The centerpiece of the Gathering Place is like the playground monstrosities that you lost skin (and maybe teeth) to during your childhood. Remember that bonk on the head from third grade? Or when you saw a childhood pal eat it and come back with a cast? Expect some of those memories to come flooding back. […]
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Fun factory
Starting a new business from scratch is a lot of work, especially when introducing a concept into a market without a lot of precedent for it. But then again, not many people are Annalisa Douglass, a mother of 4-year-old triplets and founder of Edmond’s Okie Kids Playground, which opened in January just one month after […]
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It’s about gun rights for everyone
No word yet on whether laser-gun noises are similarly protected. Apparently, Kern wants to bring some “common sense” to the school administrations in Oklahoma. You see, little Timmy (not his real name) got in lots of trouble for eating a Pop-Tart so what was left of it resembled a gun and then waving it at […]
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KaBOOM! goes the dynamite
Despite the chilly weather, children can enjoy a newly built playground designed by kids, for kids. Located in the Oklahoma City Boathouse District, the colorful site was constructed as a way to give those who are too young to compete in water sports a chance to have fun anyway at the Oklahoma River. The playground […]