The Dover FFA chapter traveled to the panhandle on Nov. 8 to compete in Oklahoma Panhandle State University Interscholastics.

The members competed in a variety of events like meat judging, agronomy, floriculture, livestock judging and speech.

Dover’s Team #1 in meats consisting of Damion Turner, Evelyn Chavez, Alec Schilde and Colton Burns placed first overall.

Turner placed first, Chavez second, Schilde third and Burns fourth individually.

Dover’s Team #2 in meats consisting of RJ Harrison, Shelby Gilbert, Andres Gamez and Erin Guinn placed fourth overall.

Dover’s agronomy team placed second overall. It consisted of Pedro Valles, Aliyah Bowers and Gabby Cervantes.

Valles was fourth individually.

Lexi Holt placed 12th individually in floriculture.

Dover’s livestock team placed 10th.

In speech, Bowers placed third in ag policy and Cervantes placed first in plant science.

They routinely approved 2023 meeting dates (second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.).

Administrator’s Report

Although Tillman was not at the meeting she did email a brief report to trustees.

Job openings: accounts payable clerk at Town Hall and a worker in the street department.

She has not received policies or rate structures for bulk sewer dumping from other cities or towns and OML also doesn’t have that info so she will check with Bryan Burch, sewer superintendent.

She doesn’t want Hennessey to be cheaper than others so they don’t all come to Hennessey to dump. She will have a recommendation in January.

A list of building permits was not included in her report.

At the meeting

In addition to all trustees, other elected officials at the meeting were Town Clerk/Minutes Clerk Kati Walters and Burch. Staff at the meeting were Pitts and firefighters Levi Copeland and Randy Bohnstedt.

Others in the audience were Lacey Copeland, Frank Patton, Ruiz and Pete Town.

( Ed. note: See related story on Howdy Truck Plaza opening)