EDMOND — 26 SATURDAY
The UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St., presents the blues and soul of Garrett “Big G” Jacobson at 8 p.m. Doors open one hour before showtime. Enjoy food and beverages provided by Hideaway Pizza. For more information, call 359-7989. The ticket price is $7.
27 Sunday
K.C. Clifford will perform with Mountain Smoke at the UCO Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St. Doors open at 6 p.m. for the show that starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Call 818-5591 for ticket information.
31 Thursday
The Flaming Lips New Year’s Eve Freakout #3 will be at 8:30 p.m. at the Cox Convention Center in the arena. One of the world’s most influential experimental forces in rock music, Oklahoma City’s own band will once again ring in the New Year. Tickets can be ordered at the neighboring Ford Center Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online and at 1-800-745-3000.
New Year’s Eve at the Jazz Lab, 100 E. Fifth St., will feature the award-winning dance band Shortt Dogg, known for its high-energy rhythm and blues. The party starts at 8 p.m., with doors open at 7 p.m. Admission is $50 per person, which includes a pizza buffet from Hideaway. A full-service cash bar will be available. Seating is limited, so reservations should be made early. For more information or to reserve seats, call the UCO Jazz Lab at 359-7989, ext. 273.
Ring in the New Year with the Pollard Theatre at the Santa Fe Depot, 409 W. Oklahoma Ave., Guthrie. The second annual New Year’s Eve Gala, an event for the arts community and supporters, begins at 9 p.m. and includes four hours of live music by Good Company, a full dance floor, heavy hors d’oeuvres, an open bar and lots of glitz and glam. This is an age 21 and over event. Advance tickets, $50, are available online at tickets.thepollard.org or by phone at 282-2800. Tickets sold at the door will be cash only. The $50 advance price is not guaranteed.
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12-24 This Week: what to do, what to see
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Edmond family takes to cycles
It’s got a daunting name — the Hotter’n Hell Hundred — but an Edmond bicycling family was up to the challenge.
The event, put on last month during just about the hottest time of year, starts in Wichita Falls and winds along a 100-mile route through Wichita County and Clay County in north Texas before ending back in Wichita Falls. The rolling course includes some long inclines accentuated by incessant wind. -
PSC Panel to produce report
A panel exploring the scope and scale of a new Public Safety Center in Edmond will be drafting a report it will review later this month.
Members of the Subcommittee for Review of Scope and Scale of the proposed Public Safety Center met Wednesday afternoon and discussed options for the project without knowing the actual price tag. -
Commission delays rezoning request
The Edmond Planning Commission delayed a rezoning request Tuesday after several residents voiced concerns about the flow of information.
The request would rezone a 20-acre parcel west of Santa Fe Avenue, north of the Homestead addition and Santa Fe Presbyterian Church from single family to allow offices and retail. -
Golf event to raise funds for lupus
The second annual “Friends of Lynn” Golf Tournament, in memory of Lynn Dunagan, will again swing into action at KickingBird Golf Club on Sept. 17.
All proceeds from the tournament will go directly to the Oklahoma chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America. -
Schools announce bond issue items
At Tuesday night’s Edmond School Board meeting, the 2010 Bond Planning Document was presented totaling $29.9 million, with the largest monied item, a competitive pool, coming in at $10 million.
Associate Superintendent of District Operations Bret Towne said $15 million in funds were freed up because an elementary school originally planned to be built in 2011 has been put on hold. -
Edmond Elks honor MIA soldier, daughter
The Edmond Elks honored the late U.S. Army Chief Warrent Officer Donald Lynn Wann at a memorial ceremony at the lodge on Tuesday.
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Panel explores funding options for Edmond Police station
A potential December 2011 sales tax election, the pursuit of federal dollars and other ideas were floated Wednesday by a panel exploring funding options for a Public Safety Center in Edmond.
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UCO names top freshmen
University of Central Oklahoma students Billy Elles of Edmond and Susan Phares of Fort Gibson recently received the male and female Freshman Scholastic Award for 2009-10 for their hard work and dedication to carry the heaviest workload during their first full year at Central.
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Setting goals pays off for Memorial students
Visiting all seven continents may not be on the bucket list for most people, but one Memorial High School senior has recently accomplished this goal he set for himself in middle school.
Dillon Duke and his sister, Lana, a freshman at Memorial, recently returned from South Africa where they were ambassadors with the People to People Student Ambassador program started in 1956 by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. -
Council to vote on water rate plan
City Council members will soon vote on water and wastewater rate increases needed to complete planned capital improvements in Edmond’s water system.
On Sept. 27, during the City Council’s next regularly scheduled meeting, members are expected to vote on a resolution to increase water and wastewater rates for five years, starting in November. - More Local News Headlines
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