April 5, 2018
Vol. 18, No. 45
In This Issue BELLY DANCER
Belly Dancer, in real life is located in front of On Cue at 33rd and Kelly but is hidden somewhere in our paper this week. Email contest@ edmondpaper.com with the correct location to be entered in the weekly drawing. For more information see page 4.
Scenes from a popular Easter Egg hunt See Page 10
FRIDAY, APRIL 6 Showers High 46° Low 31° PHOTO BY MELINDA INFANTE
In the front are twins, Evan and Luke, 4. They were at Best of Books in Edmond Saturday with their brother Wesley, 9, meeting Ree Drummond, better known as The Pioneer Woman.
SATURDAY, APRIL 7 Cloudy High 46° Low 40°
SUNDAY, APRIL 8 Partly cloudy/Wind High 76° Low 48°
By Steve Gust Ree Drummond, known to her growing legions of fans as the Pioneer Woman, came to Edmond last weekend and the Kickingbird Square business of Best of Books. Drummond was promoting and signing copies of her new children’s book, “Little Ree: Best Friends Forever!” Hundreds attended and were given a brief opportunity to meet the Food Network star. She premiered her show on the Food Network in 2011. It tells the story of a community in northeast Oklahoma and caring for her family, who live and work on a sprawling ranch. The show came about following a popular website, The Pioneer Woman. On the Inter-
net she blogs about her life and recipes. Last year she launched a new and popular magazine, The Pioneer Woman magazine. On Saturday at Best of Books, she took a few minutes to read her book, which tells the story of two young friends baking a pie with help from their grandmothers. “Aren’t grandmas just the best?” she asked the Best of Books crowd while reading the story. One of the owners of Best of Books, Joe Hight, estimated 400 to 500 people were part of the day’s festivities and they eventually sold out of Drummond’s books. “And we had hundreds (books),” Hight said. He also gave thanks to
Nan Hight, Shelbee King and Sara Harjo for organizing the event. The Pioneer Woman is also the author of best selling cook books. After the reading, Drummond cordially greeted the fans. Many were from out of town. Most of them had also made treks to her Pioneer Woman Mercantile in Pawhuska. That’s the location of her busy restaurant, bakery and store. The celebrity was happy greeting the families, old and young. She made her appearance without an entourage, arriving at Best of Books by herself in a pickup truck. “Hi everybody,” she said. “Look forward to meeting all of you inside.”