Red Hat Ladies Storm State Fair
Hundreds of women wearing red hats came to the Oklahoma State Fair on Friday for the third annual Red Hat Chapters Day.If the members looked off the wall in their ornate red hats and purple clothes, that’s OK. Red Hat ladies love it.
Esther Quintero, also known as Queen La La of the South Oklahoma City Oooh La La (Obviously, Outstanding, Outrageous, Happy, Ladies Again Laughing a Lot) chapter said Red Hatters are about finding creative ways to have fun.
“We get together for any reason. Luncheons, shopping, train trips, the fair,” Quintero said. “We just love being together, supporting each other.”
Some of the exuberance was best demonstrated by the elaborately decorated hats the women were wearing. There were hats with red flamingos, Christmas decorations, flashing lights and a variety of birds and plants.
Are There People Going Hungry in Edmond?
No doubt you’ve noticed the sign. It’s a small, simple sign at Boulevard and Second Street announcing “Free Breakfast. Breakfast on Boulevard.”
If you follow the arrow directing you to the basement of the First Christian Church, you’ll find several people already lined up for that day’s breakfast. One day there are pancakes and sausage; another day its scrambled eggs and toast. There’s always cereal, coffee, and donuts available and after breakfast, and a sack lunch is available.
Volunteers arrive at 5:30 in the morning. Each day it takes three volunteers to cook breakfast and another three to pack lunches. Other volunteers are busy buying supplies.
Costs to feed this many people run about $2500 to $3000 a month. Ever wonder where the money comes from to feed the needy a nourishing breakfast? Breakfast on Broadway is an outreach project of First Christian Church and several other churches and individuals who contribute.
Edmond Rugby Club Kicks Off Second Season
“Forever Strong,” the movie about a Utah high school rugby team turning around a young man’s life, is more than just entertainment. Edmond rugby players and coaches say its about real rugby and real life. The Edmond Rugby Club is sponsoring the movies’s showing at Bricktown Theatres, September 25.
The movie follows troubled star player Rick Penning, portrayed by Sean Faris of “Rudy” and TV’s “Reunion,” “Yours, Mine and Ours,” and “Life as We Know It”. The son of a tough, win-at-all-costs Arizona rugby coach, played by Neal McDonough of “The Traveler,” “Boomtown,” and “Band of Brothers”, Penning leaves his father’s team and its gritty outlook on life and joins Highland. There he finds positive values, including teamwork, leadership, and character, which crash broadside into his old ones when Highland meets his father’s team for the national championship.
Call Coach Greg McFadden at 409-7790 for ticket information.
Highland’s coach is Larry Gelwix, played on-screen by Gary Cole. For Cole, this is a refreshing good-guy role after playing newest “Desperate Housewife” Kim Delaney’s scheming ex-husband and weak-kneed Vice President Bob Russell on “The West Wing.”
The real Gelwix, the winningest high school coach in USA Rugby history, served as technical advisor for the production. Highland won its 17th national title during the film’s post-production editing.
Will Edmond’s syringe law hurt or help?
Terry, who asked that I only refer to him by his first name, has lived with type 1 insulin dependent diabetes for the last 37 years.
“That means I use insulin syringes,” he said.
Beginning Sept. 25, people like Terry will no longer be able to purchase hypodermic syringes in Edmond without a prescription and providing identification. Last week the Edmond City Council passed a new ordinance prohibiting the sale.
City Attorney Steve Murdock said city officials were concerned that drug users who can’t purchase syringes in other cities were coming to Edmond. According to the ordnance the pharmacy or seller must maintain a record of syringe sales including the person to whom the hypodermic syringe was sold, the address of the buyer, the date of sale and the number of hypodermic syringes sold.
The Police Department has requested an ordinance to prohibit the sale of syringes in Edmond without a prescription. The intent of the ordinance is to prevent drug users who have been unable to purchase syringes in other cities from purchasing them in Edmond.
The fine for breaking the ordnance is $244 the same as a speeding ticket through a school zone or breaking the Social Host law by providing alcohol to minors. Edmond is not alone in adopting this type of ordnance. Moore has adopted a similar law.
