3000 Read Together Event
Tom Pace is a huge advocate for reading and wants to bring thousands of people together and give them free books!
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Swadley’s Disaster Relief Team
The old-fashioned corded phone his wife would never get rid of jolted Brent Swadley awake. It was 2 a.m. on an eerily quiet, frigid night. One of the worst ice storms in state history had caused massive power outages across central and northern Oklahoma, so nothing made a sound. If the couple had owned only…
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Ice Ice Baby
“What do you see when you look in here?” asks chef Ken Burkemper as he stares into a large metal freezer full of water so clear it could have come straight from a spring. The obvious answer is “clear water,” but Burkemper laughs. “That’s what everyone says. I like to joke with them. I tell…
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Rockin’ Gifts
On Main Street, in the heart of Edmond, stands a store with a beautiful rocking horse in the window. It is the very first rocking horse the store’s owner Jackie Wilson made before her love for horses turned into a hobby and eventually became a business. Wilson always wanted to have a horse. When she…
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BUSINESS: China Healing Massage
When the stressors of everyday life, whether it’s a tough day at the office or an afternoon packed-full of the kids’ activities, start to impact one’s physical comfort, China Healing Massage in Edmond is there to help provide pain relief, relaxation and promote overall wellness. Manager Tracy Lu opened the Edmond store after watching her…
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BUSINESS: Victory Church Edmond
More than 18 years ago Pastor Mark Crow believed God was directing him to start a church in Oklahoma. But a months-long search in Edmond for lease opportunities proved unfruitful. “Literally four weeks before we left south Texas, Putnam City offered us their original high school to begin Victory Church,” said Crow. As the church…
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LOUISE: Heavenly Christmas
I can’t believe it’s December with Christmas around the corner. Another first without my husband. Just got through Thanksgiving and now comes the “holiday of all holidays.” To tell the truth, I would like to skip Christmas. In fact, I’d like to skip the whole month of December with all its festivities. I’m not feeling…
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HOME: A Storybook Christmas
Guests need not wait for sleep to dream of sugar plums at the Meinders’ home in Edmond; Christmas visions assail their senses from the moment it comes into view. A vignette of a hot air balloon scene dangles from a tree, its reindeer-filled basket held to the ground by a desperate Santa clinging to its…
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SPORTS: The Puck Stops Here
It’s no surprise to hear of a local sports star going pro. Oklahoma grows tremendous athletes — people who rack up gold medals and win national championships — and Oklahomans love hometown heroes who achieve the international spotlight. However, when Edmond native Matt Donovan was drafted to a professional league in 2009, he made history….
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ARTS: Magical Moments
Bobby Wheat stands in the dark, waiting for that moment when the sun slips into the sky. The black cloth from his 4×5 large-format camera covers his upper body, providing some warmth against the pre-dawn chill. A tripod supports the camera, which is super-glued in the middle and has holes in the bellows that stretch…
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FOOD: Red Velvet Bakery
Often the most treasured family heirlooms are recipes handed down from generation to generation. At the heart of Edmond’s Red Velvet Bakery, owner and baker Tammy Morgan tells the story behind their homemade confections. “I grew up on a farm in southern Oklahoma watching my mother make pies. Red velvet cake and coconut cream pie…
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My Edmond Outlook: Brad Stone
Name: Brad Stone – IT Sales, Photographer, Musician, Husband, Father and Christmas Light Enthusiast What made you start doing this incredible light show? We have always lit our house in some way but added automation, music, and video last year for the first time….
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Suicide Survivors
With turkey leftovers filling refrigerators, and Christmas songs echoing throughout every store and restaurant, most Oklahomans are filled with holiday spirit. But for some, Christmas cheer mocks their own holiday realities — quiet lonely evenings, missing loved ones, or a growing mountain of bills. For Edmond resident Norma Jean Johnson, this holiday season is particularly…
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Vets Can Be All Smiles
Patriotic pride is particularly high right now in Oklahoma, with the loss of 14 of our own soldiers from the Oklahoma National Guard since their deployment to Afghanistan earlier this year. For Edmond brothers, dentists Mike and Joe Sebourn, military pride always has been a way of life. And they are doing their part to…
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An American Dream
“I am a dreamer. I am an athlete.” That’s how Kazakhstan native and ice skater Dmitri Logoutine describes himself. He’s also a successful businessman, recently opening three rinks this year alone, including Edmond’s very own Outdoor Ice Rink at Festival Market. But Logoutine’s journey started back when he was a teenager. At the young age…
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