Hot Headline
Edmond ACT scores rank 9.5% above the national average
The Edmond school district isn’t following the state trend when it comes to the recently announced ACT scores. The 2001 ACT average composite score in Edmond is 23, compared to a national average of 21 and the Oklahoma average of 20.5. The 2000 Edmond ACT average was 22.7. The ACT tests students in English, math, reading and science. The averages for Edmond in the different testing categories are: English – 23.1, Math – 22.5, Reading – 23.0 and Science – 22.7. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, August 16, 2001.
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The Business Patch
July Business Barometer
Courtesy of Edmond Life and Leisure, published by Edmond Economic Development Authority.
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Retail Details
Cousins open store in Bryant Square
Teri Tomes and Catherine Panfilio have opened a store in Bryant Square Shopping Center called Your Beauty Source. The shop is located next to Stein Mart and is a specialty beauty supply store and full service salon. Within the 2,200-square-foot retail space is a wide variety of beauty products including 16 hair care lines, nail care supplies, hairpieces and a full makeup line. Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, August 16, 2001.
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IT Bytes
Local demand for high-tech professionals remains strong
While the dot-com collapse has fueled a rash of stories on the decline of the high-tech industry, the demand for networking professionals and Internet developers remains strong, according to a survey commission by RHI Consulting. RHI's Consulting's Hot Jobs Report, which surveyed more than 1,400 chief information officers nationwide, found that demand for information technology (IT) officials continues unabated, despite the dot-com debacle. Locally, many companies are just now beginning to take full advantage of the Internet, which is leading to a demand for more IT professionals. Courtesy of The Journal Record, August 20, 2001.
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Downtown Dispatch
Edmond Farmer's Market
Visit the Edmond Farmer’s Market each Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the City Administration parking lot at First Street and Boulevard. Read Edmond Life & Leisure each week for a listing of the produce available at Saturday’s Farmer’s Market. Click here to read about the featured farmer of the week. Courtesy of Edmond Life & Leisure, August 16, 2001.
On Campus
UCO begins new record year
A stampede of students moving into residence halls at the University of Central Oklahoma Thursday and Friday illustrated changes in both the university’s enrollment and the modern student’s expectations from college. New this year to UCO are suite-style housing options for on-campus students. A report released Aug. 9 showed that first-time freshmen enrollment was quickly approaching a fifth straight record high. Also, the study showed that 400 more undergraduate students enrolled full-time at UCO than the previous year, an increase of 5 percent. The numbers are expected to keep rising, since enrollment is open until Aug. 24. Among other increases is the increase of first-time transfer students, 2.5 percent; graduate students, 8.5 percent and current overall enrollment, 5 percent. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, August 19, 2001.
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OC students earn their wings
More than 500 freshmen and transfer students are new to Oklahoma Christian University this fall and will participate in “Earn Your Wings” to launch their college career. These students are the first on campus to receive their very own wireless laptop computer. Oklahoma Christian welcomed its freshman class and other new students to campus Monday for a week of serious fun. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, August 19, 2001.
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City Spot
City to raise $20 million in funding for capital improvements
Pay-as-you-go became a thing of the past when the Edmond Public Works Authority agreed to $20 million in bond revenue funding. The bond monies will be used to pay for the first of five years’ worth of capital improvement projects for the city. Some of the projects that will be started this fiscal year as a result of these bonds are the new aquatic center at Hafer Park, street work on 33rd and Santa Fe, the Danforth/Santa Fe extension and the engineering or design phase of several other large projects such as a Covell Road underpass, a new Animal Control facility and the Senior Center. Courtesy of The Edmond Sun, August 17, 2001.
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Real Estate Update
Churchhill-Brown grows with Edmond
Trees. Education. Quality of life. These are all reasons why two local real estate professionals say more and more people are selecting Edmond as their home. That continued growth in the Edmond residential real estate market is why Churchill-Brown decided to open a full-service location at 1300 E. Ninth St. in the LeCour Center. "We studied the growth numbers and saw this is where the growth was taking place. We were already in Edmond and felt like we had enough growth to justify an office here," said Monty Churchill, managing broker of the Edmond office. In 2000, Edmond represented 38 percent of the company's total sales volume. Courtesy of The Journal Record, August 17, 2001.
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