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Official warns parents about safety after power box explodes
An underground electric transformer exploded Sunday night, leaving about 1,000 people without power for more than two hours.
Monday afternoon, an Edmond Electric spokesman issued this safety warning: Don’t allow children to play on or near the boxes. There are about 8,500 such transformer boxes across Edmond.
“Fortunately no one was injured and we’re thankful for that,” said Dean Sherrick, distribution superintendent for Edmond Electric.
Sherrick said the City of Edmond is shipping this piece of equipment off to a contracted transformer repair company to investigate what happened. He said it’s unusual for a transformer box to explode and shoot flames, but that any equipment housing high-voltage wires is considered dangerous to play around.
The box was in the front yard of a home in the Westborough addition off Danforth and Kelly. These particular transformers have 7,200-volt wires inside them, Sherrick said.
The failure of this box also caused a breaker to open at the Ketch Acres substation on Danforth, which extended the power outage, he said. By 7:30 p.m. most homes had power restored.
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Edmond Memorial gets ready for Swine Week 2010
Edmond Memorial High School students took to the streets over the weekend to begin raising money for Swine Week, the school’s annual fundraiser.
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Family seeks volunteers for bone marrow match
A series of bone marrow and blood drives has been scheduled for Edmond, Oklahoma City and Norman to help Dee Dee Dixon Rund, president of Oklahoma City Abstract and Title Company, who was recently diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia.
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Council moves ahead with softball complex
The City Council approved the advancement of the $4.5 million adult softball complex into its second phase Monday night.
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Lawmakers, Scouts celebrate 100th anniversary of Boy Scouts
State Reps. Scott Martin and Lewis Moore were proud today to welcome and celebrate with a number of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts who attended events at the state Capitol commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.
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High school students explore health careers at Mercy
Deer Creek High School students were among more than 700 high schoolers who explored health care careers Friday at Mercy Health Center.
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OC junior sings Valentines for mission projects
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2-9 Where to Vote: Polling Precincts
Polls will be open for the Edmond Public Schools Board of Education District 5 election from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. today, but other voting options are available.
The Oklahoma County and Logan County election boards can accept absentee ballots until the close of polling stations. -
Edmond bank agrees to improve policies, practices
State and federal regulators have given an Edmond bank a deadline for submitting a written plan to strengthen oversight of bank management and operations.
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Governor’s race brings in Edmond cash
Fervor for the 2010 gubernatorial race is bringing in a flood of money for political action committees.
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Panel tables county jail issue
An advisory panel Friday rejected a recommendation calling for county commissioners to pursue a new estimated $330 million jail, then voted to revisit the issue at a later date.
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