Archive - 2013
April 17th
Helen Degraffenreed, 70, of Heavener, died Wednesday, April 17, in Heavener. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 20, in Summerfield Cemetery under the direction of Dowden Funeral Home.
Levi Granger Goodman, 13, of Monroe died Sunday, April 14, 2013, in Monroe. Levi was born July 16, 1999, in Poteau to Wendell and Connie (Irwin) Goodman. He was a student at Monroe. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ted and Bernice Goodman of Oregon, Ola Couch of Bokoshe and Levi and Corda Walker of Gilmore.
MUSKOGEE – DATE- Congressman Markwayne Mullin (OK-2) will host a Congressional Service Academy information session for Second District students interested in applying to one of the nation’s service academies.
“This is a chance for students, parents and school counselors to come and get the information they need on the service academies and the types of candidates they are looking for,” said Mullin. “We have some very talented and bright students in the Second District and I hope they will take advantage of this opportunity.”
Learn organic methods for building soil fertility at a Kerr Center workshop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 27, from 9-5, at center headquarters.Â
Registration, due by April 22, costs $35 and includes lunch. Space is limited.Â
For more information call the center at (918) 647-9123, or visit www.kerrcenter.com to see the workshop schedule/agenda and to register.
Participants will learn ways to improve the soil on their farm or in their garden. Â
OKLAHOMA CITY — Poteau’s Hannah Ward, the defending Class 4A state golf champion, won the Elgin Invitational, which took place Monday afternoon at Lake Hefner Golf Course.
Ward shot a 73.
Ward wasn’t the only Poteau medalist. Cathleen Manlove was sixth at 84.
The Lady Pirates, the defending Class 4A state champions, finished third as a team at 355 strokes. Hilldale won the tournament with a 353, while Seminole was runner-up as it tied Poteau with a 355 but won the tiebreaker of fifth-place golfers as Seminole’s had a better score than Poteau’s.
GREENWOOD, Ark. — The Poteau High School track teams competed in the 2013 Greenwood Bulldog Relays on April 4.
The Lady Pirates had another strong showing, highlighted by their winning the three relay events in which they ran.
The Pirates had two individual champions as Nico Hall won the 3,200-meter run (11:10.56) and Trevor Shankle took the shot put (44-6.75).
Just as during the previous week against Western Oklahoma State College of Altus, last week's four-game series against Murray State College was a tough one for the Carl Albert State College baseball team.
Just as against Western, the Vikings went 1-3 against the Aggies in their two-day, four-game series.
The only win for the Vikings came in Friday's opener at Ival Goodman Field, as Carl Albert won 5-1 before Murray State took the nightcap 7-0.
Saturday afternoon in Tishomingo, the Aggies swept the Vikings by scores of 5-4 in eight innings and 10-0 in a five-inning, mercy-rule game.
Poteau Chamber
of Commerce
201 S. Broadway
Poteau, OK 74953
Contact: Karen Wages, 918-647-9178
Mission: The Poteau Chamber of Commerce is organized to advance the general welfare and prosperity of the Poteau trade area so that its citizens and all areas of its business community shall prosper. All necessary means of promotion shall be provided and particular attention and emphasis shall be given to the economic, civil, commercial, industrial and educational interests of the area.
The Spiro Mounds Site is one of the most important archeological discoveries in North America and Oklahoma’s only state archeological park. Spiro is the westernmost site of a complex cultural tradition in the Southeast called the Southern Cult or Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. The site, occupied from AD 850 to 1450, was home to powerful leaders who directed the building of the nine platform and burial mounds on the 80-acre site. These leaders governed farmers in outlying villages who probably provided labor for mound-building.
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma City Thunder clinched first place in the Western Conference with a 104-95 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Monday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena.
The Thunder has played well down the stretch, and overcame a two-game deficit to the San Antonio Spurs, which the Texas team enjoyed just a few weeks ago.
