The public is invited to attend the Woods County Mineral Owners Association annual meeting on Thursday, June 27, at the Alva campus of the Northwest Technology Center located at 1801 South 11th St. in Alva.

Tom Ward will be the guest speaker for the evening. Ward is a prominent Oklahoma City businessman and philanthropist. He is the chairman and CEO of Mach Resources, a privately owned energy company in Oklahoma City. He was the founder and former chairman and CEO of Tapstone Energy and SandRidge Energy Inc., and is the former president, chief operating officer and co-founder of Chesapeake Ene...