Alva Review-Courier -

The Woods County Excise Board meeting was fairly routine Wednesday morning other than some jockeying over who would be elected as the new board chairman.

Vice-Chairman Chris Olson opened the meeting in the absence of Chairman Bob Seivert. Joe Shirley was present to make a quorum of two.

When time came for election of officers for the excise and the equalization boards, Shirley flat refused to be chairman. He said he had enough such duties with other boards. Olson objected saying it was traditional to pass the duty around, and he had already been chairman. Shirley pointed out that as the curren...