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By Staff and AP Reports
Published: 11/21/2009 2:30 AM
Last Modified: 11/21/2009 5:34 AM

Workshop set for possible school board candidates

The Oklahoma State School Boards Association will host a candidate workshop for people who are interested in running for their local school boards.

The workshop is a free, one-hour session designed to give the public a better understanding of school board service and eligibility requirements.

The workshop is from 7 to 8 p.m. Dec. 3 at Tulsa Technology Center's Riverside Campus, 801 E. 91st St.

The filing period for candidates for school boards in Tulsa County is Dec. 7-9.

Registration for the workshop is not required. For more information, call the Oklahoma State School Boards Association at (405) 528-3571.

- CLIFTON ADCOCK, World Staff Writer

Gay & Lesbian Fund gives groups $100,000 in grants

The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa has awarded grants to area nonprofit organizations for a fifth year.

This year the fund awarded $100,000 in grants to nonprofit agencies. In five years, more than $350,000 has been awarded to 63 Tulsa-area nonprofit organizations.

The Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa started in 2004 through the Tulsa Community Foundation.

The grants have been awarded for work in education, arts, health, youth services, hospice, faith and homeless outreach.

The nonprofit agencies that receive the grants have policies in place to ensure that they don't discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation in employment and providing services.

For more information, call 494-8823, or go online to tulsaworld.com/gay&lesbianfund .

- SARA PLUMMER, World Staff Writer

Sapulpa church to host Native American Day

SAPULPA —The Pickett Chapel United Methodist Church, 17610 S. Hickory St., will host a Native American Day event for American Indian children of Lone Star School from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The event, the second the church has hosted, will feature several workshops and activities, ranging from dancing to flute-playing, and refreshments including Indian tacos.

For more information, call 224-6080 or 321-3109.

- CLIFTON ADCOCK, World Staff Writer

Glenpool Indian Education program is recognized

GLENPOOL — The Glenpool Indian Education program earned recognition this month at the National Johnson O'Malley Conference in Phoenix.

The program was nominated out of 22 states for a National Exemplary Program, and five students — senior Allison Factor, juniors Jenna Dobson and Brittney Crowles and sophomores Leslie Buffington and Jordan Pipkin — attended the conference.

While there, the students performed at the event's culture night by singing Creek hymns and also shared children's songs and stories and modeled traditional American Indian dress.

Director Kristi Collington also hosted workshops at the conference.<

- CLIFTON ADCOCK, World Staff Writer

Endowed chair funded by OKC jeweler's late wife

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City University will create an endowed chair to be funded with a $1 million bequest from the late wife of a local jeweler.

The bequest by Jeroldine Zachritz Clark will fund the B.C. Clark Jr. Endowed Chair in OCU's Meinders School of Business. The Clark family owns B.C. Clark Jewelers, which is thought to be the oldest retail store in the state under the same name and ownership.

B.C. Clark Jr. is now 96. He attended OCU and has maintained close ties with the private university.

OCU President Tom McDaniel said the Clark family has shown a tremendous commitment to the university and that Jeroldine Clark's gift will benefit generations of students to come.

The $1 million gift brings OCU's current $50 million fundraising campaign to $47.2 million.

- FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

By Staff and AP Reports

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