The first meeting of the new Woods County EMS Board was held Monday afternoon in the county courthouse conference room. The board members were appointed on Oct. 18 by the Woods County Commissioners. The board will oversee how tax money from the county-wide 522 EMS district is distributed and spent.

The first order of business was the swearing in of the new board members by Commissioner Randy McMurphy. Reciting the oath of office were Bret Smith of Freedom, Matt Sutter of Waynoka, Arden Chaffee of Alva and Joe Phillips of Alva. Linda Hutchison has also been appointed to the board but she was un...