, 38, Carmen: Public intoxication ($229).

Divorce Filings

Heather Joanna Sanborn vs. James Matthew Sanborn: Divorce ($243.70).

Wildlife Filings Timothy J. Kriegh, 28, Alva: Hunting without license (resident) ($221).

Timothy J. Kriegh, 28, Alva: Hunting without land owners consent ($696).

Samual Keaton Blais, 20, Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Hunting without a license (non-resident) ($221).

Samual Keaton Blais, 20, Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Headlighting (spotlighting) ($446).

Samual Keaton Blais, 20, Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Hunting with aid of a motor driven conveyance ($446).

Samual Keaton Blais, 20, Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Taking deer in closed season ($2446).

Jacob Roy Phillips, 20, Jet: Taking deer in closed season ($2446).

Jacob Roy Phillips, 20, Jet: Headlighting (spotlighting) ($446).

Jacob Roy Phillips, 20, Jet: Headlighting and illegal hunting of game by use of motor driven conveyance ($446).

Brandon Fisher, no age listed, Jet: Hunting without land owners consent ($696).

Jacob Roy Phillips, 20, Jet: Hunting without a license (resident) ($221).

Protective Order Filings Richard Eugene Williams vs. Johnny Brian Myers: Emergency protective order ($218).

Traffic Filings Michael Thomas Hobbs, no age listed, Lexington: Failure to comply with compulsory insurance law ($231.50).

Curtis Duane Robinson, 33, Enid: Failure to comply with compulsory insurance law ($211.50).

Dianne M. Segura, no age listed, Jet: Operating a motor vehicle without valid driver’s license ($256.50).

The following individuals received a citation for speeding: Roberto Silva Jr., 25, Enid: 15 mph over ($226.50); Michael Thomas Hobbs, no age listed, Lexington: 15 mph over ($226.50); Jarod Lyndon Watkins, 27, Enid: 1-10 mph over ($188.50); Saul Mendoza, 21, Oklahoma City: 1-10 mph over ($188.50); Ronnie James Jordan Jr., 33, Enid: 1-10 mph over ($188.50); Drew Christopher Potter, 33, Watauga, Texas: 1-10 mph over ($188.50).

The following individuals received a citation for failure to wear seatbelt ($20 fine): Joshua Wade Beall, 34, Cherokee; Owen Joshua Bellamy, 30, Cherokee; Hayden Noel Nickel, 19, Aline; Ava O’Bryan, 28, Benton, Arkansas.

Barber County sheriff’s log November 18, 2014 Kiowa Ambulance transported patient from Miller Street to Kiowa Hospital.

November 20, 2014 Medicine Lodge Ambulance transported patient from Pixley to Pratt.

November 21, 2014

Harry Fox & Family would like to say “Thank You” for being presented a Quilt of Valor. It was an honor for us to have him thanked for his service and given such a beautiful quilt.

We will treasure it always. Again we want to say “Thank You” The Fox Family

David Smith, Great Bend, driving a 2014 IHC truck, struck a deer on U281 near Elm Mills. Over $1,000 damage, no injury, accident investigated by Undersheriff Tedder.

November 23, 2014 Kiowa Ambulance transported patient from Kiowa Manor to Kiowa Hospital.

Medicine Lodge Ambulance transported patient from Second Street to Medicine Lodge Hospital.

Deputy Small investigated a report of illegal dumping southeast of Medicine Lodge.

During the week officers received six reports of cattle out, performed 11 public assists and assisted five other agencies.

Arrests November 17, 2014 Glen W Lanphear, Medicine Lodge,

W/M, 65. Arrest by MLPD. Charge: Drive while driver’s license suspended.

Released Nov. 18, 2014, on $500 cash bond.

November 21, 2014 Richard Schwerdtfeger, Medicine Lodge, W/M, 29. Arrest by BASO. Charge: Failure to appear. Released Nov. 21, 2014, on $2,500 surety bond.

November 22, 2014 Scott A Swonger, Sharon, W/M, 49.

Arrest by BASO. Charge: DUI. Released Nov. 22, 2014, on $750 OR bond.

Nicholas G Suhler, Medicine Lodge, W/M, 42. Arrest by BASO. Charge: Criminal trespass. Released Nov. 23, 2014, on $1,000 surety bond.

November 23, 2014 Misty D McMurray, Kiowa, W/F, 29. Arrest by KWPD. Charge: Domestic Battery. Released Nov. 23, 2014, on $1,000 surety bond.

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Farm Machinery Auction th Sat. Dec.6 10:00am Paul Eubank Farms/Paul & Betty Eubank

Location: Go west of Pratt on Hwy 54 to Cullison, Go 1 mi. South, then 1 mi. West, then 4 ½ South. Watch for our signs!

Tractors: 1998 JD 9200 set up/RTK Ag leader, 10,400 +/- hrs; 1995 JD 8300 set up/RTK Ag Leader, 9630 +/- hrs; 1968 JD 4020; IHC 1466; Sprayer, Combine, Heads: 1998 JD 4700 Sprayer, light Bar, guidance system, SS tank, New pump less than 200 hrs; Combine JD 9760 2025 Sep. hrs, 2833 Engine hrs. Bullet Rotor; JD 630 flex head; 28' Shelbourne stripper header; JD 893 Corn head; 2-JD 843 Corn heads; Trucks, PU's & Trailers: 2000 Freightliner Twin screw, day cab; 1996 Freightliner sleeper Cab; 2003 Chevrolet 3500 PU, Ext. cab, Diesel, Allison Auto trans, flat bed bale spear; 2002 Ford PU Hydrabed electric over hyd; 1999 Ford PU 4x4 Triton V-8; 1978 GMC twin screw tandem Truck, 250 Cummins; Castleton Grain trailer 26'; 1976 Ford F700 feed truck Oswalt 3340 Mixer; 1972 Wilson double deck pot, Cattle trailer; LaCrosse Low boy trailer; 1973 Triple axle trailer; Combine trailer; many other trailers; Cotton Equip; 2000 JD 7455 Cotton Stripper, Fan hrs 2174; 1998 JD 7455 Cotton Stripper, Fan hrs. 2112; 2000 KBH Module Builder; KBH Cotton House Module Maker; Planter & Tillage; 1998 JD 1760 Planter, 12 row, 30”, Liquid fertilizer, tank 250 Monitor; JD 770 Air seeder, 34'; Sunflower 1442 Disc 35', 24' blades, 4 section; Krause 30' chisel; Red Ball 420 hooded sprayer; Lillistrom Cultivator 12 row 30”,3 point;

John Hamm Auctioneer 620-450-7481

107 NE SR 61 Pratt, KS 67124

620-672-6996 FAX: 620-672-6999

Full Sale Bill Online At www.hammauction.com

Announcements made Day of Sale take Precedence over any internet, faxed, printed or digital materials.

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