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Children make their imaginations come to life at the Capitol Hill Li-brary's Lego club. Encourage your budding engineer or architectat the library's monthly LEGO Club. Kids can build relationshipswith their peers while building with blocks, in a safe, friendly,community environment, as well as learn about space, relation-ships, proportions and math ! Take the experience home by check-ing out the library's collection of books on Lego building. For moreinformation, call 606-6308 Photo Provided

DAR Looking for NewMembers, Come Join Us!The Malcolm Hunter Chapter of the Daughters of the AmericanRevolution (DAR) seeks prospective new members to join us foran instructional genealogical workshop on Wedn esday, 16 October2013, at 1:00 PM. It will be at the Southwest Oklahoma City PublicLibrary, located at 2201 SW 134th S t. in Oklahoma City.Please RSVP by Monday, 14 October 2013 by calling 691-8077or 324-2929 for reservation.

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By Janet Barresi, State Super-intendent of Public InstructionWe're at a crisis point in thisstate when it comes to our teach-er shortage. For years we'veseen shortages in subjects suchas science and math, but nowwe are starting to see this spreadto areas such as elementary andearly childhood. That's a newphenomenon and one that mustbe reversed.Late this summer, I convenedan Educator Workforce Short-age Task Force made up ofteachers, school administrators,higher education officials, statelegislators and other civic lead-ers. I asked them to examine allaspects of the issue and deviseaction steps to help us movepast this crisis.The task force met for the sec-ond time last week, discussingeffective recruiting, interview-ing and hiring practices. Wedon't just want to put anyone inour classrooms; we want to putthe most effective teachers withour students.Outside of a parent, an effec-tive teacher is the single mostimportant factor in a child'seducation. An effective teachercan overcome poverty, learn-ing disabilities and almost everyother obstacle that might standin the way of student academicachievement.An effective teacher needsan effective administrator. Insurvey after survey, teacherssay the No. 1 most important

thing for them is that they feelsupported by their administra-tion and that they have a culturewhere their talents and skillsare valued. They also want theopportunity to advance in theirfield, and they want to be paidadequately for their work.In our first meeting in August,task force members examinedteacher compensation. We allrealize that teacher pay is not

where we want or need it to be,and we need to take a hard lookat how to fix this.In Oklahoma, we pay teacherswith zero years of experienceand a bachelor's degree a basesalary of $31,600. That's not abad salary for a fresh collegegraduate, but on the other end ofthe scale, we pay teachers with aPh.D and 25 years of experienceonly $46,000. That's tragic. Wemust find a way to increase payfor our teachers and give themroom to advance in their field.Effective teachers should berewarded for their exceptionalwork. That is why I have pro-posed a $2,000 stipend be givento teachers.This is absolutely doable. Weare at a time when state schooldistricts have record amounts ofcarryover funds. I'm an advo-cate of a healthy carryover. Myproposal entails asking districtsto take simply 10 percent oftheir carryover and combine itwith 2 percent of discretionaryspending to give teachers thismuch-deserved $2,000 stipend.Then we can look for the way tosustain this for the future.

P o t e n t i a lIn dus t ry f orE a s te r n R e dCedar to BeDiscussedBy Sean HubbardSTILLWATER, Okla. TheAromatic Cedar Association(ACA) has a vision. Duringa meeting in 2008, the groupstated by 2013 "Manufacturingcedar products has become oneof the top 10 industries in Okla-homa."

"As we look around today wecan see a number of existing in-dustries or operations potential-ly coming to the state that wouldutilize the redcedar," said CraigMcKinley, ACA board presi-dent and retired Oklahoma StateUniversity Cooperative Exten-sion forestry specialist. "Wecurrently have very successfulmulch operations and there areseveral entities looking at pelletproduction, methanol/ethanolproduction, charcoal facilities,etc. However, redcedar is farfrom being a top 10 industry."In attempt to boost the indus-try and educate landowners onthe opportunities and optionsavailable, the ACA is hosting

its annual Cedar Summit at theEnid Convention Hall, 301 S.Independence Rd, Oct. 12."Given our stated goals andthe resource at hand, we allknow the potential for economicgrowth and b enefit is right here,right now," McKinley said. "Wealso know that if the redcedarresource is going to be utilizedto its fullest extent, a great dealof effort and dedication to thatgoal is required."The cost to attend the sum-mit is $25 for ACA membersand $30 for nonmembers, withlunch included. Registrationwill begin at 8 a.m., with theopening session beginning at 9a.m. Following lunch a closing

session will commence at 1 p.m.and last about an hour.Topics for the summit willinclude innovations in harvest-ing, woody biomass storage andconversion alternatives. Thoseinterested in attending can reg-ister by calling Debbie Hand at580-233-4232 or emailing herat hand@growenid.com ."We have met some of thegoals but we haven't met all ofthem," said McKinley. "Brieflystated, we're going to have towork harder and sm arter if we'regoing to meet the objectives setout several years ago."

Oklahoma FarmBureau partnerswith governor'sfood driveCounty Farm Bureau officesacross Oklahoma are once againserving as food donation drop offlocations for Gov. Fallin's fourthannual Feeding Oklahoma FoodDrive, Oct. 1-31.The farm group is also encour-aging its members and the publicto help pick sweet potatoes Oct.25, at a farm near Albert, Okla.,in Caddo County. OKFB hopes toharvest as much as 10,000 poundsof sweet potatoes to donate to thefood drive.During an Oct. 1 press confer-ence announcing the food drive,Gov. Fallin said the campaign'sgoal is to provide enough food for1.4 million meals. The food driveis conducted in partnership withthe Regional Food Bank of Okla-homa and the Community FoodBank of Eastern Oklahoma, whichserve community soup kitchens,food banks and shelters in all 77counties. OKFB will continue itsongoing efforts to help feed Okla-homans through the Farmers Fight-ing Hunger campaign. Each year,members bring non-perishable fooditems to the annual Farm Bureauconvention in November. FarmBureau is also a partner in the Beeffor Backpacks program where nu-tritional beef sticks are added tohungry children's backpacks foruse on weekends and holidays.For more information aboutparticipating in the sweet po-tato pick on O ct. 25, please callOKFB 's Jennie Bruning at (405)530-2696.

Continue to replant or estab-lish cool season lawns like fes-cue.Mowing height for fescueshould be lowered to around 21/2" for fall and winter cutting.Broadleaf weeds and dandeli-ons can still be easily controlledduring October.Mow and neatly edgewarm season lawns before kill-ing frost.Cool season bedding plantslike pansies, ornamental cab-bage and kale can still be plant-ed during the early part of themonth.Begin planting spring flower-ing bulbs like tulips, hyacinths,crocus, daffodils.Good companion plants forbulbs are evergreen ground cov-ers such as ajuga, vinca, Englishivy, alyssum, potentilla, mon-eywort, thrift, phlox, oxalis andleadwort.Peonies, daylilies, and otherspring flowering perennialsshould be divided or plantednow. Large, aging perennialclumps produce spindly foliage

and meager blooms.Dig tender perennials likecannas, dahlias, caladiums, andstore in cool, dry location.Selection of hardy perennialsis overwhelming and many can

The Bricktown Association'sboard of directors recently ap-proved and entered into a newagreement with DowntownOklahoma City, Inc. (DOKC)to provide additional manage-ment services to the district. Theagreement includes accounting,fundraising, event planning,marketing and communications,district management, and addi-tional street-level services notalready included in the BusinessImprovement District contractthat DOKC manages on behalfof the City of Oklahoma City.The agreement will also doaway with the current associa-tion membership fees, makingall Bricktown property ownersand tenants members of the As-sociation by virtue of their own-ership or tenancies.The association's former Ex-ecutive Director and MarketingAdministrator positions wereeliminated under the new agree-ment, and they will be replacedwith a Bricktown District Man-ager who will be an employee ofDOKC, but who will still officein Bricktown. The new Brick-town District Manager is Mal-lory O'Neill, who previouslyworked as an event manager atSMG, overseeing events at theCox Convention Center andChesapeake Energy Arena. Herfirst day at the Bricktown Asso-ciation will be Monday, October7. "The Bricktown board's ex-ecutive committee played a keyrole in hiring O'Neill, and ev-eryone is very pleased will herskills and experience. She'll doa great job establishing relation-ships and communicating withBricktown property owners, ten-ants, employees and visitors,"said Carrie Palmer, a Bricktownboard member who served onthe hiring committee.Another key point the boardagreed with under DOKC'smanagement proposal was theimportance of saving the Brick-town Association money bycapitalizing on DOKC's currentstaff and providing long-term fi-nancial security for the associa-tion."This new partnership willsave the association a signifi-cant amount of money per year,allowing us to provide betterservices to the district," saidA.J. Kirkpatrick, DowntownOKC's Director of Operationsand Planning. "We'll be able toimprove the physical environ-

be planted at this time.Take tropical water gardenplants indoors.Twig girdler insects should becontrolled if large numbers ofsmall branches of elms, pecans,persimmons are uniformly gir-dled and fall to the ground.Select trees from thenursery and garden center toadd color to the fall landscape.Check and treat houseplantsfor insect pests before bringingindoors, and repot rootboundplants.Plant container grown trees,shrubs, and pines this month.It is still not too late to plantradishes and mustard in the fallgarden.If using a cold frame, plantspinach, lettuce, and variousother cool season crops for pro-duction most of the winter.Plant cool season cover cropslike Austrian winter peas, wheat,clover, rye, in otherwise fallowgarden plots.All debris should be removedfrom the garden to preventoverwintering of various gardenpests.Dig sweet potatoes and harvestpumpkins and winter squash.Remove green fruit from to-matoes when frost threatens.Fall is best time to test the

ment, produce more events, andimplement some special projectsthat have been on hold for sev-eral years due to lack of fund-ing. We will also be able to payoff existing debt and put moneyinto savings."Dot Rhyne, the newly-elected Bricktown Associationpresident, said, "It's a good dayfor Bricktown. Our relation-ship with Downtown OKC willachieve economies of scale andcapitalize on currently underuti-lized resources so the board canfocus less on raising money andmore on having a strong, unifiedvoice and being true championsfor the district."DOKC President and CEO,Jane Jenkins, said the board ofdirectors for the Bricktown As-sociation is adding new mem-bers, and all of them are excitedfor the change. "The Bricktownboard will be developing a newstrategic marketing plan andstepping up its community part-nerships," Jenkins said.Jenkins and Kirkpatrick re-signed their positions on theBricktown board after the agree-ment was approved, but Jenkinswill still serve in an ex-officio

soil. Itt should be tested every 2-3 years.Harvest oriental persimmonsand pawpaws as they begin tochange color.Plant fall mums and asters andkeep watered during dry condi-tions.Start new planting bed prepa-rations now with plenty of or-ganic matter.Prepare water garden for win-ter by placing hardy plants indeeper areas of pool. Stop feed-ing fish.Cover water gardens with birdnetting to catch leaf drop duringwinter months.

The following workshop willbe held at the OSU ExtensionCenter, 930 North Portland,OKC unless otherwise specified.It is free and open to the pu blic.Questions call 713-1125.Third Thursday GardeningPruningThursday, October 175:30 6:30 p.m.2nd Annual Harvest FestivalSaturday, Oct. 26Noon 6 p.m.3:00- 4:30 p.m. Speaker,Felder Rushing

role and act as the liaison be-tween the district manager andthe board.Downtown Oklahoma City,Inc. recently produced the first-ever Rock the Boat festivalalong the Bricktown Canal, putup a small temporary park onSheridan Avenue in Bricktownand installed the third Brick-town gateway marker on theMain Street underpass. The or-ganization also recently hired afull-time Operations Coordina-tor, Joe Hudson, to examine andaddress downtown improvementand maintenance issues.

Downtown OKC, Inc. is anon-profit organization that pro-motes and markets downtownOklahoma City in conjunctionwith numerous downtown stake-holders. DOKC also manages theBusiness Improvement District,of which the Bricktown area isincluded, and DOKC holds an-nual events such as Downtownin December, the Rock the BoatFestival, Starlight Supper, andDowntown Dash. For more in-formation, visit downtownokc.corn.

Dow ntown O kc, Inc. Enters IntoManagement A greement With BricktownAssociation, Hires New District M anager