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Page A5 Thumbs up: Oklahoman Ryan Dowling was a member of the winning team from this year's Innovation Challenge, an international competition that pits graduate school student teams against one another to find creative technology solutions for businesses. Downing, currently a graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University, is a 2002 graduate of Westmoore High School and received his undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma in 2008. The winning team received a $20,000 prize and rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange. AT&T, GE and Syngenta are major sponsors of the competition. Dowling's team was challenged to present a detailed plan for addressing questions on emerging technology and how AT&T can better connect its cloud-hosting services with mobility applications to meet the needs of small businesses. The VCU team beat out MBA teams from schools like Harvard, Dartmouth and University of California at Berkley. Charlie Price

Cleveland County sheriffs deputies began moving prisoners from the detention center adjacent to the courthouse to the new F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center at Franklin Road and U.S. 77 early Saturday morning. Undersheriff Rhett Burnett said the prisoners were being transferred about 30 at a time in a van and sheriffs cruisers. Deputies blocked the roadway near the jail as the escort vehicles and transfer cars exited the fenced yard. Burnett said about 300 prisoners were transferred Saturday.

The overall transfer took roughly 8 hours, beginning at around 5 a.m., with the most dangerous inmates transferred first. All the inmates being transferred were pre-booked at the Beggs Detention Center to ensure a quick, smooth transition. 'The old facility is now empty and all jail operations are at the new Center," Burnett said. "I personally rode on every convoy, so I know we didn't lose anyone or experience any complications." Officials opened the 540-bed jail last month. It is being paid for by a temporary sales tax that is generating more than $500,000 a month.

Cleveland County Sheriff Deputies roll down Porter Avenue in a convoy Saturday morning as they move inmates from the Cleveland County Jail to to the new F. DeWayne Beggs Detention Center.
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(Above) A student and teacher practice crafting wheel-thrown pottery Saturday morning at Longfellow Middle School's "Get the Lead Out" young artists festival. More than 325 students participated in the 10th annual event. (Below) A student practices watercolor techniques in one of the classes.

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Longfellow Middle School had a special "GLO" about it Saturday morning. As part of the 10th annual "Get the Lead Out" or "GLO" arts festival, the school played host to more than 26 local artists and authors, volunteers and approximately 325 students from fourth to eighth grade from all over the area and the state. "Our mission is to encourage young artists and give them an opportunity to work with professsionals in the arts so they can better express themselves," said children's book author Darleen Bailey Beard, one of the festival organizers and workshop instructors. 'We want to show them through the example of our presenters that it's very possible to work and make a living in the arts, doing what you love." Though the day was centered on

students, it provided volunteers a fun opportunity to encourage artistic pursuits in area youth and learn a thing or two themselves. "Many of our volunteers are from Longfellow, but we have local high school and OU students here as well," said Longfellow counselor and event organizer Michelle Sutherlin. 'We have teacher volun-

teers from every school in Norman." Beard adds, "The teacher involvement is just wonderful. We've had teachers who took time on their day off to personally drive groups of their students here and drove them home afterwards."
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Voters go to the polls Tuesday in four Cleveland County school districts. Cleveland County Election Board Secretary Jim Williams said this will be the first election Precinct using the new polling voting system. Polls will places open from 7 Precinct 7: a.m. to 7 p.m. on Mid America Feb. 14 for the Christian University Annual School 3500 SW 119, Election. The Oklahoma City election will 73170 29: Precinct involve Noble Noble Senior Public Schools, Citizens Center Lexington Pub- HWY 77 & lic Schools, Maguire Rd., Noble 73068 McLoud Public Precinct 34: Schools and First Baptist Mustang Public Church 900 E. Schools. Broadway, Voters will Lexington notice that the 73051 38: Precinct ballot is differ- Twelve Corners ent with this Baptist Church 156th & Etowah new system. Rd. Instead of filling Precinct 45: in an arrow as Enterprise before, voters Baptist Church 84th, will now fill in a 2425 SE 73026 Norman box next to their Precinct 49: selection.If vot- Little Axe ers make mis- American Legion takes marking 2020 156th Ave. their ballots, NE, Norman Williams said 73026 Continued on they should not Page A3 try to correct those errors. Instead, voters should return the spoiled ballot to the Precinct OffiSee SCHOOL Page A3

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