There's no test with this review

I never minded the reviews — it was the final exams themselves that always caused me great distress.

And since no one mentioned last November there would be a test on what we learned during the Oklahoma Centennial celebration, we'll skip the final.

But let's have that review.

So here we go, back more than a year to a column in August 2006 about "The World's First Telemovie Theater.”

Today we think little of buying movies off our TV that are only a short-time removed from the theater.

But I had no idea, until coming across an exhibit at the Oklahoma History Center, that during a period from 1957 to 1958 Bartlesville residents could have the same movie being shown at the theater piped into their homes.

The Bartlesville Telemovie project didn't last long, but it generated attention from Time magazine and The Wall Street Journal and was well ahead of its time.

Occasionally, I'd glean some centennial news by phone only.

This, in one instance, led me to an interview with entertainer Amy Grant about her husband Vince Gill.

She gave me a great story about how his unselfishness has really touched people, including a former New Orleans police officer.

Gill had volunteered to help build a playground after Hurricane Katrina. He worked side-by-side with the retired officer, who at first was skeptical of Gill's commitment.

By the end of the day, the officer was so moved by Gill's hard work, he offered the country singer his old badge.

And I came to appreciate that Vince and Amy traveled all night from an event in Nashville on the tour bus so he could be in Oklahoma for the debut of "Oklahoma Rising,” for which Jimmy Webb wrote the lyrics and Gill the music to celebrate the centennial.

Stories like this are a blessing to me, and so was a column about the Progressive Outlook Study Club, which formed in 1924 with the objective "To keep in constant knowledge of contributions made to American society, by black writers and creative writers.” Norma Carruthers, the club's president, not only provided me information about the history of the club but reminded me how important journalism can be by preserving history.

The centennial year also brought about the "Going Home” series, which appeared several times in