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The Sunset Memorial Park Memorial Day celebration will be 11 a.m. Monday, May 28, at the cemetery, 2301 E Indian Hills Road, Norman.

A barbecue lunch will follow at the chapel.

Age Group(s): Adult
Date: 5/29/2012
Start Time: 6:30 PM
End Time: 8:30 PM

Description: This class explores the page layout program, Publisher, which is part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications. The Microsoft Word series is recommended as a prerequisite.

Registration is requested and may be completed online. If a mailing address is added in the Notes field, a reminder postcard will be sent a few days before hand. You may also register at any time by coming to the Computer Training Center or giving us a call at 701-2697 or 701-2620.

Classes start on time and students more than ten minutes late will not be guaranteed a computer.

Library: Norman
Location: Computer Training Center
Contact: Computer Training Center Staff
Contact Number: 405-701-2697

Age Group(s): Adult
Date: 5/30/2012
Start Time: 9:30 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM

Description: Participants will learn to use the free image manipulation software, Paint.NET. You will also learn how to scan a photograph, acquire images from your camera and prepare an image for email. You must have some computer use experience or have completed the Microsoft Word series. This class is the first of two parts.

Registration is requested and may be completed online. If a mailing address is added in the Notes field, a reminder postcard will be sent a few days before hand. You may also register at any time by coming to the Computer Training Center or giving us a call at 701-2697 or 701-2620.

Classes start on time and students more than ten minutes late will not be guaranteed a computer.

Library: Norman
Location: Computer Training Center
Contact: Computer Training Center Staff
Contact Number: 405-701-2697

Age Group(s): Adult
Date: 5/29/2012
Start Time: 9:30 AM
End Time: 11:30 AM

Description: The BEGINNING computer user will customize a document using page set-up, borders and shading. The class explores printing options, sets toolbars on the screen, and makes and uses simple tables.

Registration is requested and may be completed online. If a mailing address is added in the Notes field, a reminder postcard will be sent a few days before hand. You may also register at any time in the Computer Training Center or by giving us a call at 701-2697 or 701-2620.

Classes start on time and students more than ten minutes late will not be guaranteed a computer.

Library: Norman
Location: Computer Training Center
Contact: Computer Training Center Staff
Contact Number: 405-701-2697

Live blues music.

Live blues music.

Live acoustic music.

Live pop music.

Live 90s pop music cover band.

Live country/ rock music.

The annual NCED Car & Bike Show in Norman will feature several different car categories, plus a handful of motorcycle categories. Browse through everything from pre-1950 classics to modern-day street rods. Awards will be given for best paint, best engine and best interior, as well as best Mustang, Corvette, truck, import and more. Come to the NCED Car & Bike Show for food and fun for the entire family. Barbecue, burgers, hot dogs, slushies, soft drinks and ice cream will be available for purchase during the show.

It's estimated about 79 million people in the United States have pre-diabetes, the condition where blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.

If you have pre-diabetes, you can and should do something about it. Studies have shown that people with pre-diabetes can prevent or delay the development of Type 2 diabetes by up to 58 percent through changes to their lifestyle.

Learn more at Norman Regional's pre-diabetes class. The cost is $40. Please register by calling (405) 307-5730.

If you think you have the best burger on the block or you can grill up a burger juicier than any other, put your burger where your mouth is and attend this year's Battle of the Burger in Norman. Enter the contest or sample the burgers prepared by participating cooking and grilling teams. Celebrity judges will decide whose burger wins the battle. The Battle of the Burger will also feature live music, children's activities and a silent auction. If you want to participate in the contest, or if you just want to enjoy the food, music and good old-fashioned family fun, come to Norman's Battle of the Burger.

The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is planning a trip to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Ark., on June 4. The museum's permanent collection features American masterworks dating from the Colonial era to contemporary times.

The bus will leave at 7 a.m. from Norman's Hobby Lobby, 2417 S Main, then proceed to Oklahoma City for a 7:30 a.m. pickup at Science Museum Oklahoma, 2100 NE 52. Cost for museum members and docents is $145; for nonmembers, $160. The approximate return time is 8:30 p.m.

For more information, call 325-3272.

Chinasaurs: Dinosaur Discoveries From China
Coming soon - June 2 - September 16

Free public reception: Friday, June 1, 6 to 8 p.m.

The Confucius Institute at the University of Oklahoma will provide entertainment for the opening reception. A Chinese Lion Dance will begin at 7 p.m., followed by a women's solo dance, children's dancing and a yo-yo-show. The event also will feature family-friendly activities such as calligraphy and paper folding, refreshments and music played on a traditional Chinese zheng, a stringed instrument used as early as 300 B.C.