This Saturday, May 9 is full of free activities of service to others in our area.
Commuity Breakfast. Freewill donation. Pancake & More Breakfast. 8 am to 10:30 am Odd Fellows Lodge, 6227 N. Quincy. For all in the community. Proceeds go to support local area projects.
10 am. A Third Place Center, 6514 N. Peoria, come help us beautify our area with new plantings of flowers and more at the Turley welcome signs, at Cherokee School community gardening and creating new landscape in the front of the school, our reclaiming of the 66th and N. Lewis intersection, and the 56th and N. Lewis intersection, and our new wildflower plots along Highway 75 at 56th and 66th streets, and at A Third Place Center's front itself. If weather is bad, we will meet inside the Center for our acts of kindness and service and planning.
2 pm Cherokee School Carnival in the gym. Help us at the A Third Place Center booth telling families about our many programs and projects and ways we can help each other.
You all are needed. No experience necessary.
The Miracle Among The Ruins: A Third Place Community Foundation: Creating The Welcome Table Community Center, GardenPark and Orchard, Corner Store Free Pantry, Art Studio, Clothing/ThriftStore, and Supporting Renewal in the 74126 and 74130. Click on the Donate button or Subscribe button below for options to support our projects. We are a grassroots volunteer 501c3 nonprofit. Center located at 5920 N. Owasso Ave. Gardens at 6005 N. Johnstown. Contact us at 918-691-3223, 430-1150, 794-4637
Sunday
OU Medicine Clinic in Turley Mon & Fri
Call 600-4919 to make an appointment to come to the OU Turley Health Clinic. Full primary care. Referrals to OU Specialty clinics. Insured or uninsured welcome. Medicaid Welcome. More information on health care issues, illnesses, and information on the clinic available at A Third Place Community Center, 6514 N. Peoria Ave.
Help us spread the news about this service in our community. Come volunteer to help host the center and provide a welcoming place for those who come in need.
Come say thanks to the OU staff.
Help us spread the news about this service in our community. Come volunteer to help host the center and provide a welcoming place for those who come in need.
Come say thanks to the OU staff.
Neighborhood Life 2009 Followup
We had a great time Saturday May 2 at A Third Place Free Community Center, 6514 N. Peoria Ave., meeting with people from around neighborhoods in the Turley and North Tulsa area along with graduate students from OU-Tulsa in order to begin identifying block and neighborhood leaders who will help us take A Third Place Center out to our local areas.
But this is a process that is just beginning. If you would like to be a block captain or neighborhood point person on your street, please call 7944637 or send an email to RevRonRobinson@aol.com or thirdplaceturley@aol.com our new email address at the Center.
Would you like help cleaning up your streets and neighborhood? Would you like a watch patrol? Would you like to throw a block party? Would you like to start a community garden or turn an abandoned lot into a small park? Would you like to be an ambassador for the OU-Turley/North Tulsa Medical clinic at A Third Place, becoming a neighborhood wellness contact?Let us know.
You will be hearing much more about this to come.
But this is a process that is just beginning. If you would like to be a block captain or neighborhood point person on your street, please call 7944637 or send an email to RevRonRobinson@aol.com or thirdplaceturley@aol.com our new email address at the Center.
Would you like help cleaning up your streets and neighborhood? Would you like a watch patrol? Would you like to throw a block party? Would you like to start a community garden or turn an abandoned lot into a small park? Would you like to be an ambassador for the OU-Turley/North Tulsa Medical clinic at A Third Place, becoming a neighborhood wellness contact?Let us know.
You will be hearing much more about this to come.
Friday
Welcome OU Turley Social Work Community Project
Hi OU Tulsa Social Work graduate students. Welcome to Turley and North Tulsa.
Residents, come tell your stories and talk about the needs of your neighborhood as the Univ. of Okla. helps us on another community project through A Third Place community center.
Come to O'Brien Park Saturday from 10 to 2 for Garden and Neighborhood Event. Talk about ways to improve the quality of life on your street and in your area. WE will have community gardening planning at 11 am. It is all free. Come. Refreshments offered.
Residents, come tell your stories and talk about the needs of your neighborhood as the Univ. of Okla. helps us on another community project through A Third Place community center.
Come to O'Brien Park Saturday from 10 to 2 for Garden and Neighborhood Event. Talk about ways to improve the quality of life on your street and in your area. WE will have community gardening planning at 11 am. It is all free. Come. Refreshments offered.
Wednesday
Help Keep A Third Place Center Open: Benefit Supper Friday March 13 6 to 8 pm $5 All You Can Eat Spaghetti & Chili
This is an exciting time to be living in Turley. See below for all the details on these and more exciting free programs for the family and for all in our area.
Come to our Turley "Town Square", the free community center called A Third Place, at 6514 N. Peoria Ave. next door to the Turley Post Office and laundramat. We exist through the love and labor of volunteers; we have a nonprofit organization, A Third Place Community Foundation, which coordinates the Center and our many activities and programs for our neighbors. We all live in or near the Turley area and Tulsa northedge. We partner with the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Tulsa to help provide services, connections, resources, and more here in Turley.
We can only do it with your support.
Come celebrate with us and have a spaghetti and chili benefit supper all you can eat for $5. Or if you can't make supper, leave off a donation or make out a check to A Third Place Community Foundation.
Our next volunteer training day will be Friday, March 13 at 1 pm.
We have many events planned, and new ventures about to be unveiled.
If you would like to get resources to help improve your own part of our area, your street or your neighborhood, come to the Center and see Ron and be a part of our new Turley Leaders Initiative.
On Saturday, March 14 go to the Odd Fellows Lodge at 8 am to 11 am for a community breakfast freewill donation benefiting a community project or family in need. Stay for a community gardening and beautification random act of kindness events from 10 am to noon at the Center.
Come to our Turley "Town Square", the free community center called A Third Place, at 6514 N. Peoria Ave. next door to the Turley Post Office and laundramat. We exist through the love and labor of volunteers; we have a nonprofit organization, A Third Place Community Foundation, which coordinates the Center and our many activities and programs for our neighbors. We all live in or near the Turley area and Tulsa northedge. We partner with the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, and the University of Tulsa to help provide services, connections, resources, and more here in Turley.
We can only do it with your support.
Come celebrate with us and have a spaghetti and chili benefit supper all you can eat for $5. Or if you can't make supper, leave off a donation or make out a check to A Third Place Community Foundation.
Our next volunteer training day will be Friday, March 13 at 1 pm.
We have many events planned, and new ventures about to be unveiled.
If you would like to get resources to help improve your own part of our area, your street or your neighborhood, come to the Center and see Ron and be a part of our new Turley Leaders Initiative.
On Saturday, March 14 go to the Odd Fellows Lodge at 8 am to 11 am for a community breakfast freewill donation benefiting a community project or family in need. Stay for a community gardening and beautification random act of kindness events from 10 am to noon at the Center.
Monday
Welcome to Turley
If this is your first "virtual Turley" visit, welcome; we hope you learn something about the exciting things going on in our community on the northedge of Tulsa. We hope you will make a real visit to our area, and to our A Third Place Community Center, 6514 N. Peoria Ave., Turley OK 74126.
If you are a resident or a former resident of Turley, I hope you will find community here, both online and in person. Check out the links to the right and if you have links about Turley to add please send them to us.
If you are a student at the Univ. of Oklahoma Graduate Social Work Department, a special welcome as we partner again this semester. Thank you for helping us create community.
Read on and enjoy yourself and spread the word about us to others. Come experience the Turley Adventure.
If you are a resident or a former resident of Turley, I hope you will find community here, both online and in person. Check out the links to the right and if you have links about Turley to add please send them to us.
If you are a student at the Univ. of Oklahoma Graduate Social Work Department, a special welcome as we partner again this semester. Thank you for helping us create community.
Read on and enjoy yourself and spread the word about us to others. Come experience the Turley Adventure.
Saturday
A Third Place Center & Turley Area New UpComing Events
At A Third Place Community Center, 6514 N. Peoria Ave. Serving Turley, North Tulsa, Sperry areas, 794-4637. Nonprofit organization.
"Doing Small Things with Great Love Changes the World"
Univ. of Okla. Community Medicine Clinic, Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, 9 am to 4 pm Call 660-3614 for appointment and latest schedule
Turley Resource Center, Donna Spivey, OU Grad Assistant Social Work Dept, Mondays and Fridays
Stress Reducing Class, Free, Tuesdays 7 pm
OSU Nutrition Class, Tuesdays Noon
AA Recovery 12 Step Group, Saturdays 7:30 pm
LivingRoom Church, Rev. Ron Robinson, Sundays 10 am; Wednesday morning prayer 9 am, bible chat 11 am, noonday prayer following
Every Second Saturday, community breakfast at Odd Fellows Lodge, 6227 N. Quincy, 8 to 11 am. Freewill donation.
Every Second Saturday, 10 am, Random Acts of Kindness A Third Place Center
Every Third Saturday, 2 pm Saving Pets of Turley, A third place Center
Every Third Saturday, 3 pm Turley History Conversations and Projects, see new meeting address below
Special Events For You
"Doing Small Things with Great Love Changes the World"
Univ. of Okla. Community Medicine Clinic, Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays, 9 am to 4 pm Call 660-3614 for appointment and latest schedule
Turley Resource Center, Donna Spivey, OU Grad Assistant Social Work Dept, Mondays and Fridays
Stress Reducing Class, Free, Tuesdays 7 pm
OSU Nutrition Class, Tuesdays Noon
AA Recovery 12 Step Group, Saturdays 7:30 pm
LivingRoom Church, Rev. Ron Robinson, Sundays 10 am; Wednesday morning prayer 9 am, bible chat 11 am, noonday prayer following
Every Second Saturday, community breakfast at Odd Fellows Lodge, 6227 N. Quincy, 8 to 11 am. Freewill donation.
Every Second Saturday, 10 am, Random Acts of Kindness A Third Place Center
Every Third Saturday, 2 pm Saving Pets of Turley, A third place Center
Every Third Saturday, 3 pm Turley History Conversations and Projects, see new meeting address below
Special Events For You
Friday, Feb. 20, noon volunteer training and 6:30 pm appreciation dinner and thank you reception for volunteers and Center leaders.
Saturday, Feb. 21
2 pm S.P.O.T. Saving Pets of Turley meeting, A Third Place.
3 pm Turley History Conversation, Sharing, Projects, meeting moved to 2701 E. 49th St. N.
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7 pm at O'Brien Park Center, Turley Community Association, meet with local and area governmental officials, hear reports, feedback
Sunday, Mar. 1 Oklahoma Food Coop begins taking orders; order through us; go see the expansive menu at www.oklahomafood.coop.
Tuesday, March 3, 7 pm important Community Gardening Development meeting, A Third Place. Come if you are interested in helping to grow community gardens in our area, or to find help with gardening, etc.
Thursday, March 5, WeatherCall Program in Turley with Channel 8's Frank Mitchell. Come to Cherokee School, 6001 N. Peoria Ave., for broadcasts at 4:30 pm, 5 pm, 6 pm, for a special presentation for children at 6:30 pm, and then a presentation to adults at 7 pm about signing up for Weathercall. Just 50 cents a month and you get called on your phone in case of severe warnings in your area; don't worry about missing the tornado sirens. Be safe.Friday, March 6, 5:30 pm Community Coalitions meeting sponsored by State Representative Seneca Scott, at Tulsa Community College near the Fitness Center.
Stay Tuned for more events; come by the Center.
Friday
Free Food and Coop Information
At the A Third Place Community Center, 6514 N. Peoria, we often offer various opportunities to help feed one another in our area of Turley, North Tulsa and Sperry.
1. We have food to give away that comes from within our community and from without. Right now we have lots of cucumbers, bags of lettuce, and buns. We also have fruit as well as our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that we keep available to all at any time. We often have excellent leftovers from the meals prepared or served as part of our many programs, and our programs themselves almost always come with free meal as part of the event. We are working with some churches, beyond The LivingRoom Church at A ThirdPlace, to keep this going and growing.
2. We are members of the Oklahoma Food Coop so people can order through us without having to have their own membership (we encourage those who can afford to do it to do so to support the worthwhile group, but if you can't you can order through us). Go to http://www.oklahomafood.coop/. It is easy. Each month between the first day of the month and the second Thursday you can see the thousands of items available and their prices and you can choose and give us your order. Then when the deadline comes on the second Thursday we will put in the order. We like to get paid when we submit the order but you can also do so when you pick up your order. The orders come in on the third Thursday of each month. We pick them up and bring them to A Third Place in the evening where you can get them then or the next day and pay if you haven't. Please pick them up as soon as possible. We also encourage people to go in together to get the best deals especially helpful when ordering meat, as you can get whole sides and half sides of beef cut up to specifications. See more at the website below and come ask us about it at the Center.
3. We offer a free nutrition class each Tuesday at noon offered by the OSU Extension Service. It is always open and offers a variety of topics related to eating healthy and inexpensive.
4. We are putting a big focus this coming year on transforming our area with community gardens to grow the cheapest healthiest food within our own "foodshed". If you are interested in being a part of a community garden let us know. You will hear more about this soon. We also encourage people to go in together to share livestock and can help you with that.
5. We also now have our new cookstove at the Center and can do more of our own food meals. You will be hearing more about that soon too and let us know if you are interested in helping.
Transforming communities one meal at a time.
1. We have food to give away that comes from within our community and from without. Right now we have lots of cucumbers, bags of lettuce, and buns. We also have fruit as well as our peanut butter and jelly sandwiches that we keep available to all at any time. We often have excellent leftovers from the meals prepared or served as part of our many programs, and our programs themselves almost always come with free meal as part of the event. We are working with some churches, beyond The LivingRoom Church at A ThirdPlace, to keep this going and growing.
2. We are members of the Oklahoma Food Coop so people can order through us without having to have their own membership (we encourage those who can afford to do it to do so to support the worthwhile group, but if you can't you can order through us). Go to http://www.oklahomafood.coop/. It is easy. Each month between the first day of the month and the second Thursday you can see the thousands of items available and their prices and you can choose and give us your order. Then when the deadline comes on the second Thursday we will put in the order. We like to get paid when we submit the order but you can also do so when you pick up your order. The orders come in on the third Thursday of each month. We pick them up and bring them to A Third Place in the evening where you can get them then or the next day and pay if you haven't. Please pick them up as soon as possible. We also encourage people to go in together to get the best deals especially helpful when ordering meat, as you can get whole sides and half sides of beef cut up to specifications. See more at the website below and come ask us about it at the Center.
3. We offer a free nutrition class each Tuesday at noon offered by the OSU Extension Service. It is always open and offers a variety of topics related to eating healthy and inexpensive.
4. We are putting a big focus this coming year on transforming our area with community gardens to grow the cheapest healthiest food within our own "foodshed". If you are interested in being a part of a community garden let us know. You will hear more about this soon. We also encourage people to go in together to share livestock and can help you with that.
5. We also now have our new cookstove at the Center and can do more of our own food meals. You will be hearing more about that soon too and let us know if you are interested in helping.
Transforming communities one meal at a time.
Thursday
Benefit Pancake Breakfast Saturday Dec. 13 and Christmas Caroling Friday Dec. 19
All are invited and needed this Saturday Dec. 13 for the pancake breakfast in support of A Third Place Center. Come to the Odd Fellows Lodge building at 6227 N. Quincy between 8 and 11 am. All you can eat pancakes sausage eggs biscuits and gravy juice and coffee. Freewill donation. This is a great way to give back to our community center, 6514 N. Peoria, where we giveback to the community with our free library, internet center, clinic, donation room, programs, meeting space, food programs, and more.
Then join with us as we work on a beautification project at 66th and N. Lewis intersection.
Then on Friday, Dec. 19 from 6 to 8 pm come to A Third Place for the annual Christmas caroling party. Refreshments provided.
Then join with us as we work on a beautification project at 66th and N. Lewis intersection.
Then on Friday, Dec. 19 from 6 to 8 pm come to A Third Place for the annual Christmas caroling party. Refreshments provided.
Tuesday
New Below: Food Coop, Spanish, Turley Safety Program, Gardening, Fire Dept. Update, Wed. Prayer Breakfast & Lunch, Caroling & More
Be sure to read all the current coming events in the post below
Wednesday
Coming Events in Turley: Dec. & Beyond
Come Check out all the goings-on and community spirit at A Third Place, 6514 N. Peoria Ave.
We are now members of the Oklahoma Food Coop. You too can therefore order food and crafts and all kinds of things through us between the first day of the month and the second Thursday. This month between Dec. 1 and 11th. Go to http://www.oklahomafood.coop/ and see what all can be ordered then email your order to RevRonRobinson@aol.com and arrange payment. Orders are delivered on the Third Thursday and can be picked up at A Third Place that evening or the next day. For more info see the posters at A Third Place or call Ron at 430-1150.
Health Clinic meets 9 am to 4 pm on Mondays, Tuesday, Fridays. Call 660-3614
Also, each Thursday at 7 pm the Turley Fire Department at 64th and N. Peoria is open to tour, meet the members, and learn more on how you can help. If you are a property owner in Turley also sign the Fire Department petition to create a Fire District which will help support the Fire Department by spreading the dues to property owners who currently don't pay anything, and perhaps lowering the fire dues of those who are paying now. The Fire Dept is also looking for new volunteer firefighters, as well as volunteers in all capacities.
Monday, Dec. 1 to Dec. 11 Food Coop
Wednesdays in December, beginning Dec. 3, 5 p.m., Intro to Basic Spanish, taught by Chris Newsome, at O'Brien Park Recreation Center.
Wednesdays beginning Dec. 3: Morning Prayer for the Community and breakfast beginning at 7 a.m.; 11 a.m. bible chat with Ron; noonprayer and meal; Vespers 6 pm meal, conversation and study, and communion worship by TheLivingRoom Church.
Friday, Dec. 5 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. OU Clinic Flu Day
Friday, Dec. 5, 5:30 pm TCC NE campus back by fitness center southeast section of campus, meeting with other leaders in House District 72 and with State Rep. Seneca Scott on coalition building. Monthly meeting. Food provided by Newsome Farms.
Tuesday Dec. 9 Noon Sherry Clark of http://www.facestulsa.org/ and Oklahoma Crime Commission on "Building A Safer Turley." Come learn personal and neighborhood safety tips.
Tuesday Dec. 9 7 p.m. Community Gardening, Karen Gray, OU Social Work, others
Thursday, Dec. 11 Final Day to order monthly Food Coop order
Saturday Dec. 13 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lodge, 6227 N. Quincy, proceeds to A Third Place. Freewill donation for pancake, eggs, biscuit and gravy, juice, coffee breakfast. Invite friends, family, others, help us raise funds and create relationships at same time.
Saturday Dec. 13, 10 a.m. to ? Let Turley Bloom Day work at 66th and N. Lewis; reclaiming and recreating the visible intersection to beautify an entry point in our community. For more call Bonnie Ashing 430-1150.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, meeting with Neighbors Along the Line community leaders
Friday, Dec. 19, 6 to 8 pm Annual Community Caroling Party. All welcome.
Ongoing: 12 Step Saturday evenings 7:30 pm.
Christmas Eve 11 pm service.
Thursday, Jan. 8 7 pm Turley Fall Parade Planning. Help us bring back and create a new sense of community pride and spirit.
Upcoming. Check back for more info. January Thursdays computer classes to help parents and students with schoolwork, Rosemary Powell of Tulsa Library System will be teacher. Info to be announced
Check back on the blog for the latest news and updates and more events that will be posted.
We are now members of the Oklahoma Food Coop. You too can therefore order food and crafts and all kinds of things through us between the first day of the month and the second Thursday. This month between Dec. 1 and 11th. Go to http://www.oklahomafood.coop/ and see what all can be ordered then email your order to RevRonRobinson@aol.com and arrange payment. Orders are delivered on the Third Thursday and can be picked up at A Third Place that evening or the next day. For more info see the posters at A Third Place or call Ron at 430-1150.
Health Clinic meets 9 am to 4 pm on Mondays, Tuesday, Fridays. Call 660-3614
Also, each Thursday at 7 pm the Turley Fire Department at 64th and N. Peoria is open to tour, meet the members, and learn more on how you can help. If you are a property owner in Turley also sign the Fire Department petition to create a Fire District which will help support the Fire Department by spreading the dues to property owners who currently don't pay anything, and perhaps lowering the fire dues of those who are paying now. The Fire Dept is also looking for new volunteer firefighters, as well as volunteers in all capacities.
Monday, Dec. 1 to Dec. 11 Food Coop
Wednesdays in December, beginning Dec. 3, 5 p.m., Intro to Basic Spanish, taught by Chris Newsome, at O'Brien Park Recreation Center.
Wednesdays beginning Dec. 3: Morning Prayer for the Community and breakfast beginning at 7 a.m.; 11 a.m. bible chat with Ron; noonprayer and meal; Vespers 6 pm meal, conversation and study, and communion worship by TheLivingRoom Church.
Friday, Dec. 5 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. OU Clinic Flu Day
Friday, Dec. 5, 5:30 pm TCC NE campus back by fitness center southeast section of campus, meeting with other leaders in House District 72 and with State Rep. Seneca Scott on coalition building. Monthly meeting. Food provided by Newsome Farms.
Tuesday Dec. 9 Noon Sherry Clark of http://www.facestulsa.org/ and Oklahoma Crime Commission on "Building A Safer Turley." Come learn personal and neighborhood safety tips.
Tuesday Dec. 9 7 p.m. Community Gardening, Karen Gray, OU Social Work, others
Thursday, Dec. 11 Final Day to order monthly Food Coop order
Saturday Dec. 13 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Lodge, 6227 N. Quincy, proceeds to A Third Place. Freewill donation for pancake, eggs, biscuit and gravy, juice, coffee breakfast. Invite friends, family, others, help us raise funds and create relationships at same time.
Saturday Dec. 13, 10 a.m. to ? Let Turley Bloom Day work at 66th and N. Lewis; reclaiming and recreating the visible intersection to beautify an entry point in our community. For more call Bonnie Ashing 430-1150.
Tuesday, Dec. 16, meeting with Neighbors Along the Line community leaders
Friday, Dec. 19, 6 to 8 pm Annual Community Caroling Party. All welcome.
Ongoing: 12 Step Saturday evenings 7:30 pm.
Christmas Eve 11 pm service.
Thursday, Jan. 8 7 pm Turley Fall Parade Planning. Help us bring back and create a new sense of community pride and spirit.
Upcoming. Check back for more info. January Thursdays computer classes to help parents and students with schoolwork, Rosemary Powell of Tulsa Library System will be teacher. Info to be announced
Check back on the blog for the latest news and updates and more events that will be posted.
Free Nutrition classes set in Turley
With the help of the OU Health Clinic, the OSU Extension Center is offering free nutrition classes here at A Third Place community center, now every Thursday at 12:30 p.m. You can come to all or any one of the classes. The next one will be Thursday, Sept. 18 and the topic will be on Food Safety. It is a timely and needed topic, especially for families, day cares, and more. Help us spread the word.
Sunday
Vote Tuesday August 26, and Community Meeting
The run-off election for House District 72 which covers most of the Turley area will be held Tuesday, August 26, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Also on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at O'Brien Park Recreation Center, 61st and North Lewis Ave., is the monthly meeting of the Turley Community Association. Go meet officials, hear reports from county officials, share concerns, and hear updates of community projects.
(Also, Tuesday August 26th is the National Women's Rights Day honoring the amendment to the U.S. constitution affording women the right to vote; the last state to ratify the 19th amendment, Tennessee, certified its vote supporting that amendment on this day back in 1920. Special thank you to all the women of Turley, past, present, future).
Election sites are the Turley Assembly of God at 63rd and Peoria, First Baptist Church of Turley on 71st St. east of Peoria, Gethsamene Baptist on 56th St. west of Peoria, and perhaps at Greeley Elementary near 61st and Cincinnati (I say perhaps because much of the area in that part of Turley falls in another House District where there is no run-off election on Tuesday; that is my area for example; we are just across the street from where House District 72 is; I guess someone has to be a "fringe edge of a district" somewhere, though a little redistricting might be in order).
At A Third Place Center we are non-partisan but are partisan about voting and celebrating democracy itself and have voter registration forms. We also try to get out the accurate information about who is elgible to vote. Many in our area assume that if they, or someone they know or are in their family, has had a felony conviction that it means they can't vote ever again. The law is different. Felons can vote depending on how long their sentence was, and how long it has been since their release. The information is on the voter registration forms which we have at the Center.
As we head into a presidential election year, too, we seek to encourage civil discussion, lively interest in all candidates, and above all else increased voter registration and turnout. Recent statistics about voting in Tulsa County that have documented turnout in areas of North and East and South and West Tulsa show that voting in North Tulsa including Turley area has the lowest percentage of any area. This means for one thing that elected officials and government officials who are not elected but answer to those who are will not have the same incentive to pay attention to residents who do not pay attention to their own area through the basic duty of voting.
As we seek to build community spirit and hope and partnerships, let it begin with citizenship, information, sharing, and participation.
Also on Tuesday at 7 p.m. at O'Brien Park Recreation Center, 61st and North Lewis Ave., is the monthly meeting of the Turley Community Association. Go meet officials, hear reports from county officials, share concerns, and hear updates of community projects.
(Also, Tuesday August 26th is the National Women's Rights Day honoring the amendment to the U.S. constitution affording women the right to vote; the last state to ratify the 19th amendment, Tennessee, certified its vote supporting that amendment on this day back in 1920. Special thank you to all the women of Turley, past, present, future).
Election sites are the Turley Assembly of God at 63rd and Peoria, First Baptist Church of Turley on 71st St. east of Peoria, Gethsamene Baptist on 56th St. west of Peoria, and perhaps at Greeley Elementary near 61st and Cincinnati (I say perhaps because much of the area in that part of Turley falls in another House District where there is no run-off election on Tuesday; that is my area for example; we are just across the street from where House District 72 is; I guess someone has to be a "fringe edge of a district" somewhere, though a little redistricting might be in order).
At A Third Place Center we are non-partisan but are partisan about voting and celebrating democracy itself and have voter registration forms. We also try to get out the accurate information about who is elgible to vote. Many in our area assume that if they, or someone they know or are in their family, has had a felony conviction that it means they can't vote ever again. The law is different. Felons can vote depending on how long their sentence was, and how long it has been since their release. The information is on the voter registration forms which we have at the Center.
As we head into a presidential election year, too, we seek to encourage civil discussion, lively interest in all candidates, and above all else increased voter registration and turnout. Recent statistics about voting in Tulsa County that have documented turnout in areas of North and East and South and West Tulsa show that voting in North Tulsa including Turley area has the lowest percentage of any area. This means for one thing that elected officials and government officials who are not elected but answer to those who are will not have the same incentive to pay attention to residents who do not pay attention to their own area through the basic duty of voting.
As we seek to build community spirit and hope and partnerships, let it begin with citizenship, information, sharing, and participation.
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