City Hall Closed for Furlough, Thanksgiving
City Hall and most City offices: closed Wednesday, Nov. 25
(furlough day), as well as Thursday, Nov. 26 (Thanksgiving), and
Friday, Nov. 27. Public safety and mission critical operations,
however, will operate as normal. Residents who need assistance with
a water or sewer problem may call the City's 24-hour emergency
number, 596-9488.
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Tulsey Award Winners Announced
The Tulsey Awards, which recognizes the pioneers and innovators
of the Tulsa community, were announced in 11 categories last week
at Cain's Ballroom.
More than 14,000 votes were submitted to the Web site at www.thetulseys.com and the
person who received the most votes was awarded the Tulsey
Entrepreneur of the Year Award.
This year's Tulsey Entrepreneur of the Year went to Blake Ewing,
owner of Joe Momma's Pizza, receiving 1,200 public votes.
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Mayor's Spirit Award Winners Announced
Three Tulsa businesses received checks from SpiritBank for
winning the Mayor's Entrepreneurial Spirit Award. First-place
winner, Real Time Rehab, received $30,000, second-place winner,
Part-Time Pros, received $5,000 and third-place winner, Cog Togs
Inc., received $2,500.
A special award new to the business model competition this year
is the Skunk Whisperer Award, named after the 2007
third-place Spirit Award winner, Ned Bruha and his business, the
Skunk Whisperer.
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Grissom and Thoreau Compete for Tulsa Million Miles
On Monday, Nov. 23, Mayor Kathy Taylor met up with kids from
Grissom's 100-Mile Club and ran a couple of brisk laps around
Grissom's track.
Last year Grissom Elementary 100-Mile Club students ran 7,584
miles for Tulsa Million Miles. Since August, 2009 they have logged
more than 3,000 miles.
"United Health Foundation recently ranked Oklahoma as the 49th
least healthy state in the nation, just behind Mississippi.
Childhood obesity is a serious issue. We're trying to help kids get
healthy by eating right and exercising early in life."
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Fryer Oil Collection Set for Sunday
Are you planning to fry that turkey or tur-duck-en for your
family on Thursday? If so, you'll have leftover fryer oil. What
should you do with it afterwards?
Just in time, the City of Tulsa's Quality Assurance division is
partnering with the Metropolitan Environmental Trust to offer you a
perfect place to take your used oil. (And you can earn a little
Christmas cash, too!)
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Beware of Turkey Fryer Hazards This Thanksgiving
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is calling on
cooks across the nation to include fire safety in their recipes
because Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking fires.
According to NFPA, U.S. firefighters responded to roughly 1,300
home fires in 2007 involving cooking equipment on Thanksgiving,
roughly three times the daily average of cooking fires.
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