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Friday morning at Bill Johnson Correctional Center (BJCC), 56 men graduated with their GED certificate. Valedictorian is Jarrod Smith; Salutatorian is Mekko Riggs. Director of Region II William Monday spoke at the graduation. Monday lauded the students for their accomplishment. He acknowledged the hard, fast-paced work they have had to do to get there. He repeated a sentence from Salutatorian Riggs' speech: "We've had a minor setback, but now we are about to make a major comeback." The students...
John Smiley and David Hamil were present at the Woods County commissioners meeting Monday morning. Chairman Randy McMurphy was absent. Eight permits were approved. All of them are in District 3. Williams Midstream Gas had four gas lines, costing $500 each. Alfalfa Electric Cooperative put in an electric line, with no fee. PolyPipe Inc., Select Energy Services, and D&B Resource Solutions each put in a water line with no fee. The court clerk and sheriff’s office monthly reports were approved. Blanket purchase orders were also approved. The N...
Woods County commissioners met Oct. 1. David Hamil and John Smiley were present. Also, attending were Shelley Reed, Kat Lunn and Alex Mantz. The minutes for the regular meeting of Sept. 24 and the minutes for the special meeting Sept. 26 were approved. Monthly appropriations were approved by a motion from Smiley and second by Hamil. Two permits for Select Energy Services and SemGas (both are water lines) were approved. The monthly reports and collections were the assessor’s offices $516, county clerk $10,131.43, health department $109.23, t...
State Question (SQ) 793 will affect many Oklahomans and businesses if it is passed in November. People like Dr. Troy L. Smith, OD, of Alva, who has served northwest Oklahoma and southwest Kansas for over 30 years, are campaigning against the SQ with the idea, "Don't be fooled." If you really want to know the best thing for our state, ask a local eye doctor what they think of SQ 793. What Is SQ 793? Here is a direct quote taken from www.ok.gov about SQ 793: "This measure adds a new Section 3 to Article 20 of the Oklahoma Constitution. Under the...
All county commissioners were in attendance. Payroll, warrants, and claims as well as the minutes from the September 17 meeting were approved. Road crossing permit were approved next. In district one, PolyPipe, is installing a water line near Apache, east of 480. C & W Construction is installing a water line in district three between Brian, Blane, and county rd 450. The commissioners then approved the 2019 Holiday Schedule and the 2019 regular scheduled Woods County Commissioners meetings. A motion was made to enter into executive session...
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, marked a first for Alva and Oklahoma. The Vera Mae Home was officially opened. The Vera Mae Home is the first in a series of homes built for sibling groups in foster care to be placed with foster parents in a newly built home. Oklahoma Circle of Care Legacy will be heading up the remaining foster homes to be built as well. They will be in Enid, Woodward, Elk City, Shawnee and Coweta. At the Ceremony There were numerous people to thank who helped with completion of the...
All commissioners were present at this week's regular Monday morning meeting, along with County Clerk Shelley Reed, Kat Lunn of the Alva Review Courier, and David Manning. The commissioners started their meeting off with the usual business. They approved warrants and claims, along with the minutes from Aug. 27 regular meeting. The commissioners next approved three permits for Select Energy Services. Hamil, seconded by Smiley, made a motion to approve these. They are all in District 1 and are temporary water lines. The next agenda item, related...
Kiwanis Club had an endearing speaker visit on Sept. 5. Dr. Colleen Golightly, a Northwestern Oklahoma State University (NWOSU) associate professor of education, shared about her time teaching abroad. Dr. Golightly has recently returned from teaching English in Venezuela. Golightly, before teaching in Venezuela, taught at the NWOSU Enid campus; now, she is back at NWOSU, but in Alva. Golightly is originally from Guthrie, so she knows and loves small town living. She remarked that Alvans have...
The Woods County commissioners were all in attendance at Monday’s meeting. Also present were Shelley Reed, Kat Lunn, Sonja Williams and Joe Phillips. First on the agenda was the approval of payroll, warrants and claims. Hamil, seconded by Smiley, motioned to approve item one. The minutes from the second public hearing special meeting held Aug. 20 and regular Aug. 20 commissioner meeting were motioned for approval by Smiley and seconded by Hamil. Next was discussion and action regarding road crossing permits for Poly Pipe Inc. and Brickman F...
The Woods County commissioners held a second public hearing Monday morning on the proposed Alva Arena Economic Development Project Plan. Commissioners present were David Hamil, John Smiley and Randy McMurphy. Others present were County Clerk Shelley Reed and Woods County Economic Director Sonja Williams. Citizens Ronald Edwards, Todd Holder and Kat Lunn were there as well. The purpose of the hearing was to provide information, including an analysis of potential positive or negative impacts, and...
The regular meeting of the Woods County commissioners occurred after the second public hearing about the Alva Arena Economic Development Project Plan with all commissioners in attendance, as well as Shelley Reed, county clerk; Kat Lunn of the Alva Review-Courier; Sonja Williams, Woods County economic director; and Larry Conner of Barber County. Two meetings’ minutes were approved, Aug. 6 and 13, moved by Hamil and seconded by McMurphy. Next, a permit for a private electric line by Midstate Petroleum was discussed and approved (motioned by M...
Alex Mantz welcomed community attendees to the August Alva Chamber Community Coffee, hosted Friday by the Homestead and Kelly Parker in the month of their 20th year of operations. Parker went on to talk about the Homestead's beginnings and recent renovations and changes. The City of Alva and Share Medical Center have been working together on Homestead operations, and have agreed to continue to do so. Mantz mentioned the Alva-NWOSU event "Lights Over Alva" Friday night with live music...
All commissioners were in attendance at the regular weekly meeting of the Woods County commissioners. Court Clerk Shelley Reed and Kat Lunn of the Alva Review Courier were also present. A motion was made by Hamil, seconded by Smiley, to approve warrants and claims. No action was taken on last meeting’s minutes because the date was incorrect in the agenda. Hamil made a motion, seconded by Smiley to approve the permits for Select Energy Services. Select Energy Services will be placing a pit line under the road east of the sale barn on River R...
Chairman McMurphy called the meeting to order with a quorum; Smiley and Hamil were present. County Clerk Shelley Reed, along with Marione Martin and Kat Lunn of the Alva Review-Courier, were in attendance. The minutes of the July 23 meeting were approved. Also, a road crossing permit for Brickman Fast Line, just north of Bryan Road, was motioned by Smiley and seconded by Hamil. It is a saltwater bore line. Concerning the agenda item for Construction Engineering District (CED) 8, Smiley had a consultation and accepted the bridge report. Smiley...
The Alva Chamber of Commerce Community Coffee was hosted at Northwest Family Services of Oklahoma. Brenda Hood spoke in place of Alex Mantz. Hood told the group that Northwest Family Services is in the process of writing grants. They have several funding sources they are working with for those grants since they are a non-profit. Northwest Family Services is gearing up for the start of school soon. They provide services at the local area school as well as at their offices in Alva, Cherokee and Fairview. Upcoming Events • Aug. 1 is the ribbon c...
The first order of business at the regular meeting of the Alva Recreation Complex (ARC) board was discussion of and action on financial statements for June 2018. City Manager Joe Don Dunham led the discussion, qualifying that since the fiscal year has yet to be audited, numbers may change a bit. As of June 2018, Alva Recreation complex (ARC) has $719, 503 in revenue, $827,833 expended, $23,676 encumbered to be spent, $124,755 in the bank, and investments of $413,317. Dunham reported there is nothing abnormal. There was about $7,000 rolling in...
