September 14, 2023 Vol. 24, No. 17
In This Issue FOUR SEASONS
Regatta thrills Coming to area
Four Seasons, by Kevin Box, in real life is located in front of the Center for Transformative Learning on the UCO campus, but this week is hidden somewhere in our paper. Email contest@edmondpaper.com with the correct location to be entered in the weekly drawing. For more information, see page 4.
Edmond facing a housing issue See page 4
FRIDAY, September 15 AM Showers High 74° Low 58
SATURDAY, September 16 Partly Cloudy High 77° Low 57°
SUNDAY, September 17 Sunny High 80° Low 58°
Editor’s Note: There are many things to do this fall in the metro area. Please see Page 5 for a look at the State Fair, which starts today. More Edmond events are listed on Page 6., RIVERSPORT will host the 19th annual Oklahoma Regatta Festival September 29 – October 1 in downtown OKC’s Boathouse District. The family-friendly festival features live racing on the Oklahoma River and the addition of a new event, Paddlemania! The public is invited to enter Paddlemania events which include a build-your-own-boat whitewater race, a flatwater “Battle of the Paddles” tug of war, raft racing, whitewater kayak races and freestyle competitions. The day will
end with “big water” rafting, RIVERSPORT Rapids’s most extreme rafting. “This is our last weekend to be open for the season, so we wanted to do something special for the community,” explained RIVERSPORT executive director Mike Knopp. “The public can enter any of the Paddlemania events and even if you don’t want race, it will be great fun to watch.” Paddlemania joins a weekend lineup that includes OG&E NightSprints on Friday and Saturday evenings and 2.5 mile Head of the Oklahoma racing during the day. Friday evening, more than 20 local corporate teams will race in the OG&E NightSprints. The 500-meter sprints under the lights feature
both dragonboat and rowing races for medals and bragging rights. The action runs Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. On Saturday, teams from across the nation take to the water for the Oklahoma City University Head of the Oklahoma, a 2.5 mile “head race” featuring collegiate, masters and junior rowing as well as kayak and dragon boat racing. Head of the Oklahoma racing concludes on Sunday morning, 8:00 a.m. to noon. RIVERSPORT’s new event, Paddlemania, will launch Sunday, Oct. 1 at noon, bringing a build-yourown boat contest, raft racing, freestyle competitions, kayak cross and more to the RIVERSPORT Rapids whitewater channel.