May 3, 2018
Vol. 18, No. 49
In This Issue ROUGH CUT SWISS
Rough Cut Swiss, in real life, is located in front of Othello’s Restaurant at the southwest corner of Main and Broadway, but this week it 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.
Graduation this weekend at UCO
See pages 12 & 13
FRIDAY, MAY 4 Mostly sunny High 80° Low 55°
SATURDAY, MAY 5 Mostly sunny High 84° Low 56°
SUNDAY, MAY 6 Mostly sunny High 82° Low 57°
PHOTOS PROVIDED
Jordan Tacker’s creation, “ONE Edmond,” which features all three high school mascots, fetched $1,400 during the recent Edmond Public Schools Foundation banquet. INSET: Jordan Tacker works on her canvas oil painting, “ONE Edmond,” during the recent Edmond Public Schools Foundation Hall of Fame banquet and auction. By Steve Gust Rich artistic talent, such as Jordan Tacker’s, doesn’t come around all that often. The 18-year-old Memorial senior is already making her mark on the world of colors, canvas and paint. Recently her work, “Into the Jungle,” won a National Scholastic Art & Writing Competition gold medal. (See Page 3) “She is amazing,” said district information director Susan ParksSchlepp. “To win gold at this competition is quite prestigious.” That honor isn’t a one-shot honor for her either. She’s already drawn atten-
tion from the Pratt Institute of New York City. That Institute, with world acclaim, prepares its students for successful careers through its schools of art, design, architecture, information, and liberal arts and sciences. They’ve offered Tacker her $26,000 annually to study there. She’s looking forward to the experience to learn and train in one of the great art capitals of the world. “It will be so exciting,” she said. “I will get to learn a lot from many experts.” During a precollege tour, she visited the Pratt Institute, and knew instinctively she wanted to train there.
She never remembers a time in life when she didn’t like to draw and create. “My mom (Dana) knew when I was very young that my drawings were special,” she said. Jordan also gives back. During the recent Edmond Public Schools Foundation banquet she painted a work entitled, “ONE Edmond.” That painting featured all three mascots of the Edmond Schools - the Husky, Bulldog and Wolf. When the bidding ended, it was sold for $1,400. Education Foundation officials said it will be on display at the Keller Williams continued on Page 3