Value Added Products (VAP), the frozen dough manufacturer in Alva, is trying to keep the yeast rising. The board of directors took some significant cost-savings measures they announced at their annual investor's meeting Feb. 12.

Longtime board member Steve Sterling agreed to step down and serve as VAP's interim CEO. Dacoma Co-op Manager Jake Kelln was elected by investors attending the meeting to replace Sterling on the board with a three-year term.

Former board member Ronnie Truelock's one-year term also needed to be replaced. VAP investors elected area landowner Biron Shirley to fill that se...