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By Dada Sheldenwards. The deadline to sub-Contributing Writert nomnations is April 19."The lifesaving service thatLike the posta service, school crossing guards and

no matter what theweather, Safety Patrollers provideinAdut Crossing Guards and our communties often goesAAA School Safety Patrol stu- unnoticed," sad Chuck Ma,dent members help children spokesman for AAA Oklaho-and classmates get to and from ma.school safey every day.AAA says job wel done'To honor these outstanding - we're pleased to recognizesafety advocates, AAA Okla- ther efforts and dedication."homa is calling for nomina-dult Crossing Guards playtions for its 3rd annual Safety an important role in helping children cross streets safey atkey locations on ther way toand from school.""The Adult Crossing Guardsprovide a first line of securityfor the children," said Fran-cene Thomas, Oklahoma CityPolice Department CrossingGuard Program Coordinator."They take notice of the sur-roundings, vehicles and peo-ple in the area in close prox-imty to the children."c o n t i n u e d o n p a g e 6 By Patrick B. McGuiganAssocia te Publ i sherArchbishop Emeritus Euse-bius J. Betran and Carol Her-rick were honored at the anni-versary awards dinner of theChief Justice Kane Assembly,Fourth Degree Knights of Co-lumbus.With worldwide attentionfocused on a papa vacancy, itseemed appropriate that thisyear's dinner fell on what isdesignated theFeast of theChar of Sant Peter.Paul Wegl, a regiona lead-er of the Knights, presentedBetran the Excaibur Awardfor his service to the CatholicChurch and to Oklahoma.In an introspective address,Betran sad, "I have had ahappy life. I have fet blessed,aways feeing close to God,thanks to my parents."Beltran told the Knights,ther families and guests, in-cluding Air Force Gen. RitaAragon, that his father wasborn in Span, while his motherwas of Polish descent.Betran's father had fet fam-ily pressure to become a priest:"Grandmother had wanted myfather to be a priest," but his fa-ther, as a young man, did notbeieve that was his lifes pur-pose. "He was in and out ofsemnaries, but he did not want to be a priest."As young Eusebius grew up,his oldest sister "begged andbegged to become a nun be-fore she went to the convent."Eventualy, she became a nun,serving a lifetime as an Africanmssionary before retiring herein the U.S. She is now 88.Eusebius himsef fet the calto priestly life. Years later, Eu-sebius wrote a letter to hsgrandmother to tel her of hisstudies at St. Charles Semnaryin his home state of Pennsylva-nia. He invited the old woman,living in Span, to his priestlyordination. She was unable tocome, and yet, "Because of herprayers, she had five grandsonswho became priests, serving incon t inued on page 2 U . S . A i r F o r c e G e n e r a l R i t a A r a g o n( r e t. ) j o i n e d t o h o n o r p u b l i c s e r v i c ea n d p a t r i o t i s m a t t h e a n n i v e r s a r y d i n -n e r o f t h e C h i e f J u s t i c e K a n e A s s e m -b l y , K n i g h t s o f C o l u m b u s , h e l d r e c e n t -l y i n O k l a h o m a C i t y . P h o t o s b y P a t r i c kB . M c G u i g a n .O k l a h o m a C i t y E m p l o y e e R e c e i v e s C h e s a p e a k e ' sT o p V o l u n t e e r in g H o n o r

Special to T h e C i t y S e n t i n e lAT&T and GM are planninga new generation of wireesslyconnected safety, security, di-agnostic and infotanment ser-

vices for GM vehicles NorthAmerica starting in 2014, offi-cias sad.The multi-year agreementcals for AT&T to enable ml-lions of Genera Motors cars,trucks and crossovers with 4GLTE mobile Internet access,providing the latest wireesstechnology to power GM'ssafety and security servicesoffered by OnStar, as wel asa new suite of infotainmentservices like streamng audio,web access, Smart apps,and even video for backseatpassengers. AT&T will asoenable GM's in-vehicle Wi-Fi hotspots and voice calingservices.The services will be aval-able in most Chevrolet, Buick,GMC and Cadillac vehicles inthe United States and Canada.Contractual and financialdetals of the agreement werenot dsclosed.

"Introducing 4G LTE intoGM vehicles is a game-chang-ing opportunity, and wecouldn't be better positioned tohep drive this movement," sadRaph de la Vega, president andCEO, AT&T Mobility. "Wereworking closey with GM togrow the connected car base,and provide unique and ree-vant services that will improvethe connected experience in-side automobiles for both driv-ers and passengers.""By adding a fast, reiableand built-in 4G LTE connec-tion specificaly designed forvehicles, we can drive innova-tion to enhance virtualy everyaspect of the driving and rid-ing experience - from safetyand diagnostics to entertan-ment to integration of emergingthird-party applications," sadMary Chan, president, GlobaConnected Consumer, Gener-a Motors. "Through this built-in 4G LTE connection we havethe opportunity to renvent themobile experience inside a ve-hcle"GM is will aso including asoftware deveoper's kit offer-

ing an application frameworkthat will alow drivers to addapps and features to ther vehi-cles after purchase.The technology will bebacked by the AT&T Watson-sm speech engine, providing acomplete cloud-based, voice-enabled natura language mo-bile virtua assistant solutionfor wireessly connected vehi-cles. AT&T aso provides sup-port for hands-free speech-en-abled services to prevent driverdistraction, as wel as remotevehicle functions such as doorlock/unlock, remote start, andvehicle location services.AT&T 4G NetworkAT&T customers today haveaccess to the nation's largest4G network, covering 288 ml-lion people. AT&T recently an-nounced Project Veocity IP(VIP), its strategic plan to in-vest $14 billion over the nextthree years to enhance and ex-pand its wireess and wire ineIP broadband networks. As partof Project VIP, AT&T plans toexpand its 4G LTE network tocover 300 million people byyear-end 2014.

Special to T h e C i t y S e n t i n e lNorman resident Chris Ap-plegate was recently recog-nized with Chesapeake EnergyCorporation's top volunteeringhonor, the H.E.L.P. Championaward. Applegate, who worksin Chesapeakes land admnis-tration department in Oklaho-ma City, regularly volunteersfor the Center for Children andFamlies, Inc. (CCFI). CCFI isa nonprofit organization offer-ing programs and services tofamilies throughout the statecoping with adversities suchas abuse, teenage pregnan-cy and divorce. In addition tothe Chesapeake honor, Apple-gate was previously awardedthe2012Volunteer of the YearYoung Citizen Award by theUnited Way of Norman.For more than three years,Applegate has volunteered atCCFI. Beginning as a volunteerone night a week, he is now aregular face at the center fournights a week, volunteeringwith two of CCFI's signature

programs Parents Assis-tance and Neghborhood Cen-ters."When the chldren seeChris walk in the door theirfaces light up with pure joy,"sad Vernon Hooks, Senor Pro-gram Staff NeghborhoodCenters, CCFI. "He is a positiverole model for the children,and he tutors and plays gameswith them. He sets a great ex-ample and educates them on al

the possibilities they have inlife, bringing hope to the chil-dren each week."Offered to children ages 4to 17 and ther famlies, Negh-borhood Centers provides freeenrichment programs in seectNorman mddle and eementa-ry schools after school, duringthe evenings and through thesummer months. The supportthe families receve includesresource connections and childdeveopment ad which am topromote education and providecaring mentors for the childrenoutside of school.

"Chris has stepped up to

the plate as an exemplary, out-standing volunteer," sad Kate-lyn Gleason, Program Staff Neghborhood Centers, CCFI."His willing attitude and brightsmile renvigorates our staffeach time we see him. Hopeful-ly his story will inspire othersto follow in his footsteps andpositivey influence a child inneed."Parents Assistance servesOklahoma famlies strugglingwith abuse, neglect and re-lated hardships, offering par-ents speciaized curricula andpracticums to fit ther needs.

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