Waynoka man charged with murder November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 2

Cherokee’s Treavor Green (85) takes down the Balko-Forgan offense during Friday night’s game. Photo by Desiree Morehead Cherokee’s Ruston James (20) and Gabe Wyatt (3) take down Balko-Forgan’s Jaden Hall (1). Cherokee lost to Balko-Forgan in 20-24. Photo by Desiree Morehead

The Alva Review-Courier / Newsgram is published Wednesday by Martin Broadcasting Corp. 620 Choctaw St. Alva, Oklahoma 73717 Marione 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 Cherokee’s Damein Lobato (18) knocks the Balko-Forgan quarterback Jaden [email protected] Hall (1) out of bounds. The Chiefs lost to Balko-Forgan Friday night 20-24 end- Entire Contents Copyright 2020 ing their 2020 season. Photo by Desiree Morehead November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 3 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 4 Assessing the Thanksgiving risk By Marione Martin little under the current circumstances. Activities the chart ranks as high What are your plans for My previous vehicle was a hybrid that risk (ten) include attending a college Thanksgiving? When my daughter asked stored up battery power to augment house party, attending a large indoor a month ago if I wanted to go to her house the gasoline. I really liked the car but celebration with singing, and celebrating for Thanksgiving, I it began to have battery issues. Turned New Year’s Eve at a bar or nightclub. said, “I’d like to.” out I didn’t drive enough miles to keep it My daughter sent me a link to We both realized charged. I could either let the vehicle sit the Covid-19 Event Risk Assessment a lot depended on in my driveway with the engine running Planning Tool (http://covid19risk.biosci. the health of those to charge the battery or trade it in on a gatech.edu/). To use it, you select the involved as well as standard model. I chose the latter. number of people expected to attend conditions related to Since my travel has been so limited, and then choose the event location from the coronavirus. I’ve decided to go to Ponca City for a map. You’ll then get an answer with One Thanksgiving. My daughter is planning the percentage of risk. The tool was consideration was a dinner with fewer than ten people. She developed by a couple of professors that I haven’t been cautioned me to wear layers of clothing as at Georgia Institute of Technology outside of Alva she expects to leave windows and some along with researchers at the Applied since last Christmas. That was a trip doors open to allow circulation. She’ll Bioinformatics Laboratory and Stanford to Ponca City to celebrate with family. be using paper plates and plastic ware. University. While my daughter has come to Alva After the meal and some conversation, So after assessing the risks, I decided a handful of times, my travel has been we’ll all go home. to go to my daughter’s house for limited. Her husband has a lot of extended Thanksgiving. After all, by Christmas This was brought home to me family in the area but only his parents things may be a lot worse. recently when I took my car in for a are coming to the dinner. My daughter Mamas, please let your babies grow recall repair. A couple of days before has been working from home. She’s up to be plumbers my appointment, a warning message employed at OSU but her duties are Apologies for changing the words appeared telling me I should change oil easily accomplished online. This also to a country song, but it illustrates a soon. I found this puzzling because the allows her to oversee her 11-year-old point. While the need for cowboys is sticker on my windshield showed I’d who is doing virtual schooling. The disappearing, the need for plumbers and driven maybe 1,500 miles since the last school moved high school students, other service professionals continues. oil change. including her son, to virtual learning too. With a sewer problem appearing at my When I went to the service The Texas Medical Association has house over the weekend, I especially department, I asked about the message. put together a Covid risk chart ranking appreciate plumbers right now. Turns out it is recommended you change activities from one (lowest risk) to ten. When my daughter was giving riding your vehicle’s oil at least twice a year. You can check their website at www. lessons and boarding horses in an earlier It had been more than a year! So they texmed.org. Having Thanksgiving dinner career, one of her students was married added the oil change to my service with family or household members is to a plumber. They enjoyed socializing appointment. rated in the low-moderate range at three. with the couple, and it was really great I’ve always been a “homebody” Traveling by car to visit family or friends to be friends with someone with a useful so it’s not surprising I’ve traveled so is also a three. set of skills. One time when they were visiting, one of my granddaughters pulled out a loose tooth. She was rinsing it off at the sink when it fell into the drain. The plumber friend grabbed some tools and removed the trap to retrieve the tooth. When we met them, the husband said he knew he didn’t want to continue his education in college. He looked at various professions and decided there would always be a need for plumbers. While the job might be messy and unpleasant at times, it would provide a steady income, and people were always glad to see you. The same can be said for a lot of other non-college degree professions. We need mechanics, electricians, HVAC specialists, builders and others who keep everything going. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 5 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 6 Burlington School still monitoring for Covid, has homecoming queen and king By Yvonne Miller not mandated. 2020 Activity Fund Report. Burlington School Board President Burlington School is out all this The board of education meeting Terry Graham called the monthly week for Thanksgiving break; it started dates for 2021 were approved with meeting to order the morning of Nov. after basketball homecoming Friday the following exceptions: The March 16 at 8 a.m. All board members were night. The homecoming queen is junior meeting has changed from March 22 to present except Robert Hill. Attending Savannah Granados. Senior Paden Allen March 25 and the October meeting from were April Kisling, T.J. Rockenbach and was crowned homecoming king. Oct. 18 to Oct. 19. Aaron Smith. Superintendent Dr. Stacey Encumbrances, change orders and Principal Bart discussed the school Croft and Principal Tim Bart were also warrants received board approval as Covid policy for athletic events; it is present, as was Board Clerk Tracy follows: General Fund: Encumbrances posted at the entrance and around the Granados. 181-188 for $$8,305.88; Change orders gymnasium. Adults are required to Dr. Croft reviewed the reopening for $238.88; and Warrants 364-456 for wear masks to enter, every other row plan as well as the letter sent to parents $190,327.40; Building Fund: Warrant is blocked and students in fifth grade regarding school Covid policies and 6 for $302.49; Child Nutrition Fund: and under must be under direct parental recommendations. She said faculty and Warrants 42-44 for $8,973.92. supervision. Student enrollment is staff continue to monitor symptoms and At the meeting, board members up totaling 134 students. He said that temperatures of all faculty and students discussed the 2020-2021 revaluation planning for all events is done a few in the classroom as well as on the bus. costs of $38,983.60. weeks at a time due to continuous Wearing masks is still recommended but They also approved the October changes that occur. KSHSAA meets to determine if school’s winter extra-curriculars will move forward By Yvonne Miller Principal Brent Shaffer planned to be on practice until Dec. 23 and not play until The status of winter sports and other a phone call with the Kansas High School Jan. 15. extra-curricular activities in Kansas public Activities Association (KSHSAA). Shaffer is the voting representative for schools hung in the balance Tuesday “It’s a hot button issue,” Shaffer said. the Heart of the Plains League (HOPL). afternoon. South Barber grade 7-12 Because of Covid, there is a move to He said HOPL has 10 schools in it. Of those members, Shaffer said three are in favor of postponing the season. The rest, including him, are in favor of moving forward. So, he will vote no on postponing the season. There are 78 members (including board representatives, principals, athletic directors, etc., from all districts across Kansas.) Tuesday they were to vote on 13 items. For an item to pass takes 40 votes, he said. Before the meeting Shaffer said nearly 98 percent want to play. One of the other items to vote on was no spectators from Jan. 15 to 28. Shaffer said statistics released last week show that in Kansas for people age 0-17 who get Covid, the survival rate is 100 percent. As of press time, no decision was yet reached November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 7 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 8 Obituaries Woods County JOHNNY JONES CUTRIGHT Service for Johnny will be Friday, employees Johnny Jones Cutright was born on November 27, 2020, at 10 a.m. at Riv- December 10, 1956, in Hardtner, Kansas, erside Church of Christ in Burlington. to Joe W. Cutright Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral given extra and Peggy Dorine Home, Inc. of Cherokee. Viewing will Jones Cutright and be Wednesday from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. passed from this life at the funeral home and at the church be- holiday on November 22, fore the service on Friday. Online con- 2020, in Enid, Okla- By Marione Martin dolences may be made at www.lanman- Woods County Commissioner John homa. memorials.com. Smiley suggested Monday that county Johnny grew up Memorials may be given to By- employees be given the remainder of in the Byron area and ron-Amorita Fire Department through the week off with pay. Since it’s already graduated from Burlington High School the funeral home. a short week with the Thanksgiving in 1975. He worked for Burlington Co- holiday, Smiley thought it would be op and the Alfalfa County Barn and EVELYN IRONS beneficial in slowing the increasing also farmed. He enjoyed his family and Evelyn Marie Irons, 88, passed away number of Covid-19 cases. friends immensely. He recently married peacefully on Monday, November 23, The item wasn’t on the agenda but Fran Scaia. In his spare time he loved 2020. was brought up under new business. bike rallies and poker runs with Fran. He Evelyn was born in Kansas on June Smiley said he already has an was so fond of and spent so much time 7, 1932. She was an only child to Lillian employee from the District 3 shed in with his cattle that they would eat out of Viola Jones and Samuel James Hada. Ev- quarantine. Several of the county offices his hand. He enjoyed time around “the elyn loved growing up on the farm. After have been affected by the coronavirus as pond,” camping, deer hunting, making graduation she met and married RD Irons well. The courthouse is currently closed jerky, and going to casinos. He was fa- in 1948. To this marriage three daughters although employees have been working. mous for his spicy chili, and he loved were born, Randi, Patricia and Christina. Commissioner David Hamil agreed anything spicy. His puppies, Boo-Boo, Evelyn was a very creative person and saying they should “encourage them Raz and Brutus brought him much joy. had a passion for drawing and painting. to stay home” during the extra days Johnny was an active community mem- She was also an avid walker. Evelyn had off. Commissioner Randy McMurphy ber and was a member of ABATE – Har- a love for shopping, especially for shoes also favored the time off. He said what ley Davidson. Johnny lived life to the and Mickey Mouse apparel. She always the employees do with their time is a fullest each and every day. had a place in her heart for cats, and Eve- personal issue but he urged them to Johnny was preceded in death by his lyn spent many hours tending to her cacti. think of the health of other people. The parents, Joe and Dorine Cutright, and Evelyn was preceded in death by her commissioners approved a motion for wife, Katherine Cutright. husband RD, her daughter Patricia, and the extra days off this week. Johnny is survived by his wife, Fran; parents Sam and Lillian Hada. Also during new business, Smiley his four children, Kandi Smith and hus- She is survived by her two daughters, reported the Sundance wind turbines in band Aaron, Lacie Floyd, Samantha Randi and Christina; several grandchil- the southern part of the county are up Domnick, Sabrena Cutright and Jacobi dren and great-grandchildren; and a num- and running. He said they are south of Mahoney; nine grandchildren, Kevin ber of nieces, nephews, other relatives Alva and might even be visible from Smith, Kelsi Smith, Nolan Benson, Ma- and friends. the county seat. The turbines are located son Domnick, Danté Floyd, Kasidy Ma- The family asked in lieu of flowers about a half mile west of CR 430 to CR honey, Gavin Mahoney, Karly Mahoney, that a donation be made to the Alva Food 510. and Tootie Kelley; two sisters, Peggy Bank through Wharton Funeral Chapel. A resolution was approved for the Cutright and Betsy Burks and husband The family plans on having a private 2021 inter-local cooperative agreement Vance. ceremony at a later date and thanks every- between Circuit Engineering District 8 one for their kind thoughts and prayers. and the county. The commissioners approved the transfer of appropriations from Highway District 1 and Highway District 2 CIRB accounts to Highway District 1 and Highway District 2 personal services in the amount of $18,741.91 each. A transfer of two vehicles from the sheriff’s office to Northwestern Oklahoma State University was

See Holiday Page 46 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 9 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 10 Alva man sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for interstate murder-for-hire plot OKLAHOMA CITY – Vernon Wayne and cooperated in the investigation. Law addition, Brock was ordered to pay a Brock, 71, of Alva, has been sentenced enforcement determined Brock was upset $30,000 fine. this week to serve 87 months in federal with a former employee who refused to This case is a result of an investigation prison and pay a $30,000 fine for hiring continue a sexual relationship with him. by the Federal Bureau of Investigation– an individual to commit murder on the Brock wanted the individual from Kansas Oklahoma City Field Office, Woodward defendant’s behalf, announced U.S. to arrange the murder of the former Resident Agency. Prosecuted by Assistant Attorney Timothy J. Downing. employee’s boyfriend in Oklahoma City U.S. Attorneys Ashely Altshuler and Jason On April 17, 2019, Brock was in exchange for $5,000. He identified Harley, the case is part of Project Safe indicted with using interstate commerce the boyfriend by sending a picture to Neighborhoods (PSN), the centerpiece facilities to commit murder-for-hire. On the individual from Kansas. FBI agents of the Department of Justice’s violent November 6, 2019, Brock pled guilty to arrested Brock on the afternoon of April crime reduction efforts. Through PSN, the one-count indictment, admitting to 3, with the assistance of the Woods a broad spectrum of stakeholders work the use of interstate facilities with intent County Sheriff’s Office, after Brock together to identify the most pressing that murder be committed in exchange delivered a $5,000 check to the individual violent crime problems in the community for payment. from Kansas. and develop comprehensive solutions. As According to court documents Monday, U.S. District Judge David part of this strategy, PSN focuses on the and public record, an individual from L. Russell sentenced Brock to serve most violent offenders and partners with Kansas, whom Brock was trying to hire 87 months in federal prison, followed local prevention and re-entry programs to commit murder, contacted the FBI by three years of supervised release. In for lasting reductions in crime Coronavirus cases, hospitalizations continue to rise By Marione Martin 1,566 people hospitalized with Covid. County 65. Garfield County has 644 According to the Oklahoma State The number of active cases in active cases. Department of Health (OSDH), 2,736 Alfalfa County is 169 compare to 94 a In Woods County, Alva has 139 more positive cases of the coronavirus week ago. Woods County has 139 active active cases while Dacoma has two, were added on Tuesday, Nov. 24, for cases, down from 154 a week ago. In Freedom two and Waynoka seven. Bill a total of 180,610. There were 15 new the surrounding area, Grant County Johnson Correctional Center in Alva deaths for a total of 1,664. The state has 36 active cases with one new death has 54 active cases among inmates and currently shows 33,260 active cases, reported Tuesday. Major County has staff. down 584 from Monday. There were 132, Woodward County 191 and Harper In Alfalfa County, Burlington has three cases, Carmen five, Cherokee 16, Goltry eight, Helena 129 and Jet three. James Crabtree Correctional Center in Helena has 55 cases among inmates and staff according to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections website. Northwestern Oklahoma State University updates their report of active cases every Friday. On Nov. 20, the university listed 28 students and one employee testing positive for the virus. For more information see coronavirus.health.ok.gov November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 11 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 12 Alfalfa County apportions CARES Act reimbursement proceeds

By Stacy Sanborn Commissioners in Alfalfa County were grateful for an easy agenda Monday morning as the Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaches. Jay Hague, Stan Tucker and Marvin Woodall started with business as usual, Cherokee’s Ruston James (20) takes down Balko-Forgan’s Mason Romjue (5) approving previous meeting minutes, during Friday’s night game in Cherokee. Photo by Desiree Morehead payroll warrants and blanket purchase orders. They accepted maintenance and operation payment warrants as well. There were no road-crossing permits for the week. After that small stack of paperwork cleared, the three men approved a $15,000 transfer from Helena Rescue Maintenance and Operation account 1321-3-8214-2005 to the Helena Rescue Capital Outlay account 1321-3-8214- 4110. This transfer was for a rescue cutter and rescue spreader that won’t go out on bids because of being on state contracts. Next, they acknowledged a resolution for $117,000 in CARES Act Reimbursement Proceeds. (The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, also known as the CARES Act, is a $2.2 trillion economic stimulus bill passed by Congress and signed into law by the president in March in response to the economic fallout of the Covid-19 Cherokee’s Kolby Roberts (10) and Damein Lobato (18) take down Balko-For- pandemic in the United States.) gan’s Jaden Hall (1). Balko-Forgan beat the Chiefs Friday night 24-20. Photo by Commissioners will apportion, but Desiree Morehead not appropriate, the funds into the County General account since the budget has already been completed. The accountant recommended officials hold onto it for now and factor it in for next year. Lastly, commissioners signed off on a private property easement in District 3 to re- establish a rock pit at SW¼ 35-25-10. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 13 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 14 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 15 Waynoka Demel to begin as Kiowa’s man charged City Administrator Dec. 14 By Yvonne Miller approved the appointment. Demel with murder Kiowa’s City Council held a special signed a contract, which is effective Dec. meeting Monday night and immediately 14 when he’ll begin his new job. By Marione Martin entered executive session. After moving As reported earlier, Demel is a resident A Waynoka resident has been charged back in to open session, they took action. of Newton, Kansas, and was an account with first degree murder in a homicide The meeting took under 30 minutes. manager at the Kansas Corporation that occurred over the weekend. Online Mayor Bill Watson said he appointed Commission. He is negotiating to court records show Keith Calistus Sam Demel as the new Kiowa city purchase a home in Kiowa, Kansas, for Melton, 31, of Waynoka, was charged administrator. Then the council his wife and children. Monday with the felony murder charge. District Attorney’s Investigator Steve Tanio is the investigating officer listed. Since offices in the Woods County Human remains found Courthouse are closed, no further information was available from the court clerk’s office or the district attorney’s office. in 2018 are Hugo man missing since 2008 Medicine HUGO, Okla. (AP) — Human re- sons System. mains found in southeastern Oklahoma The remains, which were found in Lodge woman have been identified as those of a Hugo August 2018, were identified by the man reported missing in 2008, the Okla- University of North Texas Health Center homa State Bureau of Investigation said using the DNA from Mangrum's family, and two others Tuesday. according to the OSBI, which said Man- The remains are those of John La- grum's death is considered suspicious. fayette Mangrum, who was 67 when he die in head-on disappeared. A missing person report on Man- grum was filed on March 30, 2008, with collision the Hugo Police Department and mem- bers of Mangrum's immediate family By Yvonne Miller provided DNA that was submitted to the Three people died in a head-on National Missing and Unidentified Per- collision last Thursday at 7:05 p.m. on Highway 160 at mile marker 242.8, which is about two and a half miles west of Attica, Kansas, in Harper County. One of those people who died was Medicine Lodge woman Connie S. Randle, 60. She was driving a 2008 Pontiac Torrent westbound. Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Polson said on his report that an eastbound car went left of center and struck Randle’s car head-on. She was taken to the Larrison Funeral Home. The driver of that Hyundai Elantra was Johnathon James Goulding, 48, of Las Vegas, Nevada. His passenger was Haylee Ann Goulding, 19, of Las Vegas. They were taken to the Prairie Rose Mortuary. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 16 Church Left for dead, twice, organization in Kansas, Oklahoma RadioShack gets pays medical debts another shot online OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Med- By Matt Ott AP Business Writer Shack" got lost. Unable to capitalize on ical debts totaling more than $5.2 mil- SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Ra- the PC boom that began in the mid-eight- lion owed by more than 3,200 families dioShack, a fixture at the mall for de- ies, it also found itself largely on the out- in Kansas and Oklahoma have been paid cades, has been pulled from brink of side of the portable device revolution of through a project of the United Church death, again. the aughts and drifting toward irrelevan- of Christ Kansas-Oklahoma Conference, It's the most prized name in the bas- cy. It booked its last profit in 2011. After church officials said Tuesday. ket of brands that entrepreneur investors store redesigns and other changes failed "As a result of our campaign that net- Alex Mehr and Tai Lopez have scooped to draw customers, the Fort-Worth, Tex- ted $40,000, with that $40,000 we were up since the coronavirus pandemic as, company filed for Chapter 11 bank- able to abolish $5,211,729 in medical bowled over the U.S. retail sector and ruptcy protection in 2015 and then again debt" for more than 3,200 families in sent a number of chains into bankruptcy two years later. 76 counties in Kansas and 60 Oklahoma protection. Those brands so far include Mehr and Lopez have no designs counties, according to conference Presi- Pier1, Dressbarn and Modell's. on rebuilding the brick-and-mortar Ra- dent Bobbie Henderson of Tulsa. Mehr and Lopez plan to make Ra- dioShack empire. But they say there is a The money was sent to New York- dioShack competitive again, this time path back to profitability, and it all starts based RIP Medical Debt, an non-profit online, rather than on street corners or with the name. organization that purchased the debt at a in malls. However, unlike RadioShack's "We bought the raw material to build discount and forgave the amount owed. glory years, it's Amazon's world now. a big business," Mehr said. "Brand The average amount forgiven per The big question is: How much value means trust. And the brand is very, very household was $1,612.54, according to does the RadioShack brand have when strong. I have quantifiable data that the the church. The church does not know the prized target audience of young- brand is very strong." who the recipients are, said spokesper- er consumers may have never owned Mehr said REV's formula for mea- son Connie Larkman. a radio, let alone stepped inside a Ra- suring public opinion of a brand differs The medical debt forgiveness project dioShack store? significantly from the way other experts began in 2019 and has now eliminated "It's a very thin line between be- value such things, including their own about $57 million in medical debt na- ing iconic and being dead," said Rob- polling and analysis of how the compa- tionwide, according to a statement from ert Passikoff, founder and president of ny might work in a specific "ecosystem." the UCC. Brand Keys Inc., a marketing and re- The plan, in short, is to build a vast The UCC, based in Cleveland, has 40 search consultancy. "Being iconic a lot online marketplace on top of the Ra- churches in Kansas, 13 in Oklahoma and of the time just means people have a dioShack brand. Trust in that name will about 7,000 members in the two states, memory of it. I'm not sure that just re- get consumers to the site, where the according to UCC Minister Edith Guffey membering something is leverageable quality and variety of merchandise will of Lawrence, Kansas. enough to be able to convert something dictate whether or not shoppers click the into success." "Buy" button, they say. Success is something that's been in Since it was founded in 2019, REV RadioShack's rear-view mirror for quite has been in the hunt for other names that some time. The company, which would could once be described as "household." celebrate its 100th birthday in 2021, ap- It's turned Pier1, Dressbarn and Modell's peared to be on top of the tech world in into online-first businesses. the pre-personal computer days of the Other bankrupt retailers have found a late 1970s and early 1980s, the place second life online. The overhead is low kids and hobbyist would go to buy ra- and there are people who remain loyal to dios, walkie-talkies and all the parts to the brand, even after the store lights go fix them, or even build them themselves. out. But they are typically much reduced Somewhere along the way, "The affairs. American Apparel, which went bankrupt and closed all its stores a few years ago, now sells hoodies and sweat- pants online. Toys R Us, which closed its doors two years ago, opened a cou- ple of small stores and it has a website.

See RadioShack Page 46 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 17 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 18 Mask resistance softens in Kansas as coronavirus cases soar GREAT BEND, Kan. (AP) — Re- had done so since the mandate was an- Miami County voted 3-2 on Monday to sistance to masks appears to be weaken- nounced last week, according to data allow Kelly's mask order to go into ef- ing in Kansas as the coronavirus surges, from the Kansas Association of Coun- fect. straining the capacity of the state's hos- ties. Counties that take no action will be Despite some criticism from the Ri- pitals. automatically covered by Kelly's order. ley County Commission, including by Gov. Laura Kelly's latest effort In Barton County, commissioners Commissioner Marvin Rodriguez, who to require face coverings takes effect voted Tuesday to unanimously adopt a likened the mandates to Nazi Germa- Wednesday, although Kansas law still county-wide mask mandate that goes ny, the commission didn't override the allows the state's 105 counties to opt out. into effect immediately. The commis- order during its Monday meeting. The Most counties did so the first time Kelly sion had rejected mask mandates twice new regulation covers all areas outside tried to require masks in July. But with before, instead appealing to the public Manhattan, where a mandate is already the average new case numbers more than to do the right thing. Enforcement is an in place. nine times higher now than they were oft-cited concern. Large hospitals have been filling then, there appears to be less pushback. "I don't want to be on the wrong side up, leaving thinly staffed critical access The governor, speaking to report- of history when it goes down and says hospitals in rural parts of the state with ers Tuesday, said adoption of mask or- we did nothing," Barton County Com- few transfer options for their sickest pa- ders by counties had so far been "pretty missioner Jennifer Schartz said. tients. good," The Wichita Eagle reported. "But I think that if we stand firm and As of Monday, 46% of hospitals "We got very little pushback this time say we think this is the right thing, that across Kansas reported that they an- around," Kelly said. "I think it's because those people who may be teetering one ticipated staffing shortages this week, people are so much more aware of how the line, 'should I or shouldn't I?' I think according to data reported by the Kan- serious this is, how widespread it is. And that they will be law abiding citizens sas Hospital Association. The numbers it is no longer and urban issue, I mean, who go ahead and do the right thing," were even worse in south-central Kan- it's clearly from border to border." she said. sas, where 57% anticipated shortages. Kelly's order allows counties to adopt In the east central part of the state, Robert Freelove, chief medical offi- their own mandates, and more than 20 the Board of County Commissioners in cer at Salina Regional Medical Center, said the facility has been taking steps to cope, although he acknowledged most of them would only work in the short term, The Topeka Capital-Journal re- ports. "To be completely honest, every- thing we're doing right now is trying to put a finger in the hole of a dam," Free- love said. The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, was treating a record 100 patients with active cases of COVID-19 and another 40 in the re- covery state, KCUR reports. About one- third of the patients currently admitted are from outside the Kansas City metro- politan area, said University of Kansas Health system Chief Medical officer, Dr. Steve Stites on a video conference Monday. "We are on fire in the Midwest," he said. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment's plan for dealing with the surge centers on moving patients from larger hospitals to smaller pro- viders who have space once a person's condition improved and they are less infectious. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 19 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 20 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 21 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 22 One man’s mission: Save the turkey with a school for fowl

By Alice Mannette heritage turkeys, chickens, ducks and he needs to double that amount to save HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Frank geese, The Hutchinson News reports. several of the birds from extinction, in- Reese agrees with Benjamin Franklin Reese sells his birds through Heri- crease biodiversity and create the center. that turkeys are not only interesting, they tage Foods. Heritage Foods in turn sells "He is an irreplaceable resource of are special. the turkeys by mail or wholesale to stores expertise breeding wisdom," Beranger For several decades, he made it his across the country. Primble Meats, just said. "We need a lot more breeders." life's mission to save the non-commer- outside Kansas City, Mo., is the closest Many of the heritage turkeys are on cialized bird. At his farm in Lindsborg, retail shop for Kansans. the critically endangered list. Reese is he wants to build a first-of-its-kind her- Reese painstakingly separates the afraid without this center, many breeds itage fowl research center — the Good turkeys before breeding season. Once will disappear. He can trace the Kansas Shepherd Conservancy. the poults are born, he makes sure they lineage back to 1917 for what he calls Along with being one of the largest thrive, tending to them and their parents. the king of all turkeys — the Standard breeders of standard bred heritage or By late fall, he must separate out the Bronze. heirloom poultry in the country, Reese breeders and send the other 10,000 or so "My whole mission is genetic pres- is an expert on these endangered spe- to market. ervation and to keep them from extinc- cies. At 72, he wants to make sure his "He has some of the best birds in the tion," Reese said. and others' research is saved and the rare country," said Jeannette Beranger, senior Reese and his animals were featured fowl are given the opportunity to thrive. program manager at the Livestock Con- in the film "Eating Animals." "In every family there is pride of lin- servancy in North Carolina. "It takes an According to the USDA, the annual eage. This is no different for poultry," investment to be able to produce enough national turkey consumption remains Reese said. birds to make a good selection." steady at about five billion pounds per What is a heritage bird? The Livestock Conservancy is a non- year, amounting to more than 220 mil- A heritage turkey mates naturally, profit membership organization working lion birds. The states producing the most has a slow growth rate, thrives outdoors to protect livestock and poultry from ex- turkeys are Minnesota, North Carolina and can live a long life. All of Reese's tinction. and Arkansas. turkeys are heritage birds and are Amer- "From the genetic standpoint, it's The number of heritage turkeys sold ican Poultry Association certified. These vital to keep all species as genetically is minuscule in comparison to industrial turkeys are antibiotic free and free range diverse as possible," said Scott Bey- fowl. all the way from hatchling to adulthood. er, Ph.D., extension poultry specialist "All industrial chickens and turkeys "My dad always said there's no bet- at Kansas State University. "Having a are dead end animals. They cannot re- ter antibiotic than the sun," Reese said. diverse gene pool is vital to keeping a produce," Reese said. "It's when you confine them is when you 'bank' of the traits that may be useful for Heritage turkeys have a slow growth have disease problems." survivability of the species in future." rate, reaching a marketable weight in By promoting strong genetics, hu- By continually breeding and keeping about 28 weeks, allowing them to devel- mane handling and natural mating, Re- the genetic lines going, Reese is preserv- op a strong skeletal structure and healthy ese is promoting the turkey's lineage. ing the bird's ancestry. He usually holds organs prior to building muscle mass. "Heritage genetics are the foundation back about 2,000 turkeys for breeding. These birds include Bourbon Red, Nar- for humanely raised livestock," Reese He culls the toms and hens and looks for raganset, Solid Grey Slate, Solid Black, said. ones with the best characteristics. Royal Palm, Beltsville, White Holland On his ranch, Good Shepard Poultry "I want them (my heritage turkeys) and Jersey Buff. Many are named after Ranch, Reese raises more than 10,000 to be both beautiful and marketable," where they originated. Reese said. "Unfortunately, part of the decrease Along with breeding his prized fowl, in heritage production is simply due to Reese, a nurse anesthetist and former lack of economic opportunities for small army nurse, has set up a nonprofit — farms in rural areas, which has led to de- Good Shepherd Conservancy — aimed creased rural population and thus fewer at helping to preserve his cherished farms to keep heritage products," Beyer birds. He hopes to build a center that will said. "It has been said, that in order to teach the next generation about these save heritage turkey breeds, we need to special animals. include them as a food source, for with- The plans are to have a culinary out value other than shows, we will con- school attached to the education and tinue to lose our genetic diversity in all research center. With help from founda- of our crops." tions, he has raised more than a quarter of a million dollars for this venture. But See Turkey Page 46 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 23 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 24 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 25 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 26 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 27 Trump vents about election as agencies aid Biden transition By Zeke Miller giving turkey pardon in the White House tion's planning to distribute vaccines for WASHINGTON (AP) — President Rose Garden. He has not taken questions COVID-19. Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that he from journalists in weeks. "We are immediately getting them is not giving up his fight to overturn the He did not hold back on Twitter re- all of the pre-prepared transition briefing election results, but across the federal garding the election results. materials," Azar said. "We will ensure government, preparations were begin- "Remember, the GSA has been ter- coordinated briefings with them to en- ning in earnest to support President-elect rific, and (Administrator) Emily Murphy sure they're getting whatever informa- Joe Biden's incoming administration. has done a great job, but the GSA does tion that they feel they need." Within hours of the General Services not determine who the next President of The official managing the Pentagon's Administration's acknowledgement the United States will be," Trump tweet- transition work with the Biden landing Monday evening of Biden's victory in ed Tuesday morning. His legal team team said that the first meeting was held the Nov. 3 election, career federal of- continued to mount seemingly futile virtually on Tuesday morning and that ficials opened the doors of agencies to challenges to the votes in battleground he expected daily meetings to come -- hundreds of transition aides ready to pre- states. some virtually and some in person. The pare for his Jan. 20 inauguration. And on Murphy acted after Michigan certi- official, Tom Muir, told reporters that Tuesday, Trump signed off on allowing fied Biden's victory in the battleground normal accommodations for the Biden Biden to receive the presidential daily state on Monday, and a federal judge in team have been made, including provi- brief, the highly classified briefing pre- Pennsylvania tossed a Trump campaign sion of briefing materials, video-telecon- pared by the nation's intelligence com- lawsuit on Saturday seeking to prevent ferencing capabilities and office space munity for the government's most senior certification in that state. Pennsylvania inside the Pentagon. leaders. certified its results, and its 20 electors "HUD career officials have begun An administration official said lo- for Biden, on Tuesday morning, fol- the process of scheduling briefings with gistics on when and where Biden will lowed hours later by Nevada. the Biden transition team in response to first receive the briefing were still being It also came as an increasing number their requests," said a spokesperson for worked out. of Republicans were publicly acknowl- the Department of Housing and Urban Biden, in an interview with "NBC edging Biden's victory, after weeks of Development. Nightly News," said he was also work- tolerating Trump's baseless claims of GSA's move frees up millions of dol- ing out a meeting with the White House's fraud. The Republican president had lars in federal support for the Biden tran- coronavirus task force and vaccine dis- grown increasingly frustrated with the sition and gives his team access to ad- tribution effort. flailing tactics of his legal team. ditional federal office space and support "So I think we're going to not be so In recent days, senior Trump aides services, including computers, phones far behind the curve as we thought we including chief of staff Mark Meadows and secure briefing rooms. might be in the past," he said. "And and White House counsel Pat Cipollone A day after Trump said his admin- there's a lot of immediate discussion, had also encouraged Trump to allow the istration should begin working with and I must say, the outreach has been transition to begin, telling the president Biden's team, Republican allies filed two sincere. There has not been begrudging he didn't need to concede but could no more lawsuits attempting to stop the cer- so far. And I don't expect it to be. So yes longer justify withholding support to the tification in two battleground states. One it's already begun." Biden transition. in Minnesota was swiftly rejected by a By Tuesday afternoon, the Biden Late Monday, Meadows sent a memo state court Tuesday before the state cer- transition had been in contact with all to White House staffers saying that their tified its results for Biden. Shortly after, federal agencies about transition plan- work was not yet finished and that the another was filed in Wisconsin, which ning, according to a transition official. administration would "comply with all doesn't certify until Dec. 1. But Trump, who has not formally actions needed to ensure the smooth conceded to Biden — and may never — transfer of power," according to a per- continued to sow doubt about the vote, son who received it. At the same time, he despite his own administration's as- warned staffers who are not specifical- sessment that it was conducted without ly authorized to interact with the Biden widespread fraud, misconduct or inter- team against contact with the incoming ference. administration. The president has maintained a low Health and Human Services Secre- profile since his defeat. He made a quick tary Alex Azar told reporters Tuesday appearance in the briefing room on that within hours of GSA's ascertain- Tuesday to deliver just over one minute ment of Biden's victory, his agency's top of remarks on the Dow Jones Industrial career official was in contact with the Average trading at record levels and lat- Biden team on coordinating briefings, er delivered the traditional pre-Thanks- including on the Trump administra- November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 28 Dow crests 30,000 points on vaccine hopes, Biden transition

By Alex Veiga And Damian J. Troise early last week. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite picked up The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 30,000 points 156.15 points, or 1.3%, to 12,036.79. for the first time Tuesday as progress in the development of coro- Traders continued to favor stocks that stand to gain the most navirus vaccines and news that the transition of power in the U.S. from a gradual reopening of the economy, such as banks and in- to President-elect Joe Biden will finally begin kept investors in a dustrial companies. Technology and communication stocks, which buying mood. have been investor favorites through the pandemic, also helped lift Traders were also encouraged to see that Biden had selected the market. Janet Yellen, a widely respected former Federal Reserve chair, as In another signal that investors were feeling confident, the Rus- treasury secretary. The Dow rose more than 450 points, or 1.5%, sell 2000 index of smaller stocks outpaced the broader market, pick- to cross the milestone. The S&P 500 index, which has a far greater ing up 35.23 points, or 1.9%, to 1,853.53, also a record high. impact on 401(k) accounts than the Dow, rose 1.6%, climbing to its "There's some relief that Biden is choosing moderates to fill own all-time high. out the cabinet," said Barry Bannister, head of institutional equity The gains extend a monthlong market rally driven by growing strategy at Stifel. Bannister also said the encouraging vaccine news optimism that development of coronavirus vaccines and treatments continues to give hope that there is an end in sight to the pandemic. will loosen the pandemic's stranglehold on the economy. They also On Monday, the head of the federal General Services Admin- mark a rapid climb for the Dow from its March 23 low of just under istration acknowledged that Biden is the apparent winner of this 18,600 during the worst of its early pandemic nosedive. month's presidential election. That allows the incoming president "We are one step closer to moving past the election uncertainty," to coordinate with federal agencies on plans for taking over on Jan. said Lindsey Bell, chief investment strategist at Ally Invest. "People 20, despite ongoing efforts by President Donald Trump to overturn are still optimistic about what 2021 has to bring, from an economic the election. perspective and an earnings perspective." Word that Biden has chosen Yellen as treasury secretary also The S&P 500 rose 57.82 points to 3,635.41. The Dow gained added to investors' confidence. Widely admired in the financial 454.97 points to 30,046.24. Both indexes eclipsed record highs set world, Yellen would be the first woman to lead the department in a line stretching back to Alexander Hamilton in 1789, taking on a pivotal role to help shape policies at a perilous time. "She's also pretty pro-fiscal stimulus and she's able to effectively work with people across the aisle," Bell said. "She showed that in her time at the Fed." Stocks have been pushing higher this month, driving the S&P 500 up by more than 11%, as investors have grown more hopeful that the development of coronavirus vaccines and treatments will help pave the way for the economy to recover next year. On Monday, drugmaker AstraZeneca reported surprisingly good results from ongoing vaccine studies. It said its potential vac- cine, which is being developed with Oxford University, was up to 90% effective. Unlike rival candidates, AstraZeneca's doesn't have to be stored at ultra-cold temperatures, making it easier to distribute. Last week, Pfizer and Moderna both reported study results showing their vaccines were almost 95% effective. And, over the weekend, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals received U.S. government approval for emergency use of its COVID-19 treatment. The drug, which Trump received when he was sickened last month, is meant to try to prevent hospitalization and worsening disease from devel- oping in patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms. The vaccine developments are tempering lingering concerns over rising virus cases in the U.S., as well as in Asia and other parts of the world, and new government restrictions on businesses aimed at limiting the spread. Treasury yields rose as investors became more optimistic about the prospects for economic growth. The yield on the benchmark 10- year Treasury note rose to 0.88% from 0.84% late Monday. U.S. markets will be closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving hol- iday. They will be open for half the day on Friday, closing at 1 p.m. Eastern. European markets ended broadly higher, while Asian markets closed mixed. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 29 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 30 COVID-19 putting college basketball traditions in quarantine By Dave Skretta staff member, as well as that of our fami- traditions that have been quarantined. There is a tradition at Taylor Universi- lies, must be our primary objective." Michigan State is only allowing ty, a small NAIA school in Indiana, where Indeed, very little has been normal friends and families of players and coach- the entire crowd sits in complete silence since sports returned from a long shut- es, meaning the raucous Izzone section until the men's basketball team scores its down with the NBA and NHL playoffs will be on hiatus. The handful of people 10th point of the game and sets off a wild held in largely fanless bubbles and Major allowed for Indiana games won't be sing- celebration. League Baseball played before oceans ing the "William Tell Overture" at the Thanks to the scourge of COVID-19, of empty seats. The NFL season brought under-8 timeout of the second half with there will be no Silent Night game this small numbers of fans, as did the return of the same gusto. Chants of "I Believe" at year. Only silence. college football in some locations, but the Utah State, "O-H-I-O" at Ohio State and The game has been played on the Fri- sense of electricity has still been missing. "Boomer Sooner" at Oklahoma will feel day before finals week for decades, but That will be even more pronounced very different when they are merely audio the pandemic forced the university to call for college hoops, where fans packed into recordings. it off this year. The standing room-only arenas ranging from the tiny (G.B. Hodge Fans are locked out of the Palestra, crowd, including hundreds of students Center at South Carolina-Upstate, capac- the old Philadelphia gym that has served dressed in their pajamas, will stay at ity 878) to the massive (Carrier Dome as the Big 5 home for 65 years. Saint home, unable to sing the old Christmas at Syracuse, capacity 35,446) are close Joseph's, Villanova, La Salle, Penn and standard of the same name at the end of enough to the action that they can see and Temple have long had their rivalry games the game. smell the sweat dripping from the players. intertwined in the fabric of Philly sports. As the college basketball season be- Fans in such close proximity create But the Quakers are not playing this sea- gins this week, there is a disheartening massive homecourt advantages at places son because the entire Ivy League is shut absence of tradition. The population of such as Allen Fieldhouse (Kansas) and down and the "Big 4" just doesn't have Krzyzewskiville at Duke will be zero, the turn venues such as Cameron Indoor Sta- the same ring to it. Oakland Zoo at Pittsburgh a little more dium (Duke) into nightmares for oppos- "It's been hard trying to get my arms tame. The Orange Crush at Illinois will be ing teams. around this entire situation," said Tem- less intimidating and the ghost-like sound "I'm starting my 41st year here, so ple coach Aaron McKie, whose team has of "Rock Chalk Jayhawk" at Kansas will I've benefited greatly from having that had a number of schedule changes due to be merely echoes from thousands of pre- sixth man to create one of the best en- positive tests and contact tracing. "But vious wins. vironments in sport, not just in basket- it's our reality now. It's what everybody "Without doubt, this is a difficult -an ball," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski throughout the country is dealing with." nouncement for us to deliver to our Tay- said. "We'll see. After we play a couple There are some benefits to traditions lor community," interim president Paige of games, I'll let you know how good or taking a hike. Comstock Cunningham said in announc- how bad it is. I will tell you this, though: The poor student in The Hawk mas- ing the cancellation of Silent Night, "but I know overall it's an advantage for us." cot costume at Saint Joseph's might get a the health of each student, faculty and Just about every school has unique break from flapping his wings the entire night and maybe there will be no need to dodge tortillas during visits to Texas Tech. For the first time in 35 years, John Brown University in Arkansas won't have to deal with the same old technical foul in its home opener — there won't be a ca- pacity crowd unfurling 2,000 rolls of toi- let paper onto the court when the Golden Eagles score their first points. "Times are very different," Kentucky guard Davion Mintz said. "We're defi- nitely going to have to find energy from within ourselves. I know that it will be very different. I say that it will actually be pretty tough coming out starting, but like I said, we have to find energy from within each other, kind of get each other moti- vated. Realize that we are on TV playing, so there are still our fans around the world watching. Just try to make it work." November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 31

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Wall maps for Woods County, foldout maps and spiral bound books available Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram 620 Choctaw St., Alva, OK • 580-327-2200 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 32 12 Grammy facts: BTS and Dr. Luke in, The Weeknd out By Mesfin Fekadu A group of young R&B female acts Guyton. NEW YORK (AP) — Twelve things moving the needle also missed out on DR. LUKE aka TYSON TRAX worth noting about Tuesday's nomi- nominations, including Summer Walker, Dr. Luke marked a major comeback nations for the 2021 Grammy Awards, Teyana Taylor and Kehlani. Late rapper this year, producing hits for Saweet- from snubbed singers to posthumous Juice WRLD, Brandy and Chris Brown ie, Juice WRLD and Doja Cat, who is nominees to famous folks competing for were also snubbed. signed to his record label. And it earned awards. Though they received nominations in him his first Grammy nomination in six SNUBBED SINGERS their genre categories, acts such as Lady years. The Weeknd sings about being a Gaga, Fiona Apple and Harry Styles The hit "Say So" marked a break- "star boy" but the Grammys' response to didn't pick up bids for album, song or through for Doja Cat and Dr. Luke, who his latest album? Bye boy. record of the year. last launched a No. 1 smash with Katy The pop star was severely snubbed K-POP KINGS Perry's "Dark Horse" in 2014, the same this year despite having one of the year's For years BTS have said their dream year his former collaborator Kesha ac- biggest albums with "After Hours" and is to be Grammy-nominated. And they've cused him of sexual assault during their topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart with finally achieved it. yearslong partnership. Dr. Luke has vig- "Blinding Lights" and "Heartless." The K-pop band is nominated for orously denied the allegations. Luke Combs also walked away with- best pop duo/group performance with "Say So" is nominated for record of out a single nomination though he was "Dynamite," their first song to hit the No. the year, an award given to the song's country music's most successful musi- 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. artist and producer, helping Dr. Luke cian this year. Morgan Wallen also had Others who scored their first-ever earn a nomination. But instead of using a great year in country music, but didn't nominations include Harry Styles, Me- his known name on the credits for the earn any nods. And the Chicks' first al- gan Thee Stallion, the Strokes, Jay Elec- song, he's listed as Tyson Trax. bum in 14 years was not recognized. tronica, Michael Kiwanuka and Mickey Other monikers Dr. Luke has used are Loctor Duke and MADE IN CHINA. BLACK LIVES MATTER Reflecting the current times, Black artists released songs this year about the Black Lives Matter movement and the international protests that took place following the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and others. And those songs are nominated for Grammys. Beyoncé's "Black Parade," released on Juneteenth, is up for four awards in- cluding record and song of the year. The protest song "I Can't Breathe" by H.E.R. is nominated for song of the year, while Lil Baby's "The Bigger Picture" — which reached the No. 3 spot on the pop charts — is up for best rap song and best rap performance. And Anderson .Paak's The Earned Income Tax Credit. "Lockdown," about police brutality and You may have earned it. Why not claim it? racial injustice, is up for best melodic rap performance and best music video. If you’re working hard just to make ends meet and have one or more children Country singer Mickey Guyton living with you, you may qualify for the EITC. Think of it as a reward for doing wrote "Black Like Me" a year before one of life’s most beautiful, most important and most loving jobs. Visit our Floyd's death, but rushed to release the Web site or ask your tax preparer if you qualify. song because she said the time was right. The poignant track earned a nomination Because when it comes to getting more for your family, consider it done. for best country solo performance. A message from the Internal Revenue Service. LONG LIVE THE DEAD The Internal www.irs.gov/eitc Revenue Service John Prine died of complications of See Grammys Page 40

IRS EITC M1293 B - News November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 33 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 34 OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty in criminal case By Geoff Mulvihill executes a settlement moving through the activists pushing for Purdue owners Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty Tues- federal bankruptcy court with state and and company officials to be charged with day to three criminal charges, formally local governments and other entities crimes. taking responsibility for its part in an suing it over the toll of the opioid ep- "Until we do that and we stop accus- opioid epidemic that has contributed idemic. ing brick and mortar and not individuals, to hundreds of thousands of deaths but Members of the wealthy Sackler nothing will change," said Munger, who also angering critics who want to see in- family who own the company have also lives in Wayne, Pennsylvania. dividuals held accountable, in addition agreed to pay $225 million to the feder- The attorneys general for about half to the company. al government to settle civil claims. No the states opposed the federal settlement, In a virtual hearing with a feder- criminal charges have been filed against as well as the company's proposed settle- al judge in Newark, New Jersey, the family members, although their deal ment in bankruptcy court. In the bank- OxyContin maker admitted impeding leaves open the possibility of that in the ruptcy case, Purdue has proposed trans- the U.S. Drug Enforcement Adminis- future. forming into a public benefit corporation tration's efforts to combat the addiction "Having our plea accepted in federal with its proceeds going to help address crisis. court, and taking responsibility for past the opioid crisis. Purdue acknowledged that it had not misconduct, is an essential step to pre- The attorneys general and some ac- maintained an effective program to pre- serve billions of dollars of value" for tivists are upset that despite the Sacklers vent prescription drugs from being di- the settlement it is pursuing through giving up control of the company, the verted to the black market, even though bankruptcy court, the company said in family remains wealthy and its members it had told the DEA it did have such a a statement. will not face prison or other individual program, and that it provided mislead- "We continue to work tirelessly to penalties. ing information to the agency as a way build additional support for a proposed The activists say there's no difference to boost company manufacturing quotas. bankruptcy settlement, which would between the actions of the company and It also admitted paying doctors direct the overwhelming majority of its owners, who also controlled Purdue's through a speakers program to induce the settlement funds to state, local and board until the past few years. them to write more prescriptions for its tribal governments for the purpose of Last week, as part of a motion to get painkillers. abating the opioid crisis," the statement access to more family documents, the And it admitted paying an electron- read. attorneys general who oppose the deals ic medical records company to send Purdue's plea to federal crimes pro- filed documents that put members of the doctors information on patients that en- vides only minor comfort for advocates Sackler family at the center of Purdue's couraged them to prescribe opioids. who want to see harsher penalties for continued push for OxyContin sales even The guilty pleas were entered by the OxyContin maker and its owners. as opioid-related deaths rose. Purdue board chairperson Steve Miller The ongoing drug overdose crisis, The newly public documents include on behalf of the company. They were which appears to be worsening during emails among consultants from McK- part of a criminal and civil settlement the coronavirus pandemic, has contrib- insey & Corp. hired by the company announced last month between the uted to the deaths of more than 470,000 to help boost the business. One from Stamford, Connecticut-based company Americans over the past two decades, 2008, a year after the company first and the Justice Department. most of those from opioids both legal pleaded guilty to opioid-related crimes, The deal includes $8.3 billion in and illicit. says board members, including a Sack- penalties and forfeitures, but the com- Cynthia Munger, whose son is in ler family member, "'blessed' him to do pany is on the hook for a direct pay- recovery from opioid addiction after whatever he thinks is necessary to 'save ment to the federal government of only being prescribed OxyContin more than the business.'" a fraction of that, $225 million. It would a decade ago as a high school baseball Another McKinsey internal email pay the smaller amount as long as it player with a shoulder injury, is among details how a midlevel Purdue employ- ee felt about the company. It offers more evidence of the Sacklers being hands-on, saying, "The brothers who started the company viewed all employees like the guys who 'trim the hedges' — employees should do exactly what's asked of them and not say too much." The documents also describe the company trying to "supercharge" opioid sales in 2013, as reaction to the over- dose crisis was taking a toll on prescrib- ing. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 35 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 36 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 37 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 38 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 39 Can you repeat that? Hearing trouble more obvious with masks

By JAMIE STENGLE Associated tested, according to audiologists, the pro- the visual is a "powerful supplement" to Press fessionals who assess hearing. hearing. DALLAS (AP) — As nurse Teri "We would have seen these people "Most people with hearing loss don't Wheat made her rounds at a Texas ma- eventually but it could have been quite realize they rely on it so much, and even ternity ward, she began to realize she a few years from now," said Catherine people with normal hearing rely on it, was having a hard time understanding Palmer, audiology director for the western say, when you are in a noisy restaurant," the new mothers who were wearing Pennsylvania health care system UPMC. Tye-Murray said. masks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Wheat, who had her hearing tested Palmer said adults can usually fill So she got her hearing tested and now at the Callier Center in August, said that in the blanks and find words they aren't wears hearing aids. even before the pandemic, she frequently hearing, but it's exhausting. Her hearing loss "became more no- asked her kids to repeat what they said, Lorie D'Elia, an audiologist with ticeable the more barriers that we had to and people pointed out how loud she lis- Ohio State University's Wexner Medi- have," said Wheat, 52, who wears a mask tened to programs on her computer or cal Center in Columbus, Ohio, said that and a face shield at work to protect herself television. But, she said, her hearing loss once people are fitted with hearing aids and others against the virus. hadn't been obvious to her. they realize that "a lot of that effort of Hearing specialists across the U.S. Audiologists say it's not just the lack listening is taken away." say they have seen an uptick in visits of visual clues that's making hearing dif- Palmer said even people who already from people like Wheat, who only real- ficult: masks and plastic barriers also re- have hearing aids have been coming in ized how much they relied on lip reading duce the sound level. And standing closer during the pandemic to get them ad- and facial expressions when people start- to the person you are talking to — another justed to manage the sound difference ed wearing masks that cover the nose and coping mechanism — has also been elim- caused by the new barriers. mouth. inated in most settings because of recom- She said masks have created another "More than likely, these are people mendations to socially distance during problem for hearing aid wearers: They that had some kind of hearing loss prior the pandemic. lose or damage their hearing aids when to all this starting but they were adapt- Palmer, who just finished a stint as they get caught and flipped out by the ing," said Andrea Gohmert, director of the president of the American Academy of ear loops. hearing clinic at the University of Texas at Audiology, said people with normal hear- Then there's the dogs adopted during Dallas' Callier Center for Communication ing can manage if voices are muffled a the pandemic chewing on or swallowing Disorders. bit, but those with some hearing loss hearing aids, she said. Most of the time, hearing loss hap- have a much harder time. "Unfortunately, we're replacing a lot pens gradually and people will often wait Nancy Tye-Murray, a professor at of hearing aids right now as well," Palm- around seven years to get their hearing Washington University in St. Louis, said er said. Mysterious shiny monolith found in otherworldly Utah desert By Lindsay Whitehurst their work. The exact location is so remote that SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Deep They found the three-sided stain- officials are not revealing it publicly, in the Mars-like landscape of Utah's less-steel object is about as tall as two worried that people might get lost or red-rock desert lies a mystery: A men put together. But they discovered stranded trying to find it and need to gleaming metal monolith in one of the no clues about who might have driven be rescued. most remote parts of the state. it into the ground among the undulat- The monolith evokes the one that The smooth, tall structure was ing red rocks or why. appears in the Stanley Kubrick mov- found during a helicopter survey of "This thing is not from another ie "2001: A Space Odyssey." Because bighorn sheep in southeastern Utah, world," said Lt. Nick Street of the it's on federal public land, it's illegal officials said Monday. Utah Highway Patrol, part of the De- to place art objects without authoriza- A crew from the Utah Department partment of Public Safety. tion. of Public Safety and Division of Wild- Still, it's clear that it took some Bureau of Land Management of- life Resources spotted the gleaming planning and work to construct the ficials are investigating how long it's object from the air Nov. 18 and land- 10- to 12-foot (3- to 4-meter) mono- been there, who might have created it ed to check it out during a break from lith and embed it in the rock. and whether to remove it. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 40

From Page 32 Grammys the coronavirus in April, but his spirit is gether 17 years ago but Jerkins released SHINES all over the Grammy Awards. it this year during the pandemic to offer Happy wife, happy life: Jay-Z has The icon earned two posthumous healing and hope to listeners. lent his songwriting hand to his wife Be- nominations, including best American A-LIST ACTS yoncé and he's earned Grammy nomina- Roots performance and best American Oscar winners Meryl Streep and tions for it. Roots song for "I Remember Every- Renée Zellweger are vying for Grammy Jay-Z co-wrote Beyoncé's "Black thing." gold. Parade" and "Savage" with Megan Thee Breakthrough rapper Pop Smoke Streep is nominated for best spoken Stallion, and now he's nominated for died this year but his hit song "Dior," a word album for "Charlotte's Web," pit- song of the year, best R&B song and double platinum success, is nominated ting her against MSNBC's Rachel Mad- best rap song — categories reserved for for best rap performance. Nipsey Hus- dow, journalist Ronan Farrow and "Jeop- songwriters. sle, who died last year and won two ardy!" record-holder Ken Jennings, who Jay-Z and Beyoncé have won five posthumous Grammys earlier this year, is nominated for reading "Alex Trebex Grammys together. scored a nomination for best rap perfor- — The Answer Is..." HIP-HOP IS DEAD mance for his guest appearance on Big Zellweger won her second Academy Despite rap music being today's most Sean's "Deep Reverence." Award for "Judy" and her performance popular genre, no rap albums are nomi- Leonard Cohen has earned multiple on the soundtrack earned her a nomina- nated for the top prize, album of the year. posthumous nominations since his death tion for best traditional pop vocal album. Expected nominees included Roddy in 2016 and is nominated for best folk Cynthia Erivo, a Grammy, Emmy Ricch's "Please Excuse Me for Being album with "Thanks for the Dance," his and Tony winner, scored a nomination Antisocial," Lil Baby's "My Turn" and fifteenth and final studio album. for best written song for visual media DaBaby's "Blame It on Baby" or "Kirk." And songwriter LaShawn Daniels, with "Stand Up" from "Harriet." The But those albums didn't even score who died last year and won a Grammy song, which she co-wrote with Joshuah nomination in the best rap album cate- for co-writing Destiny's Child's "Say My Brian Campbell, also earned an Oscar gory. Instead, nominees were focused on Name," is competing for best gospel per- nomination earlier this year. rap purists and respected lyricists instead formance/song with "Come Together" And the best comedy album award of the young performers dominating the by his close friend Rodney "Darkchild" is stacked with famous folks, including pop charts. Jerkins. Daniels and Jerkins started writ- Tiffany Haddish, Jerry Seinfeld, Patton Nominees for best rap album include ing the song about the world coming to- Oswalt, Jim Gaffigan and Bill Burr. Nas' "King's Disease," Jay Electronica's WOMEN WHO ROCK "A Written Testimony," Freddie Gibbs Female acts dominate in the best rock and The Alchemist's "Alfredo," "The Al- Don’t trade it, donate it! song and best rock performance catego- legory" by Royce Da 5'9" and D Smoke's ries, with performers like Fiona Apple, "Black Habits." Brittany Howard, HAIM, Grace Potter, PAUL McCARTNEY, THE ART Phoebe Bridgers and Big Thief — led by DIRECTOR Adrianne Lenker — in contention. Paul McCartney scored his 79th And while country radio is overload- Grammy nominations this year — as an ed with male artists, the Grammys' best art director. country album category is packed with The former Beatle is nominated for women, including Miranda Lambert, best boxed or special limited edition Brandy Clark, Ashley McBryde and In- package for the collector's edition of his grid Andress. 10th solo album, "Flaming Pie." He's IT'S BRITTANY B----! listed as one of the art directors on the Brittany Howard has already won project, and shares his nomination with four Grammys with her talented band Linn Wie Andersen, Simon Earith and Alabama Shakes, but her first solo - al James Musgrave. bum is getting tons of Grammy love. McCartney is the owner of 18 Gram- "Jaime" was released last year and is mys. one of those rare albums competing for PAIN OF THE PANDEMIC multiple genres at the Grammys. The Because of the coronavirus pandem- album is nominated for best alternative ic, the Best Immersive Audio Album music album, her song "Stay High" is up Craft Committee was unable to meet to for best rock song and best rock perfor- decide winners for the best immersive mance, the track "Goat Head" is nomi- audio album Grammy. The judging of Call the American Lung Association of nated for best R&B performance, and the entries has been postponed, and the Oklahoma Vehicle Donation Program "Short and Sweet" is competing for best nominees will be announced next year. at 800-577-5864 or visit us on American Roots performance. The winners for the 2021 award will be the Web at www.oklung.org JAY-Z, THE SONGWRITERS, announced at the 2022 show. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 41 November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 42 Alfalfa County real estate Book 864 page 374: Roger E. unto John A. Schupbach and Shawna M. Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty Smith conveys unto Warren and Rita Schupbach. West half of the west half of deed. Kirkendall: 21 and 22, in Block 39, of the northeast quarter, and the west half Book 864 page 526: Francis Loren the First Addition to the Town of Aline, of the east half of the west half of the Miller, as successor trustee of the Miller Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim northeast quarter, and the west half of the Family Trust, conveys unto Flaming deed. east half of the west half of the northeast Investment Co.: The northeast quarter Book 864 page 376: Roger E. Smith quarter and west half of west half of the of section 27, township 27 north, range conveys unto Warren and Rita Kirkendall: north 23 acres of the southeast quarter, 9 WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Undivided half of Lot 20 in Block 39 of and the north 23 acres of the southeast Warranty deed. the First Addition to the Town of Aline, quarter and the west half of the east half Book 864 page 578: Lupe Kephart, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim of the east half of the west half of the a single woman, conveys unto Kenneth deed. north 23 acres of the southeast quarter, C. Kephart Jr. and Xantippe M. Bolar: Book 864 page 378: Jon-David Engle less a tract of land containing 3.94 acres, The west half of the southeast quarter conveys unto Warren and Rita Kirkendall: more or less, for railroad right-of-way, all of section 29, township 25 north, range Undivided half of Lot 20 in Block 39 of in section 20, township 29 north, range 11, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. the First Addition to the Town of Aline, 12, WIM. Joint tenancy quit claim deed. Warranty deed. Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Quit claim Book 864 page 383: Kent J. Kisling Book 864 page 618: Jose Gabriel deed. and Darcy Kisling, trustees of the Kent J. Hernandez and Loudes Hernandez, Book 864 page 380: Kent J. Kisling Kisling Trust No. 1, convey unto Kent J. husband and wife, convey unto O’Neil and Darcy L. Kisling, trustees of the Kisling and Darcy Kisling: The northwest Laverne Metcalf and Erin Nancy Kent J. Kisling trust, convey unto Kent J. quarter of section 32, township 29 north, Metcalf. The southwest quarter of Kisling and Darcy L. Kisling: West half range 12, WIM. Quit claim deed. section 2, township 28 north, range 9, of the west half of the northeast quarter, Book 864 page 384: Kent J. Kisling WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Joint and the west half of the east half of the and Darcy Kisling convey unto Matt A. tenancy warranty deed. west half of the northeast quarter, and Schupbach and Courtney A. Schupbach. Book 864 page 634: John W. Bellamy the west half of the east half of the west The northwest quarter of section 32, and Joy Bellamy convey unto Rodney G. half of the northeast quarter and west township 29 north, range 12, WIM. Joint Heitfeld and Linda M. Thomas: A tract half of west half of the north 23 acres tenancy quit claim deed. of land in the southwest quarter of the of the southeast quarter, and the north Book 864 page 386: Robert L. Cain southeast quarter of section 3, township 23 acres of the southeast quarter and the and Lahoma M. Cain, unto Mark and 26 north, range 9, WIM, Alfalfa County, west half of the east half of the east half Kay Hamil. Lot 5, in block 1, In Myer’s Oklahoma. Joint tenancy warranty deed. of the west half of the north 23 ac res of Addition to the City of Cherokee, Alfalfa Book 865 page 640: Littlefield Trust the southeast quarter, less a tract of land County, Oklahoma. Quit claim deed. conveys unto Ross Trent Littlefield and containing 3.94 acres, more or less, for Book 864 page 397: Jason T. Lott and Carly Brooke Littlefield, husband and railroad right-of-way, all in section 20, Katherine G. Lott, husband and wife, and wife: A tract of land located in the south township 29 north, range 12, WIM. Quit James A. Lott and Kimberly J. Lott, unto half of the northwest quarter of section claim deed. Keith Baker and Jerri Baker. The east 34, township 27 north, range 11, WIM, Book 864 page 382: Kent J. Kisling half of the southwest quarter of section Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Warranty and Darcy L. Kisling, husband and wife, 32, township 25 north, range 12, WIM, deed. Mortgages Book 864 page 527: Flaming Investment Co., to ACB Bank. The northeast quarter of section 27, township 27 north, range 9 WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Note: $73,000.00. Book 864 page 619: O’Neil Laverne Metcalf and Erin Nancy Metcalf, to Farm Service Agency. The southwest quarter of section 2, township 28 north, range 9, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Note: $230,000.00. Book 864 page 641: Ross Trent Littlefield and Carly Brooke Littlefield, husband and wife, to Open Mortgage, LLC. A tract of land located in the south half of the northwest quarter of section 34, township 27 north, range 11, WIM, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma. Note: $396,000.00. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 43

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According to the affidavits hunting license ($439). and petitions on file, the Christopher B. Newton, following individuals have Athens, Alabama, has been been charged. An individual is cited for hunting duck without innocent of any charges listed an Oklahoma state stamp below until proven guilty in a ($264). court of law. All information is Traffic Filings a matter of public record and Dawn Michelle McMurtrey, may be obtained by anyone Cherokee, has been cited for during regular hours at the speeding 1-10 mph over the Alfalfa County Courthouse. speed limit. ($100) The Alva Review-Courier Casandra Yvette Reyes, will not intentionally alter or Dumas, Texas, has been cited delete any of this information. for speeding in a construction If it appears in the courthouse zone 26-30 mph over the speed public records, it will appear in limit ($514). this newspaper Rogelio S. Oregon, El Misdemeanor Filings Monte, California, has been Clarence Frye, Cherokee, cited for speeding 15 mph over 49, has been charged with the speed limit ($264). assault and threatening to Sherry M. Hewitt, Carver, perform act of violence ($553). Minnesota, has been cited for Civil Filings speeding 1-10 mph over the Midland Credit speed limit ($100). Management vs. Justin Gardner: Dean Edward Goll, Alva, indebtedness ($239.14). has been cited for speeding First National Bank of 1-10 mph over the speed limit Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska, ($100). vs. Alan Kent Armbruster, Owen Mitchell Hall, Cherokee: breach of contract Douglas, Kansas, has been ($239.14). cited for speeding 15 mph over Small Claim Filings the speed limit ($264). Farmer’s Cooperative, Ruston Archer Erikson, Carmen, vs. D & D Trucking Alva, has been cited for LLC, Ames: small claims ($68). speeding 15 mph over the speed Wildlife Filings limit ($264). Colynn C. Fouse, Longview, Christopher Brandon Texas, has been cited for non- Bushman, Alva, was cited for resident hunting without a valid not wearing a seatbelt ($20). November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 45

Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office logs Tuesday, November 17, 2020 1:27 p.m. – Medic needed During this day there were for a female with chest pains. three traffic stops. No transport needed. 9:52 a.m. – Report of 4:11 p.m. – Report of an vandalism on County Road animal tearing up his trash. (CR) 630 and Bryan Road. Asked if any traps could be 3:27 p.m. – Report of a put out. male with a cut finger who has 6:02 p.m. – Medic needed passed out. for a male having neck pain 7:49 p.m. – Medic needed and cold symptoms. No for a male who had passed out transport needed. and can’t get up. Medic took Saturday, November 21, patient to Bass Hospital in 2020 Enid. 9 a.m. – Caller advised Wednesday, November 18, he and another male were 2020 doing some surveying east of 10:09 a.m. – Report of a Driftwood. They believe they pasture fire on CR 680 and were shot at by a hunter and Bryan Road. asked for someone to contact 11:38 a.m. – Report of a fire the game warden. on CR 830 and Grady Road. 9:21 a.m. – Medic needed 2:28 p.m. – Mutual aid for a male with a possible needed for fire in Grant stroke on Latimer Road. County. 8:35 p.m. – Welfare check 2:57 p.m. – Report of a was needed in the 500 block of fender bender in the 200 block Pennsylvania. of Grand. Sunday, November 22, 2020 5:28 p.m. – Medic needed 1:01 p.m. – Report that for a male having trouble a four-door sedan on the breathing. Medic took the southbound side of the road patient to Bass Hospital in was on fire with the driver on Enid. the side of the road trying to 5:34 p.m. – Report of a dog call someone. bite in Nescatunga. 1:20 p.m. – Report of Thursday, November 19, vandalism in the 100 block of 2020 Grand. 8:57 a.m. – Report of a 4:10 p.m. – Report that possible dog attack in the 200 someone had broken into his block of 6th Street. camper. Advised only a few 12:26 a.m. – Report of a little things were missing. vehicle accident in front of Monday, November 23, 2020 City Hall. 1:09 a.m. – Caller advised Friday, November 20, 2020 she was awoken by two very During this day there were loud trucks with stock trailers three traffic stops. in the field just north of her. 2:55 a.m. – Report of cattle Advised they were spotlighting out on Oklahoma Highway 45 and she was concerned. Deputy and CR 580. made contact with the vehicle. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 46 Community From Page 16 RadioShack Calendar However, the Toys R Us site redirects Megachains like Walmart and Target Wednesday those who want toys to Amazon.com. have been able to slow Amazon's en- 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Cit- REV says that its much leaner Ra- croachment, but Amazon is the ultimate izens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is doing dioShack will sell from its own website disrupter. It has upended industries from only carry out meals. Please call 327- and an Amazon storefront. RadioShack tech and grocery, to global shipping. 1822 until noon the day before to order. was the place to go for batteries, phone If Amazon is the biggest threat to Meals will be ready for pick up at 10:30 chargers and headphones. Those are some of America's largest corporations, a.m. products that Amazon sells under its what are the prospects for a relic from Noon Alva Kiwanis Club will meet at own brand name in vast quantities. the 1980s? Cancun Mexican Grill. And therein lies REV's challenge. "Amazon is the Death Star," said 1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum Allen Adamson, co-founder of the mar- in Alva is open Tuesday through Sunday. keting strategy firm Metaforce. "They 7 p.m. Alva Moose Lodge men’s have everything and it's easy and fast. meeting is held every Wednesday. From Page 22 There's no need to go to your corner Ra- Thursday dioShack to find something, or even to 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior Cit- RadioShack online." izens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is closed Yet Mehr doesn't look at Amazon as for Thanksgiving. Turkey a competitor. Rather, he said, it's another 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous open channel where RadioShack can sell its meeting at 623 5th St. (Youth Corr Reese, a fourth-generation farmer, products. House), Alva on Mondays and Thurs- grew up on a farm close to Salina. "It's like a big mall with a lot of traf- days. "We had chickens, pigs, goats, cattle fic," Mehr said. "So I think of Amazon Friday and crops — mostly wheat and milo," as a partner, and I've done that in other 1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Museum Reese said. "My job was to take the tur- brands, too. So this is yet another distri- in Alva is open Tuesday through Sunday. keys to the milo field. They'd pull all bution channel for us." the grasshoppers off the fields. Then I'd REV bought RadioShack from Gen- walk them home." eral Wireless Operations Inc. for an un- Reese said, back then, everyone had disclosed amount this year. The former turkey. But for Reese, his love of the an- owners have retained a minority stake, imal went further. betting on the social media marketing "My first story I wrote in first grade expertise of Mehr and Lopez. was 'Me and my Turkeys,' " he said. The new owners say they hope to Reese wrote this story more than 60 have RadioShack.com open for busi- years ago while he sat at an old wooden ness by the end of the month. About 400 desk in a one-room country schoolhouse RadioShack locations remain open, but in north Salina. operate independently from the REV- "I have a lifelong connection to these owned parent company. birds," Reese said. "When I see a Bronze Turkey, I think of all the great turkey breeders I've known." From Page 8 Holiday

approved. The two 2009 Crown Victoria vehicles will go to the campus police with NWOSU paying the county for them. The sheriff’s monthly report was approved. It includes $3,422.62 for collections and $5,583.35 in expenses for the board of prisoners. The commissioners approved blanket purchase orders, payroll, warrants and claims. November 25, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 47

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