Issue: February 2007

For several Edmond residents, the opportunity to perform in an amphitheatre would never have been possible if it hadn’t been for Summerstock. Theresa Nelson, one of the founders and the president of Summerstock’s board, helped bring the outdoor musical theatre productions to Edmond. “A group of parents, whose children performed together at the Jewel Box…

At UCO, student Peder Angell is a big wheel on campus. In fact, he is a big wheel all over Edmond. Peder is a unicyclist; one of those rare high rollers who chooses to travel through life perched upon a seat with only one wheel beneath him, holding onto nothing except an extraordinary sense of…

Baptists and dancing—the two may not always go hand-in-hand, but some Baptists to dance. In fact, some can just plain bust a move and Ministries of Jesus is helping all sorts of people learn how to do so in style. The Transformation Dance Club is part of the Ministries of Jesus, a center for spirit,…

“Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at and missed,” former press correspondent Winston Churchill once reportedly said. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Vernon Brake recently experienced that feeling firsthand. Just like any good action/adventure movie, Brake’s story includes all the requirements for a thrilling plot—danger, gunfire, bad guys and justice—and all took…

For the past thirty-eight years, Laverne Ransbottom has prayed, wondered and worried about the fate of her soldier son. But recently, Laverne was given the final piece to the puzzle she's been working on half a lifetime: her son's remains were located on a mountaintop in Vietnam. The distance and the time involved did not…

Preschool children travel up to seventy-five miles and from several counties to attend the Oklahoma School for the Deaf Edmond Regional Preschool at UCO. They come from towns like Billings, Cushing, Shawnee, and Mustang. Connected to the UCO Speech and Hearing Clinic, the preschool on campus is a Satellite of Oklahoma School for the Deaf…

Crabtree Aviation is the Fixed Base Operator (FBO) of Edmond-Guthrie Regional Airport or the Geoport. Originally from Garber, Oklahoma, Glen Crabtree started out in maintenance before he learned to fly in 1962. “Once you learn to fly, it’s hard not to like it,” he said. “I began commercial aviation work in 1965. “In 1975 I…

Chiropractic care these days isn't just for humans. It's also going to the dogs– and to the horses–thanks to Dr. Willa Duree, who along with being a board certified Chiropractic Sport Physician, is also certified to care for the furriest members of the family. Dr. Duree grew up on a farm in Troy, Kansas where…

A sheet of ice after a solid hockey game is a lot like sheet music. Each cut and groove in the ice is a record of sorts, a permanent registration of the action that took place on its surface. Each cut records one note in a much larger symphony. And like a good symphony, hockey…