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January 18, 2012 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram

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Wednesday9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citi-

zens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transporta-tion provided upon request. David Shaw will entertain at 12:30 p.m.

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.

7 p.m. Alva Moose Lodge men’s meeting is held every Wednesday.

Thursday9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Citi-

zens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is open for games and other activities. Exercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Transporta-tion provided upon request.

Noon Alva Rotary Club meets at Champs Restaurant.


5:30 p.m. Alva Weight Watchers meet at College Hill Church of Christ.

6 p.m. NWOSU Lady Rangers will host Oklahoma Baptist University for basketball at Percefull Fieldhouse in Alva. The Ranger men will play OBU at 8 p.m.

6 p.m. Heart of Healing Grief Support Group will meet the third Thursday of the month in Suite C of the Alva Professional Building. Open to the public, the group offers support before, during and after the loss of a loved one.

7 p.m. La Leche League meets the third Thursday of the month at the Alva First Baptist Church. LLL is a breastfeed-

ing group supporting pregnant and breast-feeding mothers.

8 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous will meet at 1027 8th (Wesley House) in Alva every Monday and Thursday.

Friday8-9 a.m. Alva Chamber Community

Coffee will be held at The Homestead, 901 Homestead Drive, in Alva.

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. Transporta-tion provided upon request.


6:30 p.m. Singles will meet for a cov-ered dish dinner at the Woods County Se-nior Citizens Center, Alva.

Delicate layers of fruit-filled pastries are just some of the temptations awaiting patrons at the 12th Annual Stockholders of Value Added Products. The Alva dough production facility makes these pastries, a variety of breads and rolls, and their signature folded-edge pizza crust. Photo by Yvonne Miller

By Yvonne MillerValue Added Product’s (VAP) CEO

Dirk Merle told of a plan he has that will hopefully act as a catalyst to make the Alva dough company rise to overcome the rollercoaster year it experienced in 2011.

About 60 people attended VAP’s 12th Annual Stockholders Meeting Saturday. In following tradition, the gathering was in the Merchant’s Building at the Woods County Fairgrounds. VAP’s staff prepared a beautiful spread of croissants, pastries, baguettes, bread loaves, cinnamon rolls, breakfast and other varieties of pizza on

VAP’s dough needs more rise – has new planTo offer stock purchase to buy oven to start baking frozen product

their signature pre-proofed, folded edge crust that has the perfect crunch on the outside and soft, tender bread inside.

“We make a good product – it’s just enough people don’t know who we are,” Merle told investors. “There’s not enough volume of customers – not enough width in our business.”

The CEO said that in this “stagnant economy,” when companies like Host-ess face bankruptcy, his plan is to go full throttle seeking new business. He plans to hire two full-time employees to focus all their time on getting the business of retail

delis and large grocery chains. “There’s a big push for large grocery

chains to have their own brand versus national brands. That gives us a big op-portunity to sell to those grocery chains,” Merle said.

Introduce – Expand – DefendVAP’s new plan is to introduce – ex-

pand – defend. Merle said they are taking a consult-

ing sales approach (i.e. not only tell po-tential customers what VAP makes, but


David and Jennifer Penland of Ed-mond, Oklahoma, are pleased to an-nounce the engagement and upcoming wedding of their daughter, Sarah Jane Penland, to Dane Andrew Wilber, son of Jeff and Patti Wilber of Cherokee, Oklahoma.

The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Bob and Phoebe Eaton and Ed and Dorothy Penland, all of Edmond.

She is a 2006 graduate of Edmond Memorial, she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Oklahoma State University in 2010. She currently works for SandRidge En-ergy.

The groom-to-be is the grandson of the late Robert and Hazel Means, and the late Dick Wilber and Maxine Wil-ber. He is a 2006 graduate of Cherokee High School and will complete a Bach-elor of Science degree in Agriculture with a minor in Business from North-western Oklahoma State University in 2012. He plans to carry out his passion for farming and ranching while work-ing for Wilber Fertilizer Services.

A late afternoon wedding is planned for May 12, 2012 at the First United Methodist Church in Cherokee, with John Regan officiating. There will be a reception and dinner immediately fol-lowing the wedding. The couple will make their home in Cherokee.

Penland—Wilber announce engagement

Sarah Jane Penland and Dane Andrew Wilber

Voters in Alfalfa County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the February 14, Annual School Election for Alva SD IO-1; Special Election for Aline-Cleo SD I-4 and the special Town of Jet Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Kelly Stein said Tuesday. Although the County Election Board can accept applications for absen-tee ballots until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8, Stein urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early.

Absentee ballot application forms are available at the County Election Board office located at 300 S. Grand Ave., Cherokee. The absentee ballot applica-tion forms also can be downloaded and printed from the Internet at www.elec-tions.ok.gov.

“At least two mail transactions must be made,” Stein said. “The County Elec-tion Board must mail the ballots to the voter and the voter must return the vot-ed ballots by mail.” Ballots must be in the hands of the County Election Board by 7 p.m. on election day in order to be counted.

Military personnel and overseas citi-zens also can download the appropriate application form from the Internet at www.fvap.gov.

Absentee ballot requests due now


By Stacy SanbornWaynoka Board of Education met

January 9th for a scheduled regular meet-ing.

After a quorum was determined and called to order, the statement of the Open Meeting Law Compliance was read and signed.

Members present for roll call were A.J. Ferguson, Donnie Miller, Marinda Zook, and Clint Olson. Rick George was not present.

Also in attendance were Superinten-dent Peggy Constien, Deputy Minutes Clerk Gail Nickelson, and Lori Adair.

Superintendent’s ReportConstien informed the board that the

mid-year allocation has been received and though their ADM has increased, state aid has decreased. She said the fi-nancial outlook continues to be as pro-jected, and as part of her report, said she is continuing to review the bus and ve-hicle status.

Consent Agenda 6A. Minutes of December 5, 2011

regular board meeting6B. Treasurer Financial Reports6B1. General Fund6B2. Building Fund6B3. Coop Fund 6B4. Activity Fund 6B5. Child Nutrition Fund6B6. Bond Fund #16B7. Bond Fund #2 6B8. Gift Fund 6C. General Fund Encumbrances

#250-275 Accounts Payable in the

amount of $9,531.846D. Payroll Encumbrances #70125-

70126 in the amount of $4,5646E. Building Fund Encumbrances

#62-67 in the amount of $9,4406F. Child Nutrition Encumbrances

#16 in the amount of $16.276G. Gift Fund Encumbrances – None6H. Activity Fund Report (December

12, 2011 and January 5, 2012)Motion to approve all consent agen-

da items 6A-6H was made by Donnie Miller and seconded by Clint Olson.

New BusinessEncumbrances 266 and 267 were

listed in item 6C, but the dollar amount of $5,799.64 was not included in the total for board approval. Motion to ap-prove encumbrances 266 and 267 was made and seconded.

Employment of the superintendent’s secretary and discussion of evaluation of

Peggy Constien’s contract was the next topics on the agenda, with possible ac-tion of convening in executive session.

Members motioned and approved to go into executive session at 7:42 p.m. and returned to open session just 26 minutes later. No action was taken. Evaluations were returned to the super-intendent.

Item 13 was discussion and possible board action on resignations received to date. A motion to accept the letter of resignation from Superintendent Secre-tary Becky Pingelton, was made and ap-proved.

Before adjourning, the group voted to amend the term of Constien’s con-tract, extending it through June 2013. The motion passed.

Due to basketball games, Principal Michael Meriwether was not present to give his Principal’s report.

Superintendent’s contract extendedBoard goes into executive session

By Stacy SanbornLast Friday morning the Waynoka

Board of Education held a special meet-ing.

The items up for discussion and pos-sible action were the hiring of a new su-perintendent secretary, a vote to approve or not approve Lori Adair to serve as

minutes clerk for the 2011-2012 school year, and a vote to approve or not to approve Lori Adair to serve as encum-brance clerk for the 2011-2012 school year.

The quorum was called to order at 7:30 a.m. and members present were Rick George, Marinda Zook, and A.J. Ferguson. Also present were Super-intendent Peggy Constien and Deputy Minutes Clerk Gail Nickelson. Absent members were Clint Olson and Donnie Miller.

A motion to approve all agenda items was made by Zook and seconded by Fer-guson, and just three minutes later, the meeting was adjourned.

Waynoka School hires new secretary, Lori Adair will take over new roles

By Lynn L. MartinFor decades, business and industry

have benefited from bar codes to con-trol inventory and help with automatic pricing at checkout cash registers.

I was surprised this past summer when I purchased tickets to a pro-fessional baseball game and a QR Code was sent to my cell phone

which would serve as my ticket. The guy at the entrance gate used a hand scanner to read the code on the display of my cell phone . . . and bingo, we were in.

The following is from Wikipedia: “A QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response code) is a type of matrix bar-code (or two-dimensional code) first designed for the automotive industry. More recently, the system has become popular outside of the industry due to its fast readability and comparatively large storage capacity. The code con-sists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background.


Lynn Says

QR codes coming to the newspaperThe information encoded can be made up of four standardized kinds (modes) of data (numeric, alphanumeric, byte/binary, Kanji), or by supported exten-sions of virtually any kind of data.

Created by Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 to track vehicles dur-ing the manufacturing process, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional bar-codes. It was designed to allow its contents to be de-coded at high speed.

The technology has seen frequent use in the United States; QR usage is growing fastest in Canada and Hong Kong.”

Almost any modern smart cellphone has a camera. If you have downloaded a free QR reader for your camera, then you can point your cellphone camera at any QR code and quickly read the con-tents.

So far, we’ve experimented with QR codes on the Internet Page and the Facebook page in the Alva Review-Courier. Soon we will have a medical directory with each medical provider’s ad displaying a QR code. If you read the code with your cell phone, it should immediately take you to information about that particular business.

Alva Farmer’s Co-op

Lite N Nite

Alva Review-Courier

Here are three QR Code examples. The first will take you to the Alva Farmer’s Co-op web page. The second will take you to the menu for Lite N Nite. The third will take you to the Alva Review-Courier web site.

By Lynn L. MartinPart of the town of Alva experienced

loss of electricity for about 45 minutes Saturday evening around 8 p.m. Alva OG&E employee Monte Pfleider said a power transformer encountered a prob-lem at a sub-station. He said service was transferred to another transformer in that location.

The failure was sequential. At the Alva Review-Courier, a 1000 pound roll of newsprint had just been hoisted into the air to move onto the printing press. Then because one-half of the 220 V line was without electricity, they were unable to use the “down” function and lower the paper. About half the lights were working in the building. Later, then entire facility went dark as the workers switched from one transfer to another.

Share Convalescent Center and the Share Medical Center may have suffered the most serious damage. Spokesman Kelly Parker said seven electric motors were damaged.

Theater goers at the Rialto were af-fected as the theaters went dark about ten minutes before the end of the show. Some waited out the power failure inside, some waited in their cars. Others accepted a free pass for another movie and went home.

Street lights were working on Barnes St, but not across the square on Flynn Street.

The OG&E power outage web site reported that about 850 customers were without service for a while.


Randy and Traci Schwerdtfeger are proud to announce the engagement

Schwerdtfeger—Schaefer announce engagement

ShaLyn Schwerdtfeger and Dillon Schaefer

of their daughter, ShaLyn to Dillon Schaefer, son of Rodney and Kris Schaefer, Okarche, Oklahoma.

ShaLyn attends NWOSU, where she is an accounting major. Dillon is in the Army Reserves and works as a diesel mechanic at John Deere in Alva.

ShaLyn and Dillon will marry on May 26 in Alva.

Power outage Saturday night


ObituariesMARIE ALDER

KIOWA—Marie Alder passed away on January 14, 2012 at Kiowa Hospital District Manor at the age of 99 years and 19 days. Graveside service will be Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 1 p.m. at Riverview Cemetery with Jeff Bahr officiating. Arrangements are by Lan-man Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa, Kan-sas. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorials.com.

Marie was born on December 26, 1912 in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, to John and Sarah Somerhalder Schupbach. Marie attended all 12 years in Burling-ton School and graduated president of the class and salutatorian. She obtained her RN nursing degree #6699 from Southwest Osteopathic Hospital and Nursing School, which was in Wichita, Kansas. She worked at Bushes Hospital in Harper, Kansas, until her marriage. Marie married Alfred Alder on Novem-ber 23, 1935 in Cherokee, Oklahoma, by W.A. Keller. They owned and operated a drug store in Nash, Oklahoma, from 1935-1940 and one in Kiowa, Kansas, from 1940-1945. They farmed and lived north of Kiowa, Kansas, then north of Burlington. In 1949 they moved to the “Pollick Place” east of Burlington, for fifty years before Marie moved to Kio-wa, Kansas, in 1999.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred, one son, Alfred Lee Al-der II, four sisters, Anna Hart, Elizabeth Horning, Lois Talbott, Sylvia Lewis, five brothers, Fred Schupbach, Jr., Laurence Schupbach, Edwin Schupbach, Reuben Schupbach and Harry Schupbach.

Marie is survived by two sisters; Opal Smith and Joan Lewis both of Den-ton, Texas, and many nieces and neph-ews.

BRENDA SUE RICHTERFuneral service for Brenda Sue Rich-

ter will be Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 2 p.m., at Aline Christian Church. Burial will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery. Lanman Funeral Home, Inc., Helena, is in charge of arrangementsBrenda Sue Richter was born on September 25, 1952 in Oklahoma City, and died on January 15, 2012 in Aline.

She and Russell Richter were mar-ried on January 22, 1977 in Woodward.

Survivors include her husband, two daughters, one son, six grandchildren, parents, two brothers, one sister and her mother-in-law.

CLETA MAXINE CELLFuneral services for Cleta Maxine

Cell will be 2 p.m. Thursday, January 19, 2012, at the Way-noka First Baptist Church with Rever-end David Shaw of-ficiating. Interment will be in the Memo-rial Hill Cemetery under the direction of Marshall Funeral

Home of Waynoka, LLC.

Cleta Maxine Cell, daughter of the late Franklin Wayne and Emmie Mary Mae Cunningham, was born August 23, 1923, at Langston, Kansas, and passed away January 16, 2012, at Alva, Okla-homa, at the age of 88 years, 4 months, and 23 days.

Maxine attended Waynoka Schools. On January 31, 1940, she was united in marriage to Carl Leroy “Skeet” Cell at Woodward, Oklahoma. They made their home in Waynoka. She was a homemak-er until her children were out of school. She then cleaned houses and worked at the flower shop.

She had been an active member of the Waynoka First Baptist Church for 62 years, where she taught Sunday School, served as head of the kitchen for many years, and was a member of the Wom-en’s Missionary Union. She was also a member of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary, the Red Hat Society, and the Wolf Club.

Besides her parents, she was pre-ceded by her husband, Skeet, on April 27, 1994; one infant daughter; eight grandchildren; five great grandchildren; five brothers and sisters, Cordela Brad-ford, Leona Brown, Betty Ann Durkee, Frankie Cunningham, and Lauerance Cunningham; and one son-in-law, Rob-ert Browning.

Maxine is survived by eight children, Beverly Brummell and husband, Lanny, of Hatfield, Arkansas, Sammy Cell and wife, Melody, of Bazine, Kansas, Les-ter Cell and wife, Gayle, of Great Bend,

Kansas, Etta Browning of Wichita, Kan-sas, Sara Carlson and husband, Denis, of Freedom, Carl Cell and wife, Tammy, of Nevada, Missouri, Charly Cell and wife, Karen, of Fairview, and David Cell and wife, Audrey, of Oklahoma City; two brothers, Ivan Cunningham and wife, Janie, of Waynoka, and Allan Cun-ningham and wife, Barbara, of Carmen; one sister, Doreen Balker and husband, Chuck, of Beaver; 35 grandchildren; 82 great grandchildren; 18 great great grandchildren; other relatives and many friends.

Memorial contributions may be made through the funeral home to the Share Convalescent Restorative Fund or Share Hospice.

Remembrances may be shared with the family at www.marshallfuneral-homes.com.


Principal’s Honor Roll 7th Grade—Makaela Dungan, Kylee

Fargo, Madison Anderson8th Grade—Kolton Fishback, Dalton

Jantz, Kylie Johnson, Zeb McCollum, Shannon Moore, Miranda Sanders, Tif-fany Schlup, Jake Woodall

9th Grade—Delany Anderson, Shay-linna Frederik, Reed Nickel

10th Grade—Haley Blewitt, Dakota Jantz, Hailey Parker, Cherokee Wade

11th Grade—Brock Buller, Kayla Castle, Bailee Clift, Hayden Nickel, De-Wayne Justice, Nicholas Mullins

12th Grade—Stetson BarnesSuperintendent’s Honor Roll

7th Grade—Kamber LeForce, Alanna Nation

8th Grade—April Burchfiel, Blaine Dungan, Oakleigh Nickel, Jamie Thorp, Kaitlyn Winters

9th Grade—Cara Crain10th Grade—Kelsey Castle, Jacob

Henderson11th Grade—Stacey Bailey, Karli Le-

Force, Kylee Severin, Levi Sanders12th Grade—Kylea Barnes, Hanna

Berg, Ashton Blewitt, Logan Campbell, Natalie Crain, Adriene Phillips, Sage Powers, Brandon Severin, Tanner Slova-cek, Jessica Thorp, Coy Trout

2nd Nine Weeks Honor RollPrincipal’s Honor Roll

7th Grade—Makaela Deungan8th Grade—Kolton Fishback, Dalton

Jantz, Kylie Johnson, Zeb McCollum, Miranda Sanders, Jake Woodall

Timberlake Public Schools 1st Semester Honor Rolls

9th Grade—Shaylinna Frederik, Reed Nickel

10th Grade—Jacob Henderson, Da-kota Jantz, Hailey Parker

11th Grade—Brock Buller, Levi Sanders

12th Grade—Stetson Buller, Brandon Severin

Superintendent’s Honor Roll7th Grade—Kamber LeForce, Kylee

Fargo, Madison Anderson, Alanna Na-tion

8th Grade—April Burchfiel, Blaine Dungan, Oakleigh Nickel, Jamie Thorp, Kaitlyn Winters

9th Grade—Cara Crain10th Grade—Kelsey Castle11th Grade—Stacey Bailey, Karli Le-

Force, Kylee Severin12th Grade—Hannah Berg, Ash-

ton Blewitt, Logan Campbell, Znatalie Crain, Adriene Phillips, Sage Powers, Tanner Slovacek, Jessica Thorp, Coy Trout

Bayli Hyde, Burlington 4-H Club, Alfalfa County, served as a Teen Leader at Oakwood Mall Day in Enid, Oklahoma. Bayli (center)is pictured with the Northwest District Officers: President Morgan Roberts, Dewey County, Vice-President-Cody Peterson, Noble County, Bayli Hyde, Kaly Grunewald, North-west Representative, Texas County, and Karlie Wade, Secretary, Noble County. Bayli also participated in the speech contest speaking about Oklahoma Agricul-ture and the talent contest with her monologue, “12 Days of Christmas.”


In China for an International FFA Leadership Seminar is Sarah Burk, granddaughter of Don and Judy Fergu-son of Waynoka and daughter of Doc-tors Scott and Chris Burk, Great Falls, Montana.

Sarah is a Freshman at the Univer-sity of Montana in Bozeman and is serv-ing as the Montana FFA State Sentinel. Sarah is one of two from Montana in a group of sixty-four attending the semi-nar for State FFA Officers in the Repub-lic of China.

Some of the points of interest that will be available to the group are the Great Wall of China, Terra Cotta War-riors and Horses Museum, Xian, and Tian’anmen Square. The tour will last a week. Members of the group are really hoping to see real live Panda Bears.

Sarah Burk in Republic of China

Sarah Burk

The Woods County Extension Office will be offering an ATV Rider Safety Course.

The course will be held March 22, 2012 at the Woods County Fairgrounds in Alva. The course is designed for youth to learn how to safely operate an ATV. The course is 4 hours long and will begin at 8 a.m. and end at 1 p.m. It is open to youth 10 to 18 years of age. The ATV’s will be provided. The cost will be $10 per person; this covers the cost of fuel and lunch. The class size will be limited to 8 so don’t delay.

Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP by March 6, 2012 by contacting

The Woods County Extension Office by calling Todd Trennepohl at (580)327-2786.

Woods County ATV Rider Safety Course offered during spring break


South Barber High School’s royal court for the 2012 Basketball Homecoming are: (front l-r) Kindergarten helpers – Bryce Duvall, Arrington Allen and Jay-ten Davis; (directly behind them) Junior attendant Kirsti Summers and escort Jace Thurman; (back l-r) Freshman attendant Riley Denton and escort Peyton Yandel; Queen Candidate Clarissa Murphy and escort Luke Yearout; Queen Moira Kimmell and escort Dustin Stefan; Queen Candidate Brooke Murphy and escort Blake Wagenbach; Sophomore Attendant Lauren Hitchcock and es-cort Taylor Donaldson. Photo by Yvonne Miller

Senior Moira Kimmell is the 2012 SBHS Basketball Homecoming Queen. Her parents are Jeff Kim-mell and Sharon Kimmell. She was crowned at halftime of the boys game which was a loss for the Chief-tains against Cunningham. The Lady Chieftains won their game. Photo by Yvonne Miller

South Barber Homecoming 2012


By Roger McKenzieThe Alfalfa County Election Board

secretary has announced there are 3,033 registered voters in the county. Repub-licans outnumber Democrats almost two to one.

There are 1,847 registered Republi-cans in the county. Registered democrats total 946. Independent voters registered as independents total 240.

Those figures were given to Alfalfa County Clerk Bruce Martin, who an-nounced them at the January 9th meeting of the Alfalfa County commissioners.

Republicans out number Dems 2-1 in Alfalfa County

Principal’s Honor RollSenior—Jacob Wall, Lisa ZotterJunior—Lori Miller, Ciara OsbournSophomore—Skylar Kerr, Chelsea

MooreFreshmen—Ashlee Beckwith,

Ashton RatzlaffEighth—Capri Gahr, Ariel Raver,

Kristopher Robinson, Bracen Ryel

Aline-Cleo Public Schools list first semester honor rolls

Seventh—Jessica RichardsonSuperintendent’s Honor Roll

Senior—Sage Jinsey, Kristina Schmidt

Junior—Willow GahrFreshmen—Kevin CosperSophomore—Chesna Ratzlaff,

Tanner SwinneySeventh—Shay Kinsey

Principal’s Honor RollSenior—Jacob Wall, Lisa ZotterJunior—Lori Miller, Ciara OsbournSophomore—Skylar Kerr, Chelsea

MooreFreshmen—Ashlee Beckwith,

Ashton RatzlaffEighth—Capri Gahr, Ariel Raver,

Bracen Ryel, Tanner Swinney

Seventh—Brittany Conway

Superintendent’s Honor RollSenior—Sage Kinsey, Kristina

SchmidtJunior—Willow GahrFreshmen—Kevin CooperEighth—Chesna RatzlaffSeventh—Shay Kinsey

Aline-Cleo Public Schools list second nine weeks honor rolls

By Tim Marshall, County Agent The Barber County Cattlemen’s

Association will once again be offering scholarships to local high school seniors and college age youth. Scholarships will be at least $1,000 each and are available to any Barber County resident, individual attending high school in Barber County or an individual with parent(s) operating an agricultural endeavor within Barber County and pursuing a college degree in agriculture. Previous applicants and recipients may re-apply. College recipients may receive a scholarship up

to two years. Scholarship applications are available

in the Extension Office. Deadline for

Barber County Cattlemen’s Association scholarships offered

submitting the completed application to the Barber County Extension Office is 5:00 p.m. on February 1, 2012.

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From Page 2 VAPhow they can tweak a product to meet the customer’s needs.)

They are introducing new products. One of those follows the Obama Admin-istration’s push for healthier eating in K-12 schools. VAP is in heavy research and development of a whole, white wheat pizza crust for that purpose.

Despite that use of white wheat for one product, Merle said VAP is commit-ted to promoting hard red winter wheat grown is this area as they have been from inception.

VAP is doing more business in Okla-homa – including “Made in Oklahoma” products. Merle said Reeser’s is sell-ing VAP products as is Love’s Country Stores. He said VAP sells one truck of pizza crusts per month to Love’s. He said the Alva Love’s store does a tremendous business with VAP’s pizza crusts.

To gain more visibility, Merle said they are introducing VAP products at more trade shows around the nation. An-other way to expand from their narrow customer base is looking at cruise ship business, he said.

The CEO said he’s working to reduce cost and run the business safer.

To date, VAP has paid $3.7 million owed on their original, $7 million note. Plans are to restructure the current debt, Merle said.

Merle said the board would like to of-fer new shares to raise about $3 million in funds that will be used for improvements. Share details are not yet finalized.

The plant needs a new roof. The mon-ey would also go to help expand technolo-gy, hire employees and promote business.

The largest purchase would be an oven to par-bake VAP dough products. Par-baked products are highly requested in the industry – VAP has many requests for that type of product.

Merle said he researched used ovens that would be totally acceptable for VAP’s needs and much more affordable than new ones that can cost over $2 million, totally installed, with training, etc. He said good news is VAP’s plant has space to accom-modate the oven which takes up vertical space and is a modular system.

A Glance at VAP’s Finances“This year showed a downturn in

business,” Chris Pfannenstiel of Kennedy and Coe said as he presented VAP’s audit for the Fiscal Year which ended May 31,

2011. The Statement of Operations sheet

showed sales of $4,796,338 which were down from FY 2010 that saw sales of $7,384,850.

Gross profit of sales in FY 2010 was $983,608 compared to FY 2011 that showed a loss of $5,710.

That overall loss for FY ending May 31, 2011 is $830,778. Pfannenstiel said the decrease from the previous year is $1,198,000.

VAP’s Balance Sheets show total as-sets of $9,976,133 for FY ending May 31, 2011. At the end of FY 2010, those assets were $10,869,018.

Graphs and charts Pfannenstiel showed in a power point revealed that the last five years, VAP performed above average with the industry. His figures for FY 2011 showed VAP hovering at and dipping below the average.

There’s a net decrease in cash of $241,000.

Many factors contributed to the poor financial year beyond the economy. Merle said VAP saw a 12.5 percent increase in health insurance cost and 10 percent in-crease in worker’s comp insurance which was costly.

A bit of good news in this current 2012 FY is VAP’s health care as of January 1 has only a one percent increase, Merle said. Even better, worker’s comp costs saw a “significant decrease,” he said.

VAP pays an average $320 per month for each employee’s health care. Each employee pays only $20 per month to-ward their health care, Merle said.

Core customer growth was at three

percent during FY ending May 31, 2011, Merle said. Shortly before he came to VAP in 2010, the company lost a $3-$4 million customer, a grocery store on the west coast, which was a huge blow, Merle said.

He said with a company of this rela-tively small size, “One customer can liter-ally change the outcome of the business.”

VAP currently has 65 employees – the company supports a $1.6 million payroll, according to Merle.

VAP paid $73,000 in local taxes last year, the CEO said. “We purchase as much as we can locally.”

After hearing the declined finan-cial information and discussing the VAP Board’s intent to offer new stock, one investor spoke from the crowd and said, “It’s going to be hard to sell stock since stockholders have seen no return on their money.”

However, stockholders who are main-ly wheat-farmers and ranchers, invested their money in this value-added industry to provide jobs for the local economy; get a tax break on their investment; with hopes of someday seeing a return on their venture.

VAP President Bob Baker said, “Since VAP started there was a shift in what our customers wanted. We live in chang-ing times. VAP needs to change with the times and invest in a par-baked product.”

The stockholders’ meeting agenda included election of three directors. The three expired terms were held by Bob Baker, Gregg Glass and Gordon Karber. With no other nominations from the floor, those three were accepted by acclamation.

VAP Board of Directors at the 2012 Stockholders meeting are: (front l-r) Gor-don Karber, Bob Davison, CEO Dirk Merle, Gregg Glass, Steve Sterling and Dean Goll; (back) Kent Kisling, Bob Baker, Lee Brandt and Terry Graham. Photo by Yvonne Miller


By Yvonne MillerKiowa’s City Council discussed a

long list of agenda items at their Janu-ary meeting Monday night from in-creasing electric rates to purchasing a new street sweeper.

Mayor Brandon Farney presided over the meeting with councilmen: Bill Watson, Brian Hill, Rus Molz and Mark Lambert. Councilman Brandon Poland was absent. City Administrator Nathan Law sat at the table along with City Clerk Marlo Rugg and City Attorney Laurel McClellan.

After a 35 minute executive ses-sion at the end of the meeting, council reportedly made salary adjustments as proposed by the administrator. They also gave the administrator a three per-cent salary increase.

One discussion came about from the reported recent purchase of Swonger Trailer Park along Rumsey Street by Exploration Properties.

Council authorized Mayor Farney to sign a contract with Exploration Prop-erties for electrical improvements at the site.

The Newsgram called Exploration Properties representative Ryan Goyer

Tuesday. He said the company sees the need for RV service/housing in and around the Alva area.

Goyer said the intent at the Kiowa site is the possibility to have RV hous-ing for at least six months, hopefully longer. He said they’ll have around sixty employees living there. Depend-ing on their oil and gas business in that area, the number of employees could grow, Goyer said.

Electric Rate Increase?Law said Alfalfa Electric

Cooperative, who supplies electricity to the City of Kiowa, intends to have a rate hike beginning March 1. Law said this causes the need for the City of Kiowa to raise its rates. The proposed increase is 2.5 mills. This would bring the total to 13 mills.

Before approving the increase, council requested that Law break the figures down so it will show residents and businesses what the rate increase will cost them.

Street Sweeper PurchaseAfter much discussion and consid-

eration, council approved purchasing a new street sweeper. This is after a pre-sentation by Tom Wyant, territory man-

ager with Key Equipment and Supply Company of Kansas City, Kan.

Council approved the Elgin Pelican Sweeper at a cost of $168,986 after a $7,000 trade-in of the city’s old sweep-er. It has a two-year warranty with un-limited hours, Wyant said.

Other options would be to overhaul the current sweeper at a cost of approxi-mately $30,000. Or to invest $6,000 in needed repairs for the current sweeper and see how long it would run.

Purchasing now gave the city a chance to buy at a 2010 price which in-creases after January.

Talk of Police Complaint In Law’s administrator’s report, he

told of receiving “a complaint regarding police personnel recently.” The admin-istrator gave the complaint to the mayor “based on the past desire of a majority of council to have the mayor exercise authority over the police department.” Law said he awaits an outcome of the written complaint as well as other is-sues regarding the police department presented to him over approximately the last month.

Electric rate increase discussed, more property for oil company housing

See Kiowa Page 46


The Barber County Cattlemen’s Association recently dis-tributed $25,025 to the county’s 11 rural fire departments. The funds were a result of private donations received and the auc-tion & fundraiser the cattlemen spearheaded in appreciation of the fire departments service through last summer’s drought & extreme heat.

Barber County Cattlemen donate$25,025 to rural fire departments

Cliff McKinney president of the Barber County Cattle-men’s Association announces awards to Roger Robinson from the Kiowa Fire Department, Pat McCullough from Barber County Station #1, Dave Scripsick from Sharon Fire Department and Jeff Baier from Union Chapel Fire Depart-ment and also a member of the Cattlemen’s Association.

Pictured are Mark Long & Gene Myers of Sun City Fire Department, Richard Becker of the Isabel Fire De-partment, Mike Wesley from the Lake City Fire Department, Craig Rankin of the Barber County Cattlemen’s As-sociation and Adam Mills from the Lake City Fire Department & also a director of the Cattlemen’s Associa-tion.

At right: Cliff McKinney Presi-dent of the as-sociation, Roger Robinson, Rick Wesley and Pat McCullough who are the Barber County Rural Fire Board & Tim Mar-shall of the Sharon Fire Department & an executive as-sistant with the as-sociation.


By Roger McKenzieAn ambitious five-year bridge pro-

gram that carries the county through 2016 was approved at Tuesday’s meet-ing of the Alfalfa County commission-ers. The meeting also included approval of an application for two emergency management grants and the opening of demolition bids for a fairgrounds’ build-ing.

Circuit Engineering District #8 rep-resentative Donnie Head presented pro-gram resolutions and a plan that if ev-erything goes off as anticipated could provide Alfalfa County with 23 new bridges “by this time next year.”

Some of the bridges will be built by the state and some by the county. In an associated matter, Circuit Engineering District auction policies were approved. The policies are those used to operate a once a year statewide auction in which Alfalfa County can participate.

Diane Phillips, the county’s safety director and its deputy emergency man-agement director, presented an appli-cation for an emergency management performance grant. The application was approved. It will be used to seek a $7,500 renewable grant that helps maintain an emergency management presence in the county. Two emergency management employees currently work in the county.

Vicki Eggers with the Northern Okla-homa Development Authority in Enid was present to request the county’s ap-proval and support documentation for a grant that will help update the county’s hazard mitigation plan. The original plan dates back to 2004. It was due for an up-date in 2009, but some miscommunica-tion prevented that from happening.

The commissioners approved Egg-

Alfalfa bridge plan promises 23 new bridges in next 12 month

er’s request. The new plan, which covers what can be done in the event of a natu-ral disaster, will go further than the origi-nal. It will include not just the county, but all of the county’s towns and its three school districts. The grant to produce the new plan will provide for 75 percent of the plan’s cost, or $46,321 paid by the federal government through the Fed-eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). That leaves $15,440.33 to be paid by the county (and possibly by the municipalities in the county).

Two bids for demolition of a fair-grounds building were opened. Action on the bids was tabled until next week’s meeting. M&M Wrecking of Blanchard, Oklahoma submitted a bid of $15,492. Leonard Passwater of Ingersol submit-ted two bids. An all-inclusive bid totaled $24,000, while a bid that did not include cinder block rooms) totaled $22,000.

Eric George was approved as the re-ceiving officer for the fairgrounds.

In other business, the commissioners:● authorized a signature form re-

quired by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

● approved some fund transfers. One was $32,000 from the county’s highway

interest fund to its Capital Outlay Fund for District 3. The transfer will allow the purchase of a heavy equipment trailer. Two more involved the assessor’s office. The first of those was a $900 transfer for Visual Inspection Services expenses. The money transferred from an account for part-time services to personal ser-vices. The second, for $1,200, will come from a travel account and go to personal services.

● gave the okay for two private prop-erty easement agreements.

● approved 13 road crossing permits that added a total of $10,000 to county income--$4,500 to District 1, $4,000 to District 2, and 1,500 to District 3.

● approved minutes, blanket pur-chase orders, maintenance and opera-tions warrants, miscellaneous officers’ reports.

In the Unforeseen Business part of the agenda, Alfalfa County Clerk re-vealed that two candidates had signed up to run for the Fair Board. Chuck Green signed up for District 1, while Aaron Shepherd did the same in District 3. No one signed up for District 2’s seat. The county will now likely appoint a candi-date for the District 2 seat.


Alfalfa County Court Filings

See Court Page 40

Alfalfa County Sheriff’s LogJanuary 9, 2012

4:23 p.m. report of hit & run at Unit-ed parking lot, caller advised a yellow Ford backed into a truck & drove off, was going northbound down Grand, ad-vised CPD.

9:16 p.m. report of a drunk individual at Carmen Jiffy Trip, has been coming in & harassing caller all evening, subject is on foot, gone now but wants an offi-cer there tonight to file a report, driving around looking for subject, prisoner in custody.

January 10, 20128:27 a.m. report of cattle out 1 west

of Lambert, advised possible owner, go-ing to go check.

10:53 a.m. report of 3-4 grass fires 8 west on 5th St, advised CFD.

11:05 a.m. report of 3 head of cattle out west of McWillie on Hwy 45 on west side, spoke with possible owner, he will go check.

12:27 p.m. report of a break-in at the store in Amorita, unit advised & en route.

2:37 p.m. report of a unwanted guest at 200 block of S Broadway in Goltry, caller has been taking care of his mother & her kids, she will not help with any-thing, has not paid any money or any-thing, wants her out of his house, he can

file a P.O. against her & she will have to stay away from his house & person, call-er advised he will do that, was advised to come & talk to a deputy.

January 11, 201211:05 a.m. report of semi in ditch east

of Cozy Curve, unit checking, request trooper to come to scene, advised OHP.

11:50 a.m. report of fire by RR tracks in Helena, advised Helena FD.

11:51 a.m. report of a house fire at 300 block of 2nd St in Helena, re-paged Helena FD, advised no one has shown up, Goltry FD is responding & chief re-quest page out Jet FD, advised both.

12:36 p.m. report of fire on both sides of the road 1 east of Carmen, CFD was advised & en route.

7:48 p.m. report of an oil tanker with no tail lights going east on Hwy 64, ad-vised OHP.

January 12, 201212:15 p.m. medical call to Nesca-

tunga FD, request ambulance for an in-dividual there has heart problems, ambu-lance & Nescatunga Rescue was paged out, rescue at station, Nescatunga FD advised they are going home, ambulance has patient en route to St. Mary’s.

1:15 p.m. report of a purple 18 wheeler southbound on Hwy 8, pull-ing rock trailer, smoking inside tractor,

advised Major Co & OHP, respondent called back & advised truck had pulled over in Cleo & checking under hood, probably an oil leak, OHP was advised.

2:12 p.m. medical call to Manor Nursing Home, ambulance going to St. Mary’s.

2:25 p.m. report of a dump truck blocking the roadway just south of the Lambert turnoff on Hwy 8, unit advised roadway is unblocked, truck broke down.

5:21 p.m. report of an individual walking the streets at 200 block of E Main in Goltry, caller did not know the person, unit en route, individual not found.

5:48 p.m. report of threatening texts in Aline, individual is getting threatening texts from another person from school, father wants officer to come to the school and possibly get this worked out between the 2 subjects, advised was not an emergency for tonight, other respon-dent advised texting getting worse, unit is headed to Carmen on another texting call, the 2 reports are connected.

6:25 p.m. report of text & Facebook threats by individuals from school, they are getting worse, needs an officer to come down & see them & take a report, respondents think something needs to be done tonight, unit advised & is en route.

According to the affidavits and peti-tions on file, the following individuals have been charged. An individual is in-nocent of any charges listed below until proven guilty in a court of law. All in-formation is a matter of public record and may be obtained by anyone dur-ing 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 ap-pear in this newspaper.

Misdemeanor FilingsClinton John Horner, 31, Cherokee:

Driving while License is Under Sus-pension.

Aeon Dale Riggs, 47, Carmen: Pub-lic Intoxication.

Karen Bishop, 1960, no address list-ed: Breaking & Entering.

Civil FilingsMidland Funding LLC vs. Dollie

Logsdon: Indebtedness for an amount more than $3,000.

Asset Acceptance LLC vs. Pamela Kay Harmon: Breach of contract.

Traffic FilingsRonald Wayne Shurtz, 31, Wood-

ward: Improper turn at intersection ($211.50).

Christopher Lee Powell, 29, Lind-say: Violate terms of special permit ($211.50).

Andrew L. Lombardi, 23, Norman: Operate vehicle on which all taxes due state have not been paid ($211.50).

Forrest Dale Proctor Jr., 51, Enid: Passing in no passing zone ($211.50).

Tony Lee Vasquez, 45, Weatherford: Operating a vehicle without current li-cense plates (decal) ($211.50).

Richard Alexander Smith, 31, Lex-ington: Operating a motor vehicle with defective equipment ($211.50).

Colbin John Wright, 19, Onalaska,

TX: Reckless driving ($443.40).Matthew Garrett Lamb, 34, Chey-

enne: Operate vehicle on which all tax-es due to state have not been paid ($50).

Steven Lynn Dahlquist, 44, Ponca City: Failure to register used vehicle within 30 days ($211.50).

Earl Marten Ritterhouse, 53, Woodward: Violation special permit ($211.50).

Cory Shane Melvin, 33, Enid: Vio-lation special permit ($211.50).

Philip Homer-McLarn Simmons, 33, Odessa, TX: Operating a motor ve-hicle without a valid driver’s license ($256.50).

Jessy Lee Ferrell, 22, Cherokee: Op-erate overwidth vehicle ($211.50).

Justin Howard Phillips, 41, Coving-ton: Violation special permit ($211.50).

Chris A. Morgan, 39, Bessie: Over-


Barber County Sheriff’s Log

Alfalfa County Real Estate Transactions

1-12-12 Mark Boos, Zenda, driving a 2011 Ford PU struck a deer on Ca-talpa Road about 1 1/2 miles north of K2. Over $1,000 damage, no injury, ac-cident investigated by Deputy English.

1-12-12 Medicine Lodge Ambu-lance transported patient from Oak Street to Medicine Lodge Hospital.

1-13-12 Medicine Lodge Ambu-lance transported patient from Main Street to Medicine Lodge Hospital and thence to air ambulance for transport to Wichita.

1-13-12 Kiowa Ambulance trans-

ported patient from South Barber High School to Kiowa Hospital.

1-14-12 Medicine Lodge Ambu-lance transported patient from Wash-ington Street to Medicine Lodge Hos-pital.

1-15-12 Justin Koblitz, Hazelton, driving a 2011 Ford PU struck a deer on Chieftain Road east of Kiowa. Over $1,000 damage, no injury, accident worked by Deputy English.

During the week officers received two reports of cattle out; one report of goats out; performed 11 Public Assists;

and assisted 6 other agencies.Arrests:

1-10-12 David J Pressley, Fort Worth, Texas, W/M, 50. Arrest by BASO. Charges: No DL 2. Possess Meth with Intent to Sell 3. Possess Drug Paraphernalia.

1-13-12 Michael C Schrock, Kiowa, W/M, 44. Arrest by BASO. Court Com-mitted.

1-14-12 Derrick L Parscal, Kiowa, W/M, 54. Arrest by BASO. Charges: DUI 2. Drive Left of Center. Released 1-14-12 on $750 Cash Bond.

Start on Book 672, page 839Real Estate Transfers

Nelson Frantz and Janet Frantz to Alva State Bank & Trust Company: a tract of land as described in the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 9, Township 23 North, Range 12 WIM; warranty deed.

Lanell J. Long to Continental Invest-ments, LLC: the South 50 feet of the West 90 feet of Lot 26, Block 46, East Addition to the City of Cherokee; quit claim deed.

Verne Clark and Marilyn Clark to Verne Clark and Marilyn Clark: Lots 19, 20 and 21 in Block 26, in Amorita; quit

claim deed.Louise Talley Creasy and Wesley

T. Creasey to Frank Granados: Lot 1, Block 62, Park Addition to Cherokee; quit claim deed.

Danny R. Lukins to Danny R. Lukins, Trustee of the Danny R. Lukins Trust dated Dec. 30, 2011: an undivided One Half interest in the Southwest Quarter of Section 5, Township 28 North, Range 11 WIM, warranty deed.

George O. Leatherman to Howard L. Moore and Shari L. Moore: South Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 11, Township 24 North, Range 11 West, as described; (correction) warranty deed.

Deborah Faye Coker and Christo-pher Alan Coker to Larry Cochran and Christy Cochran: the Southeast Quar-ter of Section 10, Township 25 North, Range 10 WIM; warranty deed.

Timothy Charles Jenlink and Debora Ann Jenlink to Timothy Charles Jenlink and Debora Ann Jenlink: three different tracts of land as described in Block 14, Wagner’s Addition to the City of Chero-kee; warranty deed.

David G. Wilber and Orla Beth Wil-ber to David Grant Wilber and Orla Beth Wilbur, Trustees of the Wilber Family Revocable Trust, dated Sept. 28, 2011: the Northweste Quarter of Section 28, Township 26 North, Range 10 WIM; and the Northwest Quarter of Section 16, Township 26 North, Range 11 WIM; and the Southeast Quarter of Section 26, Township 27 North, Range 11 WIM; and the North Half of the Northeast Quar-ter of Section 28, Township 27 North, Range 11 WIM; and the South Half of the South Half of the Northeast Quarter, Section 21, Township 27 North, Range 11 WIM; and the Southwest Quarter of Section 22, Township 27 North, Range 11 WIM; quit claim deed.

MortgagesJerry Eugene Wessels and Shandee

Raynee Wessels to the United States of America, acting through the Farm Ser-vice Agency, United States Department of Agriculture (Alva, OK): the South-west Quarter of Section 28, Township 27 North, Range 11 WIM; $20,000.

Mitch Judd and Patsy Judd to Farm-ers Exchange Bank (Helena, OK); Lots 9, 10, 11, and 12 in Block 12, in the Original Town of Helena; $56,000.

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Barber County Real Estate Transactions

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Beginning Book 135, Page 286Real Estate Transfers

Betty I. Liebst to Betty I. Liebst, Trustee under the Betty I. Liebst Liv-ing Trust, dated April 15, 2011: (1) the West Half of Section 13 and the North-west Quarter of Section 24, all in Town-ship 31, Range 11 West; (2) the North 100 acres of the Southwest Quarter of Section 24 in Township 31, Range 11, West of the 6th P.M; (3) the Northeast Quarter of Section 24 in Township 31, Range 11, West of the 6th P.M; (4) the Southeast Quarter of Section 13, Town-ship 31, Range 11, West of the 6th P.M; (5) the Southeast Quarter of Section 24, Township 31, Range 11, West of the 6th P.M; (6) the South 20 feet of Lot 22, and the North 58 feet of Lot 24 in Block 5, in Regnier’s Amended Revised Second Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge; warranty deed.

Timothy A. Chance and Janet Chance, and Jerry P. Chance to Cory Rucker: Lots 5 and 6 in Block 2 in Hen-ton’s Addition to the City of Sharon; quit claim deed.

Hirts Farms, Inc. to VerDon, Inc. (Sawyer, Kan.): (1) the Northwest Quarter of Section 11, Township 30 South, West of the 6th P.M., less a tract as described; (2) the Southwest Quar-ter of Section 2, Township 30 South, Range 12 West of the 6th P.M; (3) all of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter lying West of U.S. Highway 281 in Section 12, Township 30 South, Range 13 West of the 6th P.M; (4) por-tions of Section 18 and 19, Township 30 South, Range 12 West of the 6th P.M. as described; (5) the Northwest Quarter of the Northeast Quarter; the Northwest Quarter; the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter; and 10 acres off the East side of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 12, Township 30 South, Range 13 West of the 6th P.M; less a tract as described: warranty deed.

Michael Cekosky and Jo Lynn Cekosky to Ryan S. Dohm: a tract of land as described in the Northwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 32 South, Range 10 West of the 6th P.M.; warranty deed.

Robert Cekosky to Ryan S. Dohm: a tract of land as described in the North-west Quarter of Section 21, Township 32 South, Range 10 West of the 6th P.M.; warranty deed.

Bryan Oil Co. Inc., aka Bryan Oil

Company, to Country Place, LLC: Lots 9, 10, and 11 in Block 3 in y Bechtel’s Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge; quit claim deed.

Bryan Oil Co, Inc. a Kansas corpora-tion, to Country Place, LLC: a tract of land as described in Block 1 in Bechtel’s Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge; quit claim deed.

Bryan Oil Co. Inc., aka Bryan Oil Company, to Country Place, LLC: Lots 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 in Block 3 in Bechtel’s Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge; quit claim deed.

Bryan Oil Co. Inc., aka Bryan Oil Company, to Country Place, LLC: a tract of land as described in Block 2, in Cook, Standiford and Company’s Third Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge; quit claim deed.

Terry E. Studer, Successor Trustee of the Clella Levens Revocable Trust dated May 23, 2000, to Terry E. Studer an undivided half interest in and to the fol-lowing; an undivided one-half interest in all of Section 1, except as described, in Township 20 South, Range 13 West of the 6th P.M.; trustee’s quit claim deed.

Terry Eugene Studer, Successor Trustee of the Carl Levens Testamen-tary Trust, dated Nov. 2, 2000, to Terry E. Studer an undivided half interest in and to the following; an undivided one-half interest in all of Section 1, except as described, in Township 20 South, Range 13 West of the 6th P.M.; trustee’s quit claim deed.

Robert L. Witchey and Vada J. Witchey to Tracy G. Reynolds: Lot 21, Block 1, Deal’s Replat of Highland Ad-dition, City of Medicine Lodge; war-ranty deed.

Elizabeth Carol Cavin to Michuael (sic) Donovan and Seth C. Donovan: the Southwest Quarter and the South Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 5; the Southeast Quarter and the East Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 6; the Northeast Quarter and the East Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 7; and the North Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 8, all in Township 34 South, Range 12 West.

Kent E. Brubaker Living Trust, aka Kent E. Brubaker Trust, dated April 14, 2005, Kent E. Brubaker and Ann M. Brubaker, Co-Trustees, to KA Land, LLC: the Northeast Quarter and the East Half of the Northwest Quarter and the East Half of the Southeast Quarter, all in

Section 4, Township 30 South, Range 12 West; trustee’s warranty deed.

MortgagesBeginning Book 201 Page 489Gabreall Martin and Rose K. Trues-

dale to The First State Bank of Kiowa: a tract of land in Outlot 25 to the City of Kiowa: $21,000.

Brandon S. Poland & Janiza L. Po-land to The Peoples Bank: Lots 7 & 8 in Block 53 in the City of Kiowa: $81,000.

Tom R. Carr & Jo Carolyn Carr, Co-Trustees of The Carr Family Trust under Trust Agreement dated July 28, 2004 to The Peoples Bank: Lots 80 & 82 on North Main Street in Stolp’s Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge: $78,000.

Thomas A. Hutson Jr. & Erica M. Hutson to The First State Bank of Kiowa: (1) Out Lot 24 to the City of Hardtner; (2) the South 200 feet of Out Lot 25 to the City of Hardtner; (3) the South Half of the Northeast Quarter of the South-east Quarter of Section 8, Township 35 South, Range 12, WPM, except a tract commencing at the center of Section 8, Township 35 South, Range 12, WPM, East 1,458 feet, thence South 760 feet for a place of beginning, thence South 158 feet, thence West 121 feet, thence North 158 feet, thence East 121 feet to the place of beginning; (4) the North-west Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 8, Township 35 South, Range 12, WPM, except 2 acres off the East side thereof; (5) commencing at the center of Section 8, Township 35 South, Range 12, WPM, thence East 1,458 feet, thence South 760 feet for a place of beginning, thence South 158 feet, thence West 121 feet, thence North, 158 feet, thence East 121 feet to the place of beginning: $63,200.

Tommy R. Tharp & Mary Christine Tharp to The First State Bank of Kiowa: the South 80 feet of Lot 7 in Block 178 in the Town Company’s Addition to the City of Kiowa: $8,000.

Michael S. Anderson & Jayne L. An-derson to The Peoples Bank: the North 65 feet of Lots 7, 8 & 9 in Block 164 in the Town Company’s Addition to the City of Kiowa: $71,250.

Michael L. Washburn & Wilma Gay Washburn to The Peoples Bank: Lots 17 & 19 on Washington Avenue East in the Original Townsite of the City of Medi-cine Lodge: $58,500.

January 18, 2012 Page 40 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram

From Page 32 Courtweight by gross legal at 75,000 total 79,000 ($339.90).

The following individuals received a citation for speeding:

Stephen Eric Fox, 26, OKC: 1-10 over ($188.50); Michael Travis Keith, 24, Enid: 1-10 over ($188.50); Arthur Mark Hamrick, 57, Stillwater: 1-10 over ($188.50); Michael Darrick Car-gill, 30, Edmond: 1-10 over ($188.50); David Justin Sloan, 33, Blanchard: 1-10 over ($188.50); Michael Andrew Roper, 25, Lamont: 15 over ($226.50); Leo Richard Fry, 69, Hartshorne: 1-10 over ($188.50); Reuben J. Sanmiguel, 27, Godley, TX: 1-10 over ($188.50); Jennifer Carolanne Bedwell, 16, Isa-bella: 1-10 over ($188.50); Sheila Faye Hawkins, 41, Bartlesville: 16-20 over ($241.50); Ross Imaiya Brown, 23, OKC: 31-35 over ($361.50); Rich-ard Lewis Olney Jr., 33, Lindsay: 1-10 over ($188.50); Jackie A. Arnold, 45,

Enid: 16-20 over ($241.50); Kyle Ed-ward Holliman, 27, OKC: 1-10 over ($188.50); Francisco Javier Gon-zalez, 29, Moscow, KS: 21-25 over ($281.50); Shay Kimbrell Klusmeyer, 24, Perry: 1-10 over ($188.50); Rob-ert D. Ring Jr., 42, Pierce, CO: 16-20 over ($241.50); Kenneth Allen Birt, 45, Great Bend, KS: 1-10 over ($188.50); Steven Dale Cook, 23, Perryton, TX: 15 over ($226.50); Joshua William Brown, 18, Enid: 16-20 over ($241.50); Lonnie Dwight Morrow, 39, Enid: 1-10 over ($188.50); James D. Shafer, 52, Nash: 1-10 over ($188.50); Shane Alan Eller, 35, Woodward: 1-10 over ($188.50); Jason Leigh Hamilton, 36, Woodward: 1-10 over ($188.50); Travis Lee Kirch-ner, 37, Pawhuska: 1-10 over ($188.50); Mickey Joe Bouziden, 74, Alva: 16-20 over ($241.50); Daryl Wayne Webber, 49, Crowder: 16-20 over ($241.50); Michael A. Dean Jr., 35, Keota: 21-25 over ($281.50); Eddie Lee Ritterhouse, 63, Edmond: 1-10 over ($188.50);

From Page 34 Real EstateJeremy Don Thompson & Julie The-

resa Thompson to The Peoples Bank: Lots 5, 6 & 7 in Block 9 in Highland Addition to the City of Medicine Lodge: $36,000.

Steve E. Sterling & Joni L. Sterling to Alva State Bank & Trust Company: the South Half of the Southwest Quar-ter of Section 29, Township 34 South, Range 12, WPM: $78,000.

Herbert M. Landwehr III & Myriam O. Landwehr to The Peoples Bank: (1) beginning at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 16, Township 32 South, Range 10, WPM, thence Southerly along the East line of said Northwest Quarter on an assumed bearing of South 00 degrees 35 minutes 28 seconds West a distance of 282 feet to a point; thence Westerly on a bear-ing of North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 464 feet to a point, thence Northerly on a bearing of North 00 degrees 35 minutes 28 sec-onds East a distance 282 feet to a point, said point being on the North line of said

Section 16, thence Easterly on a bear-ing of North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of465 feet to the place of beginning; (2) commencing at the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of Section 16, Township 32 South, Range 10, WPM, thence South-erly along the East line of said North-west Quarter on an assumed bearing of South 00 degrees 35 minutes 28 seconds West a distance of 282 feet to the point of beginning; thence Westerly on a bear-ing of North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds West a distance of 464 feet to a point, thence Southerly on a bearing of South 00 degrees 35 minutes 28 seconds West a distance of 939 feet to a point, thence Easterly on a bearing of North 90 degrees 00 minutes 00 seconds East a distance of 465 feet to a point, said point of being on the East line of said North-west Quarter, thence Northerly along said East line and on a bearing of North 00 degrees 35 minutes 28 seconds East a distance of 939 feet to the point of be-ginning: $131,700.

Bruce Alan Ruberg, 54, Oquawka, IL: 15 over ($226.50); Kirk Dewayne Gar-rett, 50, El Reno: 15 over ($226.50); Philip Homer-McLarn Simmons, 33, Odessa, TX: 16-20 over ($241.50); William Everett Francis, 26, Dallas, TX: 16-20 over ($241.50); Andrew L. Lombardi, 23, Norman: 1-10 over ($188.50); Michael Kenneth Linse, 32, Norman: 16-20 over ($241.50); Jose Alberto Mora Jr., 39, Lamont: 15 over ($226.50); Tiarra Renee Williams, 20, Enid: 1-10 over ($188.50); Quitman N. Earnest, 62, Houston, MS: 16-20 over ($241.50).

The following individuals received a citation for failure to wear seatbelt ($20 fine):

Ethan Eugene Stocking, 22, Chero-kee; Andrew L. Lombardi, 23, Norman; David Eugene Cruz, 22, Moore; Cody Tyler Roach, 17, Cherokee; Eric Shane Perrin, 18, Alva; William Gail Ferrell, 64, Woodward; Jeremy Andrew Bur-den, 20, Weleetka.

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Dog Grooming. Tue, Jan 24-Mar 06, 6:30pm-9pm. Northwest Technology Center Alva Campus. Cost $70. Call 580-327-0844 to enroll

Automotive

‘99 Ford Ranger

$650. 620-296-4589

Business Services

Pasture Tree Clearing

Save moisture and Grass. Let me clear trees in your pasture. Skid Steer and Marshall Tree Saw. Ed Grover. 580-474-2465 or 580-542-0298

Computer Plus

For all computer repair needs. Call Adam Swallow at 580-327-4449 or 580-748-2349 or come by 1329 Fair. Will do local housecalls

Spring is Around

the Corner! Stop Sandburs and Crabgrass before they start! Eliminate those pesky Dandelions! Call for a free estimate and schedule to have your yard sprayed today! Call Hansel’s Lawn Solutions. 580-748-0698

Air Brake Certification

Course. Weldon Truck Parts is providing an Air Brake Certification Course for Class A CDL drivers to meet DOT Requirements to inspect and adjust their air brakes. Two classes on Fri, Jan 20, 9am-10am and 5pm-6pm. The classes will be held at Northwest Technology Center, 1801 S 11th St, Alva, OK 73717. No Charge for Class. Call 580-327-0344

Home Repair

If you need a quality job done at a reasonable rate please call me for free estimate. We have the experience to do most any job from small repairs to remodels. Call 580-430-9062. If no answer leave message and will call you back

Jan’sCollectible’s

308 S. FloridaCherokee, OK 73728

580/829-3062 or580/596-2110 Leave Message

Specializing in Estate Liquidationand Ebay Sales

[email protected]

Janet Stout,15 Yrs Experience

Check out our website atestatesalesbyjan.com


Ride Alva Meeting

Meeting Gambino’s Pizza, Jan 18, 7pm. New member sign-up. Existing members please try to make meeting

Glamour Photos

Glamour Photos are back at Tiffany Canaan Photography, Jan 29, 2-6pm at 324 College. Hair, Make-Up, 1-8x10 and 2-5x7’s are included for $65. Call today to schedule your appt. 580-327-6775

Scrap-A-Thon

Craft-A-Thon, Feb 12 at 324 College St. Come enjoy a fun afternoon of scrapbooking/crafting with others. Bring whatever you want, scrapbook stuff, cardmaking, sewing, etc. Registration is $25 and includes supper and drinks. Come and Go or stay the whole time. Several scrapbooking tools, cricut and cartridges will be avail to use. Registration is due 2/1/12. Questions call 580-327-6775

Alva Moose Lodge

Sunday Buffet. Every Sunday 11am-1pm. This Sunday the 22nd, Pan Fried Chicken and Catfish

For Your Const Needs

From A-Z, New Construction, Roofing, Additions, Remodeling, Siding, Windows, Int/Ext, Painting, All Work Guaranteed. Improve the value of your home. Call 580-732-1028

New Releases

New on DVD and BluRay this week at Rialto Video. Courageous, Abduction and The Ides of March

Professional Upholstery

with all types of furniture. Over 55 yrs experience. Goltry, OK. 580-496-2351

The Crusher’s Here

$180 Ton for complete cars, pickups, tractors and combines (less tires). 1208 Fair. Alva. 580-327-1313

Music Lessons

Violin and Piano. Call for more info at 620-825-6110. Chae Simpson. Kiowa, KS

Lucky Buck Boot Repair

Boot, shoe, leather repair. Quick quality service. Drop offs at 911 11th St. Alva, Kenny Feidler 443-791-1853

We’re Still Buying

All metals, cars, tractors, combines, iron, copper, brass, aluminum. Scribner Salvage. 1208 Fair St. Alva. 580-327-1313

Tree Clearing

Pasture Tree Clearing/Skid Steer and Turbo Saw. No stumps, No splinters. Brian Collins 580-884-0657

Quality Without

Compromise. Your new home or remodel is calling. It will be quality or we don’t do it. WFM Total Construction, LLC. 580-327-7935. www.wfmtotalconstruction.com

Carpentry

Interior-Exterior improvements. Room additions. Plaster Repair & Painting. Handicap Upgrades. Will also accommodate Farm & Ranch. 580-307-4598 or 620-825-4285.

(580) 327-5151 Office • (580) 430-1985 Kevin(580) 327-7207 Kaylee

www.ktsauction.com

227 Oklahoma Blvd, Alva, OK

•RANGER ESTATES Only 2- 5 acre tracts left!

•10 acre tract


How About a Special

Valentine Gift Baskets for that special someone. Stop in at New 2 U. 1616 Okla Blvd

Attn:Hunters/Trappers

Kan/Okla Fur Co will be in Alva every Sunday at 619 E Flynn 1-3pm to buy fur. 620-892-5895

Busy B

Shop Smart. Shop at Busy B. 524 Flynn. Mon-Sat 10-5. 580-327-8030

Depot Bar & Grill

Wed Lunch Special-Pork Chops, Stuffing, Green Beans, Carrot Cake. Thurs-Pot Roast, Carrots and Potatoes, Dinner Roll, Spice Cake. Fri-Ham and Beans, Cornbread, Coconut Cream Pie. (Son graduating, Chicken Fries next week) Full menu everyday. Carry-Out available. 580-327-2212.

Food Distribution

New Date. 4th Tuesday each month beginning Tues Jan 24, 2012 from 4-6pm. Alva Wesleyan Church, 3rd and Church. Check our website alvawesleyan.org. We want you to find good food as well as a loving Jesus

Home Improvements

Energy Star Windows, Siding, Roofing, Garages, Room Additions, Sun Rooms, Decks, Kitchen and Bath Remodels, Tub to Walk-In Shower Conversions. Serving KS and OK. Refs. Available. 620-825-4300. Call Today!!

Travis and Bobbie Krob

Tree Trim and Cut and Removal + Stump Grinding. Pasture Clearing and Stump Removal. Very Reasonable Rates. Call anytime. Insured. Travis 580-747-4256, Bobbie 580-430-7103

Kathy’s Painting/Alva

Interior, Exterior, Commercial and Residential, Drywall, Texture, Wall and Ceiling Repair, Ceramic Tiling. Wood Trim. Wood Staining. 405-831-6814

Employment

Help Wanted

Alley Kutz Salon is seeking PT stylist. Set own hours. 580-747-7379

Help Wanted

Lutheran Daycare is looking for a cook. Apply in person at 902 2nd

www.murrowrealestateandauction.comwww.murrowlandandhome.com

REAL ESTATE& AUCTIONMURROW

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Help Wanted

In the shop and on the setting truck. No phone calls. Driver’s License is a must. Paid Holidays. Alva Monument. 724 E Okla Blvd

Help Wanted

Truck Driver Class A CDL. Local NW Okla deliveries. Home every night. Must have or be willing to get Haz-Mat and Tanker Endorsements. Benefits include Health Insurance, Retirement, Paid Vacation, Uniforms and Bonuses, Competitive Pay. Pick-up application at Garnett Oil Co. 580-327-2691

CDL Drivers Needed

Oilfield hauling 3 years exp. Current DOT Medical Certificate and current MVR. 10 years prev employment history. DOT Regulations and Drug Testing. Good pay and extra pay for HazMat. Health Insurance after 90 days. Please apply online at dunnstankservice.com. Questions please call 580-444-7241

Help Wanted

Local Transport Drivers! Excellent pay and benefits. 401K, Vacation, Holidays, Bonuses, Profit Sharing and Updated Equipment. CDL-A w/Hazmat and Tanker. 888-725-0769

Help Wanted

Looking for PT Caregiver. Approx 15 hrs/Week. Come into Apply. 902 2nd. Lutheran Daycare

Now Hiring

Class A Drivers for Night Shift. Earn over $1500 Weekly. $17-$19.50 Hourly. Excellent Benefits. Over 30 years in Business. Come be a valued member of our growing company that takes pride in our equipment and provides extensive oilfield training. Drug Testing Required. Nicholas Services. 620-930-7511

Caprock Energy

is now hiring. New oilfield company in town looking for dedicated hard working individuals. Experience is helpful but not necessary. Please call Tim Casebolt at 817-313-8139 to set up an interview

Farm Supplies

Seed Oat For Sale

Hay-Grain Combination. Cleaned. 40 lb. FCE. Call 620-886-5656

For Sale

AC D19 Tractor w/Loader. Propane, starts and runs good, new rear tires, starter, battery. $5000. 580-884-8689

Miscellaneous

Stew and Pie Luncheon

United Methodist Church, Tues, Jan 24 from 11:30-1:30. Fellowship Hall. $8/person

For Sale

King Mattress and Box Springs. Dining Table w/6 Chairs. 3 Swivel Chairs. Coffee Table. 2 Spiral Trees in Urns. Kinder Mats. Report Covers. 918-706-9791

For Sale

Used Renegade Grill Guard for an 11 Chevy 3500. $275. 580-884-0657

Now Showing

New trailers of movies now showing at Rialto Theatre, Go to AlvaReviewCourier.com

For Sale

2 Cemetery Lots. SE 1/4 Lot #HH in Block #C of the Alva Municipal Cemetery. $450. 817-225-2134

For Sale

1 large custom made dog house. 1 yr old $75. 1 Igloo dog house for large dog $50. 580-541-7098

Couponing Class

Want to learn how to save hundreds of dollars a year? Join us on Jan 25 at 7pm at 324 College. Registration is $15 and includes membership in our coupon swap and weekly newsletters w/best coupons and sales. Stop in to reserve your spot. Questions call 580-327-6775

How’s That Again

What’s pallbearers job in Oklahoma? Kari-Okie. Carry out more cash when you sell your metals to Scribner Salvage. Alva. 580-327-1313

Real Estate

For Sale

5.52 acres w/8.52 producing minerals. 48x48 4 stall barn w/runs. Large tack room, cement wash rack. hay area. 12x24 loafing shed. Utility hook-ups. Electricity, rural water, septic tank. Mobile home or build ready. 580-327-5811


From Page 28 Kiowa

Building/Sale or Rent

7500 sqft building for sale or rent. Approx 3000 sqft in back for parking. 580-748-0067

Home Loans

Zero Down. 1st Time Home Owner Program. Immediate Pre-Approved. 620 Fico Score required. Free credit report and counseling. Absolutely no money required. John Angleman. License #208765. 580-222-8862. visit foundersmortgageinc.com. USDA Approved Lender

House For Rent

4bdrm, 3bth. S of Freedom, OK. $850/Month. If interested call 580-430-6263

We Have More Buyers

than Sellers. United Country/Kohlrus Real Estate. 580-327-4007. Call today! www.kohlrus.com

For Sale

House to be moved in Dacoma. $1000 obo. Antique wood burning stove. Brick enough to brick house. 580-327-2487, 580-327-2706 or 580-748-1487

For Sale

3bdrm, 2 1/2 bth, approx 2000 sqft on 2/3 acre. 3147 Douglas Ave, Alva, OK. 580-242-1551

For Sale

8 acres and Shop/Barn. Freedom, OK with own water well. Concrete floors and new gravel. 580-724-9195

For Sale

2 homes 4+ acres. Waynoka, OK. $48,000. For more info call 580-430-5149 or 580-430-5150

Mayor Farney said this writing made him “mad.” The mayor said he had taken care of the issues and didn’t think he had to report back to the ad-ministrator.

This prompted a discussion once again about who the police department answers to – the mayor or city admin-istrator?

Attorney McClellan said the way documents are now written, “It’s how-ever you want to twist it.” He advised council, “You need to amend your code.” Council agreed to have the attor-ney draft a document for their review.

Dog Bite and Other Council Items A city employee was bitten by a dog

recently when reading meters. Law said the owner did not have the dog regis-tered with the city and was unable to produce paperwork to prove rabies shots.

The city employee had to take rabies shots, paid for by the city. The dog was put in a week of isolation at an Anthony veterinarian. Council expressed con-cern that city employees did not get the dog put in isolation for about a week.

Council agreed the dog owner is responsible for costs involved with the incident.

Council said they will plan another in-town vaccination clinic this spring.

During Council Items, Lambert re-ferred to the “Ugly Wall” to the east of People’s Bank that’s been debated for years.

“It’s the first thing you see when coming on to Main Street from the west. Yet, we’re trying to beautify the city. It should be declared a nuisance.”

Law reminded it’s a civil matter. Lambert reminded, “It is our (the city) building.”

Law said the city’s actual carryover funds are an increase of $256,352.33 or

a 23.9 percent increase from 2012 bud-geted carryovers. Utility funds total an increase of $170,051.39, or 20.9 per-cent increase over 2012 budgeted car-ryovers.

“This puts us in better cash position than expected. But it will still be a tight budget for 2012,” Law said.

Law presented a proposed ordinance regarding city right-of-ways.

Molz said, “We’ve got too many regulations now. I don’t think we need it.” Hill and Lambert voiced their agree-ment.

Council agreed they’d rather have an ordinance stating if someone builds on the city right-of-way, the city is not responsible. Council directed Law to draw up papers like that for the next meeting.

Regarding fire trucks – council agreed to trade a 1980 Ford F9000 tank truck for a 1982 IHC Transtar 4300.

Council approved First State Bank and People’s Bank as the city’s official depositories. They approved Kiowa News as the city’s official newspaper for publishing city business. They also approved a GAAP waiver as they do annually for accounting purposes in a small town.

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