By CRAIG HALL
Hello and welcome to the Ledger/LCJ blog for Tuesday.
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Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
–Deuteronomy 6:5
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Today’s inspirational quote: “You’ve gotta dance like there’s nobody watching, love like you’ll never be hurt, sing like there’s nobody listening, and live like it’s heaven on earth.
William W. Purkey
Today’s really bad joke: What did the fish say when he ran into a wall? Dam.
The LeFlore County commissioners approved a close-out payment of $35,170 to Robinson Construction for work on the Conser Road project on Monday.
Also Monday, the county Budget Board approved appropriation of the monthly sales tax collections. Of the total of $642,988, Solid Waste, the Jail Bond and the Hospital Authority each received $183,711 from the county sales tax and the jail fund received $91,855 from the state sales tax.
Newly-elected Congressional District 2 Rep. Josh Brecheen had a town meeting Monday afternoon at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center.
The biggest concern he shared with the nearly 200 people in attendance was about the need to cut spending.
On Monday’s LeFlore County scoreboard,
Baseball
Eufaula 12, Heavener 1
Eufaula 7, Heavener 0
Cameron 10, Canadian 3
Cameron 12, Canadian 0
Wister 13, Howe 3
McAlester 4, Panama 3
Pocola 6, Hackett 2
Red Oak 4, Poteau 1
Spiro 11, Roland 1
Slow pitch softball
Tecumseh 18, Panama 2
Cyril 8, Whitesboro 6
In today’s weather forecast, mostly cloudy skies early with skies clearing away later in the day with cooler than average temperatures continuing.
The high is forecast to be 55 degrees with a low of 36.
On the county calendar for today, Graveside service for Cecil Art Lloyd is 10 a.m. at the Summerfield Cemetery.
Poteau Evening Lions Club meet 6 p.m. CASC
High school baseball: Wister at Oktaha; Howe at Cameron; Lavaca at Poteau; Roland at Spiro; Porum at Pocola; Panama vs. Valliant at Broken Bow Festival.
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