About McCurtain County, OK

As a way of helping those that are relocating to our area, I have decided to introduce different professional and business people in our area that provide needed services.

This blog is to introduce you to Bob Terry. My husband and I got acquainted with Bob Terry when we opened a State Farm Health Saving Account. Bob is the local agent for State Farm. I didn't have a picture of Bob to use here, but you can visit his website here.

For those of you that don't know this, State Farm has banking services. In fact, I check with my local bank and several places, trying to find a local place to open the health savings account. State Farm was the only place that I found that we could do that locally.

As we visited with Bob and we asked him about other services that he can offer, we discovered that he is a Certified Financial Planning Practitioner under the Certified Financial Planning Board of Standards, Inc. He holds various professional designations and has almost 18 years experience in insurance and financial services.

The State Farm office does home mortgages and commercial lending too! Our office appreciates our clients having another good source for loans.

My family has found Bob to be very client oriented. He seeks out the services that his company can offer that will benefit his client. I've only heard good things about him and believe him to hold to the highest standards.

So, if you're moving to our area Idabel, Oklahoma or anywhere in McCurtain County, OR if you already live here - Bob Terry can offer you many financial services that you may need - insurance, banking, mortgages, retirement accounts, financial planning, etc. His office is located at 902 NE Lincoln Rd,Idabel, Oklahoma 74745 and their phone number is: 580-286-5627.

And for all of your real estate needs as you relocate to our great area, contact me, Judi Barrett, broker, at integrity Real Estate Services 580-212-5946.

Even though Idabel's population is only about 7200 people, we are fortunate to have a branch of the Southeastern Oklahoma State University right here. If you are thinking of relocating anywhere within our area, you will want to know about the McCurtain County Campus of SEOSU. Classes are often attended not only by students fresh out of high school but by many adult students.

The Higher Learning Center started out in downtown Idabel pre-1980. Soon plans for a new facility came into being and the E T Dunlap Center for Higher Education was placed into service in 1980. Classes were taught by three different institutions, 2 of which were junior colleges. Carl Albert State College and Eastern Oklahoma State College offered the lower level classes and Southeastern Oklahoma State University offered classes above the level that the state colleges could.

Also East Central University offered a Bachelor of Nursing program and Murray State College offered a Legal Secretary Program. Both programs were conducted through interactive television.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University took over the E T Dunlap Center in 2005 as a branch of its institution and now it is called the McCurtain County Campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

The University continues to cooperate with with the other institutions to provide courses and degree programs to students.

Their website has a lof of useful information online such as handbooks, faculty, and schedules.

The higher education program in McCurtain County has benefitted many, many families in our area. They are located on the northern by-pass around Idabel. Their contact information is Phone: 580-286-9431, or toll free at 888-286-9431.

For more relocation information, please contact me: Judi Barrett, broker at Integrity Real Estate Services, Idabel, Oklahoma 74745 Phone: 580-212-5946 or email at judi@integrity-realestate.net

If you are thinking of relocating to McCurtain County, the following information about our local hospital should be of interest to you. We have an excellent medical facility in the McCurtain Memorial Hospital.

McCurtain Memorial Hospital located at 1301 Lincoln Rd, Idabel, OK is a 114 bed facility. The hospital was established in 1953. McCurtain Memorial has plans to develop and grow into a regional referral center by 2013. This would allow them to offer a broader range of services including more specialists' services. At this time residents usually travel to Paris, Texas or Texarkana, Arkansas for specialists' services.

Several medical related support groups meet in the private dining room at different times of the month including the Alzheimer and Austism Spectrum Disorders support groups.

A list of doctors that are associated with the hospital is posted on the hospital's website. The McCurtain Memorial Hospital has the following departments:

Click on the links and it will take you to that department on the McCurtain Memorial Hospital.

Emergency Department
Laboratory
Imaging Department
New Directions
Home Health
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Cardiac Services
Physical Therapy
Intensive Care
Speech Therapy
Social Services
Medical/Surgical Unit
Respiratory Therapy
Surgery Department

If you're moving to McCurtain County, please contact me, Judi Barrett at Integrity Real Estate Services at 580-212-5946 for information on the county and let me help you with your real estate needs.

The McCurtain Gazette,our local newspaper, today published the news that court records indicate that more than 71% the 719 civil cases filed in 2007 were debt related, breach of financial contract, or foreclosure.

A more detailed look at the cases reveals that as gasoline and food prices climbed citizens used their credit cards more for purchases with more of them becoming unable to pay the credit card when the bill came in.

Credit card interest rates that were mentioned were from 19 to 28.24 percent with most being in the higher than 20 percent bracket.

This new cabin is in Lost Rapids Estates which is across the road from Lost Rapids Park where you can launch your boat or have guess stay in their rv. Lost Rapids Estates is surrounded by Corp of Engineer Land and is only 600 feet to the waters edge in Pine Creek Lake. Cabin has an open floor plan with upstiars master bedroom and bath. Natural pine is used throughout the cabin. The lot is approx one acre of wooded area with 14 lots also available in the Lost Rapids Estates. Decks are on 3 sides with covered deck on 2 sides. There are streaming videos on our website at http://integrity-realestate.net Call Judi Barrett about this cabin. List price is $119,500. Pine Creek Lake is in beautfiful southeast Oklahoma.