Alva Review-Courier -

Dana Murphy, one of three members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission and a candidate for Oklahoma lieutenant governor, attended two events in Alva Friday. The first was a come-and-go reception at Bill and Billie Buckles house in the afternoon, and then later a dinner meeting of the Woods Mineral Owners Association, attended by about 40 people.

Murphy was born in Woodward, and grew up on a family farm within Ellis County. She is a geologist and an attorney having attended Central State University, Oklahoma State University and later Oklahoma City University. Her mother still lives on the fa...