LCJ newsletter for 12-16-2024
Monday's newsletter
Today’s Bible verse
Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.
Isaiah 7:14
LeFlore County commissioners’ agenda
LeFlore County commissioners’ agenda for the regular scheduled weekly meeting 9 a.m. Monday in the office of the board of county commissioners in the county courthouse in Poteau.
AGENDA:
1. CALL TO ORDER.
2. 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 Notice to Sell County Property described as SPIRO BLK 120 N15 LOT 2 B1514 p386 to bidder number 9385 for the sum of $121.73 as submitted by the LeFlore County Treasurer.
11. Consider and possibly approve 324 A Claim as submitted by Pinnacle Consulting Management Group for the sum of $8,775.00 regarding Project STP-240C(112)CI, Job Piece 32899(04), Parcels 3,3.1, and 3.2, located in LeFlore County.
12. Review and possibly approve Easement for Public Highway as submitted by Connie Marie Ray and James Terry Ray regarding 33 foot of roadway lying in part of Section 33, Township 5 North, Range 27 East.
13. Consider and possibly approve Request for Flood Plain Services & Application for Permit of Public Service Pipeline Crossing regarding maintaining a temporary 2” poly pipe along, upon or across road known as River Road located at the junction of Highway 63 and N4645, South ¾ miles to River Road Bridge, Muse, Oklahoma, effective december 9, 2024.
14. Consider and possibly approve Resolution regarding appointment of Cash Carter as member to the LeFlore County Fair Board in place of Bucky Pugh with term start date of December 16, 2024 and appointment termination date of January 31, 2026.
15. Consider and possibly approve title sheet regarding State of Oklahoma Department of Transportation Plan of Proposed County Bridge, State Job No. 29974(04), Rhino Road, for bridge # 192 and bridge # 193, as submitted by the Circuit Engineering District # 3.
16. Consider and possibly approve change in requisitioning officer from Howard Bandy to Rodney Derryberry and addition of Dennis Yochum as requisitioning officer to all LeFlore County 911 accounts.
17. Open and possibly award bid regarding 2025 LeFlore County Ballot Printing Contract.
18. Open and possibly award bid regarding the purchase of LeFlore County 6-month County Highway Materials from January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025.
19. Adjourn.
Storms likely Monday morning
LeFlore County weather for Monday will have thunderstorms in the morning with cloudy skies later in the day.
The high is forecast to be 69 degrees with a low of 48.
Sunrise was 7:19 a.m. Sunset is 5:09 p.m.
Sunday’s high was 65 with a low of 61. A total of .01 inches of rain was recorded, bringing the monthly total to 0.59 inches, well short of December’s average rainfall of 3.10 inches.
Average temperatures for Dec. 16 are a high of 53 and low of 26.
Records for the date were a high of 73 in 1977. The record low was 8 in 1972.
Last year on this date, the high was 56 with a low of 47.
LeFlore County calendar for 12-16-2024
LeFlore County calendar of events for the next week. The calendar is a free service for our readers. If you are a church or non-profit event, please email me at craig@heavenerledger.com.
Monday
LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.
Funeral services for Linda Kaye Selman
Memorial service forWilliam “Bill” McGuire
High school basketball: Watts at Bokoshe; LeFlore at Clayton; Talihina at Vian; Okay at Arkoma
See the calendar for the next week HERE.
Today in history
1773
The Boston Tea Party
In Boston Harbor, a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships and dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. The midnight raid, popularly known as the “Boston Tea Party,” was in protest of the British Parliament’s Tea Act of 1773, a bill designed to... read more
1960s
1960
Two airplanes collide over New York City
Art, Literature and Film History
1775
1893
Antonin Dvorak’s “New World Symphony” receives its world premiere in New York City
2009
Blockbuster sci-fi film “Avatar” has its U.S. premiere
Crime
1989
A terrorist bomber begins his deadly rampage
Sports
1973
OJ Simpson rushes record 2,000 yards in a season
U.S. Presidents
1950
President Truman declares state of emergency over Korean War
1998
U.S. House of Representatives recommends impeaching Clinton
1998
President Clinton orders air attack on Iraq
World War I
1914
Germans bombard English ports of Hartlepool and Scarborough
World War II
1938
Hitler establishes Mother’s Cross to encourage German women to procreate
1944
