People with three different purposes attended the Woods County commissioners meeting Monday morning. First up were representatives of the county Farm Bureau. Chad Budy and Joe Gatz asked the commissioners to proclaim Feb. 17-21 as Farm Bureau Week in the county. They brought along a plate of chocolate chip cookies to sweeten the deal.

Jennifer Schafer brought bids for the prep work and painting of walls at the Woods County Jail. Opening the bids, she reported Crawford bid $29,000 and Norton Construction bid $30,850. Sheriff Rudy Briggs and Steve Foster who is in charge of building maintenance,...