Issue: April 2009

By: Rachel Dattolo   This time of year there’s more on people’s minds than just spring cleaning. It’s the time of year when home additions, new kitchens, bigger bathrooms and even backyard renovations come to mind. Tim Pedry, owner of Pedry Remodeling & Construction, is Edmond’s hometown expert on projects like these and he has…

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…

When most kids hit landmarks like 5, 6, 7 or 8 years old, they’re learning their ABCs, basic addition and the fascinating world of interacting with their peers. But Grady Chandler is a little out of the ordinary. Grady, an 8-year-old from Edmond, operates in a faster-paced world – as a race car driver.  …

Several things had to fall into place before Sean Richards could begin restoring the rarest of history’s books. First, the previous owner of his family’s house failed to forward his mail. Next, Richards began poring over the rare book catalogs that arrived, marveling over Shakespearean volumes and Galileo’s tomes. Finally, Richards began believing that he…

Dr. Joe Harris, D.D.S.   When every person who walks through your door has a natural dislike of you and your profession, making friends isn’t easy. Edmond dentist Dr. Joe Harris meets that challenge head-on.   Harris admits that the hardest part of being a dentist is simply that most people don’t enjoy having dental…

There are few things Freddy Harth loves more than staring down a rocky cliff face, fingers dug deep into handholds, watching the people gathered far below crane their necks upward in wonder. One of those few things is the chance to help someone else experience those feelings of achievement and exhilaration. Perhaps that’s why, after…

When they formed in 2001, The All-American Rejects were much like any other rising Oklahoma band – playing shows in cramped venues, cultivating a devoted fan base, building a library of songs and developing as musicians. Now, three wildly successful albums later, the multi-platinum-selling rock band is one of the nation’s most beloved groups and…

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…

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…

Terror rises from deep in your gut when the sky turns dark and cold and the sirens blare. The signal that a tornado touched down in our city sends us to our radios and televisions to see when and where the destruction will strike. On Tuesday, February 10th, the alarms sounded, signaling the arrival of…

Bobbing up and down in a life jacket with your feet strapped into the boots of a single board can only mean one thing – you’re waiting for the adrenaline rush that comes from flying across the water at twenty miles per hour. You’re on the cusp of wakeboarding. The high intensity, extreme water sport…