Alva Public Library ‘grows up’ to serve the community
ALVA — Alva Public Library was born in a church, grew up in city hall and in the hospital and finally moved out on its own when it was 59 years old. It celebrated its 100th birthday in December and is still expanding.
NW Tech names scholarship for longtime advocate
For more than 30 years, Dan Shorter was not only a frequent visitor to Northwest Technology Center, but also an enthusiastic advocate for Northwest Tech.
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Group leads rebuilding, relocation of Centennial Wall
Brick by brick the Centennial Wall at the Alfalfa County Courthouse was taken apart to be rebuilt as part of the Courthouse Improvement and Preservation Committee’s (CHIP) plans to restore the 85-year-old building.
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Alva’s center of activity
ALVA — In 1888 and 1889, several English, Irish and Scotsmen settled north of Harper, Kan., in their own colony called Runnymede.
But in the rapidly changing world of health care and hospitals, it is long time past.
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Pond Creek resident saw World War II from the other side
POND CREEK — To younger Americans, Germany always has been an ally, a friend and trading partner from the days of the west-east split until reunification in 1990, to today.