Issue: March 2007

When playing most sports, you would expect to end up a little black and blue. But what about orange, yellow and green? That's just what happens when 187 Mafia finishes a lightening fast game of Paintball. This Edmond team, whose members are young men, ages 15 through 22, may be on their way to becoming…

Six years ago, a group of individuals got together and decided to make a difference in the lives of "at-risk children." Deciding on a course of action to meet this need, "Shiloh" was born. Shiloh is a Biblical word meaning, “a place of peace,” and that is just what the camp hopes to offer the…

The Young Chefs Academy will open this spring at Broadway and 33rd Street. Based out of Waco, Texas, the franchise has opened 144 locations across the United States, but this is the first one in Oklahoma. Edmond’s endeavor began last summer when Becky Carson called all over the state to locate a cooking course for…

Larry and Tamara Rhoads opened “Two Hearts Inn” on December 29, 2006. Connected to the successful Inspirations Gifts, Décor and Tea Room, which opened two years ago, the 12,000-foot complex now includes a retail business, restaurant, bed and breakfast, as well as their residence. “For fifteen years we’ve dreamed of a bed and breakfast,” said…

What started out as an ordinary workday for one Edmond woman, ended up as a "walk down memory lane." Once a month, Kati Schmidt, of Trinity Home Care Services, Inc., in Edmond, looks over the monthly newsletter from the Edmond Senior Center. As marketing director for Trinity, Schmidt placed an ad in their monthly newsletter…

What does it take to become a long-distance runner? Dedication. But, for 59 year-old Edmond resident, Tom Parrott, that word is an understatement. It's dark outside. And while most of us are still sleeping soundly or sipping that first cup of eye-opening coffee, Parrott laces up his running shoes and begins his "before sun-up" daily…

Charles Seeney and his colleagues at Edmond’s NanoBioMagnetics, Inc., stand on the edge of the gap, separating the modern world from the future. It’s not a big gap. It’s about fifteen nanometers wide – about 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair. And despite its size, it’s not an easy gap to…

On December 7, 1941, the Japanese planes came at dawn, without warning, dropping out of the sky with a devastating hail of bombs and torpedoes that would sink ships, kill American servicemen by the thousands, and change the course of history. Moored at Pearl Harbor on the fateful day of December 7, 1941, was the…

Remember when the jocks played sports and the geeks played musical instruments? Well, the term “band geek” has become a thing of the past as the music program in Edmond schools grows by leaps and bounds. Why? Because music is inherently "cool" and more kids are getting involved in the fun. Peter Markes, director of…