LCJ newsletter 7-7-2025

Monday's newsletter

Craig Hall

Jul 07, 2025

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Daily Bible verse

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.

Proverbs 9:10

Blast from the past

Willie Dehart, who now starts on Heavener’s High School teams, is shown as a water boy during a 2014 Wolf Pup game at Harvey Stadium.

LeFlore County commissioners to meet

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 in 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 LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF LEFLORE COUNTY AND SOS FIRE EQUIPMENT, LLC AND ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE BETWEEN SOS FIRE EQUIPMENT, LLC AND FIRST NATIONAL BANK.

11. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION DETERMINING MAXIMUM MONTHLY HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES FOR JULY, 2025.

12. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE TREASURER’S MONTHLY REPORT OF OFFICERS FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2025.

13. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTIONS FOR DISPOSING OF EQUIPMENT REGARDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTY INVENTORY ITEMS TO BENEFIT OSU EXTENSION:

· E-610.023, DELL COMPUTER, SERIAL NUMBER: FSF4H13, PURCHASED JANUARY 27, 2020 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,809.27.
· E-610.024, DELL COMPUTER, SERIAL NUMBER: FSF5H13, PURCHASED JANUARY 27, 2020 IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,809.27.

14. MEET WITH BAR H INSURANCE REPRESENTATIVE, DONNA HARDMAN, FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING LEFLORE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER INSURANCE POLICY.

15. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE PROGRAMMING RESOLUTION FOR PROJECT NUMBER 26-CBRI-D1-RD-P104 RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS ON PRAIRE ROAD LOCATED IN LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1.

16. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE PROGRAMMING RESOLUTION FOR PROJECT NUMBER 26-CBRI-D1-RD-P105 RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS ON JONES ROAD LOCATED IN LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1.

17. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE PROGRAMMING RESOLUTION FOR PROJECT NUMBER 26-CBRI-D1-RD-P106 RELATED TO IMPROVEMENTS ON SAND PLANT ROAD LOCATED IN LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 1.

18. ADJOURN.

Another chance of showers for Monday

Heavener area weather forecast for Mon calls for clear skies this morning with mostly cloudy skies along with a chance of showers or storms later in the day and into the night.

The high is forecast to be 92 degrees with a low of 72.

Sunrise was 6:11 a.m. Sunset is 8:35 p.m.

Sunday’s high was 95 with a low of 71. No rain was recorded, leaving the monthly total at 0.08 inches, below July’s average rainfall of 3.10 inches.

Average temperatures for July 7 are a high of 93 and low of 65. Records for the date were a high of 100 in 1984 and a low of 49 in 1972.

Last year on July 7, the high was 94 with a low of 72.

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.

Ronald Goins funeral service

City of Poteau meetings

Tuesday

Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC

Jazz at the museum

Wednesday

Poteau Rotary Club meets noon EOMC

Thursday

Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon

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

Today in history

1930

Preliminary work begins on the Hoover Dam

On July 7, 1930, building begins on the future site of the Hoover Dam. Over the next five years, a total of 21,000 men would work ceaselessly to produce what would be the largest dam of its time, as well as one of the largest manmade structures in the world. Although the dam would take […]... read more

Cold War

1983

11-year-old Samantha Smith leaves for visit to the USSR

Crime

1865

Mary Surratt is first woman executed by U.S. federal government

Early U.S.

1798

U.S. launches the Quasi-War with France, the first conflict since the Revolution

European History

2005

Terrorists attack London transit system at rush hour