Alva Review-Courier -

The Woods County Commissioners accepted the only sealed bid they received for the sale of six surplus mowers. Western Equipment of Alva bid $11,000 per mower. The commissioners said later they will be buying new replacement mowers from the state list. Commissioner Randy McMurphy said the auditor doesn’t want them to turn the mowers in for trade on the new ones so they must advertise them for sealed bidding instead.

Also present for the meeting were Commissioners David Hamil and John Smiley. Hamil was wearing shorts to keep from irritating an ugly looking wound on his leg. He was a passenger an...