Issue: November 2008

Pickles & Ice Cream Pickles & Ice Cream Maternity Apparel, located in Spring Creek Plaza at 1450 S. Bryant Ave, has everything you could want from a trendy maternity boutique. Featuring brands like Ripe, Olian, Japanese Weekend and Maternal American, Pickles & Ice Cream offers the very best in maternity wear. The oldest and largest…

Where you see a white wall in your house, this mother and daughter combo sees an opportunity to create a masterpiece. Kimberly Morgan, the daughter, and Ellen Gobin, the mother, draw inspiration from each other and work together seamlessly, painting comfortably in a variety of styles and genres. As Tuscany Studios, they transform a boring…

If a chain saw is Tom Zimmer’s brush, then lengths of white pine, catalpa and walnut are his canvases. Instead of creating a flower bouquet still life or a sun-splashed canyon landscape, Zimmer painstakingly crafts logs and dead tree trunks into intricate, lifelike sculptures using nothing but the terrifying, all-devouring power tool rarely associated with…

A man in a cowboy hat, desperately clinging to a bucking steed as it kicks up red Oklahoma dirt, is the most iconic image of the Sooner State’s history and culture. History books and museums are full of Western tales with cowboy heroes, but the reality is that new Western tales are still being lived…

Native Edmondite Andy Hamilton wins. He wins big. During his tenure as assistant coach of the women’s basketball team at Northern Oklahoma College his team, the Jets, dominated its league. But Hamilton, who once played for Edmond Memorial, is not a typical coach. If all his team does during a season is win a championship,…

Edmond resident Shane Hamman is, literally, the strongest man in the world. As a power lifter he set 14 world records and won gold medals at the 1994 and 1995 Weightlifting World Championships. As a weightlifter he set 27 American records, making him the strongest weightlifter in America. He competed in the Olympics. He’s lifted…

Edmond resident Amelia Taylor did everything right. When she was diagnosed with clinical depression, everything went wrong. With her crippling illness, regular work isn’t in the cards for her. A full-time mother, she works whenever and wherever she can to make ends meet, but her depression still holds her back. She’s not on welfare and…

Two men stare each other down on a dirt street, lined with saloons and brothels, waiting for a distant clock to strike noon. Both prepare for death in a classic western duel. A scene from a movie? Yes. Reality? Not so much. That doesn’t stop Texas Bill Kenney and the rest of the Guthrie Gunfighters…

Doctors, nurses, and volunteers unconditionally giving their time and resources for a single purpose: helping those in need of healing emotionally, spiritually and physically. This mission drives the Ministries of Jesus. After being diagnosed with cancer, Henderson Hills Baptist Church pastor Dennis Newkirk found out how important it can be for people to get medical…

Rocky Dunham, a simple man, full of integrity, pride and pain. Life for Rocky took an unexpected turn in May when he received a phone call from the police. Joey, his youngest son had taken his own life, leaving behind a wife, daughter and parents. As time slowly passes, Dunham seeks answers and closure. “It…

Don’t you hate planning a fun-filled day at the amusement park, only to spend half your time waiting in line for the best roller coasters? Well, so does Jeremy Reid. But rather than patiently endure the wait like the rest of us, he decided to take action. His plan: build a coaster in his very…

Makya Stell, aka “Tink-Tink,” has done more in eight years of her life than most people do in 80. For starters, she’s a published writer. At the age of five, with some inspiration from her mother, Crystal, a best-selling author, Makya wrote her first book. Titled The Jazzy Little Five-Year-Old, the book is an autobiography…