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Turkey and Dew with a side of budget cuts

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Happy Saturday. It’s time for a look at this week’s Edmond news. • Turkey day. Anticipation is growing as...

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Turkey and Dew with a side of budget cuts Sat, Nov 21, 2009 | Add a comment Happy Saturday. It’s time for a look at this week’s Edmond news. • Turkey day. Anticipation is growing as volunteers soon will be peeling, mashing, baking and broiling enough to...
Cuts may impact Edmond teacher positions Sat, Nov 21, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — If funding cuts get any steeper, the Edmond School District will have to let go of teachers next year, Edmond school officials said this week. Superintendent David Goin said the...
United Way of Central Oklahoma nears donation goal Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment The United Way of Central Oklahoma has reached 90 percent of its 2009 fundraising goal of $18.5 million. Campaign chairman Pete Delaney announced $16,650,000 had already been pledged to date Friday...
Edmond workshop lets children create crafts for holidays Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — The Fine Arts Institute of Edmond is offering 18 workshops Nov. 30 through Dec. 16 to help children get in a holiday spirit. Children can make holiday creations out of a clay-like...
Edmond optometrist sets her sights on helping the community Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Optometrist Julie Moore wants to go beyond treating patients. She wants to make an impact on a community. Moore, owner of Premier Eyecare of Edmond, grew up in Elk City and had the...
Edmond is planning to vote on building Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — The city council will address another multifamily development Monday. A hearing on the site plan for Arbor Place Apartments, on the south side of Kickingbird Road east of Bryant...
Edmond parks board OKs smoking ban plan Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — The Edmond Parks and Recreation Advisory Board unanimously approved a proposed ordinance banning smoking in the city’s parks and playgrounds. The ordinance now goes to the city...
Edmond man faces indecent exposure charge Fri, Nov 20, 2009 EDMOND — A man Edmond police said exposed himself to a 7-year-old girl at First Presbyterian Church, 1001 S Rankin, faces a felony indecent exposure charge. Landon Edward Brockert, 25, of...
Six counts of murder filed in Oklahoma City house fire Fri, Nov 20, 2009 Prosecutors today filed six first-degree murder counts against David Allen Tyner in the Nov. 9 deaths of four people and two unborn babies. Tyner, 28, of Locust Grove is in Oklahoma County jail....
13 to vie for Miss Asian UCO Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Thirteen contestants will compete for the title Miss Asian UCO 2010 at 7 p.m. today in UCO’s Constitution Hall in the Nigh University Center. "The Miss Asian UCO...
Edmond man to stand trial on embezzlement charge Fri, Nov 20, 2009 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Edmond man charged with embezzling funds from an Oklahoma association that helps abused and neglected children has been ordered to stand trial. Eugene M. Naukam III...
Two Oklahoma students named as State AP Scholars Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | Add a comment Graduates of Edmond Memorial High School and Tulsa Booker T. Washington High School have earned 2009 State AP Scholar awards. Fareeha Safir, whose family is formerly of Edmond, is a student at the...
Slaying victim’s jewelry is missing, Oklahoma City officials say Fri, Nov 20, 2009 Police are looking for about $10,000 worth of jewelry that was taken from the house in south Oklahoma City where four people, two of them pregnant, died on Nov. 9. One man has been arrested, but...
Oklahoma's attorney general race has Democrat Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Add a comment Jim Priest, a Democrat from Oklahoma City, is running for attorney general in 2010. Priest, an attorney and lay minister, is the first Democrat to enter the race. He spoke Wednesday at the state...
Delay possible for Edmond's pedestrian bridge Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Plans to build a pedestrian bridge and 165 additional parking spaces downtown could be put on hold in an effort to help trim the city’s budget because sales tax collections for...
Miss UCO plans to devote reign to human rights Thu, Nov 19, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Julie Christian, a junior political science major from Owasso, was crowned Miss University of Central Oklahoma 2010 at the university’s annual scholarship pageant. Christian...
Edmond Briefs Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment H1N1 vaccine available for all State health officials announced that all Oklahomans who want to reduce their risk of H1N1 infection are now eligible to receive H1N1 influenza vaccine. Vaccinations...
Edmond Community Events Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment TODAYThe African-American Experience in Territorial Oklahoma, through Jan. 31, Oklahoma Territorial Museum, 402 E Oklahoma Ave., Guthrie, 282-1889. Arts Festival Meeting, 8:30 a.m., The Downtown...
Edmond planning commission recommends changes to zoning ordinance Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Changes to Title 22, the city’s zoning ordinance adopted in March 2007, were recommended this week by planning commissioners. Some of the changes will answer some questions...
UCO’s small-business center has open house Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment University of Central Oklahoma Small Business Development Center will open its new facility at One Santa Fe Plaza in Oklahoma City. An open house is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday. It will include...
Edmond feast serves up Thanksgiving spirit Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Mike Laska remembers a Thanksgiving dinner 27 years ago where friends gathered to share good food and fellowship. "Frank and Pat Paradise were inviting friends to join them for...
UCO sweeps awards for civic responsibility Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — University of Central Oklahoma students swept all three awards in the Oklahoma Campus Compact’s statewide Civic Responsibility Contest. Brett Middleton, a senior interpersonal...
13 to compete for title of Miss Asian UCO Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Thirteen contestants, including two Edmond students, will compete for the Miss Asian UCO 2010 title at 7 p.m. Saturday in UCO’s Constitution Hall in the Nigh University Center....
Graphic designer in Edmond gives drink a Dew-over Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — The Mountain Dew drinkers have spoken. They like Ben Stone’s design for the can of a new Mountain Dew flavor. Stone, an illustrator and graphic designer from Edmond, was one of...
Touchmark in Edmond is getting $15 million expansion Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Motorists using Covell Road in north Edmond are used to seeing growth and development with a variety of projects under way. One expansion, phase two of Touchmark of Coffee Creek at...
Edmond parks board to discuss smoking ban Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — The Edmond Parks and Recreation Advisory Board will discuss a proposed nonsmoking ordinance near playgrounds and athletic fields Thursday. The board will meet at 5:30 p.m. at the...
Edmond home tour, market set for this weekend Wed, Nov 18, 2009 | Add a comment The Edmond Women’s Club Holiday Home Tour and Winter Market is Saturday and Sunday. Tour admission includes access to seven homes in the Shadow Ridge and Stonemill additions, near Interstate...
Edmond seniors spare some time to do a little Wii bowling Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — C.C. Henson was the leader on the Nintendo Wii bowling scoreboard for most of the game. Henson and three other seniors were in front of the television at Oklahoma Christian...
Edmond Santa Fe is hosting string contest Tue, Nov 17, 2009 | Add a comment EDMOND — Orchestras from more than 30 schools descended upon Santa Fe High School in Edmond on Tuesday to take part in a competition. The school is hosting the Oklahoma Secondary School...
Indecent exposure incident reported at Edmond church Tue, Nov 17, 2009 EDMOND — Edmond police are investigating a report of indecent exposure at the First Presbyterian Church, 1001 S Rankin. A 7-year-old girl who was at the church practicing with her gymnastics...

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