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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 RESOLUTION REGARDING SELECTION OF MKEC ENGINEERING AS CONSULTING ENGINEER FOR CERTAIN DESIGNING SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC PROJECT KNOWN AS WALKER MOUNTAIN ROAD JP# 28617-05.
12. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE KEDDO REAP CLOSE OUT DOCUMENTS AND AFFIDAVIT CERTIFYING REAP COMPLETION REGARDING REAP PROJECT NUMBER K7029-23 HONTUBBY ROAD.
13. CONSIDER AND POSSIBLY APPROVE LETTER TO LPA FACILITATOR ELECTING TO UTILIZE ODOT’S PROCUREMENT PROCESS SELECTING PINNACLE MANAGEMENT GROUP INC. TO PROVIDE TURNKEY R/W ACQUISITION SERVICES FOR LEFLORE COUNTY PROJECT J/P No. 32899(04) KNOT HOLE ROAD OVER POTEAU RIVER.
14. OPEN AND POSSIBLY AWARD BID REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A BRUSH TRUCK TO BENEFIT POST MOUNTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
15. TABLED FROM PREVIOUS MEETING: POSSIBLY AWARD BID REGARDING THE PURCHASE OF A DAY-CAB SEMI-TRUCK AND BELLY DUMP TRAILER TO BENEFIT LEFLORE COUNTY COMMISSIONER HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DISTRICT 2.
16. ADJOURN.
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POTEAU—Friday is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 18 primary election, LeFlore County election board secretary Sharon Steele announced.
She said persons who are United States citizens, residents of Oklahoma and at least 17 ½ years old are eligible to apply for voter registration. You must still be at least 18-years-old to vote.
Applications must be received by the county election board or postmarked by midnight Friday. Applications postmarked after Friday will be accepted, but will not be processed until after the June 18 election. Applications may also be submitted to any motor vehicle agency that is also an official voter registration agency by the submission deadline.
Applicants will be notified in writing when their application has been processed. Approved voters will receive a voter identification card in the mail. Some may receive a latter explaining why the application was not approved. Steele said anybody who did not receive a response within 30 days of submitting their application should contact the election board office immediately.
Voters must still be approved by the election board secretary in order to vote.
Registered voters who have moved to LeFlore County from a different county or state needs to complete a new voter registration application in order to be eligible for elections in LeFlore County. If you have moved within the county and need to update your address, you may make changes online using the OK voter portal at Oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp or complete a voter registration application.
Voter registration applications can be downloaded from the state election board website at Oklahoma.gov/elections. You may also complete a form at your county election board. Most post offices, tag agencies and public libraries have applications available upon request.
The election board ia at 103 North Church Street in Poteau and is open from 8 am. To 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call (918) 647-3701 or email leflorecounty@elections.ok.gov.
NORMAN – The University of Oklahoma softball team has advanced to its 14th consecutive NCAA Super Regional.
A phenomenal start by senior right-handed pitcher Nicole May and lights-out relief courtesy of Kelly Maxwell led No. 2/2 Oklahoma to a 3-2 win over No. 22/RV Oregon in Sunday's regional final. The Sooners will play Florida State in the Super Regional.
Oklahoma (51-6) extended its NCAA Tournament win streak to 16 games with the victory over Oregon (30-21), clinching the program's 17th Super Regional appearance.
May earned her second start of the regional, rewarding the Sooners with 5.0 innings of excellent work. The right-hander struck out six while allowing two runs, one earned, on five hits and zero walks. She threw 51 of her 73 pitches for strikes, working to a 69.9% strike rate.
Playing as the visitors, Oklahoma jumped on Oregon early with a run in the top of the first. Back-to-back singles from Jayda Coleman (3-for-4, 2 R, 2B, RBI) and Ella Parker (1-for-3) plus heads-up baserunning on an aggressive Duck throw to third put two in scoring position for the OU middle-of-the-order. Kasidi Pickering (0-for-2, BB, SF, RBI) plated the game's first tally with a sacrifice fly, scoring Coleman with one away.
The Sooners added another run in the second sparked by a gritty 12-pitch plate appearance worked by Avery Hodge (0-for-2, HBP, R). OU's second baseman fouled off seven straight pitches before being hit by the 12th pitch of the PA, igniting the Oklahoma dugout. Coleman promptly served a double into center, scoring Hodge all the way from first.
Oregon knotted the game at 2-2 in a tumultuous bottom of the third that ended with Sooner right fielder Rylie Boone (1-for-3) throwing out the would-be go-ahead run at home plate. Oklahoma reached three straight batters with two outs in the ensuing inning, capped by an eventual game-winning RBI single off the bat of Tiare Jennings (1-for-3, RBI) on a 3-2 count.
May fanned the side in the bottom of the fourth and added a zero in the fifth before giving way to Maxwell in the sixth. Oklahoma's graduate southpaw retired six of the seven she faced, striking out a pair on the way to her second save of the season.
In addition to recording her 14th win of the season, May improved to 2-0 in NCAA Tournament play this postseason. The senior struck out 15 and walked none across her 10.0 innings of work in the Norman Regional, scattering eight hits and allowing just one earned run (0.70 ERA).
Oklahoma's pitching staff registered a 1.40 ERA across 20.0 innings in the regional, striking out 26 and walking none over its three games.
STILLWATER–Karli Godwin and Lexi McDonald both hit home runs as the No. 5 seed Oklahoma State softball team defeated Michigan, 4-1, Sunday at Cowgirl Stadium to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals.
The win improves the Cowgirls to 47-10, while the loss finishes the Wolverines' season at 43-18. OSU now advances to its fifth-consecutive Super Regional.
Oklahoma State jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on an RBI single from Tallen Edwards.
An RBI single from Michigan's Keke Tholl tied the game back up in the bottom half of the inning.
The Cowgirls regained the lead in the second on a solo home run from Lexi McDonald.
In the fifth, Karli Godwin blasted her 14thhome run of the year to give the Cowgirls a 4-1 advantage they would never relinquish.
Offensively, OSU was led by Edwards (2-for-3 with an RBI), Godwin (1-for-4 with two RBIs) and McDonald (1-for-2 with an RBI).
In the circle, Lexi Kilfoyl improved to 24-3, hurling her second complete game of the weekend and striking out eight. Lauren Derkowski fell to 19-10 for the Wolverines.
Over the weekend, Jilyen Poullard's three home runs was the most by an Oklahoma State player in a NCAA regional during the Kenny Gajewski era. Kilfoyl picked up wins in all three contests. The right-hander totaled 19 innings and 21 strikeouts, while only giving up two earned runs.
Oklahoma State welcomes Arizona to Cowgirl Stadium next weekend for a best-of-three Super Regional with a spot in the Women's College World Series at stake.
Some clouds this morning with clear skies forecast for later in the day Monday in LeFlore County.
The high is forecast tobe 90 degrees with a low of 72.
Sunrise is 6:11 a.m. Sunset is 8:19 p.m.
Average temperatures for May 20 are a high of 82 and low of 56. Records for the date were a high of 91 in 1972. The record low was 36 in 1971.
Last year, on May 20, the high was 75 with a low of 50.
Sunday’s high was 91 with a low of 69.
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
LeFlore County commissioners meet 9 a.m.
Tuesday
Poteau blood drive Patrick Lynch Library
Tuesday lunch at the Museum
Arrival of Final Spike steam engine
Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC
Jazz night at the Museum
Wednesday
Poteau Rotary Club meets noon EOMC
Final Spike steam engine
End of school blowout at First Baptist Church in Heavener
Thursday
Poteau Kiwanis Club meets noon
Heavener VFW bingo 6:30 p.m. Highway 59 North
Friday
Heavener VFW crawfish boil and fish fry at the Reynolds Center
1873
Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans
On May 20, 1873, San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada, tailor Jacob Davis are given a patent to create work pants reinforced with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world's most famous garments: blue jeans. In San Francisco, Strauss established a wholesale dry goods bus...readmore
Art, Literature and Film History
1946
English poet W.H. Auden becomes a U.S. citizen
1998
2007
"The Simpsons" airs 400th episode
Crime
2005
Convicted sex offender Mary Kay Letourneau marries former victim
Exploration
1498
1506
Gay Rights
1996
Supreme Court defends rights of gays and lesbians in Romer v. Evans
Roaring Twenties
1927
Charles Lindbergh takes off across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis
Sports
1989
Sunday Silence wins Preakness Stakes by a nose
U.S. Presidents
1862
President Lincoln signs the Homestead Act
Vietnam War
1969
Battle for "Hamburger Hill" ends after 10 grueling days
World War II
1940
Germans break through to English Channel at Abbeville, France
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