Beginning in March 2023, general meetings of the OURA are being held in the second-floor conference room of the First Baptist Church's Family Life Center, 300 W. Comanche St. in Norman. Any change of venue will be announced both on this web page and on page 1 of The Banner issue that precedes the meeting affected. Recent and upcoming meeting dates are:
OURA DAY TREKKERS: [November 2025] Since December is a very busy time of the year for most of us, and the weather is often unpredictable, I have not scheduled a new adventure for this month. Instead, I urge all OURA members and their families and friends to take in one or more of the many colorful holiday lights displays in the metro area, a number of which are drive-through. Here are nine you might consider: 1) Red Earth Tree Fest, OKC, 11/13-12/31, free; 2) Lights on Broadway [Automobile Alley], OKC, 11/29-12/13, free; 3) Classic Christmas OKC, 11/21-12/28, $$; 4) Holiday Lights Spectacular, Midwest City, 12/2-12/28, $; 5) Christmas Light Show at The Station, Moore, 11/28-01/01, free; 6) Yukon's Christmas in the Park, 11/23-12/31, free; 7) Miracle on 2nd Street, Edmond, 11/14-01/01, $$; 8) Oklahoma City Zoo Safari Lights, 11/15-01/04, drive+walk, $$; 9) Sparkle Holiday Walk @ Scissortail Park, OKC, 11/21-01/04, $. For details of times and prices, google OKC Christmas Lights 2025. - Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! Grettie Bondy ,405-447-8818 (h), 405-537-2642 (c).
OURA BOOK CLUB: [November 2025] Until Norman's Central Library reopens, the OURA Book Club is holding its monthly meetings at The Well in central Norman. - The club's December 16th discussion centers on Geraldine Brooks's Pulitzer Prize winner Horse, "a thrilling story about humanity in all its ugliness and beauty. The evocative voices create a story so powerful, reading it feels like watching a neck-and-neck horse race, galloping to its conclusion." On January 20th club members' attention turns to Lucy Foley's The Guest List (2020), "a dark and deliciously wicked thriller from the NYTimes best-selling author of The Hunting Party wherein a wedding celebration turns dark and deadly." On tap for February 17th is Emily Henry's Funny Story (2024), "a shimmering, joyful novel from the #1 NYT best-selling author about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common." - Unless otherwise announced, all club meetings begin at 1:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month, and of course every meeting is open to OURA members and nonmembers alike. For further information about the club, about obtaining the selected books, and about future meeting dates, times, and locales, email any of the club's co-chairs: Debbie Blasiar, Sue Carlson, Lawana Dillard.
