Sports: Tractor Pulling
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Read More >Graffiti by Gilpin
“Graffiti is about applying yourself to a wall while being consciously aware that whatever you’re painting won’t be there in a year or two,” says Dusty Gilpin, graffiti artist and third-generation designer and commercial artist.“Either the sun’s going to fade it, the city’s going to buff it, or someone else is going to paint over…
Read More >A&E: The Dead Inside
Billed as a supernatural musical with zombies, “The Dead Inside” is the latest starring role for Edmond native Dustin Fasching. The feature-length, genre-bending crowd-pleaser is currently making the festival circuit, screening all over the U.S. and snowballing awards wherever it rolls. An Edmond Memorial High School graduate, Fasching moved to Hollywood with his comedy troupe…
Read More >Sports: Natural Born Bodybuilders
Few have the discipline to become professional bodybuilders, and even fewer are willing to do it without the shortcuts provided by steroids. But that’s the goal of natural bodybuilders like Shane Butler, who train strenuously and sacrifice greatly to achieve their body’s full natural potential. Many athletes get into bodybuilding from their experience in other…
Read More >Central State Gassers
“Racing of any kind is an adrenaline rush. For me, there’s nothing like it,” Jason Baffrey of the Central State Gasser Association (CSGA) says. “It’s the noise, the smell, the control of the car and the force at the launch. All those things go together to make it one of the most amazing experiences you’ll…
Read More >Sports: Yankee Turned Cowboy
Most people enter college sports with dreams of one day playing in the majors, but Brandon Weeden did it the other way around. The starting quarterback for OSU may see pro football in his future, but he started appearing on baseball cards almost a decade ago, playing for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers,…
Read More >A&E: Hurts Like Love
“Breaking into the business” has been the goal of countless hopefuls who moved to Hollywood and then moved home again without one screen credit. Recent decades have seen the rise and legitimization of independent film, but it wasn’t until the past few years that quality camcorders and affordable video editing software have made filmmaking something…
Read More >A&E: Art Heals the Heart
Art can turn a complex feeling or idea into something physical. It can distill the mind’s dissonant troubles into a work done by the hands, and that can be a great tool for cancer patients and their families. “If those with cancer can find a creative side, I think it’s therapeutic for them, whether it’s…
Read More >Sports: Touchdown Adult Flag Football
It can be hard to stay involved in team sports when you’re too old for Little League, high school is over, and adult responsibilities conflict with grueling practice and game schedules. But team sports don’t have to end when life gets busy; that’s the goal of the Edmond YMCA’s adult flag football league. “Anyone can…
Read More >Sports: Open Water Race
Although in songs, rowing a boat “gently down the stream” implies a quiet, leisurely activity, the women on the University of Central Oklahoma’s rowing team have a different experience. For these women, rowing proves to be an intensely–strenuous but rewarding adventure. “It’s not just paddling around out in the water,” Coach Pat Brown says. “Our…
Read More >One Percent Motors
If you find yourself craning your neck as you pass One Percent Motorsports, it’s probably to ogle the fleet of exotic sports cars parked around the premises. The Edmond establishment, located at 20 West Fourth Street, maintains and makes performance modifications on high-end sports cars like Dodge Vipers, Ford GTs, BMWs and Italian cars like…
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