JAY – Funds collected locally by the United Way help the Community Christian Care Center keep food on the tables of needy families in southern Delaware County. The Care Center is the food bank for southern Delaware County, and Assistant Executive Director Rick Fausett estimates that the center provides enough groceries to feed a family [...]
Having served as a leader among her peers regarding child advocacy and programs to support families and prevent child maltreatment, Sen. Mary Easley was selected this week to receive the 2009 Outstanding Elected Official Award from the Oklahoma State Interagency Child Abuse Prevention Task Force. Task Force Chair Larry Langley praised Easley for her distinguished [...]
With fabulous weather great music and lot of Catfish, why would it not be the BEST EVER event for the Chamber? With Just over 1500 in attendance the event will help the Chamber continue to support our members and help them grow! So many people to thank for the success of the event and we [...]
OKLAHOMA CITY – The recession hit Grand Lake this summer, with only four towns seeing an increase in sales tax collections in July, according to the September report from the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The towns of Bernice, Disney, Fairland and West Siloam Springs all saw an increase in their September disbursement from the tax commission, [...]
The Grand Lake Business Journal is publishing features on all 20 United Way of Delaware County benefit agencies during the current fundraising campaign . The Red Cross is the first in this series. Delaware County – Tornadoes, fires, floods, ice storms; the local Red Cross’s primary mission is to meet people’s immediate emergency needs in [...]
Sunday, October 4 will be the closing day of Miami’s new festival, Miami NOW…Native Oklahoma Weekend. A special Sunday morning event has been planned for area residents and visitors that include a free Community Breakfast hosted by First Assembly of God Church and First Baptist Church beginning at 9:00 a.m. at Main & Central. City [...]
GROVE – The local school district is asking voters to approve a $9,875,000.00 school bond issue in October to benefit all of its campuses from early childhood to high school. The bond issue, if approved will allow the school district to expand its current facilities and pay for new buses. Getting voter approval would mean [...]
JAY – Almost five months after the Hog Eye Creek Bridge project was submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency for approval, Delaware County finally has been cleared to begin work on the project, according to Tim McCrary, local engineer, who informed Delaware County Commissioners of the decision during their regular meeting Monday morning. Commissioners were [...]
GROVE – Several free events planned for this fall at the Grove Civic Center received an approval nod from the Grove Industrial Development Authority board during its monthly meeting Monday afternoon. GIDA is charged with maintaining the civic center and typically collects use fees from events held there that charge admission. Approved were requests for [...]
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Attention: Secretary Reference: Pensacola Dam, Project P-1494-348 Sept. 15-2009 Dear Secretary I am making this filing as a request for clarification in the format of a filing made on 9-14-2009 by an organization designated as “GLUE”. The filing date which closed yesterday on the 14th of September was advertised by FERC [...]
