Three Shawnee groups are finalists in the Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Environmental Excellence Competition. They will be recognized at the annual awards banquet on Tuesday evening, Nov. 17 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City.
In the non-profit competition for organizations with a budget of less than $100,000, the Shawnee Twin Lakes Association will be recognized for their work to stop erosion of the lake’s shoreline at Glen Collins Park. The OBU Student Government Association’s “Serve Shawnee” efforts in August 2008 will be highlighted in the college and university competition. In the community effort category for cities with population between 20,000 and 50,000, the Greater Shawnee Area Shawnee Chamber of Commerce beautification committee was selected for distributing nearly 19,000 trees to local citizens and holding tree planting instruction sessions attended by over 800 people.
At the banquet, which will be attended by people from across the entire state, the efforts of each of the finalists will be illustrated prior to the announcement of the category winner.
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Commissioners of the Land Office will make a presentation Monday evening regarding the lease with the city of Shawnee in the continuing saga over the North and South School tracts at Shawnee Twin Lakes.
The wording of the item also allows commissioners to discuss the issue and possibly take action.
This issue has been ongoing for several months now and is over whether to allow a number of the leaseholders to lease directly with the CLO or to continue the present agreement with the city acting as a pass-through between the leaseholders and the CLO.
Mike Hunter, who was appointed secretary of the CLO in August by Gov. Brad Henry, indicates in a Nov. 12 letter to Mayor Linda Peterson that he will attend Monday night’s meeting to answer any questions and says in the letter “hopefully finalize this matter.”
The meeting, open to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. in the commission chambers of city hall.
Commissioners also are expected to acknowledge the sales tax report through November. Latest figures show November of this year down $96,989 from November of 2008.
The city’s $6,351,575 total sales tax revenue for the first five months of the fiscal year is $232,883 off from the previous fiscal year and the total is $320,092 or 4.80 percent below what was budgeted for the current fiscal year.
Three public hearings are scheduled on the agenda. One is to rezone property at 100 E. 45h from multi family to Neighborhood Commercial and the applicant is Dr. Marshall Gleckler for a medical optometry office. Another is for consideration of a conditional use permit to allow the sale of alcohol for on premise consumption at a restaurant at 601 E. Highland. The applicant is William Dockery.
The third is for a conditional use permit in a multi-family zoning district allow for a day care at 418 W. 11th and the applicant is Goldie Morris.
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The annual Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction hosted by the Shawnee chapter is scheduled for this coming Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation in the north building on the pow-wow grounds.
Doors open at 6 p.m., the dinner begins at 7 and the auction is at 8. Tickets prices are $40 for single, which includes a year’s membership in Ducks Unlimited. Sponsorship costs $265.
The chapter officers heading up the annual fund raiser include Lance Wortham, Mark Schneiter, Jack Kinkade and Kyle Rosebure.
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Oklahoma’s Department of Transportation is hosting a series of meetings across the state as it looks at its long range transportation plan. One of these is planned for Shawnee on Nov. 16, at Gordon Cooper Technology Center, from 4 until 6 p.m. It will be held in the dining room.
ODOT’s Planning and Research Division is hosting the meetings across the state to provide residents with information, access to ODOT staff and avenues for commenting on two important transportation planning documents, they say.
Residents may suggest ideas and provide comments for the State Long Range Transportation Plan (LRP).
This policy plan will represent ODOT’s guiding transportation policies for the next 25 years.
Updated every five years, the plan was last updated in 2005. It contains information and policies for highways, airports, rural transit, waterways, rail, pedestrians and bicyclists.
The plan will address goals related to safety and security, accessibility and mobility, transportation system maintenance, freight/shipping options, and transportation and the economy. Residents will be asked to provide comments and propose future ideas for ODOT.
At the same meetings, residents also will be able to review, comment and discuss with ODOT personnel the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
This document is prepared biennially and presents transportation projects scheduled by ODOT for the next four federal fiscal years. Residents will be able to discuss and provide comments on these and any projects they would like ODOT to consider for addition to future Programs with ODOT personnel.
Comments will be received during the meetings or can be mailed to ODOT Planning & Research Division, 200 N. E. 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, and can be submitted via the LRP Web site at www.oklongrangeplan.com.
ODOT officials said these locations are accessible to persons having disabilities. Any person requiring an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for language translation (including Spanish and Vietnamese) is requested to contact ODOT’s Frances Campbell at 405-521-2705 or fcampbell@odot.org 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
For more about ODOT’s Long Range Transportation Plan, go to www.oklongrangeplan.com.
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If you have ideas or something of interest for this column, call 214-3922 or e-mail michael.mccormick@news-star.com. Include name and phone number for contact purposes.
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Three Shawnee groups are finalists in the Keep Oklahoma Beautiful Environmental Excellence Competition. They will be recognized at the annual awards banquet on Tuesday evening, Nov. 17 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in Oklahoma City.
In the non-profit competition for organizations with a budget of less than $100,000, the Shawnee Twin Lakes Association will be recognized for their work to stop erosion of the lake’s shoreline at Glen Collins Park. The OBU Student Government Association’s “Serve Shawnee” efforts in August 2008 will be highlighted in the college and university competition. In the community effort category for cities with population between 20,000 and 50,000, the Greater Shawnee Area Shawnee Chamber of Commerce beautification committee was selected for distributing nearly 19,000 trees to local citizens and holding tree planting instruction sessions attended by over 800 people.
At the banquet, which will be attended by people from across the entire state, the efforts of each of the finalists will be illustrated prior to the announcement of the category winner.
•••
Commissioners of the Land Office will make a presentation Monday evening regarding the lease with the city of Shawnee in the continuing saga over the North and South School tracts at Shawnee Twin Lakes.
The wording of the item also allows commissioners to discuss the issue and possibly take action.
This issue has been ongoing for several months now and is over whether to allow a number of the leaseholders to lease directly with the CLO or to continue the present agreement with the city acting as a pass-through between the leaseholders and the CLO.
Mike Hunter, who was appointed secretary of the CLO in August by Gov. Brad Henry, indicates in a Nov. 12 letter to Mayor Linda Peterson that he will attend Monday night’s meeting to answer any questions and says in the letter “hopefully finalize this matter.”
The meeting, open to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. in the commission chambers of city hall.
Commissioners also are expected to acknowledge the sales tax report through November. Latest figures show November of this year down $96,989 from November of 2008.
The city’s $6,351,575 total sales tax revenue for the first five months of the fiscal year is $232,883 off from the previous fiscal year and the total is $320,092 or 4.80 percent below what was budgeted for the current fiscal year.
Three public hearings are scheduled on the agenda. One is to rezone property at 100 E. 45h from multi family to Neighborhood Commercial and the applicant is Dr. Marshall Gleckler for a medical optometry office. Another is for consideration of a conditional use permit to allow the sale of alcohol for on premise consumption at a restaurant at 601 E. Highland. The applicant is William Dockery.
The third is for a conditional use permit in a multi-family zoning district allow for a day care at 418 W. 11th and the applicant is Goldie Morris.
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The annual Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction hosted by the Shawnee chapter is scheduled for this coming Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Citizen Potawatomi Nation in the north building on the pow-wow grounds.
Doors open at 6 p.m., the dinner begins at 7 and the auction is at 8. Tickets prices are $40 for single, which includes a year’s membership in Ducks Unlimited. Sponsorship costs $265.
The chapter officers heading up the annual fund raiser include Lance Wortham, Mark Schneiter, Jack Kinkade and Kyle Rosebure.
•••
Oklahoma’s Department of Transportation is hosting a series of meetings across the state as it looks at its long range transportation plan. One of these is planned for Shawnee on Nov. 16, at Gordon Cooper Technology Center, from 4 until 6 p.m. It will be held in the dining room.
ODOT’s Planning and Research Division is hosting the meetings across the state to provide residents with information, access to ODOT staff and avenues for commenting on two important transportation planning documents, they say.
Residents may suggest ideas and provide comments for the State Long Range Transportation Plan (LRP).
This policy plan will represent ODOT’s guiding transportation policies for the next 25 years.
Updated every five years, the plan was last updated in 2005. It contains information and policies for highways, airports, rural transit, waterways, rail, pedestrians and bicyclists.
The plan will address goals related to safety and security, accessibility and mobility, transportation system maintenance, freight/shipping options, and transportation and the economy. Residents will be asked to provide comments and propose future ideas for ODOT.
At the same meetings, residents also will be able to review, comment and discuss with ODOT personnel the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
This document is prepared biennially and presents transportation projects scheduled by ODOT for the next four federal fiscal years. Residents will be able to discuss and provide comments on these and any projects they would like ODOT to consider for addition to future Programs with ODOT personnel.
Comments will be received during the meetings or can be mailed to ODOT Planning & Research Division, 200 N. E. 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105, and can be submitted via the LRP Web site at www.oklongrangeplan.com.
ODOT officials said these locations are accessible to persons having disabilities. Any person requiring an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for language translation (including Spanish and Vietnamese) is requested to contact ODOT’s Frances Campbell at 405-521-2705 or fcampbell@odot.org 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
For more about ODOT’s Long Range Transportation Plan, go to www.oklongrangeplan.com.
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If you have ideas or something of interest for this column, call 214-3922 or e-mail michael.mccormick@news-star.com. Include name and phone number for contact purposes.
