Oklahoma Heart Gallery receives honors

The Oklahoma Heart Gallery recently was honored by the Department of Human Services with a Community Partner Award.

The organization also was recognized by the Oklahoma state Senate with a Citation for Outstanding Service on April 18 for its work raising awareness of the need for permanent families for children available for adoption in DHS care.

Oklahoma Heart Gallery has worked to create portraits and videos of children available for adoption, which are placed on the Oklahoma Heart Gallery website, www.oklahomaheart gallery.org, and on gallery style displays throughout the state of Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Heart Gallery partners with DHS exclusively creating photography/video events throughout the year for the available children, focusing on older and disabled children who are often overlooked by adoptive families.

The Oklahoma Heart Gallery’s goal is to not only raise awareness of the need for permanent families for all available children in DHS care, but also to find permanent families for older children before they age out of the DHS system at 18.

OKC’s free landfill day will be May 5

Oklahoma City residential trash customers can get rid of spring cleaning waste at no cost and without waiting for their bulky waste day on free landfill day, planned from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 5.

To participate, customers must present an original current Oklahoma City trash bill (Photocopies will not be accepted) or a copy of an e-bill as proof of residency.

Each residential household may drop off one load of waste using a passenger vehicle or truck (up to 1 ton) and one trailer up to 16 feet long. Commercial waste haulers are not allowed. Participating landfills include:

• East Oak Landfill: 3201 Mosley Road (south side of NE 36, east of Sooner Road).

• Oklahoma City Landfill: 7001 S Bryant Ave.

• Oklahoma Landfill: 7600 SW

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• Northeast Landfill: 2601 N Midwest Blvd. in Spencer (construction and demolition materials only).

Bulk waste rules and regulations apply to free landfill day. Household hazardous waste, tires, oils, car batteries, propane tanks, pool chemicals, electronic waste and appliances containing Freon or other refrigerants will not be accepted.

For more information, contact Utilities Customer Service at 297-2833 or go to okc.gov/ water.

Edmond road project set to begin

EDMOND — Work to resurface a one-mile section of Bryant Avenue is expected to begin Monday and continue about two weeks.

The area of Bryant Avenue to be resurfaced is from Danforth Road to Second Street. The road will remain open during the project, but traffic will be reduced to one lane each direction. Motorists should expect delays and are encouraged to find an alternate route if possible.

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