LCJ newsletter 6-30-2025

Monday's newsletter

Craig Hall

Jun 30, 2025

Daily Bible verse

Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:10

Blast from the past

Poteau’s Kaydon Evans runs for a good gain in a 2012 game against Muldrow.

LeFlore County commissioners to meet Monday

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.

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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. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE FISCAL YEAR 2026 CONTRACTS WITH START DATE OF JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2026 BETWEEN THE LEFLORE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE LISTED VENDORS:

· STANDLEY SYSTEMS
· PITNEY BOWES
· ALLSTATE TERMITE AND PEST SOLUTIONS
· J&L PAPER SHREDDING
· VIP VOICE SERVICES
· JOE MOWS LANDSCAPING AND LAWN CARE
· EASTERN OKLAHOMA MEDICAL CENTER (EOMC)
· INTERAGENCY POINT OF PRESENCE ANTENNA

11. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUISITIONING AND RECEIVING OFFICERS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 AS SUBMITTED BY THE LEFLORE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

12. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE LEFLORE COUNTY ACCO-SIG PROPERTY AND LIABILITY RENEWAL QUOTE AND RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026.

13. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE REQUEST FOR FLOODPLAIN SERVICES AND PERMIT APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION WITHIN COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY REGARDING UTILITY CONSTRUCTION LOCATED AT SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 25 EAST, LEFLORE COUNTY.

14. OPEN AND POSSIBLY AWARD BID FOR THE PURCHASE OF A 2025 F-350 TRANSPORT VAN TO BENEFIT LEFLORE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER.

15. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE PETITION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A RURAL WATER DISTRICT AS SUBMITTED BY WATER DISTRIBUTORS COMPANY INC.

16. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE PROGRAMMING RESOLUTION FOR PROJECT NUMBER 25-CBRI-D3-RD-P083 RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS ON FRAZIER CREEK ROAD LOCATED IN LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 3.

17. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE PROGRAMMING RESOLUTION FOR PROJECT NUMBER 25-CBRI-D2-RD-P086 RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS ON MINE ROAD LOCATED IN LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2.

18. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION ALLOWING COUNTY TREASURER TO REINVEST SURPLUS OF COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT FUNDS FOR JUNE, 2025.

19. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE COUNTY TREASURER RESALE FUND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AS PRESENTED.

20. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LEFLORE COUNTY AND CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION REGARDING PAYMENT DUE ON A 2019 GRADER, SERIAL NUMBER N9D01642, PURCHASED APRIL 20, 2020 IN THE AMOUNT OF $112,145.83 WITH 36 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $2,596.85 WITH FINAL PAYMENT OF $30,800 TO BENEFIT LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2.

21. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE AGREEMENT BETWEEN LEFLORE COUNTY AND CATERPILLAR FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION REGARDING PAYMENT DUE ON A 2019 GRADER, SERIAL NUMBER N9D01640, PURCHASED APRIL 20, 2020 IN THE AMOUNT OF $105,231.83 WITH 36 MONTHLY PAYMENTS OF $2,388.11 WITH FINAL PAYMENT OF $30,800 TO BENEFIT LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2.

22. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE DETENTION CENTER CONTRACT AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 BETWEEN ROCMND AREA YOUTH SERVICES, INC AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LEFLORE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA REGARDING JUVENILE DETENTION SERVICES.

23. TABLED FROM PREVIOUS MEETING: AWARD BID REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF 6- MONTH HIGHWAY MATERIALS FROM JULY 1, 2025 THROUGH DECEMBER 30, 2025 FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LEFLORE COUNTY COMMSSIONER HIGHWAY DEPARTMENTS DISTRICTS 1, 2 AND 3.

24. ADJOURN.

Rain, storms possible Monday

Heavener area weather forecast for Monday calls for partly cloudy skies during the day with the chance of showers this afternoon and thunderstorms tonight.

The high is forecast to be 93 degrees with a low of 71.

Sunrise was 6:08 a.m. Sunset is 8:36 p.m.

Sunday’s high was 95 with a low of 71. No rain was recorded, leaving the monthly total at 8.39 inches, well above June’s average rainfall of 3.90 inches.

Average temperatures for June 30 are a high of 92 and low of 65. Records for the date were a high of 100 in 1972 and a low of 60 in 1984.

Last year on June 30, the high was 97 with a low of 77.

Heavener area calendar of events

Heavener area calendar of events for the next week. 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.

Funeral services for Mary Ann Tate

Tuesday

Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC

Wednesday

Poteau Rotary Club meets noon EOMC

Thursday

Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon

Heavener City Council meets 6 p.m.

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

Friday

Happy Fourth of July

LeFlore County historical society bingo

Poteau cruise night

Celebrate America in Poteau

Firework show at Choctaw Casino in Pocola

Saturday

Firework show at Wister Lake

Today in history

1520

Spanish retreat from Aztec capital

June 30, 1520: Faced with an Aztec revolt against their rule, forces under the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés fight their way out of Tenochtitlan at heavy cost. Known to the Spanish as La Noche Triste, or “the Night of Sadness,” many soldiers drowned in Lake Texcoco when the vessel carrying... read more

19th Century

1859

Daredevil crosses Niagara Falls on tightrope

1876

Wounded soldiers evacuated from the Little Big Horn by steamboat

1950s

1953

First Chevy Corvette rolls off the assembly line

Arts & Entertainment

1936

“Gone With the Wind” published

1989