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By Staff Reports
Published: 11/4/2009 2:28 AM
Last Modified: 11/4/2009 4:29 AM

Health-care reform forum is scheduled for Saturday

State Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland, state Board of Health Chairman Barry Smith and independent insurance broker Mary Bain will speak on health-care reform at a League of Women Voters forum at noon Saturday at Bishop's Restaurant, 11111 E. 41st St.

The public forum is free.

Hmong community slates New Year Celebration

The Hmong American Association of Oklahoma is planning a Hmong New Year Celebration.

The two-day event is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Green Country Event Center, 12000 E. 31st St. Admission costs $4 for adults; children 10 and younger get in free.

Activities include dancing in traditional Hmong clothes, singing, athletics, food and vendors.

From 6 p.m. to midnight Saturday, dancing and live music will be featured at the event center.

The event is open to anyone.

Annual Bedlam Food Drive runs through November

It's time again for Sooners and Cowboys fans to show their team spirit with the fourth-annual Bedlam Food Drive.

Fans can vote for their favorite team by donating cans of nonperishable food through November at any Arvest Bank location in northeastern Oklahoma and on the campuses of the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Oklahoma State University-Tulsa and the OSU Center for Health Sciences.

Donations go to the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, which is reporting a 40 percent increase in the need for food assistance. The most needed

items include tuna, peanut butter, juice, pasta sauce, vegetables, soups and stew.

Last year, 13,680 pounds of food was raised, with OU edging out OSU by 450 pounds.

The food went to the food bank's 450 partner programs including emergency food pantries, after-school programs, senior centers, soup kitchens and shelters.

For more information, go online to tulsaworld.com/foodbank.

— Mike Averill, World staff writer By Staff Reports

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	Report Comment Few Clothes, America (11/4/2009 8:13:58 AM) Bedlam food drive is a very good cause. Bedlam used to describe a football game is stupid.
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