Promising to Make a Difference
On a mission to spread awareness about driving and safety, Karen Benway—teacher, coach and mother, carries a grand vision for the future. Her influential I Promise Teardrop Program is a safety campaign that has already begun to create a promising impact upon the lives of many teens, parents and adults. The inspiration for I Promise…
Read More >Diving to New Depths
It began from a merging of passions and continues to grow to new depths. A couple’s love for Christ and for swimming in the open waters is growing into a faith-sharing, underwater adventure. Edmond couple, John and Cindy Green, began Christian Divers of Oklahoma (CDoO) to link together people with the same passions as themselves….
Read More >From the Top of the World
Temperatures hovering around zero degrees during the daylight and minus forty after dark. Winds that are constantly blowing at 40-50 mph, and snowfall piling up to ten feet within 24 hours. Sound like a perfect getaway spot? It does if you’re Edmond resident, Valari Wedel and your passion is mountaineering and vertical ice climbing all…
Read More >Keeping Athletes on Track
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) exists with one main purpose in mind—to challenge coaches and athletes on the professional, college, high school, junior high and youth levels to use the powerful medium of athletics to impact the world for Jesus Christ. In today’s society, athletes are revered as heroes and in a frequent number…
Read More >Setting It Straight and Athletic Development
Lewis Orthodontics Dr. Shannon M. Lewis believes that orthodontic treatment is a partnership between her and the patient. Special detail will always be paid to fulfill their needs. “What sets my practice apart is that we offer a personal touch. I think sometimes that is what is missing in our hi-tech, fast paced society,” she…
Read More >The Sounds of Edgar Cruz
Having been dubbed Oklahoma’s best performing artist five years running, local and international guitar legend, Edgar Cruz, recently sat down for an interview with the Edmond Outlook. Q: How did you become a guitar player? A: Thirty-four years ago, my dad got me a guitar, basically because he had bought one for my older brother…
Read More >Parenting: 101
A new month and a new holiday—one of my favorites—St. Patrick’s Day. Why do I like it? Well, there is my Irish heritage, the “wearin’ of the green,” and did I mention it is my first-born’s birthday? Certainly, it wasn’t planned that way. In fact, my little bundle came a week early. His name, Aaron,…
Read More >Spring Break Adventures
Sarah Bailey, graphic designer and crocodile hunter, spent one spring break trekking through the backwoods of southern Louisiana with a few college friends. “We feasted on boudin and cracklings (scary sausage and fried pig fat), and took a high speed fan boat ride through the bayou.” Sarah recalls the highlight of the trip as her…
Read More >Remote Control Giants
When Jim Flannigan talks about flying remote-control aircraft, his eyes seem to light up. Standing in his garage, connected to his Edmond home, Flannigan takes off the cockpit portion of his “flying giant,” a gasoline powered, several-feet-long wooden RC airplane that he has flown at events both locally and nationally. In fact, on one of…
Read More >The Bonsai Society
At the very mention of the word ‘bonsai,’ one conjures up images of Mr. Miyagi, the sagacious sensei in the Karate Kid movies, grooming his dwarf tree and making references to its strength. “Bonsai tree have strong root. Same you. Inside you have strong root too, Daniel-san,” Miyagi said to his young student. Interestingly, Miyagi…
Read More >Hope is the Thing with Feathers
Heavy on symbolism and aesthetic appeal, one can appreciate Jerrod Smith’s artwork on many different levels—simply as beautiful arrangements of imagery or as something as deep as a profound dissection of the human condition. These are his ideas about life made manifest. “It’s my means of communication, so I want to share these views and…
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