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ST. ANDREWS ARTS and Crafts Show and Sale Saturday at the Episcopal Church drew a
steady crowd all day with dealers from around the area. Shown, left to right, are Mary Cash,
Wanda Cooper, Stephanie Sosbee and Krystal Ernce, all of Stillwater, sniffing items in the
booth of Terry Clencs of Enid, where she has a shop, Apple Alley. (Stillwater Journal photo by
Lawrence Gibbs)
By Shelley Ricker local event sponsors! You may Marfan's is a disorder which
What a selection of events com- want to call ahead for moreaffects the heart. $10 to enter
ing tip! Along with Spring details and to check for any your shiny car or biker
comes lots of fun. schedule changes. Enjoy! April 18 - Tulsa - Oklahoma
Last weekend was a busy time April 17-18 - Chandler - Third Jazz Hall of Fame -- 322 N.
in Stillwater with the Home and Monday Trade Days- Lincoln Greenwood - (918) 596-1001.
Garden Show, the Elks BBQ, County Fairgrounds. (405) 238.- "Men who sing Jazz and Blues"
opening of the Farmer's Market, 3215. A two day flea marketfeaturing local singers perform-
St. Andrews Crafts Sale, and with all kinds of goodies! ing a tribute to Nat King Cole,
Seventh Street Egg Hunt, among April 17 - Sand Springs - Herbal Louis Armstrong, Johnny
a few. Affair -Downtown- 918-246- Mathis, Jimmy Rushing and
The fun continues next week 2561. Herbs, herb products, arts more. A Sunday evening event,
with "Celebrate Stillwater" and and crafts, too! 5 - 7 p.m. Great way to wind
"Run for the Arts", OSU Mom's April 17 - Cleveland - Motoring down the weekend!
Weekend and Spring Sing. for Bike
Cheek out the local calenda~An
today's paper, too. Be sure to A benefit for a 10 year old
s'upport the local events and Marfan's victim from Cleveland.
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WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sunday Stillwater Reformed Presbyterian
Church - Room 11 I, 9:30am-3:30pm
Monday Stillwater Brass - North Stage Room, 7:30pm
Tuesday Tai Chi with Dr. Dee Dutt - Veranda Room,
5:30pm- 8:30pm
Society of Creative Anachronisms, Room 111, 7-
10pm
Wednesday Senior Exercise Class - Room 111, 9:30-
11:30am
Thursday Stillwater Community Singers - North Stage
Room, 7pm;
Barbershop Singers - South Stage Room, 8pm
THIS WEEK AT THE CENTER
Congressman Frank Lucas
Town Hall Meeting
Thursday, April 15
5:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Stillwater Community Center, 315 W. 8th Avenue
Phone: 405-747-8003, Fax: 405-533-8022
208 N. Main Perkins
405.547-2865
Richard & Janice Coate - Owners
Fabrics .Notions
Classes .Gifts
411N. Main SL, P.O. Box axo9 Perkins
(405) 547-83
ch Joyce
enactment, Cottonwood Flats -
405-282-1889. Featuring the
Guthrie Dudes and Oklahoma
City Pirates. Living sports histo-
ry at it's best!
April 24 - Jenks - Herb & Plant
Festival. Municipal Parking Lot
- 918-227-1528. And a Main
Street lined with Antique shops[
April 28 - May 1 - Lawton -
1870's Cattle Drive Encamp-
ment - Museum of the Great
Plains - (580) 581-3460. His-
torical depiction of life on the
Southern Plains portraying daily
life on the prairie. More living
history ---- take the kids to this
beautiful part of our great state!
Mark your calendar for these
upcomin events:
May 1'- Nuyaka Creek Wine
Festival - Bristow
May 1 - Iris Festival - Ponca
City
May 7-8 - Oklahoma Blues
Festival - Tulsa
May 8 - Bixby Blues and BBQ
- Bixby
May 8 - Cedar Creek Farm &
Gardens Open House - Peggs,
OK
May 13-16 - Mayfest - Tulsa
May 27 - Opening season of
5th Night concerts at Utica
Square - Tulsa
May 28-30 - Guthrie Jazz
Banjo Festival
May 29-30 - Edmond Jazz &
Blues Festival
June 5 - Cushing Blues & BBQ
(great food for $4!!)
June 5 - Herb Festival - Ponca
City
June 5 - Stone Bluff, Okla.
Lavender Festival
June 5 -Summerside Vine-
yards & Winery Festival
Ketehum
June 10-13 - International
Route 66 Festival - Tulsa
June 11-19 OK Mozart
International. Festival -
Bartlesville
June 12 - Tidal School Winefest
- Drumright
June 12 - Historic All Black
Towns Bus Tour - Tulsa
June 16 - Jazz Hall of Fame
Induction Gala
June 17-18 - Juneteenth - Tulsa
featuring Ramsey Lewis and
Stanley Jordan.
Nothing to do in Stillwater? Check out this cal-
endar prepared by Cory D. Cart, Marketing and
PR Coordinator for the Stillwater Convention and
lOs#ors Bureau.
April 8 - Mexican Fiesta Benefit Auction 7 p.m.
Best Western 624-9922. Coach Eddie Sutton and
the members of the Frontier Rotary Club invite
everyone to help raise money for Big Brothers Big
Sisters of Stillwater. Please RSVP.
April 8 - Cowgirl Softball vs. Oklahoma 7 p.m.
Cowgirl Softball Complex.
April 8 - Rural/Urban Banquet 6 p.m. Payne
County Expo Center 372-5573.
April 8-11 - "Having Our Say" Play. Town and
Gown Theatre 372-9122. Adapted from the best-
seller book by the Delany Sisters, the play tells the
story of two daughters of a minister born in slav-
ery and a brilliant womanof mixed ancestry.
April 8 - Open Mic Poetry Reading 4:30 p.m.
Stillwater Public Library 372-3633. Participants
read their own poetry or any poetry that they like.
Anyone is also welcome to come just to listen.
April 8 - OSU Symphony Orchestra Concert 8
p.m. Seretean Center Concert Hall. 744-8997.
$5/$3 general admission.
April 9 - Lohmann Ballroom Dance Club Easter
Parade Dance 8-10:30 p.m. Parks and Rec. Annex
747-8070. Easter Parade theme with Foxtrot les-
sons preceding dance by Shelby Rothel and David
Hyer. Admission is $5 for members, $6 for non-
members, and $3 for students with an ID.
April 10 - Senior Center Dance Night 7-9:30
p.m. Senior Center 747-8080. $4 per person.
Listen to the western sound of the Country Gold
Band.
April 10-11 - Cowgirl Softball vs. Iowa State 2/1
p.m. Cowgirl Softball Complex.
April 10-May 29 - Dollmaking Classes 2-4 p.m.
Senior Center 747-8080. Make your own porce-
lain dolly in this 8-week session on Saturdays.
April 11 - Evening Lions Easter Egg Hunt 2 p.m.
Couch Park. Stillwater Fire Dept. will have a truck
at the park to start the hunt. Age groups will be 0-
3, 4-9, and 9-12.
April 11-21 - OSU Spring Graphic Design
Portfolio Review All Day Gardiner Art Gallery at
OSU. 744-6016. Works by senior Graphic Design
students scheduled for graduation in Spring 2004.
Reception 2-4 p.m. on April 11.
April 12-14 - Homier Distributing Tool Sale
1 la,m.-7 p.m. Payne County Expo Center.
April 13 - Swing Into Spring. 5:30 p.m. The Golf
Club at Cimarron Trails. 547-5701 Try out the
newest golf equipment at Demo Days from 2 p.m.
to 7 p.m. There will be a drawing for a vacation
for two, free Coca-Cola products, and Jalopy's
burgers at the grill.
April 14-22 - Sister Cities Young Artist Exhibit
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Stillwater National Bank Lobby.
Artwork of Stillwater High School and Jr. High
School students for the Sister Cities International
Young Artist Competition "Coming Together to
Build a Better World" will be on display. A recep-
tion and award ceremony will be held at SNB on
April 22, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
April 15 - Stillwater Radio's Women's Night Out
5 p.m. Payne County Expo Center 372-7800.
April 15 - Tax Free Shopping Day All Day
Downtown Stillwater Main Street. Shop all day at
stores in the downtown area and pay no tax on
your purchases!
April 15 - OSU Wind Ensemble 8 p.m. Seretean
Center Concert Hall. $5/$3 general admission.
April 15-18 - "Having Our Say" Play Town and
Gown Theatre.
April 16-17 - Cimarron Region Pony Show 9
a.m. Payne County Expo Center 742-8077.
April 16 - OSU Cooking Demonstration 11:30
a.m. Wellness Center 744-6927 Sarah McDonald
returns to showcase an assortment of easy appetiz-
ers to make for family or friends. Spring is a per-
fect time to pair fresh greens from the
farmer's market with beans for a flavorful soup.
With crunchy bread toasts, a savory pafieake with
shrimp, and Parmesan crisps topped with eggplant
and basil - who needs a main course? For dessert,
the fi'uit tart will feature what is freshest for the
season. Class fee is $20.
April 16-18 - Cowboy Baseball vs. Kansas
7p.m./2p.m./2p.m. Allie P. Reynolds Stadium.
April 17 - Run For the Arts Pancake Breakfast 7-
11 a.m. Senior Center. Proceeds help Judith
Karmen Hospice. $3 all you can eat pancakes and
drinks.
April 17 - Run For the Arts Fine Art and Music
Festival All Day Couch Park. Free. The festival is
sited in Couch Park
in SE StiUwater. A handicapped accessible
walking trail winds through the mature trees and
connects all the venues of the festival. In the
event of inclement weather, the festival will move
two miles east to the Payne County Expo Center.
April 17 - OSU Mom's Weekend All Day OSU
Campus.
April 17 - Downtown Stillwater's Mom's
Weekend Specials All Day Downtown Stillwater
Main Street. Be sure to catch the amazing specials
on unique items from shops located in Downtown
Stillwater!
April 17 - OSU Percussion Ensembles 8 p.m.
Seretean Center Concert Hall.
April 17-24 - Celebrate Stillwater Festival
Various.
April 18 - The Great Gatsby Tea 2-4 p.m. Senior
Center 377-0678. Sponsored by the
Woman's Club, this is an elegant
party with Roaring 20's entertainment
guest 1920s novelist Dorothy Parker as
by Suzanne King. This is the premier
conclude Celebrate Stillwater. Tickets
person.
April 18 - Atherton Hotel at OSU
Open House 1-4 p.m. See the results of the
lion renovation that is the beginning
of luxury in Stillwater.
April 18 - Tracy Cox Memorial
Diabetes 1-5 p.m. Boomer Lake. Mininntna
tion of $25 or $15 with a valid ID.
April 18 - OSU Concert Chorale 2:30
Seretean Center Concert Hall 744-8997.
April 19 - Judith Karman 25th
Dinner 5 p.m. Taylor's Dining Room.
April 20 - OSU Faculty Recital 8 p.m.
Center Concert Hall 744-8997. Free
April 21 - Red Cross Blood Drive
Stillwater Public Library 372-3633.
April 21 - Cowgirl Softball vs.
p.m.
April 21-25 - "West Side Story"
Play 7:30 p.m. Vivia Locke Theatre
classic of the American musical
romantic retelling of Shakespeare's
Juliet is filled with Leonard
music and Peter Westerhoff's tremendoUS
ography. The OSU Symphony Orchestra
Theatre's gifted students will bring this
musical to life. Suitable for all audiences
April 22 - Oklahoma Reads
Stillwater Public Library 372-3633.
reading discussion program sponsored!
Oklahoma Library Association.
eussion is "Honk and Hollar Opening
Oklahoma author Billie Letts. Pro
with an introduction by scholar Dr.
from the University of Arts and
Oklahoma.
April 22 - Stillwater Community
p.m. Stillwater Community Center
concert is free to the public.
served after the performance.
April 22 - OSU Women's Choir &
Singers 8 p.m. Seretean
8997.
April 23 - Lohmann Ballroom
Spring Fling 8-1 lp.m. Parks
8070. Music by the Rice Combo with
sons preceding the dance by Shelby
David Hyer.
April 23-25 - OCCA Beef Exp0 9
County Expo Center (918) 543-3544.
April 24 - Roll-n-Stroll 9 a.m. to noon
Regional Airport 533-6400. Money
research for brittle bones disease.
planned by a local youth
ease and his sister with the help of
others from Richmond Elementary
of Stillwater. Relay teams will compete
one-mile as a team in a wheelchair.
start at $10 per person.
April 24 Community
Electronics Collection Day 9 a.m.-2
Lowry 533-8482.
April 24 - Library Building
1-5 p.m. Stillwater Public
3633.Carnival booths and activities.
Harper, musician, will perform at 2
writes and performs original children's
are enjoyed by all ages. Be sure to
Stillwater Brass from 4-5 p.m.
April 24 - Saville Center's
Diamonds" Karsten Creek
April 25-May 14 - OSU Annual
Student Exhibition All Day Gardiner
at OSU 744-6016. Recent works by
design students at OSU. Reception fro~
on April 25 with the
the same day.
April 26-May 2 - Joseppi's 4th
Celebration 11 a.m. to close.
April 29 - CREC Annual Meeting 5 p.t~,
County Expo Center 377-1275.
April 30 - Junior Service
Tournament 1 p.m. StiUwater Country
6391. The tournament features a shotgt
p.m. For sponsorship information, call
Kerns at 624-1400. For general
the event chair Collett Campbell at
April 30-May 1 - Tumbleweed Annual
TBA Tumbleweed Dance Halls and
Arena 377-0075.
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