Published: June 18, 2006 12:00 am

Bake Sale Raises Funds for Park

Lindsay, Oklahoma--The Town of Bradley held a bake sale at Wal Mart in Lindsay Friday to raise funds for a municipal park.  Since losing the school to Alex in 1990, the town has suffered for lack of family recreation.  The Town Board of Trustees plans to remedy that problem very soon.  Donna Thornburg, Chairperson, will close the deal on a plat of land in Bradley on Monday, July 3.  The land is being purchased from Newt Nye, a former resident of Bradley, for the sum of $3,000.  The land will then be cleared, leveled and surveyed.  The bake sale earned $460 and Wal Mart contributed $500 of matching funds, bringing the total to $960.  This money will be used to pay the surveyor and to prepare the land for construction. 

Several townspeople contributed their time, money and cooking skills to make the bake sale a success.  Juanita Havens, Pauline, Faye Selzer, Nataline Harrington, Lou Hearon, Mary and Donna Thornburg, and Vera Baker baked cakes and cookies all day Thursday.  "We're amazed at the amount of support we have received and we appreciate all the hard work and effort that has been poured into it," said Donna who is credited with the idea.  "Everyone is excited about the prospect of Bradley having a park."  Vera Baker is the grant writer for the project.  "Donna came to me with this idea of building a park and my immediate response was, where would we put it?  We have no land."  With that, Donna approached Newt and he agreed to sell his corner lot.  "Donna later called and said that we got the land and I said, Okay let's do it.  You close the deal and I'll write the grant."  A town meeting was held on May 24 where the idea was placed before the other board members.  They voted unanimously to purchase the land with the town's money.  Vera attended an ASCOG grant workshop in Chickasha the following day.  "Everything seems to be falling into place as though it was meant to be." 

The bake sale was run by Donna, Vera, and Donna's son Colter, shown in the photo above.

--Vera Baker, Reporter

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