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Norman area briefs for June 20

MOORE — More than 56,000 tons of debris has been removed from neighborhoods in Moore as the city reaches the one-month mark since a deadly tornado carved through the Oklahoma City suburb on May 20.

The OK Chefs Relief movement takes its next major leap on Monday with celebrity chef Rick Bayless’s pop-up explosion.  Two of the three pop-ups are completely booked, but tickets for the third leg don’t go on sale until Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.

A toy and book giveaway for tornado and storm victims will be Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at New Life United Methodist Church, 1105 NW 27 in Moore.

Tickets are on sale in Norman for a special youth edition of the Broadway hit “Seussical the Musical”

The Oklahoma City School Board voted Monday night to expand the attendance boundaries for the new downtown charter school, John W. Rex Elementary Charter School.

Organizers and teams from the Heartland Classic will hold a silent auction that runs through Thursday to benefit tornado victims.

I feel sorry for the people and businesses affected by the recent tornado in Moore. However, the damage on either side of Interstate 35 just south of Fourth Street has created major traffic congestion for those traveling north on I-35. Every day, as I travel north, the traffic comes to a stop and then a slow crawl from 19th to Fourth. Why? Rubbernecking, gawking drivers who are stopping across all three lanes of traffic to look and photograph the devastation on both sides of the highway. Last week, ODOT had a temporary flashing sign advising traffic to continue moving. But it failed to stop the “slow, stop and gawk” drivers. If you want to view the damage, take the service roads or pull off on the shoulder. Better yet, find the

On Saturday, the fifth-grade students from Briarwood Elementary met at Red Oaks Elementary in Moore to receive the gifts students in New Jersey donated to them. Briarwood was destroyed by the May 20 tornado.

Dave Moore has been able to lift important files from tornado-damaged computers.

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Dan Dashiell's family survives May 20 tornado in the storm shelter of their home near Plaza Elementary School in Moore

The family of Kaylee Sanchez talks about caring for the kindergartner, one of the survivors of the tornado that destroyed Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore

Vivienne Harr's “lemon-aid” stand was part of a Shawnee Youth Coalition fun day organized for children affected by Oklahoma's recent tornadoes.

Ayden Evans, 5, was staying with his aunt in Jessieville, Ark., when a neighbor's bull mastiff attacked him. Ayden was identified as a Moore tornado survivor in multiple news reports, but was not in Oklahoma during last month's storms.

Agencies are offering help for people who need support in the aftermath of the tornadoes that swept through Moore, south Oklahoma City and Shawnee

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About 50 students from Briarwood and Plaza Towers elementary schools participated in the camp at Moore High School with former NBA All-Stars Otis Birdsong, Micheal Ray Richardson and University of Tulsa coach Danny Manning, among others.

Rep. Tom Cole, R-Moore, who has been walking the streets of his tornado-stricken hometown for the past week, plans to attend his scheduled town hall meetings in Ada and Lawton this week. The Ada meeting is scheduled at noon, on May 30, at the Estep Center on the campus of East Central University. The Lawton meeting is at noon on May 31 at the Great Plains Tech Center, 4500 SW Lee Blvd.…

According to a poll released Wednesday by the Pew Research Center , there was high interest in the tornadoes that struck Moore last week.…

At a briefing at the Pentagon on Friday, the Air Force’s top two leaders noted the losses to some airmen at Tinker Air Force Base from last week’s deadly storms and praised the efforts of airmen and sailors to help with the storm response and clean-up. Here are comments from Air Force Secretary Michael Donley: “Well, first, I’d like to say a few words about the situation in Oklahoma, just to convey that our thoughts and prayers have been with the people of Moore, Oklahoma, and the surrounding area, which is quite near Tinker Air Force Base, as they cope with the aftermath of Monday’s devastating tornado.…