A Living Legacy
Thank you Brian Killian for spearheading the painting of various community signs; especially the East and West entrance. The blue and tan is such a clean and elegant look. Great enhancement to the front door of our community.
Shout out to Donna Killian. She too was working hard with the paint brush.
If I missed anyone else that helped, please know that your efforts are appreciated!
As part of an Eagle Scouts project, Cory Crum coordinated a great effort to benefit our community! The team of scout troops and volunteers built 5 new benches for the shelter by the Arrowhead, resurfaced and painted the existing benches from the Arrowhead grounds, and revitalized the totem pole!
You have to see the paint job on the totem pole! Shout out to Kaylee James for designing the colors for the wings….and spending 9.5 hours on a ladder to free hand paint the wings. Others that helped paint the totem pole include Natalie Keegan, Sam Homan, Tiffany Legg, Connor Crum, and Cory Crum.
Please head down to the grounds around the Arrowhead to check out the great work. More details and pictures of this great project will be in the October Peace Pipe.
Great work Cory…and much appreciation goes out to those that supported Cory by volunteering time and donating money towards the project
We dedicated our Choctaw Lake Veteran’s Memorial Statue on Memorial Day Weekend. There was a very nice ceremony with speeches given by Christine Cooney, Bob Hackett and Colonel Brad Tannehill. The dedication was completed by a very moving rendition of “Taps” by Butch Clements. But, there was one thing that was still missing at the time, and it was the individual plaques to be made for each of the two Choctaw residents who gave the ultimate sacrifice for their country while serving in the military. Their names are James M. McCarty (US Navy) and Matthew P. Ruffner (US Army). We are pleased to announce that their individual plaques have now been procured and placed on our Veteran’s Memorial. Our community wants to never forget these service men and honor their names. Thanks goes to the Choctaw Musician’s Club for providing the funds to purchase the two 3’x10’ plaques.
Please Note: We experienced a technical glitch on the survey and our survey responses were lost. Could you please take the time to fill out the survey again? The glitch has been corrected and all responses are being retained. Our apologies for the inconvenience, and we thank you in advance for your time.
Now that the East side electronic sign has been installed and in use for about 3 months, we would like to solicit feedback. As this sign affects those on the East side only, we are asking that only East side residents complete this form.
Any name and addresses of people taking the survey that do NOT live on the East side of Choctaw Lake will be deleted and not used as a part of the data collection process.
The survey will close September 27, midnight October 4, midnight.
Please feel free to forward the link to this post to any East side residents you may know not signed up for the Choctaw Weekly or NextDoor.
Thanks so much for your time!
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I would like to highlight Carter Forster. Carter is 8 years old. He and his father Karl, spent time this winter to work on a project for the community. They built a beautiful Purple Martin bird house. The bird house is installed on the north Jetty by the beach. We have some Purple Martins that will be living in style this year!
When asked why they chose this project Karl stated “we chose this project as a small way to give back to the community that has been very welcoming to us, and as a way to continue to preserve our nature at the lake.” This is not the first wood working project these two have worked on together. They have also built a Pinewood Derby Car for Cub Scouts. Carter has also participated in kids projects at Lowes and Home Depot. The passion for constructing definitely shows in the bird house.
While Karl enjoyed the entire experience, Carter stated that his favorite part was painting the birdhouse. He is also very proud that their project is going to help the birds in the Choctaw Lake community.
