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The Edmond Rotary Club celebrates 75 years of public service.

Edmond students, who participated in Summer Strings Orchestra Camp and Santa Fe Band Camp, performed their final concert June 13.

The Red Earth MFA program at Oklahoma City University will host two free, public literary readings in July as part of its summer residency. Nationally recognized writers and Red Earth faculty members will give a reading at the Edmond Public Library at 6:30 p.m. July 16. The residency’s two visiting writers will give a reading at 7 p.m. July 18 at OCU in the University Center Great Hall. Books will be available for purchase and signing at both events.

The US Youth Soccer Region III championships open Thursday at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Organizers say the tournament, with more than 200 teams, could have an economic impact of up to $8 million for Edmond and Oklahoma City.

Edmond Amateur Radio Society members will demonstrations emergency capabilities this weekend at Oak Cliff Fire Station No. 2.

WHO:  New Life United Methodist Church in Moore   WHAT:  Toy and Book Giveaway for Tornado and Storm Victims   WHERE:  New Life Methodist Church, 1105 N.W. 27th St., Moore, 73160   WHEN:  Tues., June 18 6 to 8:30 p.m.; Thurs., June 20 6 to 8:30 p.m.; and Sat., June 22, 9 a.m.             to 12 noon.    New Life United Methodist Church has been conducting a toy and book drive for children impacted by the May tornadoes and storms.  The response has been phenomenal with hundreds of toys being donated from not only those in our community, but from United Methodist Churches as far away as Vancouver, WA and Shalamar, FL.

Fund-raisers, Deb Parties, Red Earth Luncheon,

After college, Ulises Serrano would like to start a concert venue of his own — something like the University of Central Oklahoma's Jazz Lab or the Diamond Ballroom. The Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program may make that goal easier to attain.

Annie Oakley Luncheon, Boomerang Parties, Brunch, deadCENTER Patron Party, Prix de West Brunch

Richard Rosser, author of “Piggy Nation,” weighs in with the 20-40-60 Etiquette panel about how to get people to clean up after their dogs.

Oklahoma City metro-area briefs for June 15

Summerstock Productions in partnership with the University of Central Oklahoma presents “The Sound of Music” this weekend and next in Edmond.

The Youth Soccer Region III championships begin Thursday in Edmond.

Authorities arrested an Edmond man accused of soliciting sex from what he believed was a 15-year-old boy on Craigslist, according to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

Every community garden in Oklahoma serves as a reminder of what people can do if they come together to work towards a single purpose and goal.      That’s one reason the Oklahoma County Master Gardeners are offering a “Community Gardening” workshop Tuesday, July 9, from 1 to 3 p.m.      “We want to help people learn what it takes to get a community garden started in their own neighborhood,” said Ray Hopkins, leader of the team of Oklahoma County Master Gardeners responsible for organizing the workshop.  “Community gardens are a great way for people to get to know one another as they come together to grow vegetables, fruit and even flowers.

Blood donors can ‘FEEL FIERCE’ about giving Saturday, June 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., at an Oklahoma Blood Institute (OBI) summer blood drive. Quail Springs Mall will sponsor the event in the lower level room next to JC Penney.   Donors will experience the satisfaction of saving as many as three peoples’ lives! All donors have a chance to win a $100 Mall Gift Card. Also each donar will receive a voucher, redeemable for two tickets to the Oklahoma City Zoo and a T-shirt, featuring the Zoo’s fierce lion.    “Summer is a time for fun, including visits to the Zoo,” said John Armitage, M.D.

The Oklahoma City Autopatch Association (OCAPA), a local amateur radio club, will be participating in "Field Day, 2013", a national amateur radio emergency drill, on the 22nd and  23rd of June, 2013.  Sponsored by the American Radio Relay League,AField Day, 2013" will begin on Saturday at 1:00 PM, continuing for 24 hours until 1:00 PM Sunday.  This year=s Field Day site will be at Lake Stanley Draper, Point 10, Area 2.  Set up will begin at 9:00 AM, Saturday morning.

An Army veteran who lost his legs and an arm in Afghanistan suffered another loss. The tires and rims were stolen from his customized SUV. But a grateful neighbor stepped in to replace them.

The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum hosted more than 800 guests at the 40thAnniversary of the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale during opening weekend June 7-8, 2013.  Sales for the weekend sat at $3.1 million with a portion going to fund the Museum’s programs and operations. The exhibit and sale features 295 works in sculpture and painting by 101 contemporary Western artists. The works will be on display at the Museum through Aug. 4, 2013. Invited exhibiting artists bring a diversity of styles to this prestigious art exhibition with fine art works ranging from historical pieces reflecting the early days of the West, to more contemporary and impressionistic works of art.

In a special format this year, a delicious gourmet box dinner by Legend’s restaurant will be offered prior to performances by Oklahoma Festival Ballet (OFB) and Contemporary Dance Oklahoma (CDO). The dinner, which begins one hour and fifteen minutes before each show, will include an informal chat with the choreographers. A champagne and dessert reception will follow each performance, offering dance-lovers an opportunity to meet and mingle with the performers and choreographers. The program will include “Weill Songs” choreographed by OFB director Mary Margaret Holt to music by Kurt Weill.