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Sweet relief: Chocolate Festival a big hit By Nanette Light Transcript Staff Writer
Tell a friend Know anyone who has missed their paper in all the snow? Well, the Transcript has posted complimentary editions of the blizzard coverage on its website.
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When Nicki Burns fantasizes about her version of a heavenly hereafter, she dreams of a little bit of cream and a whole lot of chocolate. Fork or no fork, she doesn’t mind, as long as eternity includes one of Legend’s Restaurant’s chocolate amaretto cream cakes, she said, as she joked about her unwaver-
ing affinity for chocolatey confections at the 29th annual Chocolate Festival on Saturday, hosted by the Firehouse Art Center. “That’s heaven right there,” said Burns, as she and her chocolate-devouring companion Peggy Gilliam, a veteran who attended the first festival 29 years ago, each took a bites of the cake surrounded in their takeaway boxes by other samples of chocolate decadence from
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Winter weather: Not out of the woods yet Cerianne May puts the finishing touches on this snowman’s nose she and her friends built at the South Oval on OU campus Saturday.
Palin speaks at Reagan event Sarah Palin, speaking at an event to honor Ronald Reagan’s presidency, said America is on a “road to ruin” because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Reagan. Page D6
Dan Johnson serves up Molton Lava Cake from Chili’s on Saturday at the 29th annual Chocolate Festival.
local restaurants and catering services like chocolatecovered strawberries and cheesecake pieces dipped in melted chocolate. “Anything this full of sugar and fat, how can you go wrong?” Burns said, adding that if she ever had a second wedding, this cake’s attendance at the reception would be a requirement. “Everything good in life
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More of the same • Colder temperatures expected to return to the area
Out for a spin Above: Two young girls twirl on the dance floor Saturday during the Daddy Daughter Dance at Embassy Suites. Transcript Photos by Kyle Phillips
Below: Chris McNabb twirls his daughter, Ryleigh, during Saturday’s Daddy Daughter Dance
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Erin Maxwell, meteorologist at the National Weather Center She said snow accumulation could total one inch. Highs in the 40s are expected Monday, before another system is scheduled to move through the area Tuesday and Wednesday, accompanied by an Arctic wind that will lower temperatures to the mid-
teens. Maxwell said the radar Saturday afternoon showed a 40 to 50 percent chance for snow Tuesday night and 60 percent chance Wednesday. She said gusty winds, • See COLD Page A3
Left: Letter carrier Barbara Morgan makes her appointed rounds Friday as another round of snow hit Norman. Transcript Photo by Jerry Laizure
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Saturday’s warmer temperatures and sunshine are predicted to take a hiatus beginning today, with a chance for a rain/snow mix this morning, transitioning to snow later today, said a meteorologist at the National Weather Center in Norman. Temperatures today, as of Saturday afternoon, were anticipated to be colder, mainly in the mid-30s, said meteorologist Erin Maxwell.
“Right now, we don’t expect this to be as big of a deal as Tuesday.”
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Below: Steve Could plows the area around his neighbor’s driveways Saturday afternoon, helping them get out of the house as snow melts. Transcript Photo by Kyle Phillips
Garrett says she didn’t ask that e-mail be deleted By Murray Evans Associated Press
NORMAN — Former state Superintendent Sandy Garrett said Saturday she didn’t tell an Oklahoma Department of Education employee to delete her e-mail account and said she’s positive the deleted e-mails can be retrieved. “I think history is well-preserved through my years, and I’m proud of that,” Garrett told The Associated Press. Garrett’s comments came after two state records custodians told the AP on Friday the longtime schools superintendent ordered the deletion of her account, a violation of state policy. Deleting the account also wiped out all correspondence attached to it. “I certainly wouldn’t order anybody to delete anything,” Garrett said. “The first call I got on this, I thought it was a joke.” Throughout Oklahoma’s government, when most employees leave a state job, their e-mail is retained for a time because of • See E-MAIL Page A3