Back 40 News
Two issues ago, Back40 News poked a little fun at our managing editor, Teddy Burch’s slip and slide accident – and subsequent trip to the emergency room. It turns out that was really the beginning of the story. Within hours of his examination, Teddy was in surgery. Within days of his surgery, Teddy was diagnosed…
Read More >Edmond Market Place
Like most dads, Don Booher considers having raised three beautiful daughters to be his greatest success. As a self-employed master landscape planner, determining his second greatest success might prove to be tricky. His next best accomplishment might be the Fairfax Golf Course that he designed. Or, perhaps it’s the work he did as director of…
Read More >Hot Dogs for the Homeless
On a recent Sunday afternoon, Edmond resident, Rick Swyden, driving a black SUV, pulled up in a Goodwill parking lot in downtown Oklahoma City. Wearing a big smile, framed by a teddy-bear beard, Swyden, 47, walked to a homeless man and handed him a lunch sack containing a hot dog, chips, a cookie and a…
Read More >Oprah Challenge
Imagine what you might do if someone gave you a thousand dollars and asked you to spend it being kind to total strangers. Now, imagine that someone was Oprah Winfrey! The idea may seem like a feel-good movie plot, similar to the Academy Award winner "Pay It Forward". However, for Jay Buchanan and Allen Arnold,…
Read More >Miracle League
Sitting back and watching their children participate in a sporting event is something many parents of challenged children never have the opportunity to do. That’s something Miracle League of Edmond has changed. Margo Price, director of the program, said this year marks Miracle League’s fourth season in its current form. The newer program took the…
Read More >Youth Leadership Program
The Youth Leadership Edmond program was created by the Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce to motivate and equip High School Juniors with leadership skills through activities and interaction with community leaders. Amanda Bowen, Director of Events and Programs for the Chamber and director of YLE (Youth Leadership Program), says the Chamber is not only looking…
Read More >Forensic Science Institute
Developing a well-respected education program can take years, but hiring one of the most renowned figures in the industry can instantly propel a university to the head of the pack. Dr. Dwight Adams, director of UCO's newly formed Forensic Science Institute, spent twenty-three years with the FBI, the last four as director of the agency's…
Read More >Vannadine
For many teens, high school can be rough. Those who are brave enough to be different and don't go along with the crowd are often made fun of and feel ostracized. "In high school, I got made fun of for the way I dressed and the way I talked and really for who I was,”…
Read More >Clowning Around
If you catch a movie at Harkins Theatre in Bricktown or attend one of the many festivals, conventions and trade shows around the country, there’s a good chance you’ll see street performer, Troy Scott but not realize it. That’s because his main act these days is to look as much like a bronze statue as…
Read More >Rejuvena Smartlipo
As we age, many of us put on unwanted pounds in all the wrong places. Sometimes endless hours at the gym and years of dieting simply aren’t enough to help us find the body we would like to have. Maybe we’d like to look the way we did ten years ago or improve an area…
Read More >Ghost Club Investigations
Creepy crawlers, black cats and ghostly tales are not the ingredients for a frightful Halloween for the Oklahoma City Ghost Club (OKCGC). More scary thoughts include electromagnetic spectrum readings, genetic movements and orbs. For seven years the club has been probing dark corners, casting light in shadows and searching for what lies beneath the surface….
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