In Edmond, In Need
Edmond resident Amelia Taylor did everything right. When she was diagnosed with clinical depression, everything went wrong. With her crippling illness, regular work isn’t in the cards for her. A full-time mother, she works whenever and wherever she can to make ends meet, but her depression still holds her back. She’s not on welfare and…
Read More >Down Home Derrick
Native Edmondite Devin Derrick doesn’t need a lot of attention. But he’s about to get some. He’s comfortable with himself, at ease with his place in the world and satisfied with his natural gift – the gift of voice. An up-and-comer in the world of country music, he just signed an exclusive deal with Wal-Mart…
Read More >Pulling Together for One of Our Own
Teresa Dixon entered the tunnel in late 2008 when her doctor diagnosed her with terminal Polycystic Liver and Kidney disease. Her need for a new liver pushes the boundaries of the definition of “immediately.” The National Transplant Assistance Fund (NATF) is working feverishly to make sure there’s a light at the end of Dixon’s tunnel….
Read More >Walking the Line
I scan the road from the northeast lane to the southwest lane. It’s difficult to see. Other than squad car lights, nearly burnt out signs from a run-down liquor store provide the only illumination. “The line” stretches 112 feet. It marks the trajectory of a pedestrian—already en route to the hospital—hit by a sport utility…
Read More >Sculpted Prayers
Public art says a lot about a city. It memorializes its history, its people and its values. Tulsa sculptor Rosalind Cook is a public art maven. Her work lives in Vatican City, Russia and countless U.S. cities from coast to coast. Now it lives in Edmond, too. With the installation of Cook’s “Come Unto Me”—a…
Read More >The Demise of Speed Dating
Americans want things fast. Fast food, speedy deliveries and quick stops. For awhile they wanted speed with their dating, too. For a decade speed dating was all the rage with relationship seekers. It caught on quickly—and disappeared just as quickly. Speed dating was the brainchild of California rabbi Yaacov Deyo. He developed it as a…
Read More >Crossing Lines
War-torn and ravaged Sierra Leone, still reeling from 12 years of civil war. Drug-addicted child soldiers. Unimaginable medical needs. Now the poorest nation in the world, it can’t heal its people and rebuild its infrastructure. This is one of several countries – and causes – that Dr. Lori Basey and Sandy Orchard have been called…
Read More >Robot Wars
The convention center is packed. The roar of the crowd is deafening. Music blares through the loudspeakers. Painted faces sport high school colors. Sheer adrenaline sets the tone. It’s not a football or basketball game. But it is a harsh, brutal competition and the fans aren’t cheering for people – they’re cheering for robots. It’s…
Read More >Closing the Case
It’s unclear what passed through the mind of Michael Gary on the evening of June 5, 2007. He is, at the same time, the pettiest and most dangerous kind of criminal. After breaking in to the Edmond home of Joe and Shirley Shell, he held 67-year-old Shirley and her mother-in-law hostage while trying to obtain…
Read More >Cooking the Competition
Not everybody gets to go to the Big Show. To compete you must be among the best of the best. Your team needs to be state champions. You need to be among the top five of your class. You have to be on your game and you have to be cooking. Really cooking. Platt College…
Read More >Home & Garden
Full Color Gardening Now that the snow’s gone, Edmondites have gardens on their minds. This time of year Davison’s Nursery’s Jayson Davison gets inundated with questions about how to put together a mind-blowing garden. Davison gets asked a lot about plant hardiness. Oklahoma’s summer heat can be rough, but there are lots of options out…
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