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Children, including children of all ages, will delight to the
annual Magic Lantern celebration in the Historic Paseo
District,N.W. 30 and Dewey, on Sunday, October 30 from 3 p.m.-7
p.m. Photos ProvidedMagic Lantern to offer childrenmagical
Halloween wonders
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Volume 49, Issue 43 October 27, 2011 November 2, 2011
www.city-sentinel.com Ten Cents
Sierra Club to host OK Energy Future Forum at OSU-OKC 25th
Annual Fall Peace Festival `The Way" - father and son collaboration
is the best film of 2011 "Courageous" a good film
Wall of Fame honors city publicschool alumni, and Project
KIDSeconomist
A night of light in-stead of frightStaff ReportImagination
sparks on Pas-eo at the Magic Lantern Cel-ebration on Sunday, Oct.
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from 3 - 7 p.m. For this annualevent children and their par-ents
are invited to descendupon the streets of Paseo toenter a world of
make believe.Paseo galleries open theirdoors to children of all
agesto offer a hands-on arts expe-
rience befitting the fall sea-son with a different twist tothe
Halloween tradition. Thisyear's theme for the Mag-ic Lantern
Celebration, "Be-gone", encourages children tojump into their own
creativ-ity and have fun doing it asthey stage an
extravaganzainspired by scarecrows."Paseo artists eagerly
an-ticipate the authentic artworkchildren dream up on this
oc-casion", says Lorrie Keller ofTheatre Upon a StarDanc-eSwan who
designs the event."All children and parents be-
come delightfully involved inthis celebration while doingand
discovering. During theMagic Lantern Celebration, Iam fascinated to
see childrenimmersed in the creative pro-cess. Their faces just
glow."Children become charac-ters from their own imagina-tions by
creating original cos-tumes. They come to Paseoin jeans or skirts
and visit artstudios where paper, pump-kins and shiny wonders
awaitthem to build their costumesover their everyday clothing.
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By Patrick B. McGuiganExecutive Editor
The annual "Wall of Fame"dinner and fundraiser honoredthree
Oklahoma City PublicSchool alumni and an adoptedson who played a
pivotal role inMAPS for Kids, the largest in-fusion of taxpayer
dollars (ap-proved by voters) into localpublic schools in state
history.The quartet shared memo-ries and emotional reflectionsabout
the personal rewards oftheir work for better educa-tional
opportunities.
The alums were Aubrey Mc-Clendon of Chesapeake Ener-gy,
acclaimed architect RandElliott and television producerErik Logan
Toppenberg. Theimport was Dr. Larkin Warner,emeritus professor from
Okla-homa State University, whoserved as unpaid economistof the
KIDS (Keep ImprovingDistrict Schools) Project of theFoundation for
Oklahoma CityPublic Schools, and eventualhistorian of MAPS for
Kids.McClendon attended Casa-dy School in high school years,but
began his formal educationat Belle Isle Elementary.He was
introduced to thecrowd at the gala evening, heldin the historic
Skirvin Hiltondowntown, by honoree Elliott.The acclaimed architect
putthe emphasis on McClendon'screative spirit and affection forthe
Beatles. Elliot expressedpersonal gratitude that the bil-lionaire
energy magnate "tooka chance on me."In an interview with TheCity
Sentinel, McClendon saidhis fondest memory from el-ementary school
was playingbaseball for the Belle Isle Lak-ers. Close to that is,
he said, is
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The honor guard from Southeast High School Junior Reserve Office
TrainingCorps (JROTC) presented honors to the flag at the start or
last week's "Wall ofFame" dinner benefiting the Foundation for
Oklahoma City Public Schools. Fromleft: Alexis Gutirrez, Alejandre
Salcido, Dulce Robledo, Sara Martinez. Photos byPatrick B.
McGuigan.
At the 2011 Wall of Fame Dinner benefiting the Foundation for
Oklahoma CityPublic Schools were, from left, executive director
Lori Dickinson, film producerErik Logan Toppenberg, world renowned
architect Rand Elliott, Aubrey McClen-don of Chesapeake Energy,
Professor Larkin Warner and Foundation chairmanBob Ross.the
remembered image of Miss eloquent introduction by theRiggs, the
sixth grade teacher: crowd by OU coaching legend,"I had a little
boy's crush on Barry Sa nders. Toppenberg at-her, for sure." tended
Sequ oyah Elem entary,McClendon reflected, "The Taft Middle School
and North-most important thing that hap- west Classen High.pened to
me in school was In comments to the crowd,the collective impact of
seven Toppenberg reflected on thegreat teachers, and learning to
"value of leadership and ofread in the first grade." teaching,"
things he did notToppenberg, who attended appreciate fully as he
livedin the company of his mother, through his years in
school,Cathy Sanders, was given an continued on page 2
Senator Andrew Rice and family...-=57: pass All Previous
!Phoaunches ne zigII Activations Sur- AT&T Activates One
Million han dsets of thenew iPhone 4SStaff ReportAndrew Rice
leaving Senate effectiveJan. 15, McAffrey wants job,
Republicansseek alternative
By Patrick B. McGuiganExecutive Editor
Senate Minority Leader An-drew Rice, a MidTown Demo-crat, will
leave the Legislature'supper chamber on Jan. 15. Ricemade the
announcement aftersending letters to Secretary ofthe Senate Paul
Ziriax, Presi-dent Pro Tempore Brian Bing-man, and Governor Mary
Fallin.
Rice said he was resigning tosupport his wife "in her pursuitof
a career opportunity outsideof the state of Oklahoma. Shehas made
immense sacrificesfor me in her support of my po-litical career and
public service,and I am honored to be able toreciprocate that for
her now.Therefore, I will be unable toserve the remainder of my
term,which ends in November 2014."
The Rice family will move toTennessee.Rice's departure triggered
aquick announcement by stateRep. Al McAffrey, a fellow Dem-ocrat,
that he would seek to re-
State Rep. Al McAffreyplace his friend. Rice told sup-porters
that he will back McAf-frey in the special election.Should he win
Rice's seat, acrowded primary to replace himin the House is all but
certain.
The special election will oc-cur after Jan, 15 but before
Feb.15. Last week, state officialswere studying whether the
elec-tion would take place w ithinRice's current District 46 or
within the new lines that makeit more compact on the northside,
while moving south intoheavily Hispanic areas. A deci-sion seems
imminent, perhapsby the time this edition of TheCity Sentinel
reaches readers.
Rice said, "The Senate Dem-ocratic Caucus will hold an in-ternal
election in the comingmonths to choose a new SenateDemocratic
Leader to succeedme when I leave the Senate."
A leading voice for progres-sive policies at the Capitol,Rice
said, "I will miss the manyfriendships that I have formedwith
colleagues on both sides ofthe aisle and the senate staff."
Rice became known through-out the state when he chal-lenged
incumbent U.S. Sen. JimInhofe in 2008. He lost that race,but was
stronger in the metroarea than statewide. He said,"I have always
approached mypublic service as a temporaryand limited part of my
career."Rice said whether or not in pub-
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launchin the company's history.AT&T was the first carrierin the
world to launch iPhonein 2007 and is the only U.S.carrier to
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la Vega, President andCEO, AT&T Mobility & Con-sumer
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