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THE FIRST REGULAR FRIENDS OF LAKE HEFNER BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS BEEN SEATED! |
April 9, 2008
The first, regular Board of Directors of the Friends of Lake Hefner was chosen and seated at the first members' meeting on March 30, 2008. Thanks to all those dedicated Friends who worked so selflessly to make this happen.
The Board currently has 22 members and we have several more applications that have come in since the meeting. At the first meeting of the Board of Directors, time and date to be announced soon, we will be seating the additional Drectors and holding the elections for the Excutive Committee who willhandle the day-to-day business of the Friends of Lake Hefner.
Twenty-two Board members means the representation of twenty-two recreational, homeowner, community and other organizations that represent thousands of Oklahoma Cityians!
Thank you Oklahoma City for caring enough to donate your time and efforts toward the preservation of this vital city resource.
Watch here for upcoming events!
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| It's time for the 2008 Lake Hefner Spring Clean-Up! |
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It's SPRINGTIME!
And what we all need on the 12th of April is a break.
Whether it's a break from tax preparation or home yard maintenance or the Winter doldrums the perfect prescription is a little LAKE TIME!
Come on out to COSA Park (across from the Lake Ranger Station) about 9:00 Saturday morning and we will furnish you, free of charge, surgical gloves and trash bags and encourage you to go and visit your favorite areas of the lake reservation and bask in the sunshine while you help spruce up the place!
Bring a hat and some sunscreen, visit the Audubon Society project area, do a little cleaning then join us back at COSA Park for a little lunch.
I guarantee you will leave the lake with a spring in your step and a great feeling in your heart.
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| Time for a little SPRING CLEANING! |
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MAKE A TAX DEDUCTABLE CONTRIBUTION TO THE FRIENDS OF LAKE HEFNER!
The FOLH, a not-for-profit Oklahoma Corporation, can now accept tax deductible donations from individuals, corporations and foundations! While our own 501(c)(3) determination winds it's way through the approval process, donations can be made to: The Oklahoma City Community Foundation Friends of Lake Hefner Fund. The Foundation will control these funds for the FOLH until our non-profit status is determined and at that time the fund will be turned over to the FOLH.
If you, or your organization, wish to make a tax exempt donation to show your support, contact Ann Kilpatrick at the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, 606-2921, or send a check, made out to Friends of Lake Hefner, to:
The Friends of Lake Hefner Fund
c/o Oklahoma City Community Foundation
P. O. Box 1146
Oklahoma City, OK 73101-1146
Be sure to earmark your donations for the Friends of Lake Hefner Fund and thank you for your generous support 1
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The Audubon Society of Central Oklahoma's Habitat Project
Saturday March 1st at 10:00 AM marked the groundbreaking for ASCO's habitat project. This occasion marks the beginning of Phase 1 of this ambitious project which is being generously supported by Chesapeake Energy and by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation through an Annis Boys Trust grant.
The Master of Ceremonies for the occasion was Jane Cunningham, President of ASCO, and it was attended on a beautiful Oklahoma morning by invited speakers, a host of supporters and the Oklahoma City news media. While the speakers held forth from one of the large Pecan Valley, Oklahoma boulders installed a week ago Saturday, the intent audience was seated on the other boulders and chairs in what will be called the "Learning Circle".
Speakers for the event included: the Reverend Harold Straughn who opened the ceremonies with a group reading of "Return to Nature" from Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass; next Mr. Wendel Whisenhunt, the Director of the Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation Department, welcomed the project and expressed hope for additional projects in the future; Cheyenne Chief Gordan Yellowman, resplendent in his native headdress; bestowed a traditional Native American blessing on the habitat site; then Ms. Martha Burger, Senior Vice President of Human and Corporate Resources for Chesapeake Energy, a major financial backer of the project, commended ASCO on this great addition to the community; speaking for the Oklahoma City Community Foundation, Mr. Brian Dougherty, Director of the Annis Boys Trust which provided a major grant for this project, spoke on their excitement for the project; a brief but very instructional introduction to habitat fragmentation and its effect on wildlife was delivered by Dr. Bill Radke, the University of Central Oklahoma Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; then after a poetry reading by Jane Cunningham, the project's landscape architect, Mr. Johnson Bridgewater, spoke on his vision for the area then lead the group to the planting of the first tree, an Oklahoma Redbud.
This portion of Phase 1 will include the installation of native Oklahoma boulders and the initial plantings of about one-half of the Phase 1 trees and shrubs with the remainder being scheduled for planting in the Fall of 2008.
For additional information including plant species, maps and more details of the project please visit the Audubon Society of Central Oklahoma website.
www.oklahomaaudubon.org
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| Dr. Bill Radke speaks on habitat fragmentation and the negative effects on indigenous wildlife |
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| Ms. Martha Burger, Sr. VP, Chesapeake Energy, addresses the gathering |
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| The Rev. Harold Straughn leads the participants in prayer |
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| Cheyenne Chief Gordan Yellowman blesses the site |
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| Mr. Brian Dougherty of the Oklahoma Community Foundation's Annis Boys Trust |
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| The first tree, an Oklaoma Redbud, is set in place by Landscape Architect Johnson Bridgewater as Brian Dougherty, Martha Burger, and Wendel Whisenhunt prepare to complete the planting |
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