The Poteau Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Dennis Yochum for LeFlore County Assessor has joined the Poteau Chamber of Commerce.
Dennis has worked 10 years for Wal-Mart Stores where he was the Department Manager for Tire and Lube Express. He was hired to work in the Assessor’s Office in 2002. “I worked in the office doing field card filing, personal property assessments and homestead exemptions. I went to the field and did field appraisal work,” said Yochum. “I had my full accreditation from the Oklahoma Tax Commission. If you value property for the Assessor, you have to have passed classes through the Center for Local Government from Oklahoma State University.”
He left the Assessor’s Office in 2008 and went to work for Kelli Ford as a land deputy.
Dennis was a firefighter for the City of Poteau from 2004 to 2012 and an active member of Southside Baptist Church in Poteau.