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 haven’t already made reservations for Gov. Brad Henry’s visit on Tuesday at the Expo Center, it’s too late. A final number on the count for the luncheon was needed and turned in on Wednesday, and if you forgot and procrastinated, you are our of luck.
The governor will address a gathering in the conference center at the Expo.
His appearance is being hosted by the three noon day civic clubs, Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions, along with the Greater Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce, and the luncheon event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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It’s less than two weeks away now. The annual Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction hosted by the Shawnee chapter is scheduled for 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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The Salvation Army has begun taking applications for families needing Christmas assistance in Pottawatomie County and will continue through this week and the weeks beginning Monday, Nov. 2, and Monday, Nov. 9. Applications will be taken through Nov. 11, (that is Veterans Day) Monday through Friday only.
Maj. Mike Barnhouse, of the local Salvation Army, said those needing assistance must appear in person at the Salvation Army office, 200 E. Ninth Street in Shawnee. Applicants will need identification for each family member and proof of income, he said.
There will be no mail notification this year, Barnhouse emphasized. Individuals applying after this time period will be helped during the Christmas season as resources become available, he said.
Also, the major extends an invitation for persons who want to participate with the annual kettle drive. Those wishing to volunteer may contact the Red Kettle Drive coordinator, Kendi Cox, 275-2243.
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Wanda Hill advises the kickoff for this year’s annual Angel Tree is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. at the Arvest Bank, 201 N. Broadway in Shawnee.
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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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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 haven’t already made reservations for Gov. Brad Henry’s visit on Tuesday at the Expo Center, it’s too late. A final number on the count for the luncheon was needed and turned in on Wednesday, and if you forgot and procrastinated, you are our of luck.
The governor will address a gathering in the conference center at the Expo.
His appearance is being hosted by the three noon day civic clubs, Rotary, Kiwanis and Lions, along with the Greater Shawnee Area Chamber of Commerce, and the luncheon event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
•••
It’s less than two weeks away now. The annual Ducks Unlimited banquet and auction hosted by the Shawnee chapter is scheduled for 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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The Salvation Army has begun taking applications for families needing Christmas assistance in Pottawatomie County and will continue through this week and the weeks beginning Monday, Nov. 2, and Monday, Nov. 9. Applications will be taken through Nov. 11, (that is Veterans Day) Monday through Friday only.
Maj. Mike Barnhouse, of the local Salvation Army, said those needing assistance must appear in person at the Salvation Army office, 200 E. Ninth Street in Shawnee. Applicants will need identification for each family member and proof of income, he said.
There will be no mail notification this year, Barnhouse emphasized. Individuals applying after this time period will be helped during the Christmas season as resources become available, he said.
Also, the major extends an invitation for persons who want to participate with the annual kettle drive. Those wishing to volunteer may contact the Red Kettle Drive coordinator, Kendi Cox, 275-2243.
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Wanda Hill advises the kickoff for this year’s annual Angel Tree is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. at the Arvest Bank, 201 N. Broadway in Shawnee.
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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.
