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Gun Range Coming To Edmond

Well, son of a gun.

 Edmond  City Council approved a gun/archery range to open for business at 1472 N Kelly. Attorney Randel Shadid, representing owner Shawn Forth, said it will be the only climate-controlled indoor gun range in Oklahoma County.   I was at the meeting and no one was there to argue against the range. No one.

 So by the deafening silence does that mean consent from the public?  

I don’t have a feeling for what Edmond residents think about the Second Amendment  right to bear arms.  

I don’t know if that last sentence even stirs our fine folks to debate what the framers of the Constitution intended. 

What will a gun range mean to Edmond? Will we suddenly have a flood of pistol-packing mommas and lines out the door for concealed carry licenses ?

 I don’t have any idea, which is why I’m asking for your thoughts.  

Maybe classes and demonstrating to them I can show the respect and responsibility of a firearm will change their minds. 

What do you think?

Edmond Boy Honors Dad in Award-Winning Poem

 
Honor and Glory 

Honor and Glory: two words, too common

Found ever so often, made ever so trite

We hear them used over, and over again

But still just as often, not always used right 

There are always those few

Who serve us today

With no one to recognize

No one to say 

Of their great deeds

As they protect us all

Who, unlike most

Are willing to fall 

For their country and family

And their friends back at home

As they fight for our freedom

As 'round war zones they roam 

I never really game them

The respect they deserved

As they waged wars for our freedom

And that freedom, they preserved 

But one day just a few months ago

I received some news that made me mad

The call to serve that had never faced me

Would be in some time taking from me my dad 

I never believed it,

Never thought, never dreamed

That he'd really be gone

And to God I doubtfully screamed! 

"How could you, dear God?"

I cried, terrified

And in just four short months,

My fears verified 

March 4th he left

The 11th he arrived

To stay for six months in

The place my fears were derived 

In the end he was fine,

On Earth still with me

But words can't express

The terror I'd feel 

He's now different to me

Full of things I should learn

Teeming with values and merits

And passions to burn 

But best of his feats

As he shines a valiant sheen

Most importantly he taught me

What Glory and Honor truly mean

 

Readers Comment on Hot Edmond Topics

Thanks for this opportunity and good luck if you can do something about the lack of sidewalks in Edmond.  In particular on 2nd Street from Vista Ave to Coltrane going East.  On the North side, you can see the path that is being made by people walking along there.  It’s obvious.  Also, it’s interesting to note the sidewalks on both sides of 2nd Street from Coltrane going East.  Someone surely got something approved as if the need was there for both sides of the street.  And they are nice wide sidewalks.

Then on 15th Street, from Bryant Ave. going East.  It’s interesting to check out the sidewalks there.  Where they start and stop.   And what side of the street they are on.   One day I saw a fellow pushing a stroller with a child in it on the lawn on the south side of 15th just before Coltrane. 

One other little thing….the Liberty Fest is coming up.  It’s a fun, well-planned event.  However, I wish the Taste of Edmond event could be held on Saturday instead of Sunday.  Our family strives to keep the Sabbath Day holy by going to worship services and resting and relaxing on the Sabbath.  We do not go shopping or purchase items on Sunday.  I feel this is a religious town, but they seem to forget the Fourth Commandment.  The same with ball games for the youth, many are played on Sunday.   I guess maybe it’s just the way you choose to look at and observe that commandment.

One more thing, I noticed in The Edmond Sun the other day that they are inviting ministers from four denominations to write a column in the paper.  It would be interesting to know how they chose those particular ones.  Why not go through the phone book and give every church an opportunity.  I simply found myself thinking that.  Maybe you could suggest that.

You have a good day.  I enjoy your column.

Kaye Butler

I have been an Edmond resident since 1970 (age 5, before it was cool to live here).  Coincidentally, I was thinking of a slogan myself! 

LibertyFest Events Around The Corner

Olivia Watson, 6, left, and her brother Quinn Watson, 8, watch the 2008 LibertyFest Parade in Edmond.

 

 

Here is a list of the 11 LibertyFest Events:

Thurs, June 25th
7:30 p.m. Concert in the Park – in front of UCO Mitchel Hall

Sat, June 27th
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Car Show north of firestation on UCO campus

7 p.m. Miss LibertyFest Scholarship Pageant at Edmond North

Sat/Sun June 27th – 28th

9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. KiteFest at Mitch Park. Special night fly with lighted kites after sundown Saturday.

Sat/Sun June 27th – 28th

8 p.m. LibertyFest Rodeo at 300 N Kelly.

Sun, June 28th

6:30 to 8:30 p.m. A Taste of Edmond at Festival Market Place.

Sun, June 28th

11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Road Rally at the parking lot at the corner of First and Boulevard

Thurs, July 2nd

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chalk it Up at Festival Marketplace

Sat, July 4th

9 a.m. LibertyFest Parade in downtown Edmond.

Sat, July 4th

5 p.m. LibertyFest Parkfest at UCO. 
 

Sat, July 4th

10 p.m. LibertyFest Fireworks at UCO.

Athletes Flock To Edmond For Endeavor Games

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