The Choctaw Cultural Center is calling for all stickball players to prepare for three upcoming events. One training and two tournaments are scheduled.

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) will once again participate in the 2026 Summer EBT (Electronic Benefits Transfer) program, helping eligible school-age children access nutritious food during the summer months when school meals are unavailable.

The Boys and Girls Clubs of Red River Valley, Okla., will be participating in the 2026 Summer Feeding Program (SFSP). Each site listed will offer a healthy, nutritious breakfast and lunch to any school-aged child in our community. Each site will serve meals Monday through Friday, with breakfast from 8 to 9 a.m. and lunch from 12 to 1 p.m.

Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to please his sinful nature, from that nature will reap destruction; the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

The Incarnation of the Word of Life 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked at and our hands have touched—this we proclaim concerning the Word of life. 2 The life appeared; we have seen it and testify to it, and we proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and has appeared to us. 3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We write this to make our a joy complete.

1 Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the Lord had dried up the Jordan before the Israelites until they a had crossed over, their hearts melted in fear and they no longer had the courage to face the Israelites.

The Raymond Gary Lake Association (RGLA) hosted its second annual Ladies’ Spring Tea on Saturday, May 9 at the Historic Wilson House in Fort Towson. The event was a tremendous success and a beautiful celebration of fellowship, history and community spirit.

HUGO –– Choctaw County EMS announces the donation of a 2022 ambulance to Freedom Volunteer EMS Service in support of rural emergency medical services and continued access to quality prehospi‑tal care for the citizens of Freedom, Okla., and the surrounding communities.

Paris Regional Health is announc‑es that Dr. Donald Wikoff, Medical Director of the Par‑is Regional Health Wound Care Center, has been recognized with a 2025 Healog‑ics FIND.

Robert Kelley, Hugo High School class of 1963, recently made a $25,000 donation to the Choctaw County Library board, going above matching fundraising efforts by the board in the amount of $11,000. According to board chairman Jerry Beach, with the library being a 501(c)3, it relies heavily on donations.