State Briefs: Tony Blair’s wife to speak

OKLAHOMA CITY

Cherie Blair, a human rights lawyer in the United Kingdom and the wife of former United Kingdom Prime Minister

Tony Blair, will speak at the Oklahoma

Bar Association’s

Women in Law Conference today

at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel. Blair is

expected to speak about international human rights for women and children. The association

also will honor five female lawyers with the Mona Salyer Lambird Spotlight Award. The award recipients are Deirdre O. Dexter, Tulsa; Imogene

Harris, Tulsa; Carol Ann Hubbard,

Oklahoma City; and G. Gail Stricklin, Oklahoma City. The association also posthumously will honor Sally Mock, Oklahoma City.

JULIE BISBEE,

CAPITOL BUREAU

Andrew Chaikin, an award-winning

science journalist and space historian, will present the lecture, "Back to the Moon,” at 7 p.m. today at Science Museum Oklahoma. The lecture will

be held inside

the Science Live

Auditorium, 2100

NE 52. The lecture

is open to the public.

FROM STAFF REPORTS

TULSA

Eight Oklahoma law enforcement agencies are taking part in a study into the likelihood of domestic violence homicides. Oklahoma Domestic Violence Fatality Review Board co-founder Janet Sullivan-Wilson said Okla-homa typically ranks about fourth in the nation in the number of domestic violence homicides. Participating agencies include police departments in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Broken Arrow, El Reno, Stillwater and Tahlequah, the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office and the Cherokee Nation Marshal Service.

TULSA WORLD

ENID

A proposed

ordinance banning

plastic bags and polystyrene cups in Enid may have legs with the Enid City

Commission. City commissioners heard a presentation on Tuesday. Mayor John Criner thinks there is support among commissioners. Criner said he likes the idea, but

as a former retailer believes reusable bags may present

a problem.

McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE

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