OUT AND ALL ABOUT

Mike Grady, Jose Freede and Bil Rogers pose at a retirement party for Bill Rogers, executive director of the North Side YMCA.l

Cindy Reilley, Kris Taylor, Sue Ann Hamm and Elaine Jackson attend he Fashion for a Passion evening to benefit Hearts for Hearing.
PARTYING FOLKS
ON THE PARTY TRACK

Tim and Marylee Strange and Janie and Bill Comstock celebrate Oklahoma City Beautiful's 40th Anniversary.

Chay Kramer, Mark Pogemiller and Lance Leffel attend a kick off reception for the 2012 Red Bud race board members.

Melinda Brewer, B.J. Rice, Kellie Taylor, Patty Anthony and Sasha Legere also attended the reception.

Joann Pearce, Karsten, Tom and Karen Gilbert and Susan and Mike Turpen were honor guests at the Festival of Hope benefit.

Chairman Joe Hight, Robin Howl, Adam Hutchinson and Teresa Peden also participated in the fundraiser.
AND THE BEAT GOES ON

Bryan and Robin Waller and Sharri and Bruce Mackey attend the American Cancer Society's Baron's Ball benefit.

Tricia Wallis, Jennifer Monies, Carolyn Pickthorn, Carrie Mayes, Tammy Werner and Kristin Ellis support the Baron's Ball.

Jane Hall, Donna Mackie, Laurel Jaworsky and Doobie Potter attend a Carpenter Square Theatre Benefit.

Carolyn Hsu, Jacquelyn Moorad, Sherry and Brent Tipton, Kathy Sandler, Al Moorad attend the Jim Thorpe Courage Awards Dinner.

Greg, Jan and Chad Peery, seated, Jim Daniel, Mckinsey Peery, Gene Downing and William Thorpe were among the special guests.

Laura Steen, Taylor Brecher and Nichole Glover attend the National Multiple Sclerosis 5th Annual MS Smarty Pants Trivia Night.

Mary Nelson, Rodney Brown, Greg and Precia Barrett and Jay and Sara Kyte, standing, all were among the participants.
PARTYERS IGNORING THE HEAT

Pam Newcombe, Janet Dyke and Lynn and Dee Jerome attend the Red Earth opening reception for "Santa Clara Portraits: A Proud Tradition.''

Tim Laird, chief entertainment officer for Canadian Mist, gives instructions on preparing a cocktail, at a benefit for City Arts Center.

Dancers Joey Combs, Diane Stockton and Jeff George pose for a picture at Dancing for a Miracle benefit for Children's Hospital Foundation.

Miss Oklahoma Teen Clytee Burchett, Whitney Tatum. Jan Dunham and Miss Oklahoma Betty Thompson, participated in the event.
CULTURE AND STYLE

Gloria Uwizera (Rwanda), Rahela Kaveer, (Afghanistan) and Marti Carlin participate in the Institute for Economic Empowerment of Women's Peace Through Business style show hosted by Eden Salon and Spa.

Taj Sirat (Afghanistan), Quandi Hamike (Afghanistan), Terry Neese, founder and CEO of IEEW, and Muzhgan Alokozai, Afglanistan.
LYRICAL FOLKS

Paul James, Charlie Monnot, David Coffee and Lyric Production Hairspray's director and choreographer, Lyn Cramer join an Opening Night Party at Bell Isle Brewery.
FACTS AND FUN
Thought I needed to share this observation with you. If not, who else would?
If you’re taking a daily walk in your neighborhood on trash day, (probably only three of us are crazy enough to do so in this heat,) beware of trash cans on the curb. I’m convinced the ones on my walking route or either filled with chicken necks or rancid shrimp. It’s best to walk in the middle of the street and take your changes with cars, ’cause if the heat doesn’t get you, the aroma will.
Quail Creek’s 4th of July parade brought out the fun in everyone who participated, some briefly, because of the heat. One enterprising mother had stuck an Uncle Sam hat on top of her little person’s helmet for his bicycle ride. Tag Kimberling, who estimates he has been participating in the parade around 22 years, can still fit in his original Uncle Sam costume.
One of my favorites in the parade, who by the way was a rescued dog, was a little black bull dog dressed in a blue striped t-shirt with sleeves and pearls around his/her neck.
Another dog had colored polka dots painted on his body and a happy face complete with eyes and eyebrows painted on his bottom. (Got a life size picture of that?)
One enterprising friend always collects the left over candy in the street thrown from cars and floats as they go by, to give out at Halloween. He was sitting on the sidelines waiting to sprint, but the candy throwing was a bit slim this year. Could be the price of candy has gone up too.
Phil Clark, always a jokester, was driving a yellow pickup truck, which he has entered in the parade for over 20 years, filled with grandkids. When someone complimented his truck on the parade route, he leaned out the window and said “yeah, I only two more payments on it.”
COMING AND GOINGS

Apollo, owned by Tom and Valerie McEvoy, won first place in the pet category at the Quail Creek 4th of July Parade.





























