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The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting Tuesday, May 29. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Rick Dietz, Don Frech, Everett Grace, Jon Nichols, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, then departed from the agenda to read bids for the new wildfire brush fire apparatus for Helena Rescue. There was only one bid. After consulting the volunteer firefighte...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting this Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Troy Eshleman, Clint Reams, Thomas Wessels and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, then departed from the agenda to read bids for the new wildfire brush fire apparatus for Cherokee Fire and Rescue. There was only one bid. After consulting the volunteer fire-fighters present, the...
The Wings Over the Prairie Air Show and the Air Race Classic to be held in Alva in June are big community events requiring a lot of volunteers to keep everything running. A good number of people turned out for a meeting Monday at 5:30 p.m. at the Alva Regional Airport to explain what will be happening during the events and the opportunities for volunteers. Although organizers were pleased with the turnout, they say they could use plenty more volunteers. There is a need for volunteers as parking attendants on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held its regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Colt Castle, Sarah Wagner, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, Kevin Irwin, Lance Terry and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Then M & O warrants for payment and the blanket purchase orders received the commissioners' approval. Two road crossing permits were approved this week, both in...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held its regular meeting Monday morning. All commisioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Wilda Flaming, Suzie Salinas, Lorretta Sharp, Erin Metcalf, Sarah Wagner, Brandon Box and Lanetta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. Commissioners departed from the order of the agenda and approved the OHCE proclamation. May 6–12 is OHCE Week in Alfalfa County. OHCE stands for Oklahoma Home and C...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held its regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Kelly Stein, David Failes and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation and then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting. Commission Chairman Jay Hague dispensed from the agenda's order of business to bring forward the open bids on the asphalt project for Alfalfa County Fairgrounds parking. This required joint action from the fair...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners held a regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, the M & O warrants for payment and the blanket purchase orders. Two road crossing permits were approved for District 2. No bids were received for remodeling of the restrooms at the exhibit building at the Alfalfa County...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in the regular meeting. The topic of the burn ban and the risk to firefighters, civilians and property was a great concern for the commissioners. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh and Shana Smallwood-Buchanan. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, the M & O warrants for payment and the blanket purchase orders. Two road crossing permits in...
Alva Police Chief Ben Orcutt held the first “Coffee with the Chief” this Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. in the City Council Chambers. This was the “first of many,” Chief Orcutt said. Every second Tuesday of the month the chief and Assistant Chief Patrick Hawley will host an outreach forum with the Alva community. All are invited to attend and discuss police/community issues with the chief. The Cops and Kids program is progressing well with four events being planned per year. The first event will be Pack the Park on June 9. “Get the kids out of th...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning for their regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation and the flag was saluted. Commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, the M & O warrants for payment, and the blanket purchase orders. One road crossing permit was approved for District 1. The monthly officer reports were received and approved by the board. Appropriations for the election...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in the regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, the M & O warrants for payment and the blanket purchase orders. Four road crossing permits were approved: three in District 2 and one in District 3. Cash estimates for appropriations funds by the municipalities were approved for submission to...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in the regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Kelly Stein, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, and then the flag was saluted. The commissioners moved the discussion of the transfer of funds from R-12 Contingency to SL-3 Election Board Capital Outlay for computers, hardware, software and services in the amount of $5,700 to the top of the agenda. Discussion followed with the outlay being...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in their regular meeting. Commissioners Jay Hague and Ray Walker were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Chris Parker, Tom Chase, Donna Prince, Valerie Vetter, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Nancy Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners discussed the progress on having the fairground parking lot repaved. Chairman Hague and Commissioner Walker decided to accept bids on the project with bids due end of April for...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in their regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, the M & O warrants for payment, and the blanket purchase orders. There were no road crossing permits to approve. Private property access easements on SW/4 of 22-25-12, NW/4 of 27-25-12, and SE/4 of 27-25-12 to remove trees for drainage were...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning for their regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, Sheriff Rick Wallace and Shana Smallwood-Buchanan. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. Chairman Jay Hague departed from the agenda’s order and went to the new automatic fire panel for the jail. Sheriff Wallace spoke to the board about the need to bring the county jail up to code. After a short discussion, the item was approved. The c...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met for a regular meeting Monday morning. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh and Shana Smallwood-Buchanan. After the call to order, Nancy Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, payroll warrants, the M & O warrants for payment, and the blanket purchase orders. Then road crossing permits were approved. Discussion of extending the Alfalfa County burn ban for another seven days was...
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Monday, Feb. 5, at 10 a.m. All commissioners were present as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, and Doug Dorris. After the call to order the invocation was given by Dorris, interim pastor at Lavern Christian Church, and the flag salute was led by Lambert. The minutes from the previous meeting with the monthly officer reports, M&O, appropriations and blanket purchase orders were approved by the commissioners. Monthly highway expenditures and allocation of the alcohol beverage ta...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met a day late on Tuesday morning because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan, Kelly Stein of the election board, Chris Parker, Tom Chase and David Failes of the fair board. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting, the M & O warrants for payment and the blanket purchase orders. The commissioners discussed and approved an extension of the burn ban for Alfalfa County for the next...
The elementary school principal, high school/middle school principal and assistant principal were re-employed for the 2018-2019 school year by the Cherokee Board of Education at the Jan. 8 meeting. Board members present for the meeting were Amber Wilhite, T.J. Allison and Kory Littlefield. Tony Hellar was absent. The board approved the consent agenda including minutes of the Dec. 4, 2017, regular board meeting, general fund encumbrances, general fund warrants, building fund encumbrances, building fund warrants, treasurer's report, activity...
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Monday, Jan. 8, with all commissioners present as well as Nancy Lambert and Laneta Unruh. The minutes from the previous meeting with the M&O, blanket purchase orders, and road crossing permits were approved by the commissioners. Monthly officer reports were approved. Receiving and requisitioning officers for District 2 were changed. Carl Wilson and Lena Roach were removed. Monte Stebens and Carl Wilson were appointed to the positions. The commissioners approved a transfer document to relocate two Dell...
The Alfalfa County commissioners met Wednesday, Dec. 27, rather than at the usual Monday morning meeting time, as Monday was Christmas Day. All commissioners were present as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, 911 Supervisor Sarah Wagner and Colton Castle of Jet Fire Department. After the call to order the invocation and flag salute was given by Lambert. The minutes from the previous meeting with the M&O warrants, payroll warrants, road crossing permits and blanket purchase orders were approved by the commissioners. Six-month bids were opened...
Students have different learning styles such as visual, verbal or physical. Tanya Phillips, who teaches eighth grade language arts classes at Alva Middle School, incorporates different styles in the Taste A Book project. How can you literally sink your teeth into a literary work? The students' creative displays show how. The entire eighth-grade class (four classes totaling approximately 72 students) was divided into teams of three to four students, each team tasked with making a collaborative...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in the regular meeting. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, Shana Smallwood Emergency Manager, Tommy Puffinburger of OSU extension, Rob Sims of the Aline Fire Department, Jon Nichols of the Goltry Fire Department, 911 Supervisor Sarah Wagner, Cotton Castle of the Jet Fire Department and Kevin Irwin of the Carmen Fire Department. After the call to order, Lambert gave the invocation and flag salute. An agenda item to expand the Goltry Fire Station...
The Alfalfa County Board of Commissioners met Monday morning in regular meeting. They approved a 14-day extension on the county-wide burn ban, among other actions. All commissioners were present, as well as Nancy Lambert, Laneta Unruh, Kyle Spade of the Cherokee Messenger-Republican, Shana Smallwood-Buchanan of Encompass Financial Services, Stephanie Lambert of the Newsgram, and this reporter. After the call to order, Nancy Lambert gave the invocation, then the flag was saluted. The commissioners approved the minutes from the previous meeting,...
