Parties Extra!—OCTOBER 31, 2008—Wishing you and your family a safe and happy Halloween and a perfect fall
RAINBOW FLEET
The party invitation stated: You are cordially NOT invited to the third annual Ghastly Ghoster’s Ball benefiting Rainbow Fleet.
Date: Your choice
Time: Any Hour You Desire
Place: Pick Your Favorite Haunt
Attire: Semi-Anything
The festive “ghost host” (above) accompanied the invitation and the press release. And if YOU decide to help this worthy cause with your donation, you too will receive a decorative ghost with recommendations for seasonal children’s activities, books and safety tips.
The invitation also outlines nine non-event reasons to buy a ticket to the ball including saving gas money and enjoying all the comforts of home. It notes that the most important reason to buy a $50. ticket is to help a child.
Becky Roten is board president of the Team Rainbow Fleet. Others on the board are Karen Towles, J. Glenn Waler, Don Richardson, Matilda Clements, Kim Francisco, Tamara Hermen, Kelly Padgham, Pam Smith, Patti Tepper-Rasmussen, Janie Thompson and Ann Trudgeon.
Send $50 to Rainbow Fleet, 3024 Paseo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103
Call Sharon Thrush, 521-1426, for information or email her at sthrush@rainbowfleet.ord.
You can make these choices for donations:
…Enclosed is My $50. -Bring on my ghost.
…Enclosed is my donation-I’m afraid of ghosts, don’t send me one.
…Surprise a few of my friends with a “ghost host” at $50. each
Rainbow Fleet provides educational child development programs and services and have been doing that for 36 years.
Parties Extra!—October 30, 2008— Kiwanis Club Has A Party
DOWNTOWN KIWANIS CLUB
Randall Stoner, Vicki Williams, Gae and Ken Rees and Miki Farris. Stoner and Farris are on the club’s social committee.(Photo provided).
Members of the downtown Kiwanis Club of Oklahoma City had a tailgate party at Sportsman’s Country Club.
Fletcher Williams brought a sound system and margarita machine. Guest speaker was The Oklahoman’s Multimedia Editor Mike Koehler.
Guests wore OU red and OSU orange.
Committee members were Williams, Judge Noma Gurich, Lucien Jones, John Covington, Miki Farris and Randall Stoner. Beverly Woodrome is president.
Among the club’s projects are college CKI groups at OU and OCU; three high school Key Clubs at Bishop McGuinness, Classen SAS and Emerson; a middle school Builder’s club at CSAS. They have also had an annual picnic for Baptist Children’s Home for 85 years; rung the Salvation Army bells at Christmas for 90 years, and co-sponsored with OK Lawyers, a Reading Buddies program at Carver Mark Twain Head Start.
Charlie and Patsy Reger and Brenda Stoner (Photo provided)
Oklahoma City Thunder!!
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER….HISTORY IN THE MAKING…VIEW FROM THE TOP OF THE FORD CENTER
(Photos by Ford Monroney Sanger)
Basketball fans had a great time watching the Oklahoma City Thunder play NBA Basketball in the Ford Center. It was a great party atmosphere. Read excellent sports coverage in The Oklahoman and online at NewsOk.
Sports writer John Rhode compiled a list of “Thunder firsts” for this very special NBA Basketball night. Check them out and remember our own Thunder will be number one (first) in our hearts.
Thunder fan
Parties Extra! Casady School
Betty Jane Garrett and Kelly Gentry talk about Casady School’s homecoming activities.
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Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D. is honored at dinner at OSSM—Parties Extra!—October 29, 2008
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SENATOR PENNY WILLIAMS DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
Dr. Leroy Chiao and Dr. Don Capra (Photo provided).
Astronaut Leroy Chiao, Ph.D. talked at a Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics Foundation dinner Oct. 24. The topic was “The Importance of Taking a Global View: An Astronaut’s Perspective.
The fifth annual Senator Penny Williams Distinguished Lecture Series dinner was held in the school’s Bernice Shedrick Library. OSSM foundation donors were hosts. He talked to students that morning on : View From On High:Adventures of a Professional Astronaut.”
Dr. Chiao has been on four space missions with NASA. He has logged 229 days in space.
For information about OSSM…go to their web site at www.ossm.edu.
Dr. Leroy Chiao, former NASA astronaut, meets with junior students from the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics (front) Terry Thrailkill, Olivia Deakins, Dr. Leroy Chiao, Jennifer Sieber, Alisha Barritt, (back row), Stephanie Cummings, Andrew Stewart, Zach Stanley, Kristin Clift and Matthew Stewart. (some students are from Oklahoma City and Edmond; others are from Schulter, Wynnewood and Anadarko.)
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Oklahoma County Medical Society Alliance Kitchen Tour
Alliance President Jeary Seikel and Alliance kitchen tour co-chairman Mary Lou Casper share thoughts about the kitchen tour which was held last week.
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Parties Extra!—October 28, 2008—Tri Delta Alums Celebrate Oktoberfest
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HOSTS ARE TINA AND ELBY BEAL
Marylee Strange, Juliann Strange, Kimberly Casey, Donna Lowrey, Rhonda Williston were at the Tri Delta party. (Photo by David Faytinger).
The annual Delta Delta Delta Sorority alumni event for members and their husbands and dates was held in the Nichols Hills home of Tina and Elby Beal. The party was indoors and outdoors. Outside heaters were in place.
Decorations included pansies, mums and pumpkins and gourds. Grilled brats, sauerkraut, German potato salad, cobblers and German beer and wine were served.
50 people attended including Rhonda and Jim Williston, Donna and Bart Lowrey, Marylee and Tim Strange, Cindy and Jim Hazelwood, Cindy and Mike Tarpley, Gaye Wilson, Lisa Synar, Beth Brown, Sallie and Wendell Cavin, Melanie and Van Russell, Kimberly Casey, Julie Barry and Teresa and Rick Shavney.
Also Jayne Byford, Ashley Snider, Katie Horne, Leslie Baumert, Kim and Mike Mullins, Marca and Bob Floyd, Claudia Robertson, Virgina and Stan Robertson, Rebecca and Wade Brawley, Linda and Jim Lowe, Melinda Compton, Randi Schoeppel, Lauren Germinario, Morgan Morrissey, Audra Bullard and Juliann Strange.
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Madame Alexander Dolls Visit Oklahoma State University—Parties Extra!—October 27, 2008
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OSU SURPRISES PICKENS
Boone Pickens, Gale Jarvis and Madeleine Pickens (Photo by Gary Lawson, OSU)
Among the activities during Oklahoma State University’s homecoming week-end was the presentation of a surprise one-of-a-kind Madame Alexander dolls to Madeleine Pickens. OSU officials gave the doll to her at a special reception.
Gale Jarvis, President of Madame Alexander Dolls, was on campus to be recognized as a distinguished alumni of the College of Human Environmental Sciences.
She brought a collection of her dolls with her at the invitation of Ann Hargis and Dr. Paulette Hebert. The doll exhibit, the prototypes of Pistol Pete and a Cowgirl doll, and the presentation to Pickens all took place during the weekend. The dolls on exhibit are not for sale.
The Pistol Pete and Cowgirl Madame Alexander dolls will be marketed in the future.
Madame Alexander Dolls are on exhibit at OSU. (Photo provided).
Parties Extra!—October 24, 2008—Reception Honors Durretts
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DRUANNE AND DAVID DURRETT
Druanne and David Durrett and Barbara and Bill Durrett at Quail Creek Golf and Country Club. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
A reception honored Druanne and David Durrett who were married March 18 in Palm Springs, Ca. Hosts were his parents, Barbara and Bill Durrett.
The bride wore a black and white dress and an orchid corsage. Guests mingled in the Rotunda of Quail Creek Golf and Country Club and sampled the fabulous buffet set up downstairs. Daisies, hydrangeas, mini-mums and ferns were on all the tables.
Among the party guests were Becky and Luke Corbett, Rita and Jim Litton, Marilyn and Gene Torbett, Lyn Elam, Shirley and Phil Martin and the couple’s family members.
Lyn Elam and Marilyn Torbett were at the wedding reception for Druanne and David Durrett. ( Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Shirley and Phil Martin were at the reception for Druanne and David Durrett at Quail Creek Golf and Country Club. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Barbara and Bill Durrett were hosts for the wedding reception. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Parties Extra! —October 21, 2008—DeGiusti and Abbott celebrate their birthdays!
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CELEBRATING TOGETHER
Maria Abbott, Lisa Campbell, Elaine DeGiusti and their parents, Barbara and Ralph Thompson celebrate Maria and Elaine’s 40th birthday with a party in Norman. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Dr. Craig Abbott, Lisa Campbell and Judge Tim DeGiusti (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Amy Dean, Maria Abbott, Mary Jane Lauderdale, Joy Kelly, Kara Locke (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
Elaine DeGiusti and Margaret Jantzen. (Photo by Helen Ford Wallace).
