Edmond Kiwanis
Since 1926, Building Up the Youth of the Community Kiwanis Club is the oldest community service organization in Edmond. It was chartered in 1926, and the goal has remained the same: Build up the youth of the community. Evidence of their good work is found throughout the city, wherever kids are involved. In 1940, the…
Read More >Hobby’s Hoagies
It’s hard to remember a time when there wasn’t a sandwich shop on every corner, but in 1991 when Hobby’s Hoagies opened in Edmond, it was a legacy in the making. Today, 32 years later, the authentic East Coast hoagies and pizzas still stand out in a class all their own. George Hobson moved from…
Read More >Fostering Hope
Anna’s Story Anna was born in 2007 in the Oklahoma County jail. She was 10 weeks premature and pronounced clinically dead by medics, but her story wasn’t finished. Miraculously, she regained her heartbeat and lived on a ventilator at Children’s Hospital for the next six weeks. Even with expert care, her outlook was not great….
Read More >The History Fan Girl
Stephanie Craig has visited 57 countries, 45 states, 144 World Heritage Sites, and 21 National Parks. Aside from being quite the conversation starter, it’s also her profession, and the mother of two says she has no plans to stop. “I launched my first blog in 2015,” Stephanie said. “It was before people knew how to…
Read More >Bringing Back the Virginia Reel
Four steps forward…four steps back…join hands…turn in a circle. Victorian dances, such as the Virginia Reel, may seem a thing of the past, but a group of teenagers and young adults in Guthrie are reviving its history by performing dance demonstrations at events. Emma Bowers Montgomery brought the group to life because of her own…
Read More >Getting the Golden Ticket
UCO Alumn Sees American Idol Success Just a few months ago PJAE was a graphic designer dreaming of a musical career. Today, he’s a top 26 contestant on American Idol who Katie Perry said people should be paying to listen to, and his dream is rocketing toward reality. A graduate of UCO’s Academy of Contemporary…
Read More >A Look Back: May Day 1923
Donovan Banzett and Stella Curtis pose for a photo in front of Old North Tower on the Central State Teachers College campus (now the University of Central Oklahoma) for the 1923 May Day celebration. The May Day event was an early campus tradition, much like a modern-day Homecoming. Stella was the elected queen and Donovan…
Read More >Edmond Farmer’s Market
The Edmond Farmer’s Market is much more than a place to find superior Oklahoma foods. It’s a weekly celebration of community and family, and a chance to support local businesses all through the year. Celebrating 20 Years The outdoor season of the Edmond Farmer’s Market begins April 15, kicking off their biggest and best year…
Read More >Rendezvous Pizza
Two great cities with two distinct pizzas are now at home right in the neighborhood near Quail Springs Mall. No need to settle for either New York or Detroit-style pizza–now you can have both! Rendezvous Pizza is the result of Casey Klepper’s and Buck Warfield’s lifelong passion for pizza. Casey was born in the Bronx…
Read More >Al’s: A Place for Collectors and Community
It was 1987. Ronald Reagan was President, Whitney Houston was topping the charts, and baseball cards were hot, at fifty cents a pack. That’s when Al’s Sports Cards opened as a hole-inthe- wall store in Edmond. Thirty-five years later, Al’s Sports Cards & Gaming is one of the few remaining card shops around—and a top-performing…
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