Super Fans Unveil Wild Traditions
To Jay and Jeanine Gully, being Edmond Santa Fe High School football fans is just a way of life. The Gullys have been “fanatical” supporters of Santa Fe for nearly a decade, and that’s not about to change, even though their oldest son, Chris, graduated last year. “We started, I guess, when Chris was in…
Read More >Roller Derby Girls
The next Roller Derby star could be the girl next door. The Tornado Alley Rollergirls revived the sport in April 2006, the first Oklahoma team in thirty years. The Oklahoma City umbrella league has four teams practicing and their first exhibition bout is scheduled for January 7, 2007. The four teams practice in a warehouse…
Read More >Principal Jeff Edwards
Championing the YA-Yas, SURFERS and the BibliomaniacsBooks seem to spill from everywhere in Principal Jeff Edwards’ office at Sequoyah Middle School. His large bookcase is packed tight with a mix of paperbacks and hard covers; stacks of books occupy a worktable and more volumes are piled on his desk. But it is no surprise. “Books…
Read More >Culinary Kids
The Young Chefs Academy will open this spring at Broadway and 33rd Street. Based out of Waco, Texas, the franchise has opened 144 locations across the United States, but this is the first one in Oklahoma. Edmond’s endeavor began last summer when Becky Carson called all over the state to locate a cooking course for…
Read More >Samantha Woodward
One teenage girl from Edmond is aiming high when it comes to her swimming career. Now internationally ranked in the top 30 and an All-American for three years, Samantha "Sam" Woodward is striving to participate in the 2008 or 2012 Olympics. Woodward has caught media interest throughout Oklahoma and the entire nation for her astonishing…
Read More >So Far Good
This month, the Edmond-based rock band So Far Good will be releasing its first E.P. (a sample CD with a few songs). It is a big step for the band and fans are excited to have something to listen to away from their shows. Matt Eldridge comments about the band members. "We are just five…
Read More >Aloha Edmond
Imagine the need to get away from it all. The need to see other places and explore other cultures. Imagine the need to get away from The Big Island, the island of Hawaii. After fourteen years of nursing in the same hospital, Yvonne Wong admitted she was growing tired of going to work, coming home,…
Read More >Animals in Good Hands
They are the lost and unwanted with names like Fluffy, Lucky and Pee Wee. Four-legged, furry and friendly, the cats and dogs at the Edmond Animal Shelter have it so much better than some still hoping for a safe place to stay. Still, they don't have the one thing they desperately want…a home. Until they…
Read More >Ghost Club Investigations
Creepy crawlers, black cats and ghostly tales are not the ingredients for a frightful Halloween for the Oklahoma City Ghost Club (OKCGC). More scary thoughts include electromagnetic spectrum readings, genetic movements and orbs. For seven years the club has been probing dark corners, casting light in shadows and searching for what lies beneath the surface….
Read More >Edmond Lacrosse
When many of us were kids, our after school activities required punting, bunting or swooshing, and sometimes all three, but there’s a new sport in town that’s not exactly foreign to Oklahoma; it just hasn’t received much attention until now. Edmond Parks and Recreation started a lacrosse program three years ago with the assistance of…
Read More >Autism Awareness Week
The statistic may be shocking, but it’s true. Today, one in 150 individuals are diagnosed with the debilitating disease known as autism, a complex neurobiological disorder that often lasts throughout a person’s lifetime. Autism is more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined. Families facing autism often have staggering medical bills. With this in…
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