Club news

The Norman Transcript

March 18, 2008 01:23 am

— South Canadian-Crosstimbers Corral of Westerners International
The South Canadian-Crosstimbers Corral of Westerners International meets 7 p.m. Monday at the Charles Russell Center, the old Faculty Club, on the University of Oklahoma campus.
Historian Pendleton Woods of Oklahoma City will discuss the dawn of statehood in Oklahoma.

VFW Post 4890
District 10 convention will be May 10 in Norman at the Legion Hall and Post 4890 will be the host with STTE Commander John Petras. Members will be asked for their help in organizing the meeting and a lunch to be served.

Cross Timbers Rotary Club
Cross Timbers Rotary Club meets 6 p.m. every Tuesday at Denny's Restaurant, 2535 W. Main St. For more information, call Barb Burcham, membership chair at 850-3334 or e-mail barb@ad-specialties.com.

Norman Area Land
Conservancy
Norman Area Land Conservancy will have its annual meeting 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Sarkeys' Annex, at the corner of Main Street and Ponca Avenue. A by-laws change will be voted on and new board members presented. For more information, visit www.nalcok.org.

Unity in Norman
Unity in Norman will hold classes on Eckhart Tolle's book "A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose," 7 p.m. Wednesdays in March at the church, 3001 S. Berry Road and Highway 9.

Sooner AMBUCS
Sooner AMBUCS meets 7-8 a.m. Tuesdays at Prairie Kitchen, 2520 W. Main St. AMBUCS is a diverse group of men and women dedicated to creating mobility and independence for children and adults with disabilities. For additional information, visit www.soonerambucs.org, www.ambucs.org or call Jim Ballard at 329-3577. Anyone is welcome to a free breakfast and to see what AMBUCS is about.

Low Vision Support Group
The Norman Low Vision Support Group meets 10:30 a.m. the fourth Wednesday of the month at University Lutheran Church. Bring a sack lunch. For more information, call 364-3815 or 329-2327.

Ross Health Care
A grief support group open to the community through April 1 will meet 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays at 623 N. Porter Ave., Suite 200. For more information, call Rob or Becky 321-3262. It is not necessary to attend every group.

Daytime Grief Support Group
Heartland Hospice and Rambling Oaks Assisted Living are partnering together to offer a daytime grief support group 3 p.m. Thursdays at Rambling Oaks, 1060 Rambling Oaks Dr.
The group will be led Heartland Hospice Bereavement Coordinator Shae Keen and Chaplain Harry Smith.
For more information, call Keen or Smith at 579-8565, or Gwen at 360-4755.

Senior Citizens' Center
The Senior Citizens' Center will offer a spring trip to Washington, D.C. April 14-21 that will include many historical sites such as Arlington National Cemetery, the Lincoln Memorial and the Smithsonian Museum. They also will tour the new World War II Memorial as well as the Vietnam Memorial.
For more information, call the center at 329-4200.

Overcomers Outreach
Overcomers Outreach will meet 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays at Mission Norman, 2525 E. Lindsey St.
For more information, call Richard Scott at 579-0950.

Friends of Lake
Thunderbird State Park
Friends of Lake Thunderbird State Park meets 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the Nature Center, the intersection of Highway 9 and 142nd Avenue SE. Everyone is invited to attend. For more information, call 321-4633.

Embroiderers' Guild
of America
Anyone interested in embroidery in any of its many forms is invited to become a part of the Norman Chapter of The Embroiderers' Guild of America. The evening group meets 7 to 9 p.m. the second Monday and the day group meets 1 to 3 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month. Meetings are in Room 401 at McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church. For more information, call Chapter president Donna Goodwin at 364-4455.

Norman Area Iris Society
The Norman Area Iris Society meets 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of each month at the Reaves Center in Reaves Park. Anyone interested in iris cultivation or gardening may attend.

Sweet Adelines International
The Spirit of Oklahoma Show Chorus, a chapter of Sweet Adelines International, rehearses 7 p.m. Tuesdays at the New Life Bible Church, 4343 N. Flood Ave. Ladies who enjoy singing are welcome to attend. For more information, call 627-4241.

Sooner Rotary
Sooner Rotary meets 7 a.m. Tuesdays at Golden Corral Family Steakhouse, 123 N. Interstate Drive.

NAMI
National Alliance on Mental Illness of Cleveland County, a United Way member agency support groups are offered for families of individuals with a mental illness and meet 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month.
Educational sessions are open to anyone who would like more information on mental illness and health issues and are offered 7 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month.
All meetings are at 107 State Drive, Edsel Ford House, just off Main Street on the grounds off Griffin Memorial Hospital. All meetings are free and no reservation is required.
For more information, call Director Terri Horton at 701-2078 or visit www.namicc@csbi.org.

Norman Kiwanis
The Norman Kiwanis Club meets 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays with a luncheon, club news and a speaker in the activity room of the First Christian Church, 220 S. Webster Ave.
For more information, call program chairman John Farris at 364-3300.

Norman Lions
The Lions Club meets noon to 1 p.m. Tuesdays at First Presbyterian Church, 555 S University Blvd. Lunch is catered by Wholly Moses of Norman. Guests are welcome.
For more information, call Mike Girlinghouse at 321-1584.

Taize Style Service
Taize Style Service meets 7-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month in the Sanctuary of McFarlin Memorial United Methodist Church and will focus on year-round worship with seasonal emphases and expanded visual centered around the Altar.

Norman Campus Bridge
Norman Campus Bridge Club will offer free bridge lessons 7-9:30 p.m. Tuesdays at the Oklahoma Memorial Union, 900 Asp Ave. All ages are welcome and no prior experience is required or assumed. For more information or to make reservations, call Eric at 406-2818 or e-mail bridgenorman@gmail.com.

Partners of Hope
A group providing support for parents and caregivers of children with emotional and behavioral health disorders meets 6 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of every month at Central Oklahoma Community Mental Health Center's Child and Family Services, 1120 E. Main St. Children and adolescents may attend with adults. Activities are planned. For more information or to register, call 573-3812.

Norman Stamp Club
The Norman Stamp Club meets 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at St. John's Episcopal Church, 235 W. Duffy St.

Citizens Humane
Commission
Volunteers interested in animal welfare meet 7:30 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Women's Resource Center, 501 E. Alameda St. For more information, write to CHC, Inc., P.O. Box 2733, Norman 73070.

CEA-HOW
Compulsive Eaters Anonymous-HOW will meet 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Seeker Church, 622 N. Berry Road. For more information, call Jill at 826-0845.

Norman Rotary
The Norman Rotary Club meets noon Thursdays at First Christian Church of Norman.

Cleveland County Master Gardeners
The Cleveland County Master Gardeners Association meets 9:30 a.m. the second Friday of each month at 601 E. Robinson St., 321-4774, with a guest speaker at every meeting. Anyone interested in gardening or becoming a Master Gardener are welcome to attend.

Buckaroo Square Dance
Norman Buckaroo Square Dance Club meets 7 to 9:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at Whittier Recreation Center, 2000 W. Brooks St. All square dancers are welcome. For more information, call Jim and Twyla Woolsey at 691-1251 or Ted and Carolyn Thompson at 321-2134.

Asian-American Christian Speakers Toastmasters
The Asian-American Christian Speakers meet 10 a.m. the second and fourth Saturday of each month at the Southern Oklahoma Chinese Baptist Church, Fellowship Hall, 625 East Frank St. For more information, visit www.aacs.freetoasthost.org or call Harley Bromley at 288-6292. The club will host the Area K-1 speech contest 10 a.m. Sunday.

Calm Waters
Calm Waters has free grief and divorce support group sessions for children and families whose lives have been affected by death or divorce. For more information call Lisa Kibblewhite, director of development, or Suzie Price, program director, at 841-4800.

Debtors Anonymous
The 12-Step Program of Debtors Anonymous meets noon-1 p.m. Thursdays at St. John's Episcopal Church, 235 W. Duffy St.
For more information, call 514-4168, or 620-2556.

Sons of the American Revolution Norman Chapter
The Norman Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution will meet noon Tuesday at the Santa Fe Cattle Company, 760 North Interstate Drive.
Cindy S. Rosenthal, mayor of the City of Norman, will be the speaker.
For more information, call Franklin Appl at 329-2900.

American Historical Society of Germans From Russia
The Central Oklahoma Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday at Marianne's Rental, 225 W. Britton Road, Oklahoma City. Black Sea German Colonies will be presented by Marianne Long. The public is invited. For more information, call Lil Larwig at 525-3218.

Cleveland County
Genealogical Society
The Cleveland County Genealogical Society will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday in the CSBI classroom, 12th Avenue NE and East Main Street. Use the south entrance from parking lot number 4. Donna Waddle, director of the LDS Family History Center in Oklahoma City will discuss "The Changing Face of LDS Family History Centers and the LDS Web site." Anyone interested is welcome.
For more information, call 701-2100 during CCGS Library hours, 1-5 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday.
Waddle also will cover resources at the Family History Centers as well as the project of indexing and processing microfilm in Salt Lake City.

Norman Parents Helping Parents
Norman Parents Helping Parents (www.parentshelpingparents.info) is spearheading a six-part series devoted to educating parents and the community about the issues surrounding adolescent alcohol and drug abuse. The upcoming series finale (sixth session) focuses on hope and recovery. Mike Boss, CADC, LCDC of Oklahoma Outreach will bring a panel of teens and young adults in recovery who will share their journeys.
The session is 7-8 p.m. April 10 at the Norman Public Schools Ad-ministration's Curriculum Building at 131 S. Flood Ave. For more information, call 278-1221 or e-mail PHPnorman1@yahoo.com.
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