Science Museum Kids Camps
Spring Break is right around the corner and Science Museum Oklahoma is gearing up with action packed kids camps, kicking off March 12th.
Read More >Before & After: Garage Innovations
Oklahoma’s unpredictable weather patterns make last minute garage clean-ups, for vehicle protection, a near impossibility. Fortunately more and more Oklahomans are finding solutions with custom garage makeovers from Garage Innovations. Jason and Jennifer Johnson opened Garage Innovations in March of 2004 after a futile attempt to outfit their garage with storage cabinets. “Jason was interested…
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BUSINESS: Head Over Heels
Let’s face it, most women love shoes. To some they aren’t just foot covers but a fashion statement completing each outfit. That is, unless the shoe doesn’t fit. According to the trained specialists at Head Over Heels Boutique in Edmond, “almost 80% of women are wearing the wrong size shoe.” Business partner Sue Krominga explained,…
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BUSINESS: Profiles International
For many businesses, today’s decisions are tomorrow’s successes or failures. With the right resources, wise choices become smart business. No one knows this better than Brian Kelly, president of Corporate Profile Solution Specialists and a senior executive account representative for Profiles International. Kelly loves tackling problems with a solution that’s proven to work. “We provide…
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LOUISE: Dreaming About Vacations
Winter has definitely arrived along with the first snow. I was hoping this would be our first winter without the white stuff and I apologize to snow lovers, but the past two years of snow and ice were enough to last me a lifetime. Cold winters make me long for a warm beach, and yes,…
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HOME: Stagers Feel Right at Home
If something sounds too good to be true, it usually is. But at least one Oklahoma City company has a program in place that they claim is truly as good as it seems. Showhomes OKC matches vacant homes for sale with screened home managers — individuals or families who live in the homes during the…
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SPORTS: Pinned
It’s thirty minutes before practice begins, and already that familiar scent tinges the air – that odor of sweat that seems to come off the cinderblock walls; the faint rubber smell floating up from the cushioned floor. It’s a wrestler’s paradise. No windows, no place to sit. Just a wall-to-wall mat with a dozen circles…
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ARTS: Adrenaline Rush
Getting married is difficult enough without fretting over minutia; that’s the territory of Justin Lawrence’s company, Adrenaline Entertainment. Lawrence wanted to offer brides a complete wedding solution so his company offers DJs, videographers and photographers. But this isn’t new territory for Lawrence. He started out as a DJ for fraternity and sorority date parties in…
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FOOD: Habaneros
Habaneros Mexican Restaurant, which advertises “off the beaten path but worth it,” has a new path. The Edmond restaurant known for its massively-sized burrito and chili rellenos has relocated to 251 E. Waterloo — right around the corner from where it has served customers for six years. “We felt it was time for us to…
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My Edmond Outlook: Jacob Shuart
Name: Jacob Shuart, Singing Cupid This is your 6th year serenading people for charity. Do you write the songs or do people get to pick what you sing? I write a new song every year. That way I don’t have to learn a kajillion songs and if I have repeat customers they get to hear…
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From Fame to Faith
God comes to people in deep and mysterious ways, and sometimes He arrives in a stamped envelope from New Jersey. Marcy Smith, formerly and professionally known as Marcy Walker, never knew faith or religion while growing up. She certainly didn’t find it on the daytime dramas she starred in while living in New York City…
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Fully Automatic Fridays
Standing in a dark cubicle with an actual 1928 A1 Thompson Submachine Gun — or as Hollywood calls it, a Tommy Gun — you feel like you need to be in a sharp pinstriped suit with a jaunty fedora sitting cockeyed upon your head and a fat cigar hanging off your lips like a curse….
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All Heart
Melissa Huston has been running almost her entire life. She began when she was 15 and continued by taking a jogging class in college. As an adult, she ran regularly. Running was solitude for her; it was her time to think and work through issues, so normally she did it alone. Then, the Edmond mother…
Read More >Minor Recovery
The road to recovery from addiction is never easy at any age. But one program focuses on young adults. Sobriety Now is for those ages 16 to 20 who are recovering from substance abuse. The program is offered through Edmond Family Counseling free of charge and is facilitated by Darcy Eitzmann,LPC, LADC. “It’s simply a…
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Give a Goat
Fighting poverty is a noble and often challenging mission. Sizable accomplishments require time, dedication and a good strategy. David Bowden knows this firsthand. The vice president of local nonprofit Give a Goat recently returned from his second trip to the Philippines where he and his wife, Meagan, connected with those who need their help the…
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