Published: September 06, 2008 12:10 am      

9-6 Community briefs

Edmond Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast set for Oct. 15

Oct. 15 is the date set for this year’s Edmond Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast. The setting will be at the University of Central Oklahoma Grand Ball Room. Doors open at 6:30 a.m. with a full buffet breakfast served and the program will be from 7-8 a.m.

Former Edmond Mayor Carl Reherman will be the keynote speaker. Reherman is a liver transplant survivor and he will be sharing his miraculous story of how he has been given a second chance at life.

Individual tickets are $10 each and may be purchased at Mardel’s, 3300 S. Boulevard. Table sponsorships are available. For more information about the program, call Greg Womack at 340-1717. For ticket information and table sponsorship, call Janice Ponder at 341-4019.

Foster grandparents share today

Foster Grandparent volunteers are among those returning to the classrooms. By sharing their time and love today they will shape the lives of our children for tomorrow. Foster Grandparent volunteers will help in Edmond and Guthrie. This senior citizen volunteer program provides one-on-one or small group assistance to children in elementary schools, childcare facilities and Head Start Programs.

For more information, call Susie Daniels, Area I Foster Grandparent Program, at 580-548-8900 or 1-800-522-1064.

Gallucci completes Air Force Reserve Officer Training

Domenic D. Gallucci has completed a U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps field training encampment at Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, Montgomery, Ala. The four- or six-week summer training camp is designed to motivate, educate and evaluate the cadets’ leadership potential to be Air Force officers, and to determine their potential for entry into the ROTC Professional Officer Course.

Normally, cadets between their sophomore and junior year of college attend the encampment. The training gives students their first exposure to a working Air Force environment and an opportunity to learn and apply officer leadership theory, techniques, and responsibilities.

Encampment training includes leadership evaluation exercises, officer specialty orientation, survival techniques, confidence course, physical fitness, aircraft and aircrew orientation, small arms handling, human relations orientation and equal opportunity education, and study of the organization and functions of an Air Force base.

Upon graduating from the attending college or university and successfully completing the ROTC program requirements, the cadet is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Air Force. Gallucci is currently a student at Oklahoma State University. He is the son of Randile M. and Barbara J. Gallucci of Edmond. The cadet graduated in 2006 from Edmond Memorial High School.

Edmond Republican Women unveil new election headquarters

Edmond Republican Women will present the grand opening of its GOP headquarters at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday across from the UCO campus at 426 E. Second St. Join the group and other community leaders opening night.

For more information, call the new headquarters at 513-4677.

Edmond Historical Society & Museum presents The Great Outdoors exhibit

The Edmond Historical Society & Museum is proud to host the in-house temporary exhibit “The Great Outdoors” running through Oct. 18. Visitors will experience the history of hunting, fishing and camping in Central Oklahoma. Oklahoma is home to many types of fish and game that have served Oklahoma and its people well.

Take a look at the methods used to capture Oklahoma wildlife. Visit the Edmond Historical Society & Museum to experience the outdoor ways of life from early Native Americans to the modern day gamesmen.

The Edmond Historical Society & Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday. Admission is free. First Schoolhouse in Oklahoma Territory is open the first two Saturdays of each month from 1-4 p.m. Admission is free. For more information call 340-0078.

Expo Coming to Edmond

Residents are invited to join the Fit and Healthy Expo Team for 2008. More than 100 health, wellness and environmentally friendly companies are teaming together to offer our community choices to live better. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Transformation Fitness Center in Edmond, 14701 N. Kelley. Amy and Marty Wolff from the “Biggest Losers” television series will show how they collectively lost 252 pounds.

Oklahoma Sen. Todd Lamb and Edmond Mayor Dan O’Neil will be opening and presenting the vision for health for our Edmond/OKC communities. For more information, visit www.Fitand-HealthyExpo.com or call 415-5377.