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VOL 21 ISSUE 1
January 2014
BIXBY GLENPOOL JENKS SAPULPA
NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Portraits of a Garden
Communication and Security Solutions
Tulsa Garden Center’s Amateur Photography Contest and Exhibition returns.
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By Mike Blake
By Christopher Davis
To Tulsa area amateur photographers of all ages: Tulsa Garden Center offers you the opportunity to exhibit your photographic art during the Portraits of a Garden Amateur Photography Contest and Exhibition held at Tulsa Garden Center. Exhibition days will be January 24–26 and January 28 through February 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.). Photographers’ entries may be submitted at Tulsa Garden Center, 2435 S. Peoria Ave. Tuesday through Saturday, January 7-11 and 1418, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. How often have you seen something in nature and thought, “That would make a great picture”? Take that great picture and share it at the Portraits of a Garden 2014 Contest. Join like-minded and talented amateur nature photographers in sharing pictures of some of the great gardens and nature for
which Northeastern Oklahoma is famous. Entry categories are: Creatures in a Garden; Digitally Manipulated Garden Photos; Gardens in Woodward Park; General Garden Photos; Linnaeus Teaching Garden; Seasons in the Garden; Single Flower in a Garden; and Water Features. There are three divisions in which photographers are classified: Beginners, Intermediate and Masters. Children and Youth may enter either the Beginners or the Intermediate Divisions, unless they’ve qualified for the Masters Division. Masters can only compete in the Masters Division. Masters are defined as individuals who have previously won three or more first place awards in a Tulsa Garden Center Portraits of a Garden Photography contest. The contest is open to amateur photographers only. (continued on page 22)
DLSS Systems and Tel-Star Technologies provide a variety of custom communications and technology solutions, ranging from security and video surveillance, phone and computer networking, to system integration. As longtime friends, both Kevin Dyson and Mike Eubanks worked as managers for large technology companies. As the industry swallowed up smaller companies throughout the 1990s, a void was left in this region. In the late 90s and into the new millennium, Dyson and Eubanks found a natural synergy
Mike Eubanks, Megan Eubanks and Kevin Dyson of DLSS Tel-Star Systems.
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