The Government Affairs Committee of Norman Chamber of Commerce will co-sponsor a public forum with The Norman Transcript and the League of Women Voters to educate the public about the May ballot questions 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Norman City Hall, council chambers, 201 W. Gray St.
Representatives for the library and public safety initiatives will make opening remarks then answer questions. This forum is open to the public. For more information, call the chamber at 321-7260.
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Leadership Graduation 2008
Seventy-two Norman residents celebrated the completion of their experiences in the chamber's leadership programs April 22 as they walked across the stage in a graduation ceremony commemorating their achievements. The new graduates of the chamber's leadership programs -- Leadership Norman, Tomorrow's Leaders and Leaders Plus -- were joined by nearly 150 guests consisting of family, friends and business sponsors who have supported the programs throughout the year. The three programs are designed to identify and cultivate community leaders of all ages and encourage them to use their talents to make Norman a better community to live and work in.
Participants of each class selected one of their peers to represent them as class speaker. Kyle Ferguson spoke on behalf of Tomorrow's Leaders, Frankie Walters represented Leader's Plus and Brenda Finkle was selected by Leadership Norman. All three gave speeches summarizing their classes' experience over the past six months.
Also recognized at this year's graduation were the eight members of the Leadership Program team whose work behind the scenes allows the program to run smoothly; Leadership Development co-chairs Diana Hartley and Kevin Hopper; Leadership Norman co-chairs Kyle Caldwall and Stephanie Royce; Tomorrow's Leaders co-chairs Sean Crandall and Lori Thrower; and Leaders Plus co-chairs, Jerry Lafoon and JoAnn Terrill.
The culmination of the ceremony came at the end of the evening when Finkle was presented with the Earl Sneed Award which recognizes the outstanding member of the Leadership Norman class.
For information on any of the chamber's leadership programs, call the Chamber.
The 2007-2008 Leaders Plus graduates include: Jim Ballard; Bob Bodenhamer; Jim Dembowski; Terri Fowler; Joyce Keller; Sue McAlister; Norm Park; Cleta Puckett; Ann Roberson; Marvella Sharpe; Bernard Tower; Maureen Tower; and Frankie Walters.
The 2008 Tomorrow's Leaders graduates include: Cole Adkins; Brett Bigbie; Tyler Campbell; Kyle Ferguson; Brooke Hamilton; Ellyn Jones; Annie Longcrier; Madeline Lowe; Mary Ann Maestre; Hilary Meyer; Amy Miller; Nick Napoli; Hailey Neubauer; Hayley Normile; Zach Parker; Billy Ramsey; Madeline Ratcliffe; Taylor Rhoades; Jillian Riley; Taylor Roberts; Cassidy Schat; Jennifer Sellers; Swathi Shankar; Jennifer Speer; Betsy Storm; Kylie Stowers; Robbie Terrell; Tanner Tiedeman; Katherine Whalen; and Taylor Roberts.
The 2007-2008 Leadership Norman's graduates include: Chad Achord, Raising Cane's Norman; Buddy Caldwell, The McKinney Partnership Architects; Heidi Capps, BancFirst; Adam Childers, Crowe -- Dunlevy P.C.; Justin Corcoran, Arvest Asset Management; Lori Fightmaster, Republic Bank -- Trust; Brenda Finkle, Norman Regional Health System; Jonathan Fowler, Fowler Holding Co.; Debbie Graham, Astellas Pharma Technologies Inc.; Matt Graves, Architects in Partnership; Claudia Griffith, Health for Friends; James Howard, LWPB Architecture; Deana Knight, Meals on Wheels of Norman; Nancy Littlejohn, Norman Public Library; Alison Mainers, Sam Noble Museum of Natural History; Sharon McCoy, First American Bank; Keith Minnis, Norman Regional Health System; Michelle Moghadam-Ellison, First Bank -- Trust Co.; Patrick Moore, Dynasty Realty; Blaine Nice, City of Norman; Shawn O'Leary, City of Norman; Jolly Brown Pugh, KGOU Radio; Brad Purcell, College of Architecture-OU; Zack Roach, Ideal Homes of Norman LLC; Gary Schmidt, eBastille LLC; John Sparks, Sparks Clinic; Holly Swanson, Norman High School; Darci Tucker, Wilson Research Strategies; Steven White, The Crucible, LLC; and Leslie Wiggins, Bramlett -- Associates Multimedia.
