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Woods County Farm Bureau donated a clock to the Waynoka FFA to be hung in their ag classroom. Woods County Farm Bureau President Chad Budy presented the clock to the Waynoka FFA members and Advisor Chad Blocker during the trophy auction held on Monday, Jan. 13. From left, back row: Hunter Durkee, Wyatt Attwood, Garrison George, Kyler Shepard, Tabor Budy. Middle row: Rowdy Bouziden, Robert Perot, Tayen Redgate, Brooke Ferguson, Mattie Pitts, Austin Rankin. Front row: Sagelyn Budy, McKinzie Smith, Lainey Seaman, Novaly Medrano. Holding the clock is Waynoka FFA Advisor Chad Blocker and Woods County Farm Bureau President Chad Budy. Aline-Cleo December Student of the Month Megan Ryel, senior, was chosen The Alva Review-Courier / Newsgram as the Aline-Cleo December Student is published Wednesday by of the Month. Martin Broadcasting Corp. Her school philosophy is: “The 620 Choctaw St. best way to predict your future is to Alva, Oklahoma 73717 create it.” Lynn L. Martin, President She feels our school is unique Telephone Numbers: because the small community we Alva Review-Courier 580-327-2200 have always supports us. Megan is inspired by her family, Newsgram 580-327-1510 friends, and teachers. FAX 580-327-2454 Her favorite activities are: www.alvareviewcourier.com basketball, sleep and Netflix. E-Mail: manager @alvareviewcourier.net Her favorite quote is: “The darkest [email protected] day. The darkest hour. Chin up, Entire Contents Copyright 2018 shoulders back. Let’s see what we’re Members of: made of, you and I.” ~ Peter Capaldi Associated Press Megan is the daughter of Brian Oklahoma Press Association and Kathy Ryel, Aline. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 3 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 4 Rough week at the newspaper

By Marione Martin we still use at the newspaper. Victims are told how to open an account and It was a rough time for our newspaper Daily I delete a large number of “junk” told to buy a fraction of a Bitcoin, perhaps family last week. On Tuesday night as emails. Last week I received one from an $10. Transactions take a few minutes and we were printing unfamiliar “Dan Black.” When I opened are person-to-person, without any bank or the Newsgram and it, and started reading I burst into laughter regulating body. When the crook gets your getting it ready at the outrageousness of the message. money, it’s gone. for distribution, According to Mr. Black, I had been caught It’s too bad scammers don’t use their we learned one of looking at adult content on my computer abilities to earn money in an honest way our Tuesday night and doing naughty things (it was a bit more instead of stealing from others. I hope you’ll employees was in an specific). This had been captured on video continue to be alert. Don’t share personal auto accident. which would be widely distributed if I did information such as Social Security Marvin Pshigoda not follow instructions to send a specified numbers and bank account information was on his way amount of money in the form of Bitcoin to with unknown callers. Continue to be to pick up Roma Mr. Black. suspicious of scare tactics and deals that Scott, a friend and I told a couple of people in the office are too good to be true. another Newsgram about the ridiculous demand, explained A Good Book employee, when he was in a collision what Bitcoin is, and hit the delete button. Several people have told me they are on Oklahoma Boulevard. When Roma About an hour later, I received a similar interested in hearing about good books couldn’t reach Marvin, she drove herself to message from another unknown person. I’ve read. Before buying a Kindle, I used to work but saw the emergency lights and was Again, I hit delete. That’s the last I’ve heard make trips to the local library to check out worried it involved him. it. four books every two weeks. To expand my Eventually we learned that Marvin Later I was scanning through the horizons, I’d choose at least one book by an didn’t survive. It was suspected he had AARP Bulletin and found an article on unfamiliar author. some sort of medical incident that led to how a crook gets paid. It says scammers This book was one of those “wild card” his striking the other vehicle. We were all are changing how they want you to send choices, but I liked the description. “The shocked at the suddenness of his death, but cash. The goal in a scam is to get the Things We Cannot Say” by Kelly Rimmel is we took comfort in each other’s presence money quickly before you have time to fiction based on historical events involving as we finished the Newsgram for delivery. think about the demand. Here are the most a family from the 1940s to present day. The Marvin worked not quite two years for popular methods: book begins in the present with a woman the paper, inserting flyers and preparing • Money transfers are done through juggling care of a non-verbal autistic son, Newsgram bundles. He wasn’t the speediest apps like Venmo, Zelle and Cash App. You a genius daughter and a husband with a at his work, but he was one of the most can easily move funds to a friend or relative demanding scientific career. reliable. Marvin was always cheerful and or others you trust. But caution is critical When her beloved grandmother has never complained except to get a reaction because these apps don’t offer consumer a stroke and loses her ability to speak, from someone. We sometimes groaned at protections. she helps her communicate through an his jokes but enjoyed his humorous take on • Wire transfers are good for sending iPad app. The grandmother demands her life as well as his positive attitude. He will funds to loved ones, but criminals love granddaughter make a trip to Poland to be missed by all of us. them, too. They are often requested as part search for something she can’t explain Then Wednesday evening we learned of sweepstakes and lottery scams, where in the area where she was born. The that sales representative Stacy Sanborn you are asked to send money to help process grandmother provides some names from lost her mother-in-law Bobbie Failes big winnings – which never materialize. long ago, a couple of addresses and some unexpectedly. She and her family are • Store gift cards are a favorite way for Polish phrases. struggling with their loss. The funeral is scammers to cheat you. Perhaps you’re told The book alternates between the present this Friday. by an “IRS official” that you owe back taxes day and World War II at the time the Nazis The suddenness of these losses is a or a “police officer” says you’re about to be invade the Polish town. The granddaughter reminder not to take the presence of our arrested for unpaid fines. You’re requested has a few days in Poland to uncover her loved ones and friends for granted. to make payment via gift cards from a family’s past and get back to her 92-year- Another Tuesday night Newsgram major retail chain. You’re told to buy the old grandmother before she succumbs to employee was hospitalized this week, and cards and then read the code numbers on her illness. Along the way, she uncovers one is out recovering from surgery. the back to the caller. Once you’ve done startling family secrets and reconnects with Outrageous Scams that, the scammer can use the codes to buy her husband through his support of her My email last week was also a merchandise or other gift cards. mission. reminder of the continuing nuisance and • Cryptocurrency is the Bitcoin type of I connect more with history when it’s damage of scammers. Several of us at the payoff. While not as common, their use is described from a personal experience angle office received emails from my deceased growing. The Federal Trade Commission even though it’s fictional. This book helped husband’s account. I immediately logged recently reported these virtual currencies me to see the dire plight of the Polish people into that email address and changed the were being requested in the Social Security including their Jewish friends during World password. I can’t disable that account scam, in which people are falsely told a War II. It also gives some insight into how because it’s tied to software and services payment is needed to unfreeze an account. a family copes with a special needs child. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 5 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 6 Burlington School Superintendent Croft reemployed for 2020-21 school year BEF Annual Meeting Feb. 11; Balko basketball game rescheduled for Feb. 1 at Woodward; Prayer service held for Dakota Smith By Yvonne Miller The board approved obtaining a quote Jan. 23-25 is the Cherokee Strip Monday morning board President for the purchase of gravel for street and Tournament at Enid and Jan. 27-29 is the Terry Graham called the meeting of the alley maintenance. Junior High Cherokee Strip at Medford. Burlington Board of Education to order Receiving board approval were the There is a Valentine’s Dance on Jan. with all members present, including T.J. encumbrances, change orders and warrants 31 for the high school. Also on Jan. 31 is a Rockenbach, Aaron Smith, April Kisling as follows: General Fund – Encumbrances Prevent Needs Assessment Survey. and Robert Hill. 275-300 for $21,524.31, Warrants 597- The Elementary Spelling Bee is Feb. 5. Also attending were Superintendent 695 for $234,585.27; Building Fund: Basketball Senior Night is Feb. 7. Dr. Stacey Croft, Principal Tim Bart and Encumbrance 7 for $5,000, Warrant 11 for Basketball Districts is Feb. 14-15. Minutes Clerk Tamre McGinnis. No guests $1,112; Child Nutrition Fund: Warrants were present. 26-30 for $3,130.77; and Building Bond Following an executive session Fund 35: Encumbrance 5 for $59,890 and midway through the meeting, the board Warrant 11 for $59,890. Enid man approved reemployment of Dr. Croft as Agenda items also approved by the superintendent for the 2020-21 school year. board included: the December 2019 In that same executive session they were Activity Fund Report and the Exposure dies in Major to discuss but take no action regarding Control Plan. reemployment of Tim Bart as principal Superintendent Croft reminded the next year. board of the Annual Burlington Education County crash Since January is School Board Foundation meeting, Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Recognition Month, Dr. Croft presented 6:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. By Marione Martin board members appreciation certificates She reminded there is no need for A semi driver from Enid was injured for their years of service: Terry Graham, a school election; she gave mid-term in a Major County crash Monday and 24 years; Aaron Smith, 8 years; T.J. adjustments and an update on the progress later died. Earl Robert Enyard, 58, of Rockenbach, 5 years; Robert Hill, 5 years; of the bus barn. Enid, was transported from the scene by and April Kisling, 1 year. Principal Bart said the FFA held a prayer Air Evac to OU Medical in Oklahoma Wilson Construction received the service for sophomore Dakota Smith who City. He was admitted in critical board’s approval to do cement work was diagnosed with cancer. condition with head, trunk and internal around sidewalks at the school buildings. The Balko basketball game was injuries. He was later pronounced dead Wilson’s quote was for $51,347.50 with the rescheduled for Feb. 1 at Woodward. due to his injuries. exception that something different may be The teachers have an in-service day at The one-vehicle wreck occurred done with the 6-foot ballards. the Enid Expo on Jan. 24. at 10:20 a.m. on State Highway 8 at the junction of State Highway 58 approximately nine miles east of Fairview. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report, Enyard was eastbound on SH8 when for an unknown reason he failed to yield to a stop sign, departed the roadway to the right and rolled the vehicle a quarter time. The semi came to rest on the passenger side on the east side of the T-intersection. The condition of the driver and cause of the crash is under investigation. The driver was wearing his seatbelt. Trooper Jason Burch investigated, assisted by Troopers Trent Cagle, Donald Kraft and Caleb Swickey. Also at the scene were the Major County Sheriff’s Department, Isabella Fire, Ringwood Fire and Major County EMS. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 7 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 8 Obituaries

BOBBIE ANN FAILES treating, rock hunting, thrift shopping, TERRY LYNN SNYDER Bobbie Ann Failes, 67, passed away and being outdoors enjoying nature Terry Lynn Snyder was born on October at her home in Cherokee on Wednesday, together. She loved music, mountains, 28, 1943, to Chester Kirk and Zelma Juanita January 15, 2020. plants, rocks and birds, and she always (Glasgow) Snyder She was born on knew what to pack for a camping trip. in Alva, Oklahoma. December 2, 1952, in Bobbie was a die-hard Sooner fan, He passed away on Fairfax, Oklahoma, just like her mom who was also her January 19, 2020, in to the late Robert best friend. The two could often be Norman, Oklahoma. D. Simon and Fern found boogeying to music together. Terry’s hobbies Kranz. Aside from her parents, children included all types of She attended and grandchildren, Bobbie’s biggest hunting and playing school at Carmen- treasure was her beloved husband golf in Drumright, Dacoma and worked Larry. The two complemented one Pawnee and Moore. at the Carmen nursing home as a candy another perfectly and were inseparable, He was an FFA member and enjoyed striper, which inspired her to later obtain even until the very end. Never a more showing his prize calf. her LPN license from Enid’s Autry loving couple has been seen. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Vo-Tech in 1986. She spent almost 30 She is survived by her parents Snyder; brother, Johnny Snyder and wife years dedicating herself to the care of Doug and Fern Kranz of Alva; her Paula: as well as a host of cousins. others. She worked most of her career husband and best friend of 32 years, Terry was preceded in death by his at the Cherokee Manor in Cherokee and Larry Failes; and her children, son parents, Chester and Zelma Snyder. ultimately retired from The Great Plains Tommy Sanborn and his wife Stacy, Services to celebrate Terry’s life will be Care Center in Helena. and daughter Tonya Tullis. She will held at 2 p.m, January 25, 2020, at Cedar Her care for others extended far also be greatly missed by her sister Creek Living Center, Norman, Oklahoma. beyond the workplace; Bobbie dedicated Dana Franklin and brother Steve Online condolences and memories may Simon. Bobbie leaves behind six be shared at www.tribute.care. her whole self to her family. She was the th self-appointed matriarch, a self-avowed grandchildren: Gage, Katelin, Sydney, Tribute Memorial Care, 708 24 Avenue smartass, and Grandma Extraordinaire. and Jagger Sanborn, Jadyn and NW, Suite 300, Norman, OK 73069 (405- Always showering her kids and Keyauna Heidrick, great-grandchild 292-4787) is in charge of arrangements. grandkids with love and affection, there Cayden Reed, and nieces and nephews. was never a shortage of hugs and kisses. A memorial service will be held at BUCKLEY DALE WAGNER She went above and beyond to make sure Lanman Funeral Home in Cherokee, Buckley Dale Wagner joined his they knew how much she loved them. Oklahoma, on Friday, January 24, at 2 beloved wife, LaQuita Wagner, on From the goodie bags full of snacks, p.m. Memorials donations may be made December 26, 2019. clothes, toys or books, Bobbie thought through the funeral home to Shriners Pa Buck was born of everything. She loved spending time Childrens Hospitals. Bobbie will be May 27, 1930, in Two with each grandchild, taking special care missed by all who knew her. Online Buttes, Colorado. to create memories. Those memories condolences may be made at www. He is survived by included cookie-making, trick-or- lanmanmemorials.com. his children, Ronald “Chip” Wagner, Carolyn Lee, Ben, Bob, and Rick Breed. He is a proud grandfather and great grandfather to Sage, Colton, Bryce, Wyatt, Rhett, Danny, Chris, and Kynzlie Ann. Pa Buck retired after 30 years with El Paso Oil & Gas in Bloomfield, New Mexico, and settled down on the Broken Circle W Ranch. He was featured in the Historical Encyclopedia of Colorado. He will be remembered for his unique skills of raising quarter horses and mules at Buck Pack – the Bestest in the Westest. His legacy continues at Bucks Livery in Durango, Colorado. Buck is also a U.S. veteran. There will be a celebration of life in the spring of 2020. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 9 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 10 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 11 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 12 Value Added Products (VAP) rises for 20 years in Alva FY ended May 2019 deflated, but turning around; In the black so far for FY 2020; Promoting efficiency and tighter accounting By Yvonne Miller Known for producing mouthwatering pizza crusts, buttery, flaky croissants and more delicious-as-grandma-made dough products,Value Added Products (VAP) held their 20th Annual Stockholders Meeting Saturday in Alva. An estimated 40 investors attended the meeting in a conference room at the Northwest Technology Center. In the late 1990s a group of innovative businessmen, farmers/ranchers and others in the Alva area came together and VAP was born. Investors were mainly wheat-farmers and ranchers The VAP Board of Directors present at the 20th Annual Stockholder’s Meeting who invested their money in this value- Saturday at the Northwest Technology Center in Alva are (from left) Dean Goll, added industry to provide jobs for the Gordon Karber, Steve Sterling and Bob Baker. Photo by Yvonne Miller local economy; get a tax break on their investment; with hopes of someday seeing a return on their venture. Area

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VAP CEO Geoff Clark talks to stock- VAP’s staff shown at the 20th Annual Stockholder’s Meeting consist of (from holders at their 20th annual meeting left, front row): Plant Operations Manager Tonja Lewis, CEO Geoff Clark, about how he and staff are working Quality Assurance Manager Neha Thunga; (back) Warehouse Manager Rudy to turn a profit for the cooperative Smith-Dunn, Human Resources Manager Eric Emerson, Research & Develop- owned by area farmers/ranchers, ment Manager Daniel Hinde, Admin Assistant Jennifer Dooley, Admin Assistant businessmen and landowners. Photo Sharon Doctor. Photo by Yvonne Miller by Yvonne Miller January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 13 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 14 Carl’s Capitol Comments By State Rep. Carl Newton field of education is classroom sizes of Oklahoma’s pension plans have had The legislative session is just a few in our public school system. This a COLA, while at the same time the short weeks away, so it’s time for me continues to be a concern that our cost of health insurance and other living to get back to writing students need more one-on-one time expenses has risen. my regular column to with their teachers and hopefully lead We ran similar legislation last year, inform you of what is to better education outcomes. but it stalled in the state Senate. Both going on at the State I recently attended a meeting the House and Senate requested an Capitol. explaining that our high schools are actuarial analysis to examine how the We’ve had two working directly with many businesses retirement systems would be affected by years of increased and professionals to give students a COLA. Those reports were returned revenues to fund state hands-on experiences about real life in December and show a COLA would services. This year, work. This is a great program in that it not affect any retirement fund ratio by however, because of allows the student to better understand more than 2.9 percent. a slowdown in oil and gas, we expect what that professional or business A decade ago, our retirement funds to have a relatively flat budget year person does on a daily basis so that were in poor shape with sky-high debt when compared to last year. That being the student can better understand if he and funding shortfalls. Lawmakers said, we still have $8.3 billion to work or she has the desire and skills to do infused additional revenue to stabilize with, which is still sufficient cover our that type of work. Having a skilled and the pension funds and improve our budgetary needs. trained work force helps us attract new state’s bond rating. We look to be in With the little bit of overage we business and industry to our state and a position now to grant a responsible have from the amount we appropriated helps our Oklahoma-based companies COLA. last year, we will likely continue to expand. That leads to a better economy I will detail additional reforms in add to our state’s saving’s account. We for all of us, which improves our future columns. In the meantime, I saved $200 million last year, and that individual lives, our communities and would appreciate your prayers for this has proven prudent given the slowing our state. upcoming legislative session. Thank economy. We would like to continue Also this year, House Republicans you, as always, for this opportunity to to put back additional funds again this will push for a Cost of Living serve you. I look forward to a wonderful year so we would not have to cut state Adjustment (COLA) for state retirees, 2020. God bless you. services if the downturn becomes more including teachers, firefighters, police Please feel free to contact me. You severe. officers and others. It has been well can call me at 405-557-7339 or email One area that will be evaluated in over ten years since state retirees in six me at [email protected]. Timberlake 2017-2018 First Semester Honor Roll Superintendent Diller, Greysan Loerger-Henson, Ethan Principal Seventh – Staysha Cummins, Jenlink, Colten Lormand, Jack McCoy, Seventh – Kayla Cotton, Payden Christopher Diller, Autumn May, Marlee Carver Sands, Cade Severin, Rebekah Dunigan, Rylee Hutchinson, Alexis Pecha, Karson Seperd Woodall Olson, Caleb Wear Eighth – Chase Pierce Eleventh – Summer Finney, Lindsay Eighth – Pete Gwinn, Alec Ullrich Ninth – Emma Curry, Karleigh Olson, Joel Pecha, Hailey Phillips, Ninth – Natalie Green, Henslee Decker, Kilynn Gaff, Kinlie Judd, Amaya Ullrich Powell, Carter Sands Merric Judd, Hannah Wear Twelfth – Alec Judd, Laney Neal, Tenth – Lanika Eilander, McKennah Tenth – Mayane Amorin, Jacob Preston Pierce, Sophie Cummins Mach, Jamathian Pippin, Hali Watkins Eleventh – Autumn Jones, Samantha Phillips Twelfth – Braxton Buller, Dustin Frazier, Jacob Jones, Leo Moore January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 15 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 16 South Barber Voter registration Homecoming deadline is Feb. 7 Coronation Friday, Feb. 7, is the last day to in writing to every person who submits apply for voter registration in order an application for voter registration. The to be eligible to vote in the March response is either a voter identification rescheduled 3 Presidential Preferential Primary card listing the new voter’s precinct Election, Alfalfa County Election Board number and polling place location or a Secretary Kelly Stein said today. letter that explains the reason or reasons to Feb. 20 Stein said that persons who are the application for voter registration United States citizens, residents of was not approved. Stein said any person By Yvonne Miller Oklahoma, and at least 18 years old may who has submitted a voter registration South Barber High School’s apply to become registered voters. application and who has not received a Basketball Homecoming was to happen Those who aren’t registered or need response within 30 days should contact last Friday night, Jan. 17. It was to change their registration may apply the county election board office. postponed due to inclement weather, by filling out and mailing an Oklahoma Oklahoma Voter Registration especially near South Barber’s opponent Voter Registration Application form in Application forms are available at the Burrton. time for it to be postmarked no later than county election board office located The ballgame with Burrton is midnight Friday, Feb. 7. at 602 W. 5th St., Suite 3, Cherokee, rescheduled to Monday, Feb. 17. Stein said applications postmarked and at most post offices, tag agencies However, South Barber’s after that time will be accepted and and public libraries in the county. Homecoming Coronation festivities are processed, but not until after March 3. Applications also are available at www. rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 20. The The county election board responds elections.ok.gov. Chieftains will host Pretty Prairie for their homecoming games. Medford man injured in collision with semi By Marione Martin A Medford resident was injured in a two-vehicle collision Tuesday in Grant County. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says Robert William Taylor, 30, of Medford, was transported by Pond Creek EMS to Bass Hospital in Enid where he was admitted in stable condition with leg and head injuries. The wreck occurred at 7:56 a.m. on US-60, two-tenths of a mile north of Coal Road on Tuesday. The location is approximately three miles west and four miles south of Pond Creek. Taylor was driving a 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt northbound on US-60, and Robert A. Wittgartner, 59, of Centerville, Kansas, was southbound on US-60 in a 2007 International semi. Taylor’s vehicle experienced an equipment failure and crossed the centerline into the path of the semi. The cause of the collision was listed as a defective vehicle. Taylor was not wearing a seatbelt, but Wittgartner was. Trooper Trey Mathews investigated, assisted by Grant County Sheriff’s Department, Garfield County Sheriff’s Department, Kremlin Fire Department, Pond Creek EMS and Pond Creek Fire Department. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 17 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 18 Medicine Lodge Attorneys challenge basketball team wins two Oklahoma The Medicine Lodge basketball team redistricting initiative beat Douglass 58-49 on Jan. 14. Players turned in the following points: By Sean Murphy ing is incompatible with the principles Medicine Lodge OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An of democracy." Theron Wedel 23 initiative petition that seeks to prevent Republican legislators, who cur- Cason Liebst 14 partisan gerrymandering of legislative rently control redistricting, have Tyce Lonker 2 districts is unconstitutional because it fiercely opposed the petition. Senate Dasik Clouse 13 contains multiple subjects and should President Pro Tem Greg Treat has de- Kirk Fisher 4 be thrown out, an attorney argued be- scribed the proposal as a "redistricting Chance Winter 2 fore the state Supreme Court on Tues- coup." Total 58 day. Under the plan, the power to draw Douglass The petition seeking a public vote both legislative and federal congres- Jones 6 on whether to create an independent, sional districts would be transferred Arevalo 7 bipartisan commission to draw the dis- from the Legislature to a bipartisan Stoffel, Jordan 6 trict lines contains multiple subjects, in nine-member commission. The com- Moore 16 violation of the constitution, attorney mission would include an equal num- Stoffel, Jared 10 Robert McCampbell said. He said a ber of Republicans, Democrats and Tirus 4 similar proposal was recently rejected members unaffiliated with either party, Total 49 by the Colorado Supreme Court for the and they would be selected by a group On Jan. 17, Medicine Lodge beat W. same reason. of retired state Supreme Court and ap- Independent 61-48. Players earning "This simply has more than one pellate judges. points were: subject," McCampbell said. "And the Those behind the effort will require Medicine Lodge voters of Oklahoma, just like the vot- almost 178,000 signatures to qualify Theron Wedel 21 ers of Colorado, deserve to vote on one the proposed constitutional amend- Tyce Lonker 4 subject." ment for the November election ballot. Dasik Clouse 4 McCampbell also argued that a No date has been set for the group to Kirk Fisher 3 brief explanation of the initiative begin collecting signatures. Chance Winter 18 called a "gist" that is attached to signa- Redistricting occurs every 10 years Kyson Cunningham 11 ture pages doesn't adequately explain following the release of U.S. Census Total 61 the proposal. data, which will be collected next year. W. Independent The group "People Not Politicians" Under the Oklahoma Constitution, Recalde-Phillips 6 is seeking to gather signatures to place each legislative chamber updates its Jackson 6 the proposal on the ballot. voting districts to reflect population Martin 11 Melanie Rughani, an attorney rep- changes and other factors. Guinn 13 resenting the group, said the initiative Legislative leaders have said mem- Conlee 3 petition is clearly about one broad sub- bers of bipartisan redistricting commit- Ramsey 1 ject: redistricting. tees will begin the redistricting process Total 48 "The state has a compelling interest in 2020 and that new district lines will in protecting against partisan gerry- be finalized through legislation consid- mandering," she said. "Gerrymander- ered in 2021. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 19 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 20 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 21 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 22 Sundance Wind Energy Center to be operational by end of year Demi Gastouniotis, 25, leads the charge

By Kathleen Lourde $307 million in capital investment. Demi Gastouniotis, 25, has various For this project, that initial research titles but they all boil down to the same into avian flight paths and wind speeds thing: she’s the boots on the ground was done by a renewable energy for getting the Sundance Wind Energy company called TradeWind Energy, who Center up and running. The center, and originally owned the project. Invenergy the turbines that link to it, will be located acquired the Sundance project in April between Waynoka and Aline, and along 2019. the Aline Road. Construction on Sundance Wind Gastouniotis is a project developer Energy Center will begin this summer. with Invenergy, a fast-growing The project will use 2.3 and 2.8 renewable energy company based in megawatt state-of-the art wind turbines Chicago with wind, solar and natural gas manufactured by GE. projects all over the world. Each turbine, once installed, will As a project developer, “we prospect consist of a concrete pad 60 feet in projects by understanding what the diameter and a road leading to the pad. resources are like,” Gastouniotis said. “Farmers can farm right up to that road,” For example, Invenergy spends two said Gastouniotis. years studying the local avian flight How a wind turbine collects energy paths and other local wildlife behaviors, seems simple enough on paper. Wind as well as measuring wind speeds in turns the propeller-like blades of the Demi Gastouniotis stops by the Alva different places, to identify the best and turbine around a rotor. Review-Courier office to talk about safest place to locate a new project. “We tell people and landowners that Invenergy’s wind energy project. Once a project has been settled on, what you hear is essentially the sound of The turbines will be placed on land “developers go out and start to work your fridge running,” said Gastouniotis. between Waynoka and Aline. Video with the community to bring awareness The rotor is connected to the main frame by Kathleen Lourde to the project,” she said. “We do land shaft, which spins a generator to create acquisitions in the area – work with electricity. landowners and sign them onto the “A collection line runs from the An Opportunity for Cutting-Edge project; work with county commissioners turbine back to our substation (the Jobs and school superintendents” so that all Sundance center), which is central to all Construction of the Sundance center, the major stakeholders know how the the turbines of the project. From there, which will be done through a third wind energy center will affect them. an above-ground transmission line runs party contractor, will employ about 150 “A lot of landowners have welcomed to a substation that’s owned by the local workers. Construction will begin this me into their homes, given me dinner utility.” summer; to apply for those jobs, keep an – it’s a very, very kind community,” (The “local utility” is Tulsa-based eye on the Newsgram. The construction Gastouniotis said. Public Service Company of Oklahoma, contractors haven’t been announced yet. She will work out of the Alva or PSO. People living in northwest Invenergy will also be hiring six staff Invenergy office on College Avenue Oklahoma will not be using energy people – wind technicians, an operations and out of Invenergy’s regional office created by the Sundance project.) manager, and people to work in the in Denver. For the next year, she said, Construction on the Sundance Wind office. Wind technicians in particular she’ll be spending two to four days a Energy Center will begin this summer, have well paid jobs – $54,370 per year week here, bedding down at a local and it is scheduled to be fully operational on average, according to the U.S. Bureau hotel. Local Vanna Fuquay already staffs in the fourth quarter of 2020. “We have of Labor Statistics. the Invenergy office in Alva. to get everything online by the end of the “That range would be comparable Once the Sundance center is built, year,” she said. here as well,” said Erika Huffman with the office will move there. Invenergy will operate the Sundance Schnake Turnbo Frank, an Oklahoma Sundance Wind Energy Center Wind Energy Center for 10 years, and City-based public relations firm working The center, once operational, is expects to produce enough energy to with Invenergy. expected to generate enough power power 55,000 homes over the ten years. “We will start looking for people for 55,000 homes; create emissions “Eventually we will sell the project reductions equal to taking 65,000 cars to the parent company of PSO,” off the road; and pony up more than Gastouniotis said. See Energy Page 34 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 23 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 24 Child sex abuse substantiated against ex-Oklahoma priest

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The 15-year-old boy, who said the abuse charges against Leven. Archdiocese of Oklahoma City said resumed later when he was an adult at Leven is the second priest the Arch- Tuesday that it has substantiated allega- Saint John the Baptist Catholic Church diocese of Oklahoma City has identified tions of child sexual abuse against an- in Edmond, the archdiocese said. since December as having child sexual other priest. The archdiocese said it also sub- abuse allegations against them substan- The archdiocese said in a news re- stantiated a separate allegation against tiated from 1960 to 2018, bringing to 13 lease that allegations of abuse of a minor Leven of inappropriate behavior with a the total since an initial report in October were substantiated against Father Mar- minor at the Enid church. identified 11 clerics with substantiated vin Leven by the archdiocese following Archbishop Paul Coakley also re- allegations. an investigation by the Oklahoma City voked Leven's authority to serve as a Separately, the Diocese of Tulsa and law firm McAfee & Taft. It said the alle- priest. Leven didn't immediately reply Eastern Oklahoma also released a list in gations date to 1993, when Leven, now to a message left with the archdiocese October, naming 11 other clerics in that 94 and retired, was assigned to Saint seeking comment. diocese who were found to have credible Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Enid. Under Oklahoma law, the statute of child sexual abuse allegations against The allegation was made by a then- limitations has expired for any possible them dating to 1973. Oklahoma City takes road win streak into matchup with Orlando Oklahoma City Thunder (25-19, time this season. The Thunder won 102- 21.5 assists, 8.8 steals and 4.1 blocks seventh in the Western Conference) vs. 94 in the last meeting on Nov. 5. Shai per game while shooting 43.7 percent Orlando Magic (21-23, seventh in the Gilgeous-Alexander led Oklahoma City from the field. Their opponents have Eastern Conference) with 24 points, and Aaron Gordon led averaged 101.4 points on 43.5 percent Orlando; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EST Orlando with 15 points. shooting. BOTTOM LINE: Oklahoma City TOP PERFORMERS: Nikola Thunder: 6-4, averaging 114.5 hits the road against Orlando looking Vucevic is scoring 18.9 points per game points, 45.1 rebounds, 23 assists, 6.9 to prolong its three-game road winning and averaging 11.1 rebounds for the steals and 4.2 blocks per game while streak. Magic. Markelle Fultz is shooting 45.0 shooting 46.7 percent from the field. The Magic are 13-8 on their home percent and averaging 13.9 points over Their opponents have averaged 110.8 court. Orlando has a 5-17 record against the last 10 games for Orlando. points on 46.6 percent shooting. opponents over .500. Gilgeous-Alexander leads the Thun- INJURIES: Magic: Jonathan Isaac: The Thunder are 11-10 in road der scoring 19.8 points and grabbing 5.9 out (knee), D.J. Augustin: out (knee), games. Oklahoma City is 17-4 against rebounds. Chris Paul has averaged 6.2 Al-Farouq Aminu: out (right knee). opponents under .500. assists and scored 18.5 points over the Thunder: Terrance Ferguson: out The teams square off for the second last 10 games for Oklahoma City. (personal), Nerlens Noel: out (ankle), LAST 10 GAMES: Magic: 6-4, av- Andre Roberson: out (knee), Abdel Na- eraging 104.8 points, 47.9 rebounds, der: out (ankle). January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 25 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 26 Jalen Hurts eyes NFL, with ‘boulder’ not chip on shoulder By John Zenor Herbert of Oregon is projected as a high coln Riley and the Sooners and delivered MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Jalen Hurts' first-rounder. easily his best season. Senior Bowl helmet gives a snapshot of Then there's the 6-foot-1, 218-pound Hurts got off to a blazing start and his college career, an OU on the right Hurts, who has a stellar resume but still passed for 3,851 yards and 32 touch- side and his old Alabama No. 2 on the some questions. downs while rushing for 1,298 yards and left. "I don't want to get into compari- 20 scores. Now, the quarterback who led two sons," he said Tuesday before the teams' "He's been successful everywhere elite programs to the College Football first practices. "That's kind of like the he's been," Bengals coach Zac Taylor Playoffs is trying to prove himself again, kiss of death. I try to be the best version said. "He really is a little bit like an NFL as an NFL prospect, back in the state of myself. Go out there and try to win, quarterback in the sense that he had to where he began his college career. try to lead my guys, build relationships go quickly and pick up an offense and Hurts officially began his audition with my guys. Win ball games." really prove himself as a leader in a new for NFL teams this week with practices Hurts went 26-2 as a starter for the program in a short period of time, which and meetings ahead of Saturday's Senior Tide and was Southeastern Conference he did. He had a great year." Bowl. His biggest selling point: "I win." player of the year as a freshman. Then he "Those are things that we get a chance Indeed last season's Heisman Trophy was benched at halftime of the nation- now to see in person. Get to know the runner-up did a lot of winning for both al championship game against Georgia, kid a little bit more. I'm excited about. Oklahoma and the Crimson Tide, put- with Tagovailoa leading the comeback He certainly had a great college career ting up big numbers both passing and victory and ultimately winning the start- .He's put himself in a good position." rushing. But questions remain about his ing job for the 2018 season. But also an uncertain one. Senior passing accuracy and consistency, lead- Hurts stuck it out instead of leaving Bowl executive director Jim Nagy was ing to an uncertain draft status. to preserve a second year of eligibility initially skeptical about Hurts' ability to LSU Heisman winner Joe Burrow is and ultimately departed for Oklahoma play quarterback in the NFL. the likely No. 1 overall pick by the Cin- ranking in the top three among Alabama "Jalen's come a long, long way. He cinnati Bengals, whose staff is coaching quarterbacks for career rushing yards, really has," the former scout said. "Peo- Hurts and the South team. Tua Tagov- touchdowns, total offense and passing ple asked me about Jalen when I took the ailoa, who replaced Hurts as the starter, TDs. job and I said maybe if he comes to the is also regarded as a likely first-round First, he led a comeback of his own Senior Bowl in a couple of years it might draft pick despite recovering from hip after Tagovailoa was injured in the SEC be as another position player. He's blown surgery. championship game, also against Geor- that out. He's come so far." Hurts' Senior Bowl teammate Justin gia. Then he transferred to play for Lin- Hurts, meanwhile, still conveys the same unflappable confidence as always. Determined to prove critics wrong, he's sporting more than a chip on his shoul- der. It is, he said, "a boulder." "I don't think there's any experi- ence that I'd go back and exchange or change," Hurts said. "I think every- thing's happened for a reason. It's all happened how it's supposed to. I think I'm stronger, wiser, better man, better player, leader, better everything." January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 27 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 28 Hunt family finally gets to see Chiefs back in Super Bowl

By Dave Skretta kings to win their only championship. but sure enough they found a way to win KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Clark "I was at that game and I have a pho- it and go on to win the Super Bowl. I Hunt remembers well the celebrations to," he said, "so I hate to say that I don't think the experience of having played in four years ago that surrounded the gold- really remember it. I was 4 or 5 years the game last year helped the entire or- en anniversary of the Super Bowl, the old. Actually, the first game that I re- ganization, particularly the players and championship game whose name was member is the Christmas Day game a coaches. I think they had a little bit more coined by his late father and Kansas City few years after" — the Chiefs lost to the confidence this year." Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt. Dolphins in the 1971 playoffs in the lon- Given all those years of disappoint- One moment stands out more than gest game in NFL history — "which isn't ment, it was little surprise that Reid the rest. It had to do with Hunt's mother, a great one to have as your first memory. thanked the Hunt family first when the Norma, who has been to every cham- I'm grateful to block that out with what Chiefs finally broke through Sunday. pionship game since the Chiefs played we're going to do in Miami in a couple And it's why even the newest members the Green Bay Packers in the first one of weeks." of the team knew the meaning of it for in 1967. Norma Hunt was a schoolteacher the owners. "Clark," she said shortly afterward, who also worked as a hostess for the "It's been 50 years since we brought "it sure would be nice if we could play Dallas Texans when she met and fell in this trophy back to Kansas City," said in this game once while I'm still able to love with Lamar. The franchise would Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu, who go." later move to Kansas City and become joined the team last offseason. "It's about She's finally getting her wish. the Chiefs. And when the family patri- the people of Kansas City, everything On Sunday, the most visible face of arch died in 2006, the franchise passed that they sacrificed, everything they en- the Chiefs ownership family took center into the hands of his children. dured for the last 50 years, and it's ulti- stage when Clark Hunt raised the AFC Much like his father, who was so in- mately about Lamar Hunt. We wouldn't title trophy — the Lamar Hunt Trophy tegral in league affairs for nearly four be here without him. We wish he was — after a 35-24 victory over Tennes- decades, Clark quickly became one of here right now, I think Clark is doing a see. Right beside Clark and celebrating the go-to voices among NFL owners great job, and this is what it's about: La- the return of the franchise to the big when issues such as the collective bar- mar Hunt." game for the first time in 50 years was gaining agreement arose. His even de- Hunt rarely speaks publicly — usual- his mother, and his siblings weren't far meanor, thoughtful disposition and acute ly just a handful of times each year. But away. business acumen also have made him a when he does speak, he is often candid. Football is a family affair for the sounding board for Commissioner Rog- So when Hunt stood on a sweltering Hunts. Not only did Lamar found the er Goodell. practice field at Missouri Western State franchise but he was among the eight Yet for all his accomplishments, the University in the first few days of train- owners in the "Foolish Club" who one thing Clark had never done was fol- ing camp last summer, he made it clear founded the AFL, then barged their way low his team all the way to the Super that getting close to an AFC champion- into a unified NFL. Clark was not yet 2 Bowl. ship wasn't enough. years old when the Chiefs played in the There had been close calls over the He wanted to finally win the game first Super Bowl, and he has only faint years. The teams of Marty Schotten- that had eluded him so long. memories of attending the 1970 game, heimer throughout the 1990s were al- Hunt wanted to give his mom a when the Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vi- ways on the cusp of greatness, and Dick chance to watch their team playing for Vermeil kept the winning tradition in it all. Kansas City. But when Andy Reid took "Last year, we were glad to be there, the Chiefs to the AFC title game last but we were also very disappointed that year, and ultimately lost to the Patriots in we weren't playing in THE game. It's go- overtime thanks partly to a coin flip and ing to be a very different experience this an offside penalty, Hunt and his family year," he said. "We've got that checked could be forgiven for thinking they were off but at the end of the day, we've still just a little bit jinxed. got a big goal to accomplish. At the be- "It was heart-breaking," Hunt said, ginning of the season, I talked to players "and we were playing a franchise that about our goals during the year. Making has been tremendously successful over the playoffs is goal number one. Bring- the last decade-plus. And there was prob- ing this (AFC championship) trophy ably a question mark in the back of our home to Kansas City is goal number heads to whether we could really beat two. We've got those done. Our big goal them because it had been so many times left is to bring another Lombardi trophy where you thought the Patriots were out, back to Kansas City." January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 29

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Bonds rose from 59.1% last 358 stolen bases and 1,311 RBIs, earn- captain appeared on 396 of 397 ballots year and Clemens from 59.5%. ing $266 million from the Yankees. cast by the Baseball Writers' Association Jeter and Walker will be inducted on He was the ninth player elected to of America, falling just shy of the stan- July 26 at the Hall in Cooperstown along the Hall after playing exclusively for the dard set when longtime Yankees team- with catcher Ted Simmons and former Yankees, joining Lou Gehrig (1939), Bill mate Mariano Rivera became the first players' association head Marvin Mill- Dickey (1954), Joe DiMaggio (1955), unanimous selection last year. Jeter's er, who were voted in last month by the Earle Combs (1970), Whitey Ford and 99.7% moved above Ken Griffey Jr. Hall's Modern Era Committee. Mickey Mantle (1974), Phil Rizzuto (99.3%) for the second-highest. A five-time World Series champi- (1994) and Rivera. It was not immediately known which on, Jeter became a face of baseball as Jeter used some of his savings to join voter didn't choose Jeter, who was list- he starred in the nation's largest media the group purchasing the Miami Marlins ed on all 219 ballots made public before market from 1995-2014. He was the AL in September 2017, becoming CEO. Jet- the announcement. The BBWAA will Rookie of the Year award in 1996 as the tisoning veterans and going with low- release additional ballots on Feb. 4 of Yankees won the World Series for the priced youth in a way the Yankees never writers who chose a public listing. first time since 1978, then led New York did, Jeter endured a pair of last-place fin- Walker appeared on 304 ballots, six to three straight titles from 1998-2000, ishes and the lowest home attendance in above the 75% needed, in his 10th and the only team to accomplish the feat the major leagues. final appearance on the BBWAA ballot, since the 1972-74 Oakland Athletics. A Walker hit .313 with .383 homers, up from 54.6% last year. rebuilt Yankees added their 27th title in 1,311 RBIs and 230 stolen bases for 2009. Montreal (1989-94), Colorado (1995- Jeter defined himself by moments 2004) and St. Louis (2004-05), a five- more than numbers: his unexpected time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove Don’t trade it, donate it! backhand flip from foul territory to winner. He led the major leagues in bat- throw out Oakland's Jeremy Giambi in ting average in 1998, 1999 and 2001. the 2001 AL Division Series; his Mr. Evaluating his offensive performance November home run in the 10th inning gave some baseball writers difficulty be- that won Game 4 of the 2001 World Se- cause he spent 9 1/2 seasons hitting at ries; his face-first leap into the stands home in the thin air of Denver's Coors after catching a 12th-inning popup by Field. Walker batted .381 with an 1.172 Boston's Trot Nixon in 2004; a home OPS and 154 home runs in 597 games run into the left-field bleachers for at Coors and .282 with 229 homers and his 3,000th hit as part of a career-best an .873 OPS in 1,391 games elsewhere, 5-for-5 game in 2011; a ninth-inning according to the Elias Sports Bureau. walkoff single in his final home game He received just 20.3% in his first in 2014; a single in his last at-bat three ballot appearance in 2011 and dropped days later that lifted his career average as low as 10.2% in 2014. He rose to to .310. 21.9% in 2017 before jumping to 34.1% Drafted sixth overall in 1992 after in 2018. he was spotted by Yankees scout Dick Walker became the second Canadi- Grouch as a high school junior a year an-born player elected to the Hall after earlier, Jeter was bypassed by Houston Ferguson Jenkins in 1991. (Phil Nevin), Cleveland (Paul Shuey), Ballot holdovers could benefit next (Montreal (B.J. Wallace), Baltimore year, when the most prominent players (Jeffrey Hammonds) and Cincinnati eligible for the first time are Torii Hunter (Chad Mottola). He debuted for the Yan- and Mark Buehrle. The 2022 ballot will Call the American Lung Association of kees on May 29, 1995, and was installed include David Ortiz and Alex Rodri- Oklahoma Vehicle Donation Program at shortstop the folliowing spring train- guez, who served a season-long suspen- at 800-577-5864 or visit us on ing by new manager Joe Torre. sion in 2014 for violations of the drug the Web at www.oklung.org Jeter became a 14-time All-Star and program and baseball's collective bar- five-time Gold Glove winner despite de- gaining agreement. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 31 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 32 Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to Honduras

By María Verza And Sonia Pérez D of them were apparently detained by said in an interview with HCH Noticias CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) Mexican National Guardsmen and im- without offering details. He also conced- — Hundreds of Central American mi- migration agents. Immigration officials ed migrants had thrown rocks at Mexi- grants who waded across a river into estimated Monday night that 500 had can authorities. Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching evaded capture by the security forces. An Associated Press photograph of the U.S. were sent back to their home- Ebrard said Mexico has begun de- a Mexican National Guardsman hold- land or retreated across the border Tues- porting some back to Honduras, putting ing a migrant in a headlock was sent via day after Mexican troops blocked their 110 on a flight to San Pedro Sula and Twitter by U.S. acting Homeland Secu- way. sending 144 back by bus. Honduran offi- rity Secretary Ken Cuccinelli with the Fewer than 100 remained in the no- cials said an additional flight and several message: "We appreciate Mexico doing man's land along the river between Gua- scheduled busloads would bring Tues- more than they did last year to interdict temala and Mexico. day's total to 691. caravans attempting to move illegally The caravan of thousands had set out Most of the hundreds stranded in the north to our southern border." from Honduras last week in hopes Mex- no-man's land on the Mexican side of the On the Guatemala side Tuesday, mi- ico would grant them passage, posing a river returned to Guatemala overnight grants lined up at a shelter for a break- fresh test of President Donald Trump's in search of water, food and a place to fast of plantains, beans and coffee. Some effort to reduce the flow of migrants ar- sleep. Mexican authorities distributed asked for dry clothing to replace what riving at the U.S. border by pressuring no water or food to those who entered was soaked or lost in their dash into other governments to stop them. illegally, in what appeared to be an at- Mexico. Others passed the time playing Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo tempt by the government to wear out the soccer and cards beside the river as they Ebrard said 2,400 of the migrants en- migrants. tried to figure out what to do next. tered Mexico legally over the weekend. Alejandro Rendón, head of Mexico's Darlin René Romero, 25, and his About 1,000 of them requested Mexi- social welfare department, said his col- wife were among the few who spent the co's help in returning to their countries. leagues were giving water to those who night pinned between the river and Mex- The rest were being held in immigration turned themselves in or were caught by ican authorities. centers while they start legal processes immigration agents, but were not doing Rumors had circulated through the that would allow them to seek refuge in the same along the river because it was night that "anything could happen, Mexico or obtain temporary work per- not safe for workers to do so. that being there was very dangerous," mits that would confine them to southern "It isn't prudent to come here because Romero said. But the couple from Co- Mexico. we can't put the safety of the colleagues pan, Honduras, spread a blanket on the An additional 1,000 had tried to enter at risk," he said. ground and passed the night 20 yards illegally Monday, he said, and hundreds Mexican President Andrés Manuel from a line of National Guard troops López Obrador said Tuesday that the forming a wall with their riot shields. government is trying to protect the mi- They remained confident that Mexi- grants from harm by preventing them co would allow them to pass through and from traveling illegally through the were trying to make it to the northern country. He said they need to respect Mexican city of Monterrey, where his Mexican laws. sister lives. "If we don't take care of them, if we They said a return home to impov- don't know who they are, if we don't erished and gang-plagued Honduras, have a register, they pass and get to the where most of the migrants are from, north, and the criminal gangs grab them was unthinkable. and assault them, because that's how it "We are in no-man's land," said was before," he said. "They disappeared Alan Mejía, whose 2-year-old son was them." cradled in his arms clad only in a dia- Mexican Interior Minister Olga Sán- per as his wife, Ingrid Vanesa Portillo, chez Cordero commended the National and their other son, 12, gazed at the riv- Guard for its restraint, saying: "In no erbank Monday night. Mejía joined in way has there been an act that we could five previous migrant caravans but never call repression and not even annoyance." made it farther than the Mexican border But Honduras' ambassador to Mex- city of Tijuana. ico said there had been instances of ex- "They are planning how to clear us cessive force on the part of the National out, and here we are without water or Guard. "We made a complaint before food," said a desperate Portillo. "There the Mexican government," Alden Rivera is no more hope for going forward." January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 33 Washington man is 1st in US to catch new virus from China By Carla K. Johnson And Mike Stobbe and Prevention announced it would add Chicago’s O’Hare air- SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first port and Atlanta’s airport to the mix later this week. case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, What’s more, officials also will begin forcing all passengers saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from from Wuhan to go to one of those five airports if they wish to the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle. enter the U.S. The man, identified as a Snohomish County resident is in The hospitalized U.S. resident had no symptoms when he his 30s, was in good condition and wasn’t considered a threat to arrived at the Seattle-Tacoma airport last Wednesday, but he medical staff or the public, health officials said. started feeling ill on Thursday and went to a doctor on Sunday U.S. officials stressed that they believe the virus’ overall risk with a fever and a cough, officials said. Lab testing on Monday to the American public remained low. confirmed he had the virus. The newly discovered virus has infected about 300 people, all The hospital, Providence Regional Medical Center in Ever- of whom had been in China, and killed six. The virus can cause ett, said in a statement that it expected the man would remain in coughing, fever, breathing difficulty and pneumonia. The U.S. isolation and under monitoring there at least until Thursday. joins a growing list of places outside mainland China reporting CDC officials said they sent a team to Washington to try to cases, following Thailand, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. track down people who might have come in contact with the Airports around the world have stepped up monitoring, man. The hospital also said it was contacting “the small num- checking passengers from China for signs of illness in hopes of ber of staff and patients” who may have been with the man at a containing the virus during the busy Lunar New Year travel sea- clinic. son. The man is originally from central China, lives alone in the Late last week, U.S. health officials began screening passen- U.S. and made the trip solo, officials said. There were relatively gers from Wuhan in central China, where the outbreak began. few people who came in contact with him since he got back, The screening had been underway at three U.S. airports — New health officials said. York City’s Kennedy airport and the Los Angeles and San Fran- Last month, doctors in Wuhan began seeing the new virus in cisco airports. On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control people who got sick after spending time at a wholesale seafood market. More than 275 cases of the newly identified virus have been confirmed in China, most of them in Wuhan, according to the World Health Organization. The count includes six deaths — all in China, most of them age 60 or older, including at least some who had a previous med- ical condition. Officials have said the virus probably spread from animals to people, but this week Chinese officials said they’ve concluded it also can spread from person to person. Health authorities this month identified the germ behind the outbreak as a new type of coronavirus. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses, some of which cause the common cold; others found in bats, camels and other animals have evolved into more severe illnesses. SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, belongs to the coronavirus family, but Chinese state media say the illness in Wuhan is different from coronaviruses that have been identified in the past. Earlier laboratory tests ruled out SARS and MERS — Middle East respiratory syndrome — as well as influenza, bird flu, adenovirus and other common lung-infecting germs. The new virus so far does not appear to be as deadly as SARS and MERS, but viruses can sometimes mutate to become more dangerous. University of Washington coronavirus researcher David Veesler said the public “should not be panicking right now.” The response has been “very efficient,” Veesler said. “In a couple of weeks, China was able to identify the virus, isolate it, sequence it and share that information.” Veesler added: “We don’t have enough data to judge how severe the disease is.” The CDC’s Messonnier said health officials expected to see more cases in the U.S. and around the world in the coming days. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 34

From Page 22 Energy this year,” said Gastouniotis, who local schools. Her parents have never spent much recommended visiting the Invenergy Gastouniotis: ‘Lucky’ to Be in time in Oklahoma and, so, don’t really website’s career page, where she said Vanguard of New Industry understand exactly what she does here those jobs would be posted. It’s a lot of responsibility for a for fun. “Once we have a site manager here 25-year-old, and Gastouniotis is very Gastouniotis, on the other hand, has at the project site, that’s the best time” aware of how lucky she is. fallen in love with Oklahoma, she said, to start applying for the Invenergy jobs, Getting in on the ground floor of a and she has the brand-spanking-new she said. new industry – like “green” energy – cowboy boots and hat to prove it. “All Invenergy: Quality Organization, has been the way many a person found I listen to is country music now,” she Good Neighbor themselves rising faster in the world said, laughing. Invenergy appears to be a highly than they’d expected. Gastouniotis She’d like to find some friends to respected renewable energy company considers herself incredibly fortunate do fun stuff with, she said as she was that is growing by leaps and bounds. to have found herself in just such a leaving the newspaper office after The company has 145 solar, wind, situation. the end of the interview. “I have been and natural gas projects around the She sort of just happened into it known to go to movies,” she said, world, and they’ve received several while studying in Iceland for a year grinning. “But I haven’t been here, yet.” awards, including the American Wind during her college years. “Iceland is, She also loves the outdoors, she said, Energy Association’s “Excellence I think, 95 percent renewable energy adding that she was looking forward to in Operations” award in 2019, and now.” hitting the dunes out at Little Sahara. Oracle’s “Sustainability Innovation She was mostly drawn to Iceland “It’s on my list!” Award” in 2017. because of the country’s stunning Being a good neighbor is an beauty, she said, but she spent her time important part of the company’s there studying renewable energy and approach to its projects. the economics of renewable energy. From Page 12 “We work closely with veteran “I mean, I was seeing an entire organizations,” said Gastouniotis. “It’s country run on it, an absolute success part of an initiative to make ourselves story. I came back and I knew that was present in the community. So we’ll exactly what I wanted to do.” VAP work closely with any organization, Gastouniotis’ dad worked for Exxon especially with schools, like FFA for 26 years and then in nuclear energy farmers and landowners invested in the clubs.” in the Chicagoland area. He always cooperative as a way to add value to their Invenergy’s FFA National thought his son would be the one to take hard, red winter wheat, the predominant Sponsorship is a three-year $50,000 after him, but his son had other ideas. crop in this area. annual commitment. The money Over Christmas, Gastouniotis said, VAP shipped its first load of product supports the Blue Jacket Program, her father had a sudden realization. May 1, 2000, according to the original career and leadership development “He’s very supportive of the CEO Mike Dunker who served in that events and helped fund efforts to build energy industry as a whole, but think capacity until June of 2010. Then Dirk out the FFA national alumni network, about a person who has never thought Merle became CEO until October of according to Huffman. about renewables because he was in a 2018. The current CEO is Geoff Clark Invenergy is also an ad valorem different part of the industry all of his who began his role February 19, 2018. taxpayer, said Gastouniotis. All state life, and all of a sudden he’s like, ‘Wow! Through VAP’S 20 years of existence tax incentives have “totally sunset,” You really take after me!’ and I’m like, in Alva the frozen dough manufacturer she said, so they’ll be paying their full ‘Yeah, I sure did!’ It definitely runs in has employed hundreds of people and share of ad valorem tax, critical for the family,” she said, laughing. generated well-over a million dollars into the local economy with taxes, wages, etc. Clark said that VAP currently employs over 60 people with a $1.9 million dollar annual payroll. Looking back on VAP’s annual meeting stories in the Alva Review Courier/Newsgram, VAP has had years of great business and times where the yeast failed to rise to the occasion. Clark told investors Saturday, “It took us 20 years to get here. It takes a little time to ground the ship, to fix some leaks, but we’re still floating.” January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 35

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HofenMarie Seachris,and Sherry a single A. person;Hofen, Book 853Mortgages page 344: Kent husbandConstrance and Leora wife, Roberts,unto Ryan a LeRoyBook McMahan 852 page 1: and Robert Brenda Carl T.single Kirkpatrick person; and andCloyd Abigail Allan HillKay and McMahan, Natalie Jean husband Hill, husband and Kirkpatrick,Seachris, a single husband person, and convey wife. andwife, untowife, Kent to LeRoyCommunication McMahan Lotsunto Ferrell7 through Rentals, 12, LLC.in block Surface 52 Federaland Brenda Credit Kay Union. McMahan, All of lot as4 inrights town only of inJet, and Alfalfa to all ofCounty, lot 1, andtrustees the eastof thehalf K.of lotB. 5,McMahan in block Oklahoma.block 1, Frazee’s Warranty Addition deed. to the 1,trust. 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Deneein section Tucker 20, township and Christopher 28 north, WarrantyBook deed.853 page 321: M,range Tucker, 10 WIM. wife Quit and claim husband, deed. LaDonnaBook 852Groves, page 310:as TrusteeW. G. to GreatBook Plains853 page National 384: EdwinBank. ofTucker, the LaDonnaII and Pamela Groves Tucker, Trust, ALee tract Williams, of land locatedan unmarried in the untohusband Lee and W. wife; Leeper W. G.Tracie Tucker L. southwestindividual quarterand Leslie of section Darlene 9, Leeper,III and Janelleas Trustees Tucker; of theJennifer Lee townshipWilliams, 25 north,an rangeunmarried 9 WIM, &B. TracieTucker, Leepera single Trust. person; South and Alfalfaindividual, County, unto Oklahoma. Tyler Note:Cody halfWilliam of thePatton northeast Tucker quarter and of $134,656.00.Detgen, an unmarried person. sectionKarsyn 30,Tucker, township husband 26 north,and LotsBook 1, and 852 2, in page block 351: 157 inMerry First rangewife, convey12, WIM, unto Alfalfa Troyce County, Denee NoelAddition Gaff, to asthe Trustee Town of on Carmen, behalf Oklahoma.Tucker. A tract Warranty of land deed. located in ofAlfalfa the merry County, N. Gaff LivingOklahoma. trust. the Booksouthwest 853 pagequarter 339: of Ronaldsection LotsWarranty 8, 9, 10,deed. 11 and 12, block 44, D.9, townshipEckhardt 25and north, Karen range K.9 Town of Goltry, Alfalfa County, Eckhardt,WIM, Alfalfa unto County, Aaron Oklahoma. Gottsch Oklahoma. See Note: Estate $38,000.00. Page 37 January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 37

Alfalfa County Sheriff’s Office logs January 14, 2020 he had purchased a trailer from During this day there were Mooreland and then discovered six traffic stops. it had been stolen from 8:52 p.m. – Medic was Oklahoma City. needed for a lift assist in 6:38 p.m. – Medic needed for Carmen. a female who was unresponsive 10:25 p.m. – Caller advised and not breathing. there was a silver vehicle in the January 16, 2020 ditch on County Road 740 and During this day there was a blonde woman walking down one civil paper served. the road. The caller advised they 9:42 p.m. – Caller advised couldn’t understand the woman. a female at her house was The woman went back to the causing problems and making car and was talking to someone statements about getting her on the phone. Deputy made affairs in order. The caller would negative contact with anyone in like her removed. the vehicle. January 17, 2020 January 15, 2020 7:58 a.m. – Medic was During this day there were needed for male at James two traffic stops and one civil Crabtree Correctional Center. paper served. Medic took patient to Bass 1:52 p.m. – Caller advised Hospital in Enid.

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Mortgages Brent Goss, to Cleo State Book 853 page 262: Ryan Bank. Lots 22 through 24, the T. Kirkpatrick and Abigail Town of Aline, Alfalfa County, Kirkpatrick, husband and wife, Oklahoma. Note: $20,152.00. to Primelending, a Plainscaptial Book 853 page 386: Tyler Company. Lots 7 through 12, in Cody Detgen, an unmarried block 52 in town of Jet, Alfalfa person, to Community Bank. County, Oklahoma. Note: Lots 1, and 2, in block 157 $85,000.00. in First Addition to the Town Book 853 page 289: Stephen of Carmen, Alfalfa County, C. Edmison and Roberta L. Oklahoma. Note: $4,500.00. Edmison, husband and wife, to Book 853 page 484: Primelending, A Plainscapital Mathew A. Green and Molly Company. The east 66 feet of I. Green, to Community Bank. lots 19 through 24, in block The south 90 feet of lot 1 in 21, in the Original Town of block 4 in Duncan Addition to Burlington, Alfalfa County, the City of Cherokee, Alfalfa Oklahoma. Note: $81,720.00. County, Oklahoma. Note: Book 853 page 309: Steven $135,000.00. January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 38 Community Alfalfa County court filings According to the affidavits and petitions The following individuals were cited Calendar on file, the following individuals have been for speeding: charged. An individual is innocent of any Brian Daniel Bowling, Tonkawa, 21- Wednesday charges listed below until proven guilty in 25 mph over the speed limit. ($319) 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior a court of law. All information is a matter Kenneth Blake Draper, Enid, 21-25 Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is of public record and may be obtained by mph over the speed limit. ($319) open for games and other activities. Ex- anyone during regular hours at the Alfalfa Daniel Duane Winters, Alva, 1-10 mph ercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. County Courthouse. The Alva Review- over the speed limit. ($100) Transportation provided upon request. Courier will not intentionally alter or Justin Lewis Dowdy, Alva, 1-10 mph Noon Alva Kiwanis Club meets at delete any of this information. If it appears over the speed limit. ($100) Cancun Mexican Grill. in the courthouse public records, it will Ronald Joseph Forster, Park City, 1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Mu- appear in this newspaper. Kansas, 1-10 mph over the speed limit. seum in Alva is open every day except Misdemeanor Filings ($100) Monday. For information or arranged Virginia May Seal, Cherokee, 22, has Pamela Ann Bracken, Enid, 1-10 mph tours, call 580-327-2030. been charged with driving with license over the speed limit. ($100) 7 p.m. Alva Moose Lodge men’s suspended. ($276.50) Jason M. Grisham, 1-10 mph over the meeting is held every Wednesday. Civil Filings speed limit. ($100) Thursday CitiBank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Domingo Ramierz Ramierz II, Enid, 9 a.m. The Woods County Senior vs. Amantha Kay Sanborn, Cherokee: 1-10 mph over the speed limit. ($100) Citizens Center, 625 Barnes, Alva, is indebtedness. ($239.14) Jeffrey Alan Wiedemann, Hinton, 1-10 open for games and other activities. Ex- Small Civil Filings mph over the speed limit. ($100) ercise is scheduled each day at 11 a.m. Canyon Oilfield Services, LLC vs. Kevin M. Polesky, Pensacola, Florida, Transportation provided upon request. Two Feathers Energy Services: small 1-10 mph over the speed limit. ($100) Noon Alva Rotary Club meets at claims. ($68) Sonja Marie Williams, Alva, 1-10 mph Cancun Mexican Grill. Marriage License Filings over the speed limit. ($100) 1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Mu- John Howard Webster and Caitlyn Allyn C. Richardson, Oklahoma City, seum in Alva is open every day except Marie Gassner, both of Carmen: marriage 15 mph over the speed limit. ($264) Monday. For information or arranged license with certificate. ($5) Brian Paul Scott, Green Valley, tours, call 580-327-2030. Divorce Filings Missouri, 1-10 mph over the speed limit. 3-6 p.m. Food distribution every Katrena Lynn Ellick vs. Ricardo Otto ($100) Thursday, Alva Wesleyan Food Bank, Ellick Jr., Cherokee: divorce. ($262.14) Leslee Diann Swope, Ponca City, 1-10 818 Lane St. Wildlife Filings mph over the speed limit. ($100) 6 p.m. Caregiver Support Group Jacob T. Tincher, Gore, has been cited Raul Fernandez-Escamilla, Liberal, meets every fourth Thursday of the for hunting with the aid of motor vehicle. Kansas, 1-10 mph over the speed limit. month at The Homestead in Alva. ($489) ($100) 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous open Traffic Filings John David Concienne, Nederand, meeting at 623 5th St. (Youth Corr Sergio Froilan Lucas Rivera, Arkansas Texas, 1-10 mph over the speed limit. House), Alva on Mondays and Thurs- City, Kansas, has been cited for operating ($100) days. a vehicle without a valid drivers license. Andrew Francis Seals, Gulfport, Friday ($304) Mississippi, 16-20 mph over the speed 1-5 p.m. The Cherokee Strip Mu- Sarah Ann Donahue, Wakita, has been limit. ($279) seum in Alva is open every day except cited for failure to pay all taxes due state. Rafael Alfonso Carrillo, Enid, speeding Monday. For information or arranged ($249) in a construction zone 16-20 mph over the tours, call 580-327-2030. Sarah Ann Donahue, Wakita, has speed limit. ($279) been cited to carry insurance verification. David Lee Knapp, Waynoka, was cited ($269) for failure to wear seatbelt. ($20) January 22, 2020 Alva Review-Courier/Newsgram Page 39

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