Ledger/LCJ blog 2-26-2023
By CRAIG HALL
Hello and welcome to the Ledger/LCJ update for Sunday. For those of you keeping track at home, and, by gosh, who isn’t? This is the 54th day of 2023. There are 309 days left in the year.
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Bible verse of the day for Sunday.
Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
–Romans 12:21
Here is today’s eagerly anticipated really bad joke: What grades did the pirate get on his report card? Seven Cs
In county basketball, Saturday’s games
Area tournament
Girls
Class B
At Henryetta
Calvin
44, Whitesboro 28
Regional tournaments
Class 2A
At Haskell
Howe 59, Oktaha 58
At Hartshorne
Hartshorne 56, Pocola 55
Boys
At Haskell
Wister 56, Hulbert 45
At Hartshorne
Pocola 41, Calera 40
Area playoff games
Class 2A
Girls
Thursday’s games
At Wilburton
Pocola vs. Pawnee 1:30 p.m.
Friday’s games
At Seminole
Howe vs. Amber-Pocassett 6 p.m.
Boys
Friday
At Seminole
Wister vs. Ok Christian 7:30 p.m.
At Wilburton
Pocola vs. Pawnee 7:30 p.m.
Kiamichi Tech – Talihina has named Connor Phillips, a student in the EAST (Education Accelerated by Service and Technology) program, as the student of the month for January.
Phillips is in his second year in the EAST program, where he studies music production.
In today’s weather forecast, Cloudy skies and windy with a chance of thunderstorms later in the day Sunday in LeFlore County.
The high is forecast to be 63 degrees with a low of 48.
Sunrise is 6:51 a.m. Sunset is 6:11 p.m.
On our obituaries for today, Sharon Gail Cox, 73, of Heavener was born Jan. 27, 1950 in San Diego, California and passed away Feb. 22, 2023 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
Funeral service is 2 p.m. Wednesday at Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home Chapel in Heavener. Interment will follow at the Hontubby Cemetery, under the direction of Dowden-Roberts Funeral Home of Heavener.
And, Funeral service for Rex Leon McDonald, 63, of Cameron is 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Memorial Chapel in Poteau with Reverend Phil McGehee officiating. Burial will follow at Greenhill Cemetery in Cameron, under the direction of Grace Funeral Service of Poteau.
He was born Oct. 2, 1959 in Cameron and passed away Feb. 24, 2023.
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