48th Annual Festival of the Chickasaw Nation

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Chickasaw Nation Health System

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Chickasaw Festival 2008

We are just on the eve of a week of celebration in the Chickasaw Nation. This year we will celebrate the 48th Annual Chickasaw Festival. I will be bringing many of these events to you through my blog. Hopefully, you can get a feel for what we are doing as we celebrate this event. You can look forward to several entries this week. I look forward to your comments. This is a picture of my great great grandfather, Solomon Goforth and his wife Mary. One of his sons was Joe Goforth, an attorney in Caddo County during the early part of the 1900’s. My great grandfather, William Goforth, was another of his sons. Wish they could see us now.

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Judy

 

Celebrating Fall 2008

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September 2008 Chickasaw Health System Update

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I hope this helps. If not, email me at judy.parker@chickasaw.netand I will try to give better instructions. Hoping that this generates a comment or two and that you have a wonderful Fall season. It is my favorite time of the year in Oklahoma. I will send you some Fall pictures through a Smilebox, my favorite way to do slide shows.

Judy

 

Updates on the way.

Wyas and I in front of the hospital.

We found this in an old hospital in Colorado.

I have not had a chance to blog, and that is not a good thing. I keep looking to see if I have any viewers, and you are probably wondering why no new entries. I hope to update you next week about the hospital It is cool in Oklahoma. I mean really cool in Oklahoma. I would say that we are having an early Fall.

You may wonder what this picture is and why it is in a blog and what it has to do with what I usually write about, which is the Chickasaw Nation. I am, after all, a health care provider. We discovered this during the summer while visiting a once upon a time hospital that is now a bed and breakfast. They do not know what this was used for, so I thought that maybe one of you would know. Please write in with your comments and tell me what you think this is.

I will be sending hospital updates. Actually, you can look forward to some Fall pictures soon as well as the upcoming Chickasaw Festival. I appreciate hearing from you, and I also appreciate all visitors to my blog.

 

We Celebrate One Year of Blogging

Mahate, Judy and Wyas

My son says that I am writing this blog too much like a newspaper article, or much too factual.  So, I wil try to lighten up a bit. I have been blogging for almost one year, so an anniversary celebration is in store. My reason for blogging in the first place was to keep the Chickasaw Nation citizens more informed about what is going on. Also, I wanted you to know a little more about my role as a Legislator. That means, I want to communicate with you and write stories that you might be interested in.

The blog was a natural.  As a reminder, a blog is not a lot more than an on line journal. Millions of people blog and even more read blogs. What I would like to do is ask you to respond to these blogs. You can leave a comment. Bloggers love to receive comments. So I am asking that you help us celebrate by leaving your comments. The way that works is that you double click on the comment section after an entry that I have made. I read the comment and if I am OK with it, I publish it. That keeps people from leaving comments that are uncalled for or not appropriate. I have had no problems with that.

Judy Goforth Parker, World War II Memorial

If you will be so kind, I would love to hear from you. You can tell me the kinds of articles that you enjoy, or the information that you would most like to hear about. I will continue to write about diabetes and bring updates on the hospital.

Now, I think that I am starting to sound all factual again. My son Wyas, a junior at East Central University, is going to have to help me with my writing style.

My daughter is a Junior at the University of North Dakota medical school.

Anyway, looking forward to hearing from you. Hope you enjoy the new set of pictures. The hospital is looking beautiful. Some day, I will compare the seasons. I love the passing of the seasons, and am known for taking pictures of the same thing over and over just to get it at different times of the year. Leave your comments. They are a blogger’s best encouragement.

 

Chickasaw Nation Health System

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Legislative/Judicial Branch Update

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