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Party held for engaged couple
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MEXICAN FIESTA
Joe Ann, Alan, and Bartley Terrill, Maiah Jezak (7), Carie Jezak, Ben Terrill celebrate Carie Jezak and Bartley Terrill’s engagement. (Photo by David Faytinger).
Carie Jezak and Bartley Terrill, both of Midland, Mich., were honorees at an engagement party given in the backyard of his parents, Joe Ann and Alan Terrill.
Co-hostesses were Anne Looney, Grenda Moss, DenaFo Holmes, Debbie Stonecipher and Cindy Fulkerson.
A Mexican dinner was served. Red, orange, yellow and red Gerber daisies and candles and red chili peppers were on the tables, along with terra cotta bowls filled with limes and yellow daisies.
Among the party-goers were Maiah Jezak, Ben Terrill, Megan and Neil Stanek, Bev and David Carter, Donna and Pete Kiplinger, Mahilia and Mark Goodman, Emma and Lee Peoples, Linda and Tom Klos, Jane and Walt Joyce, Carol and Don Kaspereit, Susan and Gary Hillman.
The engaged couple will be married June 20 at South Padre, Texas.
Easter egg hunt
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LET’S HUNT
This group of children was ready for the Easter egg hunt last Saturday. (Photos by Helen Ford Wallace).
Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club’s annual Easter egg hunt for members was held April 11 and brightly-colored eggs were hidden by age groups (3-4, 5-6 and 7-12) on the front lawn and in the large lawn area behind the Country Club.
Decorated Easter cookies and fruit juices was served at 10 a.m. prior to the Easter egg hunt.
Among the other activities during the morning party included indoor egg dying, cupcake decorating, face painting, a visit with life-sized Mr. and Mrs. Rabbit and caricature drawings. Outside was a petting zoo.
Carolyn Harl handed out stuffed Easter bunnies to the children.
Carolyn Harl had bunny rabbits for each child.
Lauren, Andy and Hayes Sullivan had fun at the event.
Cary Stringfield was the caricature artist at the party.
Melissa and Avery Brown were at the party.
Denise Duong and Matt Seikel Celebrate Their April 11th Wedding
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WEDDING VOWS EXCHANGED
Denise Duong Seikel and Matt Seikel and the wedding party. (Photos by Helen Ford Wallace).
Denise Duong and Matt Seikel were married April 11th in a 6 p.m. small family wedding and then celebrated with friends at a wedding reception at the Asian Restaurant. Joy Reed Belt was the officiant at the ceremony.
The colorful Asian Restaurant was filled with people. Following the Vietnamese tradition, the bride and groom and their families went to each table and welcomed all the guests who were there for the eight course dinner. Toasts were given for the couple’s happiness and etched champagne glasses were used for the toasts and were also party favors for the guests.
There was a photo booth for guests and pictures taken that night were put in the couple’s memory book.
The bride wore a white suit that she designed herself. She also created the beaded hat that she wore. Bridesmaids wore lilac dresses covered with lace overlays. Groomsmen wore tuxes with silk cream shirts with purple medallions. In the wedding party were Tina Duong, Trayc Tran, Natalie Mai, Emily Seikel, Beau Brand, Thomas Elliot Bowman, Dereck Duong and Nick Mettry.
On the menu was Asparagus crab meat soup, Vietnamese Lotus Salad, Stuffed Crab Claw with Shrimp, Barbecued Quail, Fried Salted Shrimp, Seafood in Bird’s Nest, Steamed Fish, Yang Chow Fried Rice and Fresh fruit and wedding cake.
The three tiered wedding cake had different flavors, strawberry/green tea, peaches and cream and cherry brandy. It was covered in fondant icing and top layer had the invitation art re-created in icing. (Denise designed the wedding invitation). The groom’s cake was a chocolate drum cake.
Parents of the couple are Jeary and Mike Seikel and Nhan and Rang Duong.
The wedding cake featured peacock plumes.
Mother of the groom Jeary Seikel and sister of the groom and bridesmaid Emily Seikel enjoy the party.
Dr. Kent Cohenour and Patty Cohenour were at the dinner.
Table settings included chopsticks.
Ron and Linda James are ready for the champagne toasts.
Dr. Mike Seikel and Brian Tibbs celebrate the wedding.
Denise designed the wedding invitation and it was printed both in English and Vietnamese.
University of Oklahoma has new Women’s Philanthrophy Network
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NEW GROUP FORMED
Liz Coe, Tripp Hall, Dr. Jenny Hendrick and Jill Hughes were at the luncheon to establish OU’s Women’s Philanthropy Network. (Photos by Helen Ford Wallace).
University of Oklahoma Vice President Tripp Hall invited a group of women to a luncheon at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club to introduce OU’s new Women’s Philanthropy Network.
The group’s mission is to promote philanthropic education, leadership and advocacy and to suggest that women become active participants in the giving process.
Hall, Jill Hughes and Les Risser were speakers and they asked the group to be advocates for WPN and to refer friends and contacts who might want to attend upcoming events.
Among the guests were Liz Coe, Jane Harlow, Sue Ann Hyde, Linda Rodgers, Suzie Symcox, Candy Dulaney, Lori Hill, Dr. Jenny Hendrick, Cynda Ottoway, Barbara Thompson, Maria Abbott, Tatianna Cannon, Corey Hyde Blake, Caroline Patton, Laura Gray, Pattye Moore, Linda Haneborg and Sharon Alexander.
Other introductory luncheons will be in Tulsa and Norman.
Lori Hill, Lt. Gov. Jari Askins and Cynda Ottoway were at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.
Jane Harlow and Linda Rodgers heard the speakers about the new OU project.
Oklahoma State University’s “First Cowgirl,” Ann Hargis, talks about OSU
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Kate Stanton is “Arkansas Traveler.”
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DELTA GAMMA
Florence Stanton and daughter, Kate Stanton. (Photo provided)
Kate Stanton was recognized by the Arkansas Governor’s Office as an “Arkansas Traveler.” Members of the Delta Gamma alumnae acknowledged her during part of the founder’s day celebration hosted by the collegiate chapter at the University of Arkansas at Ft. Smith.
She was honored because of her leadership in establishing Delta Gamma Sorority which was part of the initial Greek system in Ft. Smith.
A framed proclamation was given to her as she was being introduced as the keynote speaker for the Founder’s Day luncheon on the UA Fayetteville campus. There were 80 Delta Gammas there as well as a surprise guest, Florence Stanton, Bedford, Tx., Kate’ mother.
Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club members honor new president
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ED WELLS IS PRESIDENT
Ross See, Brenna, Beth, and Ed Wells, Courtney and James Dunavant were at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club for the President’s Ball. (Photo by David Faytinger).
Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club members honored their new president of the board, Ed Wells, and his wife, Beth Wells, with a dinner and dance. 300 people were at the party. Beth’s strapless silk dress was violet- colored piped in purple.
On the menu was beef filet with hickory smoked mushrooms, along with gourmet salads and vegetables. Hors d’oeuvres were special too, including mini cheeseburgers, lobster corndogs, truffle French fires and hushpuppies. They were served from a table surrounded with a floor to ceiling tower of light.
Centerpieces were calla lilies, orchids, branches and Bells of Ireland in tall vases which were lighted. Tablecloths were blue and gold floral designs.
Among the guests: Myrla and Gary Pierson, Lisa and Robert Blair, Dana and Chris Gordon, Debbie and Jeff Bolding, David Huffman, Susan and Carl Edwards, Debbie and Marsh Pitman, Susan and Steve Porter, Amy and Eddie Edwards, Barbara and Roger Simons, Gennie and Bob Johnson, Sara and Rob Northwood and Cathy and Mike Cross.
Twitter free zone set at the J-Hall of Fame Luncheon
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OKLAHOMA JOURNALISM HALL OF FAME
Ray Soldan, Mark Thomas and Mike Shannon were at the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on April 3. (Photos by Helen Ford Wallace).
We were proud to honor our journalism colleagues at the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame April 3 at the Nigh University Center Ballroom at the University of Central Oklahoma.
The 2009 inductees were Sharon Dowell, retired Oklahoman food editor; Lewis Ferguson, retired Associated Press political correspondent; Sue Brewster Hinton, journalism professor at the Oklahoma City Community College; Debbie Jackson, Tulsa World Sunday editor; Russell M. Perry, publisher of The Black Chronicle; Dick Pryor, OETA broadcast journalist; Ray Soldan, retired Oklahoman high school sports writer, and Gloria and Wayne Trotter, co-publishers of the Countrywide and Sun of Tecumseh.
Mark Thomas, executive vice president of the Oklahoma Press Association, was Master of Ceremonies for the event. UCO President Roger Webb gave welcoming remarks. Dr. Terry Clark, UCO Mass Communications Department, also talked about the honorees and the Journalism Hall of Fame.
Honorees were selected by a committee composed of members of the working press, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Hall of Fame.
Ike and Sharon Dowell talk before Sharon is introduced at the banquet.
Carolyn Shannon, Linda Miller, Phyllis Bennett and Renee Lawrence, all from the Oklahoma Publishing Co., enjoy lunch. They were there to cheer for colleagues Sharon Dowell and Ray Soldan.
We will miss Ann Hoover!
Dear Parties Extra! readers,
Last week end we lost one of Oklahoma City’s finest party hostesses. Ann Hoover died March 30th.
We will remember fondly her enthusiasm for life, for people and for a good party.
She gave lots of thought to decorations ( using feathers and pearls) and to her menu. Ann was a true Southern lady and made everyone who walked into her home feel very welcome.
She was a mainstay in our fund-raising community too, as she was chairman of many of our favorite causes.
We will miss Ann.
In sadness,
Helen Ford Wallace
