OKLAHOMA
POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING - NOVEMBER 5-6, 2015
E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century
Hosted by: University of Central Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA POLITICAL
SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL MEETING - NOVEMBER 5-6, 2015
Table of Contents
E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and
Community in the Twenty-first Century
Hosted by: University of Central Oklahoma
OPSA Keynote Speakers
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Conference Information
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University of Central Oklahoma Map
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OPSA Program
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Sightseeing and Attractions
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Welcome Message
I’m excited to serve as the chair once again at the Oklahoma Political Science
Association (OPSA) conference. This year our conference theme is E Pluribus Unum:
Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century, which seems a natural fit
with the large diversity of subfields among faculty, practioners and students at our
yearly conference. E Pluribus Unum is also a theme that you will notice with our key­
note speakers, especially Drs. Gooden and Herrera and Pulitizer Prize finalists Ziva
Bransetter and Cary Aspinwall.
This is my 10th year at our OPSA conference and second time to chair and I am
happy to see such an energetic and dedicated board. We have made great strides
and will continue to do so into the future to promote rigorous research, insightful
teaching, and collegiality in political science. The OPSA is one of only 16 state-level
associations, so we are mindful our Association is one of the few places for Oklahoma
scholars, practioners, and students can share their ideas and network.
In this spirit, I want to welcome each of you to this year’s OPSA annual meeting at
the University of Central Oklahoma.
Sincerely,
John Wood, Ph.D.
OPSA Program chair & vice president
University of Central Oklahoma
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2015 Program Highlights
OPSA Keynote Speakers
Richard Herrera, Keynote Speaker
Richard Herrera joined the Arizona State University faculty in 1989. He received his BA and
MA from St. Mary’s University and his PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Professor Herrera has contributed articles to the American Political Science Review, Journal
of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Public Opinion Quarterly. His current research
interests are focused on U.S. Governors, their ideology, policy agendas, and representative
functions. He currently also serves as Associate Director, School of Politics and Global Studies,
Director, Capital Scholars Program, and University Coordinator, ASU-McCain Institute
Internship Program.
Susan Gooden , Lunch Speaker
Susan Gooden is a Professor of Public Administration and Policy and Executive Director of
the Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government
and Public Affairs at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). She has published books,
scholarly articles, book chapters and technical reports in the areas of social equity, welfare policy
and post-secondary education. Gooden has conducted several research studies for MDRC, as
well as other national research organizations. She is a fellow of the National Academy of Public
Administration, a congressionally chartered academy, and is President-elect of the American
Society for Public Administration, the largest and most prominent professional association for
public administration.
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Conference Information
Designated Hotel:
Best Western Edmond Inn & Suites
2700 E 2nd Street.
Edmond, OK 73034
(405) 216-0300
Conference Location:
University of Central Oklahoma
The Nigh Center (#37)
Conference Parking:
Visitor pay lot (#10) – East of the Night University Center $1/ day (inform parking lot attendant
that you attended the Oklahoma Political Science Association Conference.)
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Constitution Hall – NUC (#37)
Counseling Center – NUC (#37)
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Buddy’s Cafeteria (#6)
Broncho Sports Grill – University
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Express Food Court – NUC (#37)
Legends Restaurant – NUC (#37)
Outtakes® – Chambers Library (#11)
Outtakes® – NUC (#37)
Starbucks® – NUC (#37)
MAP LEGEND
1. Art & Design Building
2. Baptist Collegiate Ministries
3. Baseball Field
4. Broncho IV Apartments
5. Broncho Lake
6. Buddy’s Food Court
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Human Environmental Sciences
International House
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Labyrinth
Liberal Arts
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Math and Computer Science
Melton Art Gallery
Mercy Clinic
Mitchell Hall
Murdaugh Hall
Music Building
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Old North
OSBI Forensic Science Center
Plunkett Park
Police Services
Power Plant
Scene Shop
Softball Field
Tennis Courts
Thatcher Hall
Thompson Soccer Field
Transformative Learning
Quadrangle (The Quad)
University Commons
University Commons Clubhouse
University House
University Suites
Wantland Hall
Wantland Stadium
Wellness Center
West Hall
Y-Chapel
Academy of Contemporary
Music (ACM@UCO)
25 S. Oklahoma Ave.,
Downtown Oklahoma City
ACM@UCO
Performance Lab
329 E. Sheridan Ave.,
Downtown Oklahoma City
Center for eLearning and
Customized Education
201 N. Bryant Ave, Edmond
Center for Outdoor
Adventure Recreation
Arcadia Lake - Second St.
and Midwest Blvd.
CHK|Central Boathouse
732 S.E. 6th St.,
Oklahoma River,
Downtown Oklahoma City
Customized Education –
Business & Workforce
Development
One Santa Fe Plaza,
Downtown Oklahoma City
Jazz Lab
100 E. 5th St., Edmond
UCO Downtown
Carnegie Centre,
131 Dean A. McGee Ave,
Downtown Oklahoma City
http://www.uco.edu/resources/campus_maps/campusmap.pdf
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OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
TIME
Thursday
8:00 a.m.
8:30 a.m.
Mary Fallin Room
Robert S. Kerr Room
Registration (in hall)
Pastries, coffee and soft drinks
Panel Title: Administrative Evil in Indian Country & Beyond
Chair/Discussant: John Maisch, J.D., Assistant Professor, UCO
Presenters:
Neal McDonald Hampton, Ph.D. Candidate, OSU, “Obligations of a Settler State: Unratified Treaties, Carnage, and Lipan Apaches in the 1850s.”
Amanda Wikel, MPA Candidate, UCO “Public Administrators Killed the American Indian: Cultural Genocide as Public Policy”
John Maisch, J.D., Assistant Professor, UCO, “Sober Indian/Dangerous Indian” Aaron Mason, Ph.D., NWOSU, “The Thirteenth Amendment: Reconsidering its Origins and Impacts.”
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Carl Albert Room
Roundtable Title: Oklahoma Lynching
Research Project
Co-Chairs:
Elizabeth S. Overman, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, UCO
Co-author: Marc Goulding, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, UCO
Presenters:
Jacob Jones, BA candidate, UCO, “The
Transformation of Frontier Justice in
Oklahoma”
Roundtable: Obergefell v. Hodges- Marriage Equality Chair/Discussant: Keith Eakins, Ph.D., UCO Panelists:
Grant Aguirre, Ph.D., UCO
Ryan Kiesel, ACLU
Joseph Thai, OU Law
Andy Spiropolous, OCU Law
Mike Maxey, M.A. Candidate, UCO, “The
Tragedy of Lynching”
Ambre Chambers, B.S. Candidate, UCO,
“Why Good People Do Bad Things”
Benjamin Rose, M.A. Candidate, UCO, “A
Troubling Connection: Lynching and the
Death Penalty”
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OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
TIME
Thursday
Mary Fallin Room
Carl Albert Room
8:30 a.m.
Robert S. Kerr Room
Roundtable Title: Oklahoma Lynching
Research Project
Trung Ho, MPA candidate, UCO, “The
Daily Oklahoman: Perspectives on the
Anti-Lynching Legislation”
Melissa Bettes, MPA candidate, UCO,
“Women and Lynching: Both Victims and
Participants”
Jason Hadley, MPA candidate, UCO, “The
Transition of Oklahoma from a Black State
to the Old South”
Elizabeth Dahl
“A Spatial Analysis of Oklahoma
Lynchings”
9:45 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
Coffee & Books, Posters and Snacks
Panel/Roundtable: Oklahoma Corrections & Juries Chair Justin Jones, Director, Tulsa County Juvenile Bureau, Presenters: Erica Nelson, Jenna Owens &, Christine Pappas, ECU “Is Black the New Orange?: The Effectiveness of Drug Courts in Oklahoma” Film Festival II: Urban Planning &
Politics in the OKC Metro
Chair: Brett Sharp, Ph.D., UCO Presenters: Kchris Griffin and Cliff Bradley, MPA candidates, UCO, “Aftermath of the May 20th Tornado” Title: State Budgeting in Oklahoma
Chair/Discussant: Loren Gatch, Ph.D.,
UCO
Presenters:
David Blatt, Executive Director, Oklahoma
Policy Institute
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OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
TIME
Thursday
10:00 a.m.
Mary Fallin Room
Panel/Roundtable: Oklahoma
Corrections & Juries
Carl Albert Room
Film Festival II: Urban Planning &
Politics in the OKC Metro
Robert S. Kerr Room
Title: State Budgeting in Oklahoma
Amy Brandley, MPA Candidate, UCO,
“Incarceration in Oklahoma: A Public
Policy Analysis”
Nagesh Chopra, MPA candidate,
UCO, “Paseo Arts District: Worthy of
Preservation”
Representative Scott Inman, Democrat, Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 94 Brenda Chappell, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, UCO, “A Jury of Your Peers? It’s
time for a change”
Kchris Griffin and Kory Atcuson, MPA
candidates, UCO, “City of Edmond:
National Capital of Public Art”
Reverend Kris Steele, Executive Director,
The Education and Employment Ministry
Tobiah McConnell, Business Intelligence
Consultant for InterWorks, Incorporated.
“Heroes of Cities, Nameless as Citizens”
Representative Randy Grau, Republican, Oklahoma House of Representatives, District 82 Senator Clark Jolley, Republican, Oklahoma State Senate, District 41 Jaime Burns, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
UCO, “Restorative Justice”
Discussant: Elizabeth Maier, Assistant
director and Assistant Professor, UCO.
Hien Nguyen and Micah Miles, MPA
candidates, UCO, “Oklahoma City’s Plaza
District: Live on the Plaza”
Catherine Wilson, Human Resources
Director for Midwest City, “Midwest City
Wellness”
Devery Youngblood, Community Affairs
Director for the Chickasaw Nation, “Myths
of the Oklahoma City Renaissance”
James McDowell, MPA candidate, UCO,
“Can I be a Pedestrian”
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OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
TIME
Thursday
Mary Fallin Room
Carl Albert Room 11:15 a.m. Coffee & Books, Posters and Snacks
11:30 a.m. Books, Posters and Snacks
12:00 p.m.
• Lunch
Keynote
Lunch
Provided with
ticket.
“Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government”
Susan Gooden, Ph.D., Professor VCU
In the Robert S. Kerr Room
Coffee & Books, Posters and Snacks
1:45 p.m. 2:00 p.m.
Robert S. Kerr Room
Panel: Voting Behavior
Chair/Discussant: Tony Wohlers, Ph.D.,
CU.
Presenters:
Derik Steyn, Ph.D.,Tony Wohlers, Ph.D.
& Theresa Billiot, Ph.D., CU and Elanie
Steyn, Ph.D. & Imran Hasnat Ph.D., OU
“Influencing Voter Behavior.”
WooJin Kang, Kyung Pook National
University (South Korea) “Economic
Voting and Issue Ownership in Emergent
Democracies-Lessons from Korean Recent Presidential Elections.”
Roundtable Title: Oklahoma Roundtable:
Teachers Retirement System: Defined
Benefit or Defined Contribution?
Chair: Elizabeth Overman, Ph.D. UCO
Presenters:
Nagesh Chopra, MPA Candidate, UCO
John Wood, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
UCO,“Defending our Defined Benefit
(Lifetime Annuity) Retirement Plan”
Norman Cooper, Executive Director,
Oklahoma Retired Teachers Association
Panel: Law, Order, and Origin
Chair/Discussant: Rick Farmer, Ph.D.
Rick Farmer, Ph.D. & Brett Sharp, Ph.D.
UCO, “Sources of Legislative Proposals.”
Dan Brown, Ph.D., SWOSU, “Political
Corruption in Oklahoma.”
Caylie Patton, SWOSU, “The Abuse of the
‘Forfeiture Process’ By Law Enforcement
Authorities in the U.S.”
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OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
TIME
Thursday
2:00 p.m.
Mary Fallin Room
Carl Albert Room
Panel: Voting Behavior
Bob Darcy. Ph.D. Emeritus OSU, “Tulsa
African American Voting 1910 – 1940”
Sarah McManes & Alexia Jensen, USAO,
“How Students at USAO Participate
Civically and Politically.”
Robert S. Kerr Room
Roundtable Title: Oklahoma Roundtable: Teachers Retirement System: Defined Benefit or Defined Contribution? Amanda Ewing, Associate Executive
Director, Legislative and Political
Organizing and Communications,
Oklahoma Education Association,
Myron Pope, Ph.D., Vice President for
Student Affairs, UCO, Board Member,
Oklahoma Teacher’s Retirement System
3:15 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Coffee & Books, Posters and Snacks
Mixed Roundtable/Panel Title: The Global and Domestic Energy Security Milieu Chair/Discussant: Ryan Kiggins, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, UCO Presenters: Louis Furmanski, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, UCO Panel Title: Water on the American High
Plains and the American Southwest
Chair/Discussant: Jan Hardt, Ph.D., Professor, UCO Presenters: Ryan Ochsner, MPA Candidate, UCO, “Landscape Irrigation Regulation and Reduction of Water Use” Hailu Solomon, Ph.D., ORU, “The African Stacey Foster, MPA, UCO, “Las Vegas and Union’s Doctrinal and Structural Evolution the People’s Water Supply” of Maintaining Peace and Security in Africa.” 12
Panel: Economics & Finances
Chair/Discussant: James Davenport, RSC
Presenters: Kory Atcuson, MPA Candidate, UCO, “Expanding Policy Laboratories: The Adoption of Local Minimum Wage Policies” Aimee Franklin, Ph.D. Professor, OU, & Chris Crawford, Ph.D. Professor, UCO. “State Financial Accountability- How Will the Citizen’s Know” OKLAHOMA POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION - ANNUAL MEETING - UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
TIME
Thursday
3:30 p.m.
Mary Fallin Room
Carl Albert Room
Mixed Roundtable/Panel Title: The Global and Domestic Energy Security Milieu Joel Andres, MPA Candidate, UCO, “A
Primer on Fracking”
Robert G. Jerman, MPA Candidate, UCO,
“Natural Gas: Problems and Perils”
4:45 p.m. Coffee & Books, Posters and Snacks
5:00 p.m.
ASPA Organizational meeting
6:45 p.m.
• OPSA
Keynote
Address
Dinner
provided with
ticket.
Robert S. Kerr Room
Panel: Economics & Finances
James Davenport, RSC, “Students
perceptions and knowledge of economics
and personal finance.”
Ivy Shen, OU, “How States Respond to
Policy Diffusion: A Close Examination of
the Diffusion of Performance Funding in
Higher Education.”
OPSA Awards Dinner
“Latinos and the 2016 Election” Richard Herrera, Ph.D., Arizona State University In the Robert S. Kerr Room E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century
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OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
TIME
Friday
Mary Fallin Room
Carl Albert Room
8:45 a.m.
9:15 a.m
10:45 a.m.
Robert S. Kerr Room
Open House & OPSA Update -Pastries,
Coffee and soft drinks
General Business Meeting
Roundtable Title: Capital Punishment
in Oklahoma
Chair: Elizabeth S. Overman, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, UCO
Presenters:
Bill Shapard, Ph.D., Founding Director,
Oklahoma Sooner Poll
Marc Hyden, National Advocacy
Coordinator, Conservatives Concerned
about the Death Penalty
Sam Jennings, Oklahoma Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty
Susan Bishop, Oklahoma Coalition to
Abolish the Death Penalty
A. J. Bailey, Founder, Conservatives and
Friends Concerned about the Death
Penalty, UCO
Mix Panel/Roundtable:
Roundtable: Emergency Management
Transforming Health Care Delivery
and Community Resilience
in Oklahoma
Chair: Amiee Franklin, Ph.D., OU Chair/Discussant: Ed Long, Oklahoma Health Care Authority Presenters:
Haley Murphy, Ph.D., OSU
Presenters: Julie Cox-Kain, Deputy Secretary for Tristan Wu, Ph.D., OSU
Health and Human Services, OSDH Dr. Joseph Cunningham, M.D. Divisional Senior Vice President of Health Care Delivery and Chief Medical Officer Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma
Mark Shafer, Ph.D.,
Director, Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program
Senator AJ Griffin, District 20
Becky Pasternik-Ikard, Deputy State Medicaid Director, Oklahoma Health Care Authority Carolyn Taylor & Steve Housel, RSU, “Medicaid Affordability in Oklahoma: A Critical Analysis.”
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OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
TIME
Friday
12:00 p.m.
• Speakers ­
Lunch
provided with
ticket.
1:15 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
Mary Fallin Room
Carl Albert Room
Robert S. Kerr Room
Ziva Branstetter and Cary Aspinwall ­
Pulitzer finalists for the botched execution
In the Robert S. Kerr Room
Coffee & Books, Posters and Snacks
Roundtable Title: Women and BGLT
Forward in the 21st Century University
Chair/Discussant: Janelle Grellner, Ph.D.,
Director, American Democracy Project,
Professor, UCO
Presenters:
Lindsey Churchill, Ph.D., Assistant
Professor, UCO
David Macey, Ph.D., Professor, UCO
Lorry Youll, Ph.D., Professor, UCO
Gypsy Hogan, Media Specialist, UCO
Saundra Thompson, D.M.A., Professor,
UCO
Elizabeth S. Overman, Ph.D., Associate
Professor, UCO
Student Panel Title: Managing
Workplace Appearance, Nonprofit
Leadership and Free Speech on Campus
Fullbright?
Chair: Youngtae Shin, Ph.D., UCO
Chair/Discussant: Joe Tripodi, J.D.,
Lecturer, UCO
Presenters:
Christopher Givan, UCO
Presenters:
Janet E. Smith, M.P.A., Assistant City
Manger, Ponca City, Oklahoma, “Tattoos,
Piercings & Pink Hair: Managing
Workplace Appearance”
Sigfried Heit, Ph.D., UCO
Husam Mohamad, Ph.D., UCO
Steve Garrison, Ph.D., UCO
James McDowell, MPA Candidate, UCO
“Motivations in Nonprofit Leadership:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Vicky Allen, M.A., UCO, “Free Speech on
Campus: Restrictions Imposed by Speech
Codes”
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OPSA 2015 PROGRAM – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
TIME
Friday
1:30 p.m.
Mary Fallin Room
Carl Albert Room
Roundtable Title: Women and BGLT
Forward in the 21st Century University
Cheryl Van Den Handel, Ph.D., NSU,
“Changing the Rules of the Game:
Acquisition of Political Efficacy by African
Women.”
2:45 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
Robert S. Kerr Room
Student Panel Title: Managing
Workplace Appearance, Nonprofit
Leadership and Free Speech on Campus
Allyson Wilcox, B.A., UCO. “The
Shallow Pool in the Winner’s Circle – Do
Politicians’ Physical Presentations Outweigh
their Substance?”
Coffee & Books, Posters and Snacks
Panel Title: Access to Healthy Food,
Disaster Preparation and Suicide
in Oklahoma
Chair/Discussant: Deb Ferrell-Lynn,
Lecturer, UCO,
Presenters:
Sondra Shelby, MPA Candidate, UCO,
“Exploring the Gaps in Access to Healthy
Food in Oklahoma”
A. J. Bailey, B.A. Candidate, UCO, “Fail
to Plan, Plan to Fail: A Look at Disaster
Awareness Among Students at UCO”
Roundtable Title: On Putnam’s Our Kids:
The American Dream in Crisis
Chair Dana Glencross, OCCC
Presenters:
John Wood, Ph.D., UCO,
Loren Gatch, Ph.D., UCO
Elizabeth Overman, Ph.D., UCO
Sharon K. Vaughan, Ph.D. OCCC
Panel: Voting
Chair/Discussant: John R. Harris
Dylan Billings & Jessica Hayden, OU
“Take Me To Church: Revisiting Polling
Place Priming”
John R Harris / Independent Scholar
“The British election, 2015 : context and
consequence”
Drake Matney, MA Candidate –“Judicial
and Independence in Popular and
Retention Elections.”
Kayley Saunders, MPA Candidate, UCO,
“Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation:
A Readiness Assessment of the Healthy
Education for Life Program (HELP)”
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Sightseeing and Attractions
Located on scenic Route 66, The Mother Road, a stay in Edmond places you just minutes from international attractions such
as the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, Remington Park horse racing, the Lazy E Arena and picturesquely
historic Guthrie, just to name a few! For a list of upcoming events, please see our Calendar of Events. For a list of major annual
events, visit Events Planner.
ARCADIA LAKE Arcadia Lake offers a variety of recreational opportunities such as boating, camping, picnicking, swimming,
hiking, Frisbee golf, and bird watching. East of I-35 between 2nd and 15th 405/216-7470 www.arcadialakeok.com
EDMOND HISTORICAL SOCIETY & MUSEUM Experience the history of Edmond including 1889’ers, military, genealogy,
railroad, and a children’s hands-on center. Museum also features National traveling exhibits. 431 S. Boulevard 405/340-0078 www.
edmondhistory.org
ELEVATION TRAMPOLINE PARK Oklahoma’s first trampoline park is located right here in Edmond. It has 5000+ square foot
main court of trampoline. Even the angled walls are trampolines and are waiting to be jumped on! They also have trampoline sport
courts made for dodgeball, basketball and volleyball and a large foam pit! 14402 N. Lincoln Blvd. 405/463-3335 www.elevationtp.
com
FESTIVAL MARKET PLACE & PLAZA Enjoy herbs and produce picked fresh from the garden, every Saturday from May through
October. Come to a colorful event enjoyed by locals and visitors alike. A vibrant outdoor festival area and new Plaza with Centennial
projects, the Kentucky Daisey statue and engraved brick walkway. Festival Market Place is more than just the location of the Edmond
Farmers Market. It is the home to Liberty Fest Taste of Edmond, Fall Family Night, Express Ice’s outdoor skating rink and more.
North West of 2nd & Broadway 405/359-4630 www.edmondok.com
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Sightseeing and Attractions
POPS This 66-foot steel soda bottle sculpture -complete with a straw!- has brilliant LED lights that rotate up and down the bottle, is Rt.
66’s newest icon, stop in and choose from over 500 flavors of fizzy fun just east of Edmond on historic Rt. 66 in Arcadia. Enjoy breakfast,
lunch, and dinner hot off the grill, all day, every day. 660 W. Highway 66 405/928-7677 www.pops66.com
JAZZ LAB The UCO Jazz Lab is a world class entertainment venue featuring a relaxed atmosphere styled after jazz clubs in New Orleans.
The Jazz lab features live entertainment with food and beverages provided by Hideaway Pizza located next door. 5th & Littler
405/359-7989 www.ucojazzlab.com
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