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Growing food in local food deserts impacts the

Eastern Oklahoma Food Bank, Life Senior Services
and other agencies. The DHS Community Garden
that OSU Extension Educator, Kenda Woodburn,
has helped guide to success has donated over 800
pounds of food to area agencies. Gardeners of all
ages have met weekly to tend, nurture and harvest
the produce.

800 pounds of produce has

In addition to helping the DHA Garden, OSU

been donated.
Extension has worked with communities throughout
Tulsa County. These include Challenger 7 Park, Mabee Center Boys and Girls Clubs
and Fairmont Terrace. The gardens produce food and build community. Area
residents meet together and get acquainted. They learn who should be in the area
and who their neighbors are, says Brian Jervis, OSU Horticulture Educator and
master gardener coordinator.
The community garden built at Challenger 7 Park located in west Tulsa eliminated a
dilapidated junior pool. With the outstanding efforts of the City of Tulsa first lady
Victoria Bartlett, and parks director Lucy Dolman, the results show a vibrant and
productive garden where people of all ages are learning how food grows, healthy
living skills and the value of mentoring.

August 2013
Tulsa, OK

OCES offers its programs regardless of race,

In this issue:

color, national origin, religion, gender, age,

Addressing Food Desert Needs

Ticks and Pets

Recognition & Achievements

Coming Soon

disability or status as a veteran and is an equal

opportunity employer Visit our website to find
out more about the OSU Extension Service in
Tulsa County. Like us on Facebook at Tulsa
County OSU Extension Center.

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Addressing Food Desert NEEDS

Volume 1, Issue 3

Ticks and pets

Ticks are most active during the
warmer months of the year
mainly between April and
September. Ticks have a wide
variety of animal hosts and
survive by feeding on the blood
of the host animal. One of the
most common ticks found in
Oklahoma is the Brown Dog
Tick.

Checking Pets for Ticks

Control

Some ticks attach in and around

the ears and between the toes of
pets. They may also attach to
the underside of pets around the
pit of the leg and around the
neck. Pets that spend a lot of
time outside should be checked
daily especially when they are
near wooded or tall grassy areas.

Reduce tick populations around

the home by keeping grass mowed
short and clearing away plant
debris like dead leaves and brush
piles. Remove ticks from animals
using blunt tweezers by grasping
the tick as close to the skin of the
animal as possible. Pull straight up
with steady pressure. Get the facts
about Oklahoma Ticks.

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Cooperative
Extension
Service
Tulsa County
4116 E 15th Street
Tulsa, OK 74112
Phone: 918 746-3700
Fax: 918 746-3704
E-mail: c.richert@okstate.edu
http://
www.oces.tulsacounty.org

Tulsa County OSU

Extension Educators
Kim Arnold
Urban 4-H Educator
karnold@tulsacounty.org

Brian Jervis
Horticulture Educator
bjervis@tulsacounty.org

Recognition & Achievements

Twenty-two Tulsa County 4-H reports and
scholarship applications were completed by
12 members for state competition. Naomi
Roman, Kelsey Ritchie, and KatyAnn Dudley
were named State Project Winners at the
92nd Annual 4-H Roundup on July 25.
Charlotte Richert represented OCES at the
bi-annual Urban Extension Conference in
Overland Park, KS with four other Oklahoma
Extension Educators.
FCS Educator, Tracy Lane, taught 11 Shake
the Salt Habit lessons to 240 Community
Action Project Early Childhood staff
members and teachers.
Barbara Tricinella and NEA, Trey Shields
taught Cowboys Get Healthy Get Fit with
OSU Health Sciences and the Downtown
YMCA. The 12-week family-centered

program is medically supervised and

focuses on healthy lifestyle behaviors
including nutrition and physical activity
targeting youth 10-16.
Kim Arnold and Tracy Lane received a
$1000 Youth VOICES Walmart Healthy
Living grant to conduct after school
programs that support healthy lifestyles at
schools in West Tulsa.
Sam Harbison, OSU Biology Major from
Owasso, volunteered as a summer intern at
the extension office.
35 Tulsa Master Gardeners took a field trip
to the Myriad Botanical Garden in
Oklahoma City after Horticulture Director,
Casey Sharber, presented at the June
meeting.
Brian Jervis is the Professional Improvement

Tracy Lane
Family & Consumer Sciences
tlane@tulsacounty.org

Leslie Lewis
4-H Youth Development
llewis@tulsacounty.org

Alex Magee
4-H Youth Development
amagee@tulsacounty.org

Coming Soon
AUGUST

28 Beekeeping 101Free Tues. Class

1, 2 Tulsa County Free Fair, Tulsa State

Fairgrounds, Exchange Center and
Ford Truck Arena

29

Food Safety Manager Certification

SEPTEMBER

Tulsa County Free Fair Horse Show,

Ford Truck Arena

4-H VOICE meeting

July 22September 6 MG Fall Plant Sale

Office Closed, Labor Day

Food Safety Manager Certification

16-20 Galaxy IV National Extension

Conference

Bruce Peverley

Master Gardener Orientation

13 Fall OHCE Board Meeting

Agriculture Educator
bpeverley@tulsacounty.org

Tulsa County 4-H Officer Elections

20 Fall OHCE Meeting

12

4-H County Officers Retreat

24 Bird Friendly Landscapes, Free

Tuesday Class at 5:30

Charlotte Richert
County Extension Director
crichert@tulsacounty.org

Barbara Tricinella
Community Nutrition Program
btricinella@tulsacounty.org

Kenda Woodburn
Horticulture Educator
kwoodburn@tulsacounty.org

14 Master Gardener Orientation

15 Beekeeping Class
16 CNEP Training
16 OHCE Budget Board meeting
17 Canning is Cool School
20

OHCE Leader Lesson Training (topic)

21 Master Gardener Orientation

27 OHCE Game Day, membership event

26 Tulsa State Fair Begins

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damaged trees.
Community based 4-H club meetings
and OHCE meetings are held
throughout the month. For information
about these and other programs
offered through the OCES, call 918
746-3700 or visit the website at

www.oces.tulsacounty.org.

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