The RGLA Trash Pickup Day was held in Fort Towson on April 1. It was a very successful event with several community residents participating. The Morynne Motley Estate and ReCreate Fort Towson Foundation sponsored the event by providing four roll off dumpsters to the town to assist residents with trash disposal and cleaning up their properties. Fort Towson ISD school students also assisted with the cleanup to earn community service hours.

• Gene Blackwell’s work featured at Choctaw Cultural Center starting April 29 Choctaw citizen and wildlife photographer Gene Blackwell will debut his latest exhibition at the Choctaw Cultural Center this spring. The exhibition titled, Kowi Haiaka Ikwehpowo (Unspoiled Wilderness): Photography from the Round Bottom Ranch, opens Tuesday, April 29 and highlights the natural beauty of Choctaw Country through Blackwell’s lens.

Ron Perry, who represented District 5 of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) on the Tribal Council resigned his office April 1. The resignation took effect immediately.

Bowman Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn. com Years ago, right after I began Coffee-Time Column, a friend suggested I write an article addressing “Dealing with your ex after the divorce.” Now, I don’t know much, but I do know that a writer is foolish to attempt to write about an unfamiliar subject.

With less than a month remaining until the May 7, 2025 federal REAL ID deadline, Service Oklahoma has issued more than 2.1 million REAL ID-compliant credentials statewide. A REAL ID is not required to drive or for in-state identification but may be needed to board domestic flights or enter certain federal buildings starting May 7.

Allotment for Ephraim and Manasseh 1 The allotment for Joseph began at the Jordan, east of the springs of Jericho, and went up from there through the desert into the hill country of Bethel. 2 It went on from Bethel (that is, Luz), a crossed over to the territory of the Arkites in Ataroth, 3 descended westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the region of Lower Beth Horon and on to Gezer, ending at the Mediterranean Sea.

Gideon Defeats the Midianites 1 Early in the morning, Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and all his men camped at the spring of Harod. The camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh. 2 The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men. I cannot deliver Midian into their hands, or Israel would boast against me, ‘My own strength has saved me.’ 3 Now announce to the army, ‘Anyone who trembles with fear may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’ ” So twenty- two thousand men left, while ten thousand remained.

The Choctaw Nation Health Services Authority (CNHSA) has announced the transition to the Epic electronic health records system and a new patient portal –– the MyChart app. MyChart, a secure online platform and app, offers a range of features which empower patients to take an active role in their healthcare journey.