One-of-a-Kind Thunder Threads
What NBA legends are to basketball, Kendall Ross is to knitting. Her mastery of the craft is elite, and what she creates – needles in hand – has deservingly drawn a crowd. This season, Kendall’s handcrafted work has found a surprising home in the heart of Oklahoma City Thunder fandom. Through a collaboration with the…
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Hope, Healing, and Horses
Founded in 2020, Willow Ranch was born out of a mother’s grief, a daughter’s legacy, and their shared love of horses. A licensed counselor since 2015, Christa Malcolm established the nonprofit in memory of her daughter Jessica, who was lost to cancer in 2011. “Jessica and I shared a love of horses,” Christa explains. “I…
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Whack, Thump, Bump with Twister City
On the outside, Edmond’s Arctic Ice Edge arena appears calm. But inside, it is a high-energy combination of “athletic excellence and hard-hitting action” – at least during derby season. That’s just how Twister City Roller Derby rolls. The Oklahoma City league offers competitive and recreational teams. While the three recreational teams play against each other,…
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Homesteading
Melissa Garcia has already welcomed one million members, with another ten thousand waiting to get in the door – of her Facebook group that is. Inside this digital hot spot, Melissa teaches members how to homestead from their sprawling acreages, cramped apartments, and everywhere in between. Melissa’s journey as an online entrepreneur began over a…
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Severed Sacredness
“It’s Jessie. She’s hurt. She’s hurt real bad.” These are the words that interrupted Lisa Boone’s patio lunch in 2009. They interrupted her entire life. On the other end of the phone, her son went on to explain that Lisa’s 15-year-old daughter Jessie had skied into the base of an Aspen tree while on a…
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A Well-Adjusted Giraffe
A giraffe walks into a chiropractor’s office… It sounds like the opening line of a joke, and that’s not exactly how it happened, but it is true that Joren Whitley, doctor of chiropractic, treats a variety of unusual clientele at his Edmond clinic, Oklahoma Chiropractic. His growing animal practice began with a pivotal encounter at…
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EARC: Five Decades of Changing Lives
Each day, 55 Edmond residents with developmental disabilities wake up with an enhanced sense of purpose, belonging, and independence because of their involvement with Employment and Residential Centers (EARC). For over five decades, EARC has operated to provide adults with developmental disabilities the support they need to lead successful lives, whether through employment, daily living…
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A Girl’s Game: Strike League Flag Football
In 2022, Ben Ezugha encountered a video that stopped his scroll and started something entirely new for Oklahoma. “I saw a video of Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers passing out scholarships to high school athletes, and some of those recipients were girls,” Ezugha recalls. Intrigued, he discovered that girls had been playing flag…
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The Campbell: Upscale Living & Dining
Downtown Edmond is experiencing a transformative wave with the introduction of a new mixed-use development situated between the University of Central Oklahoma and Broadway, just east of Boulevard. The Campbell, comprised of two newly constructed buildings totaling 84,000 square feet, is set to redefine urban living in the area. The development is divided into two…
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BMW Isetta: A Quirky Collectible Car
Johnnie Massey is a car enthusiast through and through. Growing up on a 60-acre farm in Spencer, he picked up vehicle mechanics from his father. “I basically just figured out how to work on tractors and trucks with my dad,” he recalls, reflecting on the skills that would shape his career. His automotive journey took…
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