PARADE
COMMITTEE UNVEILS NEW LOGO Pride Network, Inc has announced the new
logo for this year's OKC Pride Parade. The logo will
be featured on all Parade advertising and, of course,
the T-shirts, which go on sale at the Great Plains
Rodeo during Memorial Day Weekend. It will also be
available for use by Parade sponsors. To discourage
unauthorized use of the logo, PNI is making it known
that any use of
the logo without the written permission of PNI will
be charged a of fee fifty dollars per use. Example:
print ten iron on transfers would cost $500. For
information on obtaining written permission, email PNI@okcpride.com.
Among the sponsors so far this year are Bob and Mary
Lou Lemon Family, Bud Light, Cimarron Alliance Group,
Habana Inn Complex, Wilso-Hill Investments, Cathedral
of Hope OKC, Jungle Red, Richardson Suzuki & New
Leaf Florist.
Parade and Festival Registration Forms are now
available to download from the PNI website at www.OKCPride.com. The forms are also
available at The Center, 2135 N.W. 39th Street. Early
registration is strongly encouraged because rates
increase dramatically on June 1 and even more so the
day of the Parade - Sunday, June 22.
PNI's next meeting is Monday, May 19, 7:30PM at The
Center.
CHECKERZ Michael Tckerades - "Checkerz" -
passed away on Saturday. Checkerz was head DJ at
Angles for 15 years starting with its opening night
in 1982. Services will be held Wednesday at 11AM at Our Lady Of
Perpetual Help at NW 32nd and N. Western.
FAMILY
PRIDE GOES TO THE ZOO On Sunday, May 18th, Family Pride OKC will
be going to the zoo. We will receive a group rate if
we have 20 or more. The prices will be Adults $4.50,
Kids (3-11) $2.25, and children under 3 free. We will
meet at the gate at 1:00 pm, after we get in the gate
you may choose to break off into small groups or go
as one big group. We will reconvene at 4:00 pm at a
picnic area to relax and share a meal together (map
will be provided at the gate with picnic area circled).
The zoo has places to buy snacks and they have a
restaurant that closes at 5:00. A suggestion might be
to bring a picnic dinner. The gates and exhibit
buildings close at 4:45, but all visitors are welcome
to stay until dusk. There are many activities to
enjoy at the zoo: some include Morphis Virtual
Simulator, Cost: $3.00 per person, per movie, Rock-Climbing
Wall, Cost: $2.00 per person, Safari Tram, Cost: $2.00
per person good for unlimited rides all day, same day
only (Children 2 and under are FREE), The Endangered
Species Carousel, Cost: $1.00 per person, Children's
Train, Cost: $1.00 per person, the aquatics show,
Cost: $1.00 per person age 3 and under free, and
other activities. Info: familyprideokc@cox.net.
QUIGLEY
SAYS MAYOR EXPLOITS SCHOOL CRISIS Mayor Humphreys is scheduled to be a
substitute teacher at NW Classen High School on May
15. Here's what Joe Quigley thinks of that. www.gayokc.com/quigley050703.htm
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