LCJ newsletter 6-16-2025

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Jun 16, 2025

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Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity.

1 Timothy 4:12

LeFlore County commissioners to meet Monday

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LeFlore County commissioners to meet in a regular business meeting 9 a.m. Monday in the office of the board of county commissioners in the courthouse at Poteau.

AGENDA:

* CALL TO ORDER.
* MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING(S).

3. * PURCHASE ORDERS/PAYROLL (SEE ATTACHED LIST TO BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT).

4. * MONTHLY FEE REPORTS.

5. * TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS.

6. * BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS.

7. * NEW BUSINESS.

8. * CONTRACT LABOR/SERVICE AGREEMENTS/ANNUAL CONTRACTS.

9. * BURN BAN.

10. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE BID NOTICE AND RESOLUTION ADVERTISING TO ACCEPT SEALED BIDS REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A 2025 F-350 TRANSPORT VAN TO BENEFIT THE LEFLORE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

11. OPEN AND POSSIBLY AWARD BID REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A 2023 OR NEWER 1- TON CAB AND CHASSIS TO BENEFIT PANAMA FIRE DEPARTMENT.

12. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE CONTRACT BETWEEN EASTERN OKLAHOMA YOUTH SERVICES & LEFLORE COUNTY FOR JUVENILE DETENTION SERVICES AT PITTSBURG COUNTY REGIONAL JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER.

13. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION FOR LEFLORE COUNTY INVESTMENT POLICY AND DESIGNATION OF LEFLORE COUNTY DEPOSITORY BANKS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026.

14. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE 2025 RETURN OF RESALE AND MINUTES AS SUBMITTED BY THE LEFLORE COUNTY TREASURER FOR RESALE HELD JUNE 9, 2025.

15. DISCUSS AND POSSIBLY APPROVE APPOINTMENT OF KASSANDRA LOVELL TO THE SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA LIBRARY SYSTEM BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO SERVE A FIRST TERM FROM JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2028.

16. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE COMMERCIAL GENERATOR SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LEFLORE COUNTY AND CORLEY ELECTRIC, INC.

17. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION REGARDING ELECTION BOARD REIMBURSEMENT FOR PRECINCT POLL BOOKS AND POSTAGE FOR SPECIAL ELECTIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026.

18. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION REGARDING ELECTION BOARD REIMBURSEMENT FOR OVERTIME COMPENSATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY OVERTIME HOURS KED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026.

19. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION TO NOT ADVERTISE FOR FUEL BIDS DUE TO THE VOLATILITY OF FUEL PRICES AND CONTINUE TO TAKE QUOTES PER DEPARTMENT AS NEEDED FROM JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026.

20. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION TO RENEW ALL LEFLORE COUNTY LEASE CONTRACTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026.

21. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION APPROVING FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 REQUISITIONING AND RECEIVING OFFICERS FOR ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING RURAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

22. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT 23249 KIGER ROAD, LEFLORE COUNTY.

23. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT 28975 ABM DRIVE AND COGGINS ROAD, LEFLORE COUNTY.

24. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT 28203 BUCKHORN LANE AND ANGELWOOD DRIVE, LEFLORE COUNTY.

25. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT 29381 VALLEY VIEW LANE, LEFLORE COUNTY.

26. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT OLD HIGHWAY 112 AND GREEN TOP ROAD, LEFLORE COUNTY.

27. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT 33679 NORTH SCOTT ROAD, LEFLORE COUNTY.

28. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT 33111 BRADSHAW LANE, LEFLORE COUNTY.

29. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT 22853 GRANDVIEW DRIVE, LEFLORE COUNTY.

30. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED BY COXCOM, LLC/ BRIAN FREDERICK REGARDING CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY LOCATED AT 205 EAGLE CREST AND EAGLE BOULEVARD, LEFLORE COUNTY.

31. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE ORDER TO SET HEARING AND GIVE NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A RURAL WATER DISTRICT.

32. MEET WITH WANDA LUDWIG, COMMANDER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV) CHAPTER 63, LEFLORE COUNTY, FOR DISCUSSION WITH POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DISPLAY AND ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THE FLAGS ON THE LEFLORE COUNTY COURTHOUSE LAWN TO LEFLORE COUNTY.

33. ADJOURN.

News briefs

Iran fired a new wave of missile attacks on Israel early Monday, killing at least five people, while Israel claimed it had achieved air superiority over Tehran and could fly over the Iranian capital without facing major threats.
President Donald Trump rejected a plan presented by Israel to the U.S. to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter.
When U.S. President Donald Trump last came to Canada for a Group of Seven summit, the enduring image was of him seated with his arms folded defiantly as then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel stared daggers at him.
The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another crawled to officers in surrender Sunday after they located him in the woods near his home, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge.
On Friday, June 13, Tulsa police officers responded to an indecent exposure call at a watch party for OKC Thunder v. Indiana Pacers.

Sports briefs

The back-and-forth of these NBA Finals has been constant.
Game 1 went to Indiana, so Oklahoma City had to bounce back in Game 2. Indiana reclaimed the series lead in Game 3, only to see Oklahoma City answer yet again in Game 4, knotting the series 2-2.
And now, Game 5. The swing game, as some call it. The winner on Monday night — Pacers vs. Thunder in Oklahoma City — will take a 3-2 lead in the NBA Finals, moving one win away from hoisting the Larry O’Brien Trophy.
J.J. Spaun endured the toughest test in golf on the toughest course in America in the worst kind of conditions. And then he turned this miserable, wet Sunday at Oakmont into a finish as memorable as any in the U.S. Open.

Mostly cloudy skies expected Monday

Area weather forecast for Monday calls for mostly cloudy skies during the day with the skies clearing overnight for LeFlore County, southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas.

The high is forecast to be 87 degrees with a low of 70.

Sunrise was 6:04 a.m. Sunset is 8:34 p.m.

Sunday’s high was 86 with a low of 68. No rain was recorded, leaving the monthly total at 7.31 inches, well above June’s average rainfall of 3.90 inches.

Average temperatures for June 16 are a high of 89 and low of 62. Records for the date were a high of 95 in 1974 and a low of 49 in 1983.

Last year on June 16, the high was 95 with a low of 72.

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Area calendar of events

Area calendar of events for the next week in LeFlore County, southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. The calendar is a free service for our readers. If you are with a non-profit and want an event publicized, email news@heavener.news.

Monday

LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.

Tuesday

Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC

Wednesday

Poteau Rotary Club meets noon EOMC

Heavener Boots and Badges community challenge blood drive

Thursday

Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon

Heavener City Council and HUA meet 6 p.m.

Heavener VFW bingo 6:30 p.m. Highway 59 North

Friday

Poteau Chamber of Classic golf tournament

Saturday

Summer solstice at Spiro Mounds

Carolyn Sue Pratt funeral service

Today in history

1884

First roller coaster in America opens

On June 16, 1884, the first roller coaster in America opens at Coney Island, in Brooklyn, New York. Known as a switchback railway, it was the brainchild of LaMarcus Thompson, traveled approximately six miles per hour and cost a nickel to ride. The new entertainment was an instant success and by the... read more

Arts & Entertainment

1943

Charlie Chaplin marries Oona O’Neill

1961

Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev defects from USSR

1965

Bob Dylan records “Like A Rolling Stone”

Civil War

1862

Union thwarted at the Battle of Secessionville

Cold War

1977