The Oklahoma Kid
Marty Tipton, better known as The Oklahoma Kid, brings the legacy of the Wild West to life. Though most people have heard of Wild West shows that were so loved during the early part of the last century, many might be surprised to learn that these shows are still running today. A fourth generation Wild…
Read More >An International Christmas
Each holiday season, Americans gather with family and friends at mealtime to enjoy traditional favorites like turkey, stuffing and sweet potatoes. This Christmas, the Edmond Outlook asked three UCO international students for traditional holiday recipes from their homelands. Bulgarian Banitsa (Cheese Pastry) 4 ½ cups of flour,14 oz. white brined cheese4 eggs2 cups of yogurt1/2…
Read More >Happily Ever After
Some of the most romantic gifts for Valentine’s Day are the collections of sweet memories that have been gathered over generations from couples of every age. Shoun & Ranju Thomas For newlyweds, Shoun and Ranju Thomas, love was found miles away in the state of Minnesota. Shoun, a mechanical engineer from Oklahoma, met Ranju while…
Read More >Setting It Straight and Athletic Development
Lewis Orthodontics Dr. Shannon M. Lewis believes that orthodontic treatment is a partnership between her and the patient. Special detail will always be paid to fulfill their needs. “What sets my practice apart is that we offer a personal touch. I think sometimes that is what is missing in our hi-tech, fast paced society,” she…
Read More >Volunteering to Fight Fires
Just across the Logan County line, heading north along Bryant Road, passers-by are first notified that a fire station is in the vicinity by the highway sign featuring the silhouette of a fire truck. A few yards beyond that, a building comes into view on the left. This is the headquarters of the Oak Cliff…
Read More >A Trek Through the Himalayas
Keith Elliott, owner of Elliott Roofing, Edmond resident and father of three, returned April 2 from a 21-day trek through the Himalayas to Mount Everest base camp, walking the same trail as Sir Edmund Hillary, the first explorer to summit Everest. The strenuous journey was more than 80 miles round-trip, in the coldest March the…
Read More >Old and True, Bronze and Blue
As summer golds fade to bronze, the autumn breeze blowing in brings more than just colorful leaves and cooler temperatures. University campuses spring to life as students move in, classes begin, players hit the field, and fans hit the bleachers. The start of UCO’s football season draws thousands of spectators each year, as the red-orange…
Read More >Guthrie Gunfighters
Two men stare each other down on a dirt street, lined with saloons and brothels, waiting for a distant clock to strike noon. Both prepare for death in a classic western duel. A scene from a movie? Yes. Reality? Not so much. That doesn’t stop Texas Bill Kenney and the rest of the Guthrie Gunfighters…
Read More >Reunited
Marsha Mirrione was 19 when her boy was born on that Christmas Eve night. However, the year was 1967 and her son was illegitimate. Pressured by the social conventions of the 1960s, she gave her son, Edmond resident Dane Johnson, up for adoption after his birth in Tulsa. Johnson was adopted by loving parents financially…
Read More >Experimental Notes from The Non
Fingers fly across fretboards, nothing but dark blurs against the glow of bright lamps that backlight the stage and everyone on it with pure, white radiance. The musicians, four of them, are little more than silhouettes casting rays like sunbeams through a fine, fog machine mist. The sound flowing from the amplifiers undulates between crisp,…
Read More >Brown-Bagging It
It’s not such a strange sight anymore: people shopping and carrying out their purchases in their own fabric bags. And if Emilie Rider has anything to say about it, the trend will continue. Rider owns the Brown to Earth Bag Co., a bootstrapped, entrepreneurial endeavor operated out of her Edmond home. Rider creates fabric shopping…
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