Durant Daily Democrat
by Brittany Snapp, Staff Writer
September 23, 2011
On Thursday, the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) held a centennial celebration to commemorate “100 years of moving Oklahoma forward.”
The public was invited to attend the open house celebration held at the ODOT Division 2 Headquarters in Antlers. Division 2 includes Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Latimer, LeFlore, Marshall,McCurtain, Pittsburg and Pushmataha counties.
Terri Angier, ODOT Chief of Public Affairs, said, “This is really significant for the Department of Transportation and Oklahoma as a whole. Transportation has shaped how we have grown as a state in the last 100 years.”
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Fri, September 23, 2011
by John Cox