Fair-Time Notes & Reminders

Tulsa State Fair Oct 1-11, 2015

Every fall our quiet little neighborhood becomes ground zero for the fun and festivities that are the Tulsa State Fair.

While most visitors come and go without incident, here are some tips for coping with the crowds:

• Mayo Meadow Neighborhood Assn. (MMNA) has worked with the City for the last ten years to control parking and crowds in the neighborhood during the Fair. It is important that you communicate with the City immediately if you see any laws being broken or your property abused.
• Neighbors in the far northern part of the neighborhood will receive a letter about restrictions and regulations during this time. But if you see problems in any part of the neighborhood, call the cops.
• If possible, park your cars in the driveway and lock them.
• If you have to park on the street, do not leave any valuables visible and lock your car.
• Fair visitors are not allowed to block access to your driveway or any other part of your property. Call the police immediately if you find yourself in this situation. The offending car will be towed and ticketed.
• Leave your porch light or front hall light on in the evening
• Tuck your lawn furniture and other valuables away if they are in the front or side yards.
• About a week before the Fair a “no right turn” sign will mysteriously appear at 21st and Pittsburg. For those of us who routinely make right turns at the corner the rest of the year, be prepared to be surprised and ticketed.
• If you can find an alternative route during the Fair, it might be quicker to take that route, as traffic will increase in the neighborhood about a week before the Fair as vendors and other businesses will be coming to the area.

Looking for Gardeners!

Mayo Meadow needs 5 volunteers to help us put our best foot forward for our community. Our neighborhood gardens at the entry gates at 27th and Pittsburg and 27th and Vandalia need a little TLC. 

Maurie Traylor, a neighbor and professional gardener and landscaper is looking for volunteers to work on the evenings of Thursday, Sept. 10th and Sept. 17th for about 2 hours each evening. 

This could be a great opportunity for you to obtain extra credit for community projects or even learn about drought resistant gardening from a gardening pro. 

Email Maurie at novelgardener@gmail.com by Sept. 8th if you would like to help beautify our neighborhood. MMNA will supply the materials. 

All those participating will receive ONE free packet of certified organic seeds perfect for beginning your own garden.

Here are the tasks needed:  

• Trim back all unwanted growth
• Remove any dead or diseased plants
• Remove all weeds - really bad on the Vandalia garden
• Re-apply mulch
• Re-plant any perennials needed

We are also looking for volunteers to help keep the gardens watered during the fall and winter. 

Dumpster Days: July 3-6 and July 6-8

The dumpsters will be set at 22nd Pl & Richmond. They will arrive on Friday, July 3rd. On Monday, July 6th, they will be emptied and re-set and will be picked up on the 8th. Please do no overfill the dumpsters. If they are full over the weekend, come back on Monday when they will be re-set.

MMNA is only able to provide a dumpster each year because residents in the past have followed the City's rules and regulations. See below. If we do not, we will not be allowed a dumpster next year. The dumpsters are for MM residents, and not for businesses or cleaning out rental property.

Dumpster Rules

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR STUFF BY THE DUMPSTER OR IN NEIGHBORS' LAWNS. The City will not carry it away unless it is in the dumpster.

NO: whole trees or huge limbs or grass clippings.

NO: car parts, tires, major appliances,refrigerators, air conditioners, or other freon bearing appliances, toxic materials, buildings, parts of buildings,sheds, or roofing materials.

If you cannot bring your items or they do not match the dumpster requirements, call the City of Tulsa Bulky Waste department at 918-596-9777 and ask if your items can be picked up at your home. The charge is $5.00.

In other news.....the Med Express (going up on the east side of Walmart) will be open on July 8th.

Spring Newsletter

SPRING/SUMMER 2015

**FINAL PRINTED NEWSLETTER***

IF YOU WOULD LIKE THE NEWSLETTER DELIVERED

TO YOUR INBOX CONTACT
LARRYSTSA@YAHOO.COM

THESE SITES WILL HAVE FUTURE NEWSLETTERS AND

ALL NEIGHBORHOOD UPDATES:

·        MAYO MEADOW FACEBOOK

·        MAYO MEADOW BLOG SPOT

·        NEXTDOOR.COM

·        QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS: MAYOMEADOW@HOTMAIL.COM

Due to declining donations, MMMA CAN NO LONGER PRINT A NEWSLETTER TWICE A YEAR. Newsletters/updates will be on the on the websites listed above.

Be a good neighbor and download future e-newsletters to neighbors who do not use a computer and download a copy for new neighbors so they will know more about neighborhood activities and MMNA.

Thanks to neighbors, Sandi Thomas, Virginia Dare, Anne Spitzmiller and Patricia Lawson, whose donations made this final printed newsletter possible.

Thanks to all those neighbors, too numerous to name here, who volunteered to

deliver a newsletter to every doorstep in MM over the last 10 years. They have provided a valuable service to keep our neighborhood well informed.

If you would like to contribute to MMNA, address checks to:

 Jeanie Newell, 2644 S. Sandusky 74114 or Larry Synar, 4110 E 21 Place 74114

MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS

NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE –SATURDAY JUNE 13^TH

Because of declining donations, MMNA will not place a classified ad in the newspaper, so tell your friends about the sale. MMNA will post banners at the four corners the neighborhood to advice neighbors and visitors of the event.

DUMPSTER DAYS JULY 3-5 & 6-8 (located at or near 22^nd Place & Richmond)

Two dumpsters will be delivered on Friday, July 3^rd and will be emptied and re-set on the Monday the 6^th.  If the dumpsters are full over the weekend, bring your items back on the 6^th when the dumpster will be emptied. The City will pick the dumpster on the 8^th.  Please follow dumpster rules below so the City will allow us to continue to have a dumpster yearly.

·        The dumpsters are only for MM residents, not your in-laws, or commercial business (no using the dumpster to clean out rental property, please).

·        Do not leave your stuff by the dumpster or on neighbors’ lawns. The City will not pick it up, and those neighbors who generously hosted the dumpsters will be stuck with it.

·        NO:  whole trees or huge limbs or grass clippings, car parts, tires, major appliances refrigerators, air conditions or other Freon- bearing appliances, toxic materials, buildings, parts  of buildings, sheds or roofing materials.

·        Call the City for Bulky Waste Pickup 918-596-9777 for those items that cannot go in the dumpster or be picked up by residential waste service.

ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCK PARTY WILL BE LATER IN THE SUMMER

 Check the websites listed above for party details

NEW MEDICAL FACILITY AT 21^ST AND YALE (adjacent to Wal –Mart)

Med Express, an Urgent Care Facility will be open from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m.

LOOK FOR WILDFLOWERS BLOOMING ON 21^ST ST.

Wild about Tulsa has planted wildflowers on 21st between Pittsburg and Vandalia in honor of Donald R. Pfeifer, MD. Go to tulsacf.org and go to “what we do” for more information on this program.

BEAUTIFUL SPRING FLOWERS AT THE MM ENTRY GATES AT 21 & PITTSBURG  & VANDALIA

Thanks to neighbor Maurie Traylor and neighborhood volunteers for their efforts, in spite of the fact MMNA could not financially help with mulch and supplies this year. If you would like to donate to keep these gardens blooming all year, specify “MM gardens” with your donation.

NEW EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS TULSA IN THE 50’S INCLUDING MM

“Nifty Fifties” is a new exhibit at the Tulsa Historical Society (2445 S. Peoria, tulsahistory.org) that gives a glimpse of life in Tulsa during time our neighborhood was built. The two neon M’s were salvaged from the old MM shopping center building sign and were donated by the MMNA Board of Directors for the exhibit. 

Garage Sale & Dumpster Days

Dates are now official! 

Neighborhood Garage Sale
Saturday, June 13 - all day

Dumpster Days

July 3-6 & 6-8

The dumpsters will be set at 22nd Pl & Richmond. They will arrive on Friday the 3rd. On Monday the 6th they will be emptied and re-set and will be picked up the 8th. Please do not overfill the dumpsters. If they are full over the weekend, come back on Monday when they will be re-set.

MMNA is only able to provide a dumpster each year because residents in the past have followed the City's rules & regulations. See below. If we do not, we will not be allowed a dumpster next year. The dumpsters are for MM residents, and not for businesses or cleaning out rental property.

Dumpster Rules

DO NOT LEAVE YOUR STUFF BY THE DUMPSTER OR IN NEIGHBORS' LAWNS. The City will not carry it away unless it is in the dumpster.

NO: whole trees or huge limbs or grass clippings.

NO: car parts, tires, major appliances,refrigerators, air conditioners, or other freon bearing appliances, toxic materials, buildings, parts of buildings,sheds, or roofing materials.

Call the City for Bulky Waste pickup 918-596-9777 for items that cannot go in the dumpster or picked up by residential waste services.

FREE HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION

Many everyday products such as paint and lawn chemicals can be dangerous if used or stored improperly and cause serious environmental damage if tossed in the trash or poured down the drain. The M.e.t.’s biannual Fairgrounds Pollutant Collection event at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds is the only free opportunity in Tulsa to dispose of your household hazardous waste properly.

Storing even a half-bottle of drain cleaner makes your home, neighborhood, and planet a little less safe. If you have to use chemicals, buy what you need and use them up. If you have some left over take them to our semiannual Fairgrounds Pollutant Collection.

WHEN: March 28 – 29 from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.

WHERE: Tulsa State Fairgrounds.

Transport pollutants to the event in the trunk of a car or the bed of a pick-up truck. Trained volunteers will remove the household pollutants from your vehicle for you.

Items Accepted Include: household cleaners, pesticides, fertilizers, automotive fluids, cooking oil, batteries, all fluorescent light bulbs, small ammunition, smoke alarms, aerosol paint, hobby paint, pool chemicals, items containing mercury, gasoline, and unused or out-of-date prescription medications.

Items NOT Accepted at the Event: latex paint, tires, computers, radioactive waste and commercial waste. Latex paint is not accepted because it is not hazardous. It is water-based and can safely
disposed of by being dried out. Remove the lid and let the paint completely dry. Tulsa residents can place two cans of dry paint next to regular residential trash for pick up.

Fall/Winter 2014 Newsletter

Upcoming Events
Spring 2015: 10th Annual MMNA Saturday Garage Sale - TBA
Spring 2015: 10th Annual Neighborhood Block Party - TBA
July 2015:     Dumpster Days - date TBA

MMNA is 10 years old and celebrating our successes! Please read what MMNA does for the neighborhood and why we need your continued financial support! Donations can be directed to MMNA Board of Directors (BOD) listed below. MMNA is funded ONLY by donations.

MMNA Promotes Neighborhood Safety and Security 
Mayo Meadow is one of the safest neighborhoods in Tulsa according to Bart Dean, National Crime Prevention Network (CPN) Tulsa Coordinator. 

• Over the last 10 years, MMNA has sponsored Alert Neighbors Meetings, purchased "Alert Neighbors" street signs and "We Call Police" signs for all parts of the neighborhood.
• In 2011 MMNA helped form a Citizens Alert Patrol (CAP) of 10 of your neighbors to patrol the MM neighborhood, giving us higher alert status with the Tulsa Police Dept (TPD).
• MMNA has coordinated with the TPD, City Neighborhood Inspectors, and the Fairgrounds staff to control both parking and property crimes during the Fair and other large events. 

MMNA Encourages Communication Among Neighbors

• MMNA Newsletters
• MMNA funds the printing of a fall and spring newsletter and organizes neighbors to distribute newsletters to every home in the neighborhood (approx. 1,000 residences).
• Provides electronic copies of the newsletter and event notices by request, contact BOD member Larry Synar to subscribe: larrystsa@yahoo.com
• Social Media
• BOD members, Maggie Brown and Shamone Hubbert, administer the MM Facebook page. Our neighbor, Michel Shimp, is a founding member of nextdoor.com. Both sites provide neighborhood awareness, contacts, and updates. 
• Annual Neighborhood Block Party 
• Funding, organizing, and publicizing the annual spring block party, a mixer for the whole neighborhood. Provide surveys at the block party for neighbors' suggestions.
• Business and Special Meetings
• Organizing and publicizing business special meetings to discuss neighborhood needs and projects, i.e. Alert Neighbors, meeting with Fairgrounds staff and TPD. 

MMNA Coordinates Activies for the Neighborhood, Yearly

• Free Dumpsters
• MMNA arranges for free dumpsters each summer for the whole neighborhood. Dumpsters are only provided by the City to neighborhood associations in good standing. 
• Annual Neighborhood Garage Sale
• MMNA purchases a classified ad in the Tulsa World so neighbors can just move their sale items outside without having to advertise individually. MMNA also purchased four banners, designed and installed by our neighbor, Matt Smith, at the four corners of the neighborhood to serve as a reminder about the neighborhood garage sale date. 
• Spring Neighborhood Block Party and Meetings
• MMNA sponsors the spring neighborhood block part, business and special meetings on topics of interest to the neighborhood. 

Keeping our Neighborhood Beautiful and Well-Known

• History and Transformation
• Before 2005, MM wasn't really a place with a name! Our neighborhood was just though of as the "parking annex for the Fairgrounds" or "the neighborhood south of the Fairgrounds"
• The Nidiffer family, owners of the Mayo Meadow Shopping Center, gave permission to use the name Mayo Meadow for the new association, as the old shopping center was being demolished. 
• In 2005, Mayo Meadow became a neighborhood name instead of a shopping center
• While other, smaller associations had been formed in the past, the current association was the consolidation of several small subdivisions and older associations. 
• MM boundaries are from Pittsburgh to Yale Aves, and 21st to 29th St.
• Award Winning Entry Gates at 21st and Pittsburgh and 21st and Vandalia Aves
• In 2006, MMNA BOD members won a Tulsa Vision 2025 Grant. The city paid to build entrance gates from the pink flagstone harvested from the MM Shopping Center before demolition, and to landscape them.
• In 2009, MMNA won a Tulsa Historic Preservation Commission Award for the entry gates project. 
• MMNA funds and organizes a volunteer effort to plant, tend and water the entrance gates gardens.
• Maurie Traylor, former BOD member and professional gardener, designed a year around sustainable growth garden with drought resistance plants. 

If you believe that "Charity Begins at Home," help us keep our neighborhood safe and beautiful with your donation, no matter how small. Donations of any size, as well as questions about MMNA, can be directed to President Jeanie Newell. 2644 S Sandusky Ave, 74114. 

Website Updates

Website updates are coming soon! In the meantime, find us on Facebook for up-to-date information: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mayo-Meadow-Neighborhood

WANTED!

WANTED: Someone to help MMNA manage its facebook page and web site. If you are interested in helping Mayo Meadow, please contact Jeanie Newell, MMNA Pres. at 747-6389 with questions.

Summer 2011 Newsletter

Volunteers Needed for Neighborhood Mayo Meadow (MMNA) Crime Prevention
MMNA Citizen Alert Patrol (CAP) is forming. A training and organizational meeting will be held on Thursday night, Sept 22 from 6-8 p.m. at Memorial Baptist Church. The association will provide a light dinner for volunteers at 6:00.
Volunteers agree to drive or walk or jog or bicycle or stroll through the neighborhood and report any suspicious activity.
Citizens receive training and patrol their neighborhoods to watch and protect each other more closely. This gives them more control over security in their neighborhoods. Members of CAP are unique in that they are not police officers or security guards, but concerned citizens who want to do their part to make the neighborhoods as safe as possible.
The application is on the back of your newsletter. The Tulsa Police Dept will do a background check on those interested in participating. The deadline for submitting your application is Sept 15th.
If you are interesting in supporting our neighborhood in this way, MMNA welcomes your participation. At least 15 volunteers will be needed. Contact the Crime Commission 918-585-5209 or info@crimecomok.org. or Jeanie Newell, MMNA Pres. at 747-6389 with questions.

School Boundaries Change for Mayo Meadow Students
With the recent closure of several schools, please note that all MM is now in the Lanier Elementary, Edison Middle and Senior High School District. At www.tulsaschools.org click on Parents and My Childs’ School. This will take you to website of each school, or you can call the TPS main number, 746-6800, and find out more about each school.

If you are interested in checking your home value go to: www.zillow.com/local-info/OK-Tulsa-home-value. Sale and/ or foreclosures in MM go to: www.zillow.com/homes/74114_rb/
Or www.tulsalibrary.org/research/onlinedatabases.asp. Go to Tulsa County Land Records.

What- a -Burger coming to 21st and Yale and expects to open early in 2012

If you wish to get the twice a year newsletter by e-mail contact gsalexender@cox.net

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Event Dates

Event Dates

Neighborhood Citizens Alert Patrol Training Meeting - September 22

Tulsa State Fair 2011 - Thursday Sept 29th - Sunday Oct 9th

Annual Garage Sale - May 2012 - date to be announced
Spring Block Party 2012 - date to be announced

Neighborhood Citizens Alert Patrol Training Meeting

Neighborhood Citizens Alert Patrol Training Meeting - Sept 22

Volunteers Needed for MMNA Citizen Alert Patrol. A training and organizational meeting will be held Thurs night, Sept 22 from 6-8 p.m. at Memorial Baptist Church. MMNA will provide a light dinner for volunteers at 6. Volunteers agree to drive or walk or jog or bicycle or stroll through the neighborhood and report any suspicious activity.

An application will be on the back of your newsletter. The Tulsa Police Dept will do a background check on those interested in participating. The deadline for submitting your application is Sept 15th. If you are interesting in supporting our neighborhood in this way, MMNA welcomes your participation.

At least 14 volunteers will be needed.
Contact the Crime Commission 918-585-5209 or info@crimecomok.org. or Jeanie Newell, MMNA Pres. at 747-6389 with questions

One more time! MMNA Garage Sale

Due to the cloudy weather last weekend, we are hosting another Saturday of sales. This Saturday host a sale or come shop the sales!
We hope to see you there!

Annual MMNA Garage Sale

The MMNA garage sale will be this Saturday May 21. Rain date will be May 28th.

Crime Prevention Follow Up

Did you know that burglaries happen the most between the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m?

Crime prevention follow up

Want to learn how to be a block captain?
Anyone is welcome to attend Citizen Alert Patrol Training this Thursday at John Knox Presbyterian Church at 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Next session won't be until fall. So don't miss out!

Safety by the Slice

Want FREE Pizza?
Come out for our CRIME PREVENTION MEETING. Tuesday the 26th @ Memorial Baptist Church. Come at 6 pm for free pizza/drinks with the family and stay for the program at 6:30. Let's make The Meadow a safer place!

Spring is in the Air

The bulbs and flowers you see blooming are a result of several years of individual MMNA gardeners donating and planting at the gates. T hanks to all who have contributed so we can have year ‘round color at those corners.

Warm Weather Code Violations

Use the Mayor Action Line (MAC) http://www.cityoftulsa.org/reporting/reporting-problems.aspx or call 596-2100 to report these warm weather code violations: · tall grass (over 12 inches), overgrown bushes, branches in the yard/curb · trash, junk or debris in the yard/curb (toys, household furniture, appliances, garbage) · stagnant swimming pool · broken windows or open doors when the remainder of the structure (house, building) is in good order · structure in need of repair - walls/roof caving in, tarp on roof · swimming pool not secured - free access · broken windows or open doors with other structural problems present

Crime Prevention Tip from the Tulsa Police

Thieves have found a way to break into your vehicle which may go unnoticed for several days. They take valuable information and documents. If you have a GPS unit, they now know what you drive along with where you live. The next step may be a burglary of your residence. Here is how they are doing it: Thieves locate a parked vehicle having something of value inside. They use a punch tool on the passenger side door just below the handle to punch a small, almost unnoticeable hole in the door. They then gain access to the mechanism that unlocks the door. They unlock the door not setting off any alarm or creating any noise. Thieves get inside your vehicle and take electronic valuables. They also take a check or two from the middle of the check book and even will take one or two of your credit cards hoping it goes unnoticed. They then get into your GPS and find out what you have listed for "HOME". They'll leave the GPS in the car to reduce the likelihood that you'll realize that your car has been broken into. Already knowing what you drive, they can check to see if you are home and then break into your residence. These types of break ins are going unnoticed for several days. By the time you've discovered the crime, thieves may have already wiped out your bank account. Remove "HOME" from your GPS. Use a local business instead. Here is a security alarm system that you probably already have and requires no installation. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or hear someone trying to get into your house, just press the panic button for your car. The alarm will be set off, and the horn will continue to sound until either you turn it off or the car battery dies. Next time you come home for the night and you start to put your keys away, test it. It will go off from most everywhere inside your house and will keep honking until your battery runs down or until you reset it with the button on the key fob chain.