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Jane Glenn Cannon

Dinner fantasy can be a reality with help from...

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NORMAN — I have a recurring fantasy. It comes to mind almost every day about 4:30 or 5 p.m. It goes like this:My doorbell...

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Female donors group formed at OU 10 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma has received more than 9,000 major gifts over the years from women in their own names, but OU never had an organization specifically for female donors. The...
Weather fest takes Norman by storm 10 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — People wearing T-shirts, shorts and sunglasses crowded the National Weather Center and its parking lot Saturday on an unseasonably warm November day. And with the Oklahoma-Nebraska...
Decking the halls is coming earlier 22 hr ago | Add a comment NORMAN — It’s that time of year again. Christmas is just around the corner. Displays have gone up in the stores. Some hardcore homeowners already have started decorating. Children are...
Exchange program brings Japanese teachers to Norman Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — Students welcomed visitors from Japan in their schools this week as part of an educational exchange program. The three teachers toured Norman schools Monday and Tuesday, visiting...
Norman academic team qualifies for national tournament Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — Norman North High School’s academic team has qualified for a national tournament May 28-30 in Chicago. The team placed third Saturday in the Oklahoma Quiz Bowl Alliance Tulsa...
This is no time for ‘Q’ and ‘U’ to be developing cold feet in Norman Yesterday | Add a comment NORMAN — Monroe Elementary School students got a memorable spelling lesson Friday. Kindergarteners at the school took part in a marriage ceremony between the letters "Q” and...
Norman council discusses 2 bonds Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — City council members are looking at two bond propositions for voters to consider in March, one to pay for an outdoor early-warning system and the other to fund street repairs and...
Tickets are available for Norman's Celebrity Sing Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Tickets still are available for the United Way of Norman’s annual Celebrity Sing fundraiser. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Riverwind Casino. It includes dinner,...
Cleveland County’s deputies get style Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Cleveland County deputies will be wearing newly designed uniforms starting Monday. The new uniforms are black, with royal blue trim on the shoulder epaulets and will bear the new...
Norman center planning bird walk Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — A bird walk will begin at 9 a.m. today at Discovery Cove Nature Center in Lake Thunderbird State Park. The center is at 1201 Clear Bay Ave., just off State Highway 9. "Birds...
Celtic concert in Norman is for food pantry Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Harvest for Norman, a special event featuring Celtic music by Boru’s Ghost and Emerald Flame, will be at 7 p.m. today at Norman Unitarian Fellowship, 1309 W Boyd St. Admission...
Norman professor gets grant for career trend study Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — A University of Oklahoma faculty member will receive about $1 million to study long-term trends of women and minorities in science and engineering careers. Donna Nelson, an...
Norman gives out 900 trees to residents Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — John Mitschell was so pleased with the tree he got last spring from the city of Norman that he picked up three more Friday. One is even for his mother-in-law. The three Chinese...
OU awarded $23M in stimulus money Fri, Nov 6, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma’s Norman campus was awarded about $10 million in research grants from federal stimulus funds in the first quarter of this fiscal year. Jana Smith,...
Oklahoma clinic schedule Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment Statewide vaccine ‘blitz’ A statewide "vaccination blitz” is Saturday as Oklahoma’s county health departments work to vaccinate as many Oklahomans against H1N1 flu as...
Stimulus-funded research projects in Norman Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — The University of Oklahoma received about $10 million in stimulus funds from three federal agencies in the first quarter of this fiscal year for research based on the Norman campus....
Japanese teachers visit Norman schools Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Students welcomed visitors from Japan in their schools this week as part of an educational exchange program. Three Japanese teachers toured Norman schools Monday and Tuesday,...
OU Trombone Choir slides in free 40th anniversary concert Thu, Nov 5, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — A 9-year-old Irvin Wagner saw his first trombone in a department store window on a Saturday shopping trip to town with his dad, a farmer in rural Washington state. "I was...
OU considering medical alert stickers Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment LAWTON — University of Oklahoma faculty, staff and students could have stickers encoded with emergency medical information for their driver’s licenses by next fall. The OU Board of...
Voter registration deadline nears for Norman, Newcastle residents Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment Residents of Norman and Newcastle school districts have until Nov. 13 to register to vote in the upcoming school bond elections. Applications are available at election board offices and most post...
Law Day gets honor for Cleveland County Bar Association Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — The Cleveland County Bar Association will be honored at the state bar association’s annual meeting that is today through Friday at the Sheraton Hotel in Oklahoma City. The...
Norman academic team qualifies for nationals Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Norman North High School’s academic team has qualified for a national tournament May 28-30 in Chicago. The team placed third Saturday in the Oklahoma Quiz Bowl Alliance Tulsa...
Norman mayor invites community to Walk ’n’ Talk for health Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Norman Mayor Cindy Rosenthal is inviting residents to join her at 9 a.m. Saturday at the new Norman Regional HealthPlex, Tecumseh Road and Interstate 35, for her monthly community...
Norman symposium has information about adoption Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Families can learn more about adoption Saturday at Hope Symposium sponsored by Oklahoma Adoption Coalition and Crosspointe Church. The event is from 9:15 a.m. to 2:50 p.m. at the...
Norman foundation accepts entries for tree photo competition Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Five judges, including three professional photographers, have been selected for the Norman Park Foundation’s annual tree photo contest. Amateur and professional photographers...
Leaving Oklahoma feels alien to Norman columnist Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — I’ve watched those television documentaries where people who think they have been abducted by aliens talk about their experience, how they were awakened from a deep sleep and...
Cleveland County Bar Association honored for its Law Day activities Wed, Nov 4, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — The Cleveland County Bar Association will be honored at the state bar association’s annual meeting that is today through Friday at the Sheraton Hotel in Oklahoma City. The...
Norman walk focuses on cancer Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment Walk focuses on cancer The fifth annual Garden Walk for Pancreatic Cancer is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday at the gardens of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr. Shubham Pant, an...
Norman ecological prediction system receives grant Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — University of Oklahoma is sharing a $6 million grant to develop a system to help people of all ages and education levels make local environmental predictions. OU scientists will lead...
Norman fun park plans first fall fair Tue, Nov 3, 2009 | Add a comment NORMAN — Andy Alligator’s Fun Park at Indian Hills Road and Interstate 35 will have its inaugural Fall Community Fair from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. The fair is expected to have a Radio...

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