Sister Cities Welcomed to Tulsa

On Sept. 21, Mayor Bartlett and the Tulsa Global Alliance welcomed mayors, economic development directors and other representatives of six of Tulsa's eight Sister Cities to Tulsa as they commemorated their partnership anniversaries with the Sister City program. The Sister Cities program has been in Tulsa for more than 30 years.

Tulsa's first sister city was San Luis Potosi, Mexico and through the years have added seven other sister cities, including: Kaohsiung, Taiwan; Amiens, France; Celle, Germany; Tiberias, Israel; Beihai China, Utsunomiya, Japan and Zelenograd, Russia.

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EMSA Achieves Perfect Score

Oklahoma's Emergency Medical Services Authority achieved a perfect score for its high-quality patient care with the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services this month.

EMSA is one of only 159 ambulance services in the nation to be accredited with the national commission.

EMSA has provided pre-hospital emergency medical service in Tulsa since 1977. Today, EMSA serves more than 1.1 million residents in Oklahoma. Service areas include Oklahoma City, Edmond, Bethany, Mustang, Nichols Hills, Piedmont, The Village, Warr Acres, Yukon, Lake Aluma, Arcadia, Valley Brook, Tulsa, Sand Springs, Bixby and Jenks.

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Refuse and Recycling Task Force Update

On September 15, the Refuse and Recycling Task Force provided their recommendations to the Planning Committee of the Tulsa Authority for the Recovery of Energy (TARE), the City of Tulsa's board that oversees refuse collection services.

The presentation, given by Beverly Anderson, chairperson of the Task Force and TARE Board vice chair, offered information about the Task Force activities as well as the recommendations.

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There's Still Time to Vote for Your Animal Shelter!

Tulsa Animal Welfare (TAW) is a front runner in the Pepsi Refresh funding contest and the lucky winner will receive $25,000! The final voting tally for the top project closes September 30, so visit the Web site to register and vote for TAW every day. Finalists will be announced October 1.

If TAW receives enough online votes, $25,000 in funds would be used to build a new, larger surgical suite, providing additional and updated equipment. Two major goals are: to provide better care for more injured and ill animals; and to expand its spay and neuter program to reduce the number of unwanted animals in our community.

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