Audio Midwest
Turning Technology into Entertainment The robe-clad wizard with furrowed brow and flowing beard guarantees to work his magic on your own living room with the reassuring slogan, “Audio Midwest turns technology into entertainment.” A familiar sight on the business’s many service vehicles, the cerulean icon represents the company’s owners, Rob Clason and Matt Hall, the…
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JAZZERCISE Making good on that New Year’s resolution just got easier for Edmond’s senior adult population. Working out in style – and having fun at it – have always been common elements at local Jazzercise facilities, but the franchise now offers a new program oriented toward the 55-plus demographic. Offered through the Edmond Senior Center…
Read More >Free to Live
Whether you’re coming home for the holidays or just at the end of a long day, there’s nothing like a family pet to greet you. Edmond’s own Free to Live Animal Sanctuary can make the joy of Christmas last all year long by providing a companion for any age. The non-profit organization works to place…
Read More >On Guard, Touche!
Fencing instead of football, moms turned masters. The concept of a competitive discipline that involves foils and French terminology is novel to Edmond but Oklahoma Sport Fencing makes it simple, even if you don’t know a sabre from an epee. Co-owner and assistant coach Carolyn Gresham-Fiegel is an unlikely national champion who never counted on…
Read More >Tumbling Teenager
A day in the life of Nikki Packard isn’t that different from the usual agendas of her classmates at Santa Fe High School. The sixteen-year-old struggles with learning to drive and getting perfect grades, and she laughs off the inevitable question about potential boyfriends. But Google Nikki Packard’s name and a surprising number of gymnastic-related…
Read More >Making a Difference
Fall is in the air, and the ladies of Edmond Women’s Club are extending their hospitality with a preview party of “This New House 2006” on October 27. Local merchants will feature unique wares to accent home decorations by area designers and twenty-five percent of all proceeds from the sale of featured items, including furniture,…
Read More >Edmond ‘Chief’ Leads by Example
FBI, DEA, DPS. Despite the looming acronyms behind his name, a single fact stood out about Bob A. Ricks: Edmond’s police chief was running late. Fifteen minutes past the scheduled interview time, an apologetic Ricks introduced himself with the kind of friendly ease more akin to a good neighbor than a former federal agent. In…
Read More >“Our Opry” Exhibit Coming to EHS Museum
Country and Western. Rockabilly. Folk. The Grand Ole Opry has done it all over the past 80 years as the world’s longest-running radio broadcast, and some of its heartland legacy is coming back to Oklahoma this July at the Edmond Historical Society Museum. Local musicians and self-proclaimed amateur historians Craig and Chris Davis have paired…
Read More >What Would Santa Do?
Local Kris Kringle Delights Children & Adults Santa Claus came to town early this Christmas at Northpark Mall. Nestled behind a white picket fence with decorative snow and holly berries, he has occupied a painted cathedra chair every weekend since mid-November. Presents wrapped in shiny foil reflect the wide-eyed stares of children already enchanted by…
Read More >Natalia Ninos
Volunteers & Donations Help Afflicted ChildEight year-old Natalia Niño isn’t hoping for toys this Christmas. When asked just a month after open-heart surgery what she’d like under the tree, the charismatic third-grader simply replied, “Nada.” She explained that enjoying good health really was enough. Natalia’s brief biography and how she came to receive medical care…
Read More >K-UCO News Channel 6
Edmond’s own University of Central Oklahoma has finished remodeling K-UCO TV Channel 6, the student-run broadcast station that serves both higher education and the community. New FCC guidelines prompted the station to make the switch from analog to digital technology. But combined staff and student efforts initiated the studio’s facelift and UCentral’s name change. General…
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