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VOL 20 ISSUE 2
February 2013
TULSA
NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Mullin Is a Mainstay “The Red Rooter” is still going strong after 40 years of service to Oklahomans. By Duane Blankenship Mullin Plumbing has been serving Oklahomans for 40 years with offices in Broken Arrow and Oklahoma City. Although Mullin Plumbing president and owner Markwayne Mullin is now Congressmanelect Mullin is now serving on the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the House Committee on Natural Resources, rest assured that Mullin Plumbing is moving full speed ahead. Markwayne’s father started Mullin Sewer Service in 1973. The company changed its name
to Mullin Plumbing & Drain Service in the 1980s. Markwayne became owner of the company in 1997 at the age of 20 and put the first Mullin Plumbing red truck into service shortly thereafter. In 1998, “The Red Rooter” tag was adopted and the company is today the largest business of its type in the state of Oklahoma. Whenever you encounter one of the Mullin fleet trucks, you immediately know it is “The Red Rooter.” Mullin Inc., the parent company, has expanded over the years into a multiple-division
company. Home and commercial service and drain and sewer service divisions provide hot water heaters, sinks, faucets, toilets, bathtubs, sprinkler systems, septic installations and shower pans, as well as bathroom and kitchen remodels, repipes, hydro-jet service, electronic leak locators, video inspections, garbage disposals, gas lines and slab leaks. They also provide services for French drains, reroutes, replacements, washer lines, kitchen lines, lateral lines, floor drains, toilets and new line installations. (continued on page 22)
The Mullin Plumbing leadership team includes (L to R): Robert Morris, CEO; Melissa Orr, CIO; Markwayne Mullin, president; Staci Crabtree, CFO/office manager; and Ray Trimble, COO, environmental and services. (Not pictured: Daniel Ice, COO, OKC office.)
You Can Afford to Go to the Doctor
Buying or Selling a Vehicle?
Grassroots Healthcare provides medical services at an affordable cost for those without insurance.
America’s Auto Auction could be the best way to get it done. By Duane Blankenship
By Sheryl Sowell
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This flu, cold and virus season has been a real doozy – it’s nearly impossible to go a day without hearing about something “going around” at work, school and throughout the community. Unfortunately for many people, going to the doctor simply is not an option because they don’t have health insurance and can’t afford it. That’s where Dr. Melita Tate at Grassroots Healthcare comes in. “I would love a few years from now for the history books to show that patients and doctors joined together and solved the medical problems without the government or insurance companies,” she says. Dr. Tate’s practice, Grassroots Healthcare located at 91st and Sheridan in Tulsa, offers high-quality medical care at an affordable price by removing insurance and Medicare from the equation. Eliminating
insurance procedures allows Dr. Tate to spend more time with her patients, keep the schedule open to work in sick patients, and offer significantly lower prices for visits and testing – far
below the current local rates. This vision of Dr. Tate’s didn’t materialize by accident. Over the years, she has witnessed the mountains of red (continued on page 22)
Dr. Melita Tate and Nurse Practitioner Monica Winford welcome you to Grassroots Healthcare. (continued on page 2) www.valuenews.com South Tulsa 40,918 homes (This is a geo-demographic mailing list and delivered to homes in Mid-Town and South Tulsa.)
Bixby, Jenks Glenpool & Sapulpa 22,792 homes Bixby–6,880 Glenpool–74033–3,609 Jenks–74037–4,940 Sapulpa–74066–7,363
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Monte Freeman is general manager of America’s Auto Auction of Tulsa. He and his team provide services to automobile dealers and the public with two auctions per week throughout most of the year. A dealer-only auction is
held on Wednesdays at 2 p.m., and a public auction is held Mondays at 6 p.m. Public sales for 2013 will run through May 20. That will be the last public auction until December of 2013. “We take pride in staying on (continued on page 22)
The America’s Auto Auction crew is always focused on making each event a great experience for buyers and sellers alike. (Back Row, L to R): Ronnie Gilman, Gail White, Sarah Lambeth, Monte Freeman, Lisa McAnelly, Afton Nordean, Doug Pirnak, (Front Row, L to R): Christina Hinojosa, Summer Sanchez, Cathy Oliver, and Lyndsey Gonzalez.
Owasso/Collinsville 18,429 homes
Did you know there are 20 to 50 brown
Owasso–74055–12,198 Collinsville–74021–6,231
recluse spiders in homes with 3+ bedrooms?
Rogers County 22,499 homes Claremore–74017–8,911 74019–5,697 Catoosa–74015–2,570 Chelsea–74016–1,780 Inola–74036–2,136 Oologah–74053–1,405
Broken Arrow 36,033 homes 74011–9,299 74012–18,668 74014–8,066
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