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SAWYER ––The Sawyer board of trustees, upon a motion by Tom Mandrell, approved the Choctaw County Hazard Mitigation Resolution as it was read and presented during Monday evening’s meeting.

The consent agenda, which consists of the Dec. 17 minutes, financial statements provided to the trustees in writing, purchase orders and claims, were approved upon a motion by Sharon Matthews, following questions from the board regarding a request from the owner of the Finish Line for research about the cost and procedure for improvements to the Internet systems. It was suggested that the matter be brought up during a meeting or in the pre-meeting workshops.

Police Chief Darrell Armstrong presented the police report in writing. It was mentioned that the activity had been slow so far this year. Some questions were answered as posed to trustees regarding the helicopter landing system. During the weekend, an accident required the helicopter’s landing at the fire department.

It’s true, there are no secrets in a small town. What began as an anonymous, visionary endearment from a woman living in California, who had spent her childhood in Fort Towson, in Choctaw County, has become an intriguing, epic story.

Located in southeast Oklahoma, the four-lane U. S. Highway 70 east and west, makes an intrusive slash through the center of the community of approximately 600 residents. In 1902, the Arkansas and Choctaw Railway reached eastern Choctaw County, generating the town site. It is a namesake of the historic Fort Towson nearby. Fort Towson community is indeed a portal into the earliest history of the state of Oklahoma.

Entering the city limits of Fort Towson from the west, look to the right, there resides Hopson Park. It was envisioned in the early 1990s, by benefactor, Morynne Hopson Motley, of California; in remembrance of her childhood days with family and friends.