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More student art murals to come
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November 2, 2023
More student art murals to come
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER,

A new mural went up at Lafayette and Broadway last week as part of the Creative Expressions Throughout Small Town Checotah. This mural was painted by a group from the Checotahs National Art Honor Society and Checotah High School (CHS) Art 4 Class. Artists included Amelia Johnson, Brianna Gilbert, Elisabeth Ortiz, Alivia Phillips, Sydney Estes, Khyli Miller, Jeshua Prokop and CHS Art Teacher Elisa Ortiz.

This mural is the largest to date and was the fifth one to be completed by CHS art students and staff.

“This mural was completed in a little over five hours,” Mrs. Ortiz said. “The students did an amazing job of coordinating their ideas and working diligently together. I was proud to watch them work together to make adjustments to the design, discuss changes as a group and listen to each other’s ideas to create a beautiful piece of art in just one day.

“I would also like to thank the nice couple that took all eight of our art students to lunch at Boomerang’s while they were painting this mural. It was a very sweet and gracious gift for the students to take a break, relax, eat lunch and spend time making memories. We appreciated it greatly.”

Mrs. Ortiz applied for the Carolyn Watson Rural Oklahoma Community Foundation Grant in 2020 in hopes of acquiring funding to bring more awareness of the Arts to Checotah and share the talents of her students with the community. After being awarded the grant Mrs. Ortiz asked students to submit their ideas for murals to be painted using the funds from the grant. All of the murals painted throughout the community have been designs created by CHS art students. The last design was created by Mercediez Burnett in 2021 when she was still a student at CHS.

Mrs. Ortiz’ main purpose for all the murals is for Checotah to be a must-see location to visit that is rich in the arts with multiple murals and more.

There is still more funding to create more art around the town of Checotah.

A few of the terms of the grant are:

• The mural must be in a public location (inside or out)

• The mural must be visible to the public

• The mural must be within the city limits and can be painted with acrylic paint.

If any businesses are interested in having a mural painted please contact Mrs. Ortiz at the Checotah High School at 918-473-9100.

Eufaula Indian Journal names Players of the Year
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Eufaula Indian Journal names Players of the Year
By Rodney Haltom sports EDITOR 
November 30, 2023
The Eufaula Ironheads had another exciting and winning season (7-4), ending it in a loss to Vian in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs. Eufaula head coach Larry Newton and staff did a fantastic ...
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Marshall playground gets colorful addition
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Marshall playground gets colorful addition
By LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER 
November 30, 2023
Marshall Elementary added a new level of fun to their playground area recently The playground got a colorful update when educators were told about playground stencils that the state offered for free t...
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Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame announces Class of 2024 Inductees
November 30, 2023
The Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame is extremely proud to introduce the six inductees that will join the Hall next year as part of the Class of 2024. Steve Davis*, Football Patty McGraw-Coatney, Golf Mik...
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2023 Big 12 Championship Game set: Texas vs. Oklahoma State
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November 30, 2023
No. 20 Oklahoma State locked up the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 Championship Game by outlasting BYU in a 40-34 double-overtime victory Saturday. The Cowboys will play No. 1-seea Texas at 12 p.m. ET on De...
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Basketball Action Starts this Week
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November 30, 2023
The2023 McIntosh County Basketball Preview will be released December 7,2023 The Eufaula Ironheads will kick off the season Tuesday with a road game against Muldrow with a start time of 6 p.m.. On Frid...
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“Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.” – William Penn
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