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Daily Bible verse
Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
1 John 4:11 NIV
Blast from the past
Agenda for county commissioners’ meeting
POTEAU—The LeFlore County commissioners will meet in a regular business meeting 9 a.m. Monday in the office of the board of county commissioners.
AGENDA:
* CALL TO ORDER.
* MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING(S).
3. * PURCHASE ORDERS/PAYROLL (SEE ATTACHED LIST TO BE PRESENTED FOR PAYMENT).
4. * BONDS.
5. * MONTHLY FEE REPORTS.
6. * TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS.
7. * BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS.
8. * NEW BUSINESS.
9. * CONTRACT LABOR/SERVICE AGREEMENTS, ANNUAL CONTRACTS.
10. * BURN BAN.
11. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE PROCLAMATION SETTING THE WEEK OF MAY 5, 2024 THROUGH MAY 11, 2024 AS OKLAHOMA HOME AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION WEEK.
12. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION REGARDING CHANGE IN RECEIVING OFFICER FROM REBECCA “BECKY” CRIPPS TO DONNIE BROWN FOR THE BENEFIT OF LEFLORE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DISTRICT 3.
13. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE 6 MONTH HIGHWAY MATERIAL VENDOR BID LIST.
14. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION DETERMINING MAXIMUM MONTHLY HIGHWAY EXPENDITURES FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, 2024.
15. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE TREASURER’S MONTHLY REPORT OF OFFICERS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2024.
16. DISCUSSION WITH POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING DIVISION OF TITLE 1 U.S. FORESTRY FUNDS.
17. MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM RURAL WATER DISTRICT 17 REGARDING REQUEST FOR ARPA FUNDING AID DUE TO UNEXPECTED/UNFORESEEN COST WITH RIG PARTS.
18. MEET WITH LEFLORE COUNTY YOUTH SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE TERRI KREBS FOR DISCUSSION REGARDING ARPA FUNDING AID FOR TEEN YOUTH CENTER.
19. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE DISPOSING OF EQUIPMENT RECORDS AS SUBMITTED BY THE LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DISTRICT 1.
20. REVIEW AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RENEWAL LEASE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, LEASE ADDENDUM, CERTIFICATE ACCEPTANCE, INCUMBENCY CERTIFICATE AND AUTHORIZING RESOLUTION REGARDING A 2018 JOHN DEERE 770 G MOTOR GRADER LOCATED AT THE LEFLORE COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DISTRICT 1 SHOP.
21. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE RESOLUTION AND BID NOTICE ADVERTISING TO ACCEPT SEALED BIDS REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A 2024 4X4 PICK-UP TRUCK TO BENEFIT THE LEFLORE COUNTY POST MOUNTAIN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
22. OPEN AND POSSIBLY AWARD BID REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STORAGE BUILDING TO BENEFIT THE LEFLORE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT
23. ADJOURN.
Agendas for Poteau city meetings
POTEAU—The Poteau Industrial Authority, Poteau Public Works Authority and Poteau City Council will meet in regular scheduled business meetings 6 p.m. Monday at Poteau City Hall at 111 Peters Street in Poteau.
The agendas can be seen HERE.
Cowgirls drop finale to Oklahoma
NORMAN – Oklahoma plated six runs in the sixth inning as the No. 4 Oklahoma State softball team dropped the series finale, 8-2, Sunday at Love’s Field.
The loss drops the Cowgirls to 44-9 overall (21-6 in the Big 12). The win improves Sooners to 45-6 overall (22-5 in the Big 12).
Kasidi Pickering hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning to put the Sooners up 2-0.
The Cowgirls knotted the game up at 2-2 after a two-run single from Micaela Wark.
In the sixth, OU added six runs on RBI singles from Jayda Coleman and Hannah Coor, a three-run home run form Ella Parker and a solo shot from Tiare Jennings to make it an 8-2 game.
Offensively, OSU was led by Wark (1-for-3 with two RBIs) and McDonald (2-for-3).
Kyra Aycock dropped to 7-3 for the Cowgirls. Karlie Keeney improved to 5-1 for the Sooners.
Next up, the Cowgirls will head to Oklahoma City for the Big 12 Tournament from May 8-11 at USA Softball Hall of Fame Stadium.
Sooners complete fifth Big 12 sweep
LUBBOCK, Texas — No. 22 Oklahoma completed the three-game conference sweep of Texas Tech in Lubbock with a 8-7 win Sunday.
The Sooners (29-17, 18-6) improve its program record for Big 12 sweeps in a season to five on the year and sit in first place in the conference standings by three games heading into the final two weekends of Big 12 play.
OU’s 18 wins in conference play are the most since 2004 (19) and the Sooner sweep in Lubbock marks the first time Texas Tech has been swept on their home field since 2011. Additionally, it was OU’s first sweep over Tech since 2011 and first in Lubbock since 2006.
Sunday’s Game 3 proved to be the most competitive contest of the series, with runs in seven of the nine innings, but OU never relinquished a lead. The Sooners never trailed in all three games of the series. Sunday the OU bats continued to stay hot with 12 hits, including three home runs.
As was the case all weekend, OU started fast with two runs at the top of the first. After a Tech error allowed senior Bryce Madron to reach, fellow senior Michael Snyder made them pay with his ninth homer of the season on a two-run blast to left.
Tech (30-20, 12-15) pushed one across in the home half of the first inning via an RBI groundout after a leadoff triple.
OU starting RHP Carson Atwood hurled the first 3.1 innings, allowing just one run on two hits and four walks.
The Sooners put up crooked numbers at the top of the third and fourth, scoring a pair in each inning. In the third, after a leadoff single from freshman Jason Walk, senior John Spikerman launched his second home run of the year, and first since Feb. 24, on a deep fly to right.
At the top of the fourth, an RBI single from Madron and sacrifice fly from sophomore Easton Carmichael pushed the OU lead to 6-1.
Tech answered in the bottom of the fifth, scoring three on two hits and a pair of OU errors on one play. Following a bases-loaded walk, the Red Raiders capitalized on a wild pitch and pair of fielding miscues that allowed two to cross home. OU junior RHP Brendan Girton limited the damage, stranding one with a line out.
The Sooners took the momentum back in the next half inning, courtesy of Carmichael. After a leadoff single from Spikerman, the sophomore designated hitter Carmichael hit a two-run homer to left field to extend OU’s lead to four at 8-4.
Tech battled to the finish, scoring one on a sac-fly in the seventh and two in the bottom of the ninth via home run and run-scoring groundout. Sophomore RHP Malachi Witherspoon entered with one out and the tying run on third base and retired the side with one strikeout to get the save and give the Sooners the win.
At the plate, Spikerman, Snyder and Willits all recorded three-hit games to lead OU. Carmichael brought in a trio, while Spikerman and Snyder batted in two each.
On the mound, OU utilized seven pitchers in the finale with reliever Carter Campbell (W, 3-0) earning his third win of the season, striking out a pair in 1.1 innings of work.
The Big 12-leading Sooners return to action next weekend in Norman for the home regular season finale vs. Baylor (20-26, 9-15). The three-game series begins Friday at 6:30 p.m. CT at L. Dale Mitchell Park with Sunday’s finale serving as Senior Day.
Razorbacks drop road series at Kentucky
LEXINGTON, Kentucky – No. 2 Arkansas (40-9, 17-7 SEC) dropped the rubber game against No. 8 Kentucky (35-10, 18-6 SEC), 7-4, Sunday afternoon at Kentucky Proud Park to suffer only its second weekend series loss of the season.
With Sunday’s setback, the Razorbacks lost a series to the Wildcats for the first time since 2012 and took a road series defeat in Lexington for the first time since 2011. Despite the series loss, Arkansas retains its lead atop the SEC Western Division standings going into next weekend’s home series against divisional foe and nationally ranked Mississippi State.
After missing his previous start due to an injury, Mason Molina made his return to the mound and fired three innings of three-run ball with three walks and three strikeouts. The junior left-hander departed after throwing 40 of 67 pitches for strikes and turned the ball over to right-hander Will McEntire, who was pitching for the second time in the series.
Kentucky tagged McEntire, who recorded only two outs in the fourth, for three runs to open a 6-0 lead entering the fifth. Arkansas, which did not record a hit over the first four innings, responded with a pair of runs in the top of the fifth after Hudson White, who finished 2-for-3 with a run scored and a walk, tallied the Razorbacks’ first base knock of the game.
Wehiwa Aloy’s one-out single scored White from second base before Jared Sprague-Lott’s one-out sacrifice fly brought home Peyton Stovall, who logged his fourth consecutive multi-hit game, from third to cut the Hogs’ deficit to four.
Stovall came around to score again in the seventh on Kendall Diggs’ two-out RBI single, helping Arkansas close the gap to three. The Razorback second baseman would hit a leadoff solo shot in the top of the ninth to finish the afternoon 3-for-5, including a double and homer, with three runs scored and raise his season slash line to a team-leading .362/.426/.586.
Stovall, who missed the first 12 contests of the season due to a broken foot, leads the Razorbacks in hits (55) and is second on the team in doubles (10), home runs (8) and runs batted in (35) through his 37 games in action.
Right-handers Christian Foutch (1.1 IP, 1 SO) and Gabe Gaeckle (3.0 IP, 0 ER) were strong in relief, combining to work Sunday’s final 4.1 innings. Gaeckle’s lone blemish was an unearned run, which Kentucky scored on an error in the bottom of the eighth, as the true freshman lowered his season ERA to 2.27 in 31.2 innings over 17 relief appearances.
Up next, Arkansas returns inside the friendly confines of Baum-Walker Stadium to host Mississippi State in the final weekend home series of the season. First pitch between the Hogs and Bulldogs is set for 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 10.
The forecast
Cloudy skies early with a slight chance of showers before the clouds clear at times later in the day with scattered thunderstorms overnight, with the chance of some storms being severe Monday in LeFlore County.
The high is forecast to be 83 degrees with a low of 70.
Sunrise is 6:22 a.m. Sunset is 8:08 p.m.
Average temperatures for May 6 are a high of 79 and low of 52. Records for the date were a high of 90 in 1977. The record low was 38 in 1974.
Last year, on May 6, the high was 91 with a low of 65.
Sunday’s high was 69 with a low of 60. A total of .40 inches of rain was recorded, bringing the monthly total to 3.45 inches. Average rainfall for May is 6.20 inches.
The calendar
Calendar of events for Heavener and LeFlore County.. If you are a non-profit, school or church, submit an event. This is a free service for non-profits and and churches so let us know if something is going on. CONTACT us.
Monday
State golf tournaments
LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.
Revival at Heavener First Baptist Church
Poteau City meetings 5:30
Tuesday
Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC
Revival at Heavener First Baptist Church
Wednesday
Poteau Rotary Club meets noon at EOMA
Thursday
High school baseball: TBA
Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon
Heavener VFW bingo 6:30 p.m. Highway 59 North
Heavener sports banquet
Friday
6th annual LCYS golf tournament at Choctaw Country Club
Saturday
Cavanal killer
Mt. View Cemetery Association meeting 8:30
Mt. View Cemetery clean-up day 8:30 a.m.
Heavener Eighth grade graduation 2 p.m.
Heavener High School graduation 8 p.m.
Today in history
1994
English Channel tunnel opens
In a ceremony presided over by England's Queen Elizabeth II and French President François Mitterrand, a rail tunnel under the English Channel was officially opened, connecting Britain and the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age. The Channel Tunnel, or "Chunnel," connects... read more
Art, Literature, and Film History
1940
John Steinbeck wins a Pulitzer for "The Grapes of Wrath"
2004
Final episode of "Friends" airs on NBC
Cold War
1992
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev reviews Cold War in speech at Westminster College
Crime
1876
"Duchess of Devonshire" painting stirs interest—and theft
2013
Ohio kidnap victims rescued after years in captivity
NATURAL DISASTERS & ENVIRONMENT
1937
Sports
1954
Roger Bannister runs first four-minute mile
1991
Harry Gant is oldest NASCAR winner—again
U.S. Presidents
1935
FDR creates the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
1994
Paula Jones accuses Bill Clinton of sexual harassment
World War II
1942
All American forces in the Philippines surrender unconditionally