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I wrote an article about an unofficial dog park in Tulsa and I have updated with some disturbing information. Please read the full Tulsa Dog Park post.
I have been looking for ages for a dog park in Tulsa or the surrounding area but until recently I had been unsuccessful at finding one. Last month, a fellow dog owner told me about an unoffical dog park located in Tulsa - near rhe arboretum at 21st and Harvard. It’s a small park but appears to be well maintained by both the grounds caretakers and the visitors alike. You do need to clean up after your dog as you do in most official dog parks across our country - let’s face it - our dogs are important to us and having a park for them to socialize in is a needed thing, but a dirty one is not.
I term it as unofficial because technically there are no dog parks in Tulsa - at least none that I have found crusing the local forums for that matter. You do have to have your dog on a leash OR he must be controllable without a leash. I have been there 4 times since first finding out about the park and my dog has never had a better time chasing after the other well mannered dogs that are usually there on the weekends. The park is most crowded on a clear, warm day around 5PM - I counted 40 dogs 2 weekends ago at that time. Around 1 or 2 you can expect to find 10 to 20 dogs romping around or catching frisbees on the well manicured lawn. The park can be a little difficult to find for first timers but I found the easiest way to get to the park is to head south on Peoria from Cherry street going through 21st and passing the first entrance to the park just driving ahead to about 24th street and making a left at the entrance to the Tulsa Historial Society and then driving straight till you can’t go any further - That’s where the unofficial dog park is. No worries about having to bring pooper scoopers to the park since the park has an adequate supply of small plastic bags to aid in the disposal of your furred friend’s mess. The park also has a water fountain with a ground level bowl for your thirsty hound to drink from.
The park is not gated but it is fenced in with two open entrances on either side. You may be worried that your pouncing
pooch may run off through the open entrances but he will be more than happy to stay inside because there is just too much fun for him to have with all of the other dogs.
I met dog owners from Broken Arrow, Sand Springs and all parts of Tulsa so it is apparent that word is catching on about the park quickly.
If you are a dog owner and are ever at the park, I’ll be the short guy with the black pug named Emma - sometimes I bring a lab or two as well depending on whether or not I am taking care of one that week.
UPDATE: MAY 11, 2008
I went for a visit to the park again this weekend and was told by several folks that several tickets were issued to pet owners that did not have their dogs on a leash. The tickets started at $75.00 each and it was reported that at least 20 were issued. The tickets were issued this past Thursday and Friday. I think it is an outrage that tickets were issued at the park whether the tickets were issued legally or not. These are DOGS and their owners, not criminals but apparently the officers that issued the tickets felt otherwise. Because of the incident this past week, visitors to the park have expressed an interest in a legal and of course, official dog park. It is evident that the unofficial dog park at the arboretum has attracted many dog owners and I might add, VERY RESPONSIBLE dog owners… so if the unofficial dog park has been working up until the incident this week, then why doesn’t the city of Tulsa opt for a legal dog park where families, friends and their dogs could gather together. Heck the revenue the city of Tulsa would make on the potential dues and fees should be enough to get even a smal park opened. If you are a dog owner and if you are interested in joining the Tulsa Bark Park Yahoo group, to discuss this topic and lend support to fellow dog owners, please use the sign up link below.
Related: Channel 2 News story - DOG PARK CONCERNS IN TULSA
UPDATE MAY 18, 2008
Please help us get an official Dog Park underway. We’ve had several people join our Yahoo group but the power is in numbers. We need more of YOU. If you are interested in helping us petition the city of Tulsa for an OFFICIAL DOG PARK in Tulsa, Please join as soon as you can by clicking the link below.
Click to join tulsabarkpark
Vinnie
Just south of 31st at Mingo lies a great little pub called Blues City. Blues City is under new ownership and I stopped by there last monday to listen to the music of El Trio. El Trio plays every Monday night from 10PM - 12AM. Blues City is a small, intimate bar that is biker friendly, blues friendly and features a good selection of brews and shots.
Brett was the bartender monday night and handled the crowd well. Most of the patrons are local to the area and quite a few came to see El Trio perform accoustic versions of Citizen Mundi’s music.
Blues City has a pool table, a CD jukebox and a wrap around outdoor patio. There is plenty of on site parking. What is really nice about Blues City is that when the weather is nice, the front of the can be opened right out to the patio.
I am told that in warm weather months, they’ll have a grill outside so that they can serve food for special occasions.
Here is the current weekly line up at Blues City
Mondays: Mundi Mondays (El Trio playes live - 3 members from Citizen Mundi and some musician friends) 9PM - $3 Imports and $3 Wells.
Tuesdays: Rock The House Night
Wednesdays: Ladies Night - $1.50 Domestics All Night
Thursdays: Shot and Beer Night
Fridays: Band Night - $8.00 Domestic Buckets
Saturdays: Open Mic Night
Sundays: Mullets 3 Ball Tourney and Beer Specials
Blues City
3156 S. Mingo
Tulsa, OK 74146
Reprinted from Nuspun Apparel Bulletin on MySpace.
Tulsa Glassblowing Studio (formerly Tulsa Gathering Place) is having a HOT Re-opening this weekend after being closed for a month due to ice-storm repairs. We invite you to come down and see our guest artist, Jeremy Burdge of Ohio, performing FREE GLASSBLOWING DEMONSTRATIONS on Sunday January 13, 2008 from 11-4. Jeremy Burdge will be demonstrating how to make fish out of glass. He will donate some of his works to the Oklahoma Aquarium, and allow Tulsa Glassblowing Studio to sell some as well. There is a $5 suggested donation, all proceeds go to the non-profit, Tulsa Glassblowing Studio.
Jeremy Burdge has been blowing glass for 15 years, and is an instructor at The Corning Museum of Glass in New York, and operates his own studio in Columbus, OH. His particular interest is in both English and Italian goblet forms. Mr. Burdge enjoys helping students become as addicted to hot glass as he is.
Tulsa Glassblowing Studio is extremely vital to the downtown revitalization efforts in Tulsa. Give us a hand in spreading the word of our unique craft. TGS has the only open-access glassblowing studio in Oklahoma, where people can stop by and just watch us work or jump in and create something as well. We offer one-time experiences, formal classes, guest artist workshops and more.
Contact info:
Tulsa Glassblowing Studio
Sarah Diggdon, Founding Artistic Director
918-582-4527
http://www.tulsaglassblowing.org
The Citizen Mundi HURT Video is here!
If you don’t already know, Mundi won the ‘Best None Of The Above’ award at the 2007 SPOT AWARDS.
To my friends,
I need you all to read this and do what you can to protect yourself. I have become the victim of ‘Credit Card Cloning’. A term I had heard once before but knew nothing about.
This weekend I made several bank deposits in Tulsa and expected to see them all settled by Monday morning. Turns out that there was actually less money in my account on Monday than there should have been. I had been out over the weekend doing the usual stuff, going to a club, going out to dinner, renting vids - food shopping… stuff we all do. I used my check card about 5 times.
Upon looking at my online bank statement, I saw several transactions for my check card that I couldn’t identify as mine. Further investigation showed that the charges were for small amounts of 20, then 50 then 80 dollars each and were charged at convenience stores about 120 miles away from me. Needless to say, I hadn’t been outside of Tulsa all weekend, yet I had charges on my account from Oklahoma City, Del City and Midwest City.
Of course I cancelled the card and was told by my bank that the money would be refunded in about 60 days or less AFTER they had taken steps to investigate the matter. Keep in mind that the entire weekend when these charges occurred, I had my physical card with me and did not lend it to anyone.
I was told that my check card had been ‘CLONED’ - The process of which is pretty bizarre… Basically - someone carries a small pager sized device and when you attempt to pay for something like groceries, dinner whatever… the person handling your card swipes it through the regular credit card terminal and then does so again into the pager sized device. The pager device stores all of the info that is encoded into the magnetic strip part of your card, namely your name, date of birth, entire check card (or credit card) numbers, PIN info etc. Then that info can be encoded onto a BLANK credit card which is then sold or used by the perpetrator to purchase items anywhere that credit cards are accepted.
This process or this crime shall we say, is prevalent in Europe and now even in the U.S. - but in Oklahoma? Yes, while the authorities have stated that this type of crime is not seen often here in Oklahoma, it is apparently on the rise.
There is more info on this type of crime here:
http://www.italy.usembassy.gov/acs/security/files/060926.asp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sexUus0igWs
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/pae/News/Pr/2005/sep/roberts.pdf
Friends, Please watch where and how you use your check cards, credit card or basically any card that uses a magnetic strip - you too could become a victim of credit card cloning just as I have.
There are other people that this has happened to as well….
http://www.belch.com/blog/2007/10/28/credit-card-cloning-scam/
http://blog.vortexdna.com/defrauded-by-a-sneaky-credit-card-thief/
Here is a website that talks about Financial Security Breaches…
http://www.creditcave.com/financial-security-breaches-10-of-the-biggest.php
And yet another that talks about how scammers used cloned credit card info to defraud the U.S. Postal Service…
http://fraudwar.blogspot.com/2007/08/self-service-stamp-machines-targeted-by.html
Please be careful!
Vinnie
I came home from running some errands this afternoon to find a notice on my apartment door that states:
“The following complaints have been brought to the attention of the management”
This is a form letter that has several options that can be checked off to alert a resident to the infringement.
The only option that was checked off was:
“Foil or other inappropriate window coverings”
Hmm, while I use aluminum foil to wrap sanwhiches and left-overs, I have never once used it as a window covering…
The bottom of the form letter has the following line penned in by management…
“Please remove flag from patio window” (I have had an American Flag displayed in my patio window for over 6 years now.
Upon contacting management I was told that “We don’t have a porblem with you showing your patriotism, but it cannot appear as a window covering.”
They further state that is o.k. to display the American Flag on a pole or hanging outside or I can opt to leave the flag on the patio window as long as when the blinds are closed that the flag does not display to the outside.
O.K. rules are rules but why after 6 years is this suddenly inapproproiate to post a flag inside of my patio window?
Also, If I look at the line again concerning the infringement, it states…
“Foil or other INAPPROPRIATE window coverings”
So am I to assume that there is an acceptable ‘APPROPRIATE’ window covering and then further assume that my flag is INAPPROPRIATE?
Since when is the American Flag INAPPROPRIATE in the United States of America?
I do not know if my rights are covered under HR 42, but if any of you are attorneys and would like to comment. I’d love to hear from you.
Further reading:
National Flag Law Mirrors Community Associations Institute Public Policy.
If you own a restaurant, bar, club or represent a church organization, poetry reading group or any business or organization in Tulsa and the surronding area, comment about it - tell us about it below.
If you don’t own a business here but you still want to let everyone know about a great experience you’ve had a Tulsa dining establishment or Tulsa venue, talk about it!
Byron and Vince will review the info and publish it on TulsaTonight.com so our readers can learn more about this great city in Oklahoma.
Byron and his wife along with my girlfriend and I may pay a visit to some of the places you tell us about and we want to share all that is great about these places with you too… so let’s hear about it all!
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