Mayes County Board of County Commissioners: the Warriors Honor Flight fee waiver and the Event Center veterans events
The Mayes County Board of County Commissioners (Alva Martin chairman, Steve Grossman and Randy Pierce; County Clerk Brittany True-Howard; Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. at the courthouse) carried the 2025-2026 veteran items: the February 3, 2025 fee waiver for the Oklahoma Warriors Honor Flight fundraiser at the Event Center - two flights a year of 75 veterans each at $120,000 per flight with no cost to the veteran - the DAV Veteran Freedom Tour and Blue Star Moms car show (September 20, 2025), the Oklahoma Freedom Flight wrestling fundraiser (November 14-16, 2025), the DAV Annual Car Show (August 15, 2026) and the recurring Blue Star Moms pack-outs; no benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed.
Also called: Board of County Commissioners, Alva Martin, Steve Grossman, Randy Pierce, Brittany True-Howard, Oklahoma Warriors Honor Flight, OK Freedom Flight, DAV, Blue Star Moms, Event Center, fee waiver, car show, Veterans Day, Pryor, Pryor, Pryor Creek, Chouteau, Salina, Locust Grove, Disney, Spavinaw, Langley, Adair, Strang.
The board. Alva Martin (District 1, chairman), Steve Grossman (District 2) and Randy Pierce (District 3) meet Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. at the Commissioners' Office inside the Mayes County Courthouse, One Court Place, Pryor; Dana Thompson is the commissioners' executive assistant and County Clerk Brittany True-Howard attests the minutes. The county's Public Meetings archive posts every agenda and minute as PDFs; the window's 318 files of 2025 and 2026 were downloaded and read whole.
The veteran items, in order:
- February 3, 2025 (minutes): "Sarah Blackford was present to discuss the Oklahoma Warriors Honor Flight event on March 15, 2025 that will raise money to help the Veteran's Washington DC trip. They take two flights a year with 75 veterans on each flight. These flights cost $120,000.00 each flight with no cost to the veteran. The fundraiser will be kid friendly with an auction, silent auction and boun[ce house]"; and "Motion was made by Commissioner Grossman, seconded by Commissioner Martin, to waive the fee for the Oklahoma Warriors Honor Flight event on March 15, 2025 to help the Veteran's Washinton DC trip. Pierce, Yes; Martin, Yes; Grossman, Yes."
- August 25, 2025 (minutes): "Commissioner Martin spoke about the Canon repairs partnering with DAV, American Legion and other businesses."
- September 2, 2025 (minutes): the Event Center contracts list "DAV Veteran Freedom Tour, Blue Star Moms - Car Show - 9/20/2025."
- November 2025 (the October 27, 2025 agenda and the November minutes): "Oklahoma Freedom Flight - Wrestling Com - November 14-16, 2025" at the Event Center.
- Through 2026: the Event Center contracts carry the "DAV- Annual Car Show - August 15, 2026", the recurring "Blue Star Moms - Pack Out" dates (June, July, August, September, October and November 2026) and "Veterans Day- November 11, 2026".
No veteran benefit was adopted, narrowed or repealed; the fee waiver covers the Honor Flight fundraiser's Event Center rent, and the car shows and pack-outs are the veterans' organizations' own events the county hosts.
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The record documents the county’s veterans events and fee waiver; it grants no individual entitlement.
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