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VOL 19 ISSUE 6
June 2012
TULSA
NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Leave Constant Cleaning in the Dust
Ultimate Garage Door Opener Control your garage door anytime, from anywhere.
Black Hat helps keep area homes safer and cleaner with periodic cleaning services.
By Duane Blankenship Assurance Overhead Doors is an authorized dealer for LiftMaster® and the new Elite Series 8550 Garage Door Opener. “The 8550,” says Chuck Billy of Assurance, “has a DC battery backup with belt drive. It runs so quietly you can hardly hear it, much like a hybrid vehicle.” Chuck highly recommends the new Elite Series because of its state-of-theart quality and all the features and benefits built into the revolutionary design. This garage door opener seems to be in a class all its own. You get in your garage every time, even when the power is out, because the 8550 has a battery backup system to ensure that your garage door opener and all the safety and security features continue to work when electricity fails. The Elite Series also has a timer-to-close feature that makes sure the door (continued on page 10)
By Duane Blankenship Black Hat Cleaning Services founder David Harris started his business in 1977. The company is family owned and operated. “When you have us come to your home or business to perform one of our cleaning services, it will be a member of
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Chuck Billy of Assurance Overhead Doors demonstrates how the new LiftMaster® Elite Series garage door opener allows monitoring and operation of your garage door from anywhere via your smartphone or computer.
the family doing the work,” says David. Serving the entire Tulsa metro area, Black Hat provides chimney cleaning and repair, air duct cleaning, and dryer vent cleaning and repair. “We enjoy helping keep your homes safe (continued on page 10)
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Davis Harris Jr. and David Harris Sr. of Black Hat Cleaning Services.
Martial Arts Academy Now Serves Students in Tulsa, Broken Arrow & Bixby Owner Chris Velez has over 20 years of martial arts training and is excited to reach more students with the new location at 61st and Memorial. By Sheryl Sowell
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Martial Arts Academy owner Chris Velez recently expanded his business from Owasso and opened a new location at 6022A S. Memorial in Tulsa. Chris began practicing martial arts training at six years old at the Owasso Rec Center (now the YMCA). “I earned my first degree black belt in 1999 at the age of 16. I earned my fifth degree black belt in August of 2011,” Chris explains. “I’ve been instructing since 1998. My specialty is teaching children and passing that ability on to my other instructors. Our methods of instruction have been developed through firsthand experience and our openness to adjust
training curriculum to what is best for the student, while maintaining the quality and integrity of traditional martial arts in a structured, respectful, and disciplined environment.” Chris opened Martial Arts Academy in Owasso in 2003, offering a full-time staff dedicating all of its attention to providing a consistent, professional, and therefore productive martial arts experience. He is excited to be able to reach even more students with the opening of the Tulsa academy. “Our primary objective is developing leaders by way of martial arts training and their journey to black belt,” says
Chris. “Our secondary objective is to create professional opportunities for students to make martial arts their livelihood, or for our younger students to make it a part of their work experience if they choose, either in their shortterm or long-term career path. We want to offer opportunities comparable to the opportunities a student may have through other avenues. The Tulsa expansion is the first step in fulfilling that goal, along with making ourselves available to the students who need and want our type of training.” The new academy is (continued on page 10)
www.valuenews.com South Tulsa 41,902 homes (This is a geo-demographic mailing list and delivered to homes in Mid-Town and South Tulsa.)
Bixby, Jenks Glenpool & Sapulpa 27,861 homes Bixby–74008–8,484 Glenpool–74033–3,507 Jenks–74037–5,550 Sapulpa–74066–10,320
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Students of Martial Arts Academy develop leadership skills through martial arts training.
Owasso/Collinsville 21,945 homes Owasso–74055–15,203 Collinsville–74021–6,742
Rogers County 25,714 homes Claremore–74017–10,601 74019–6,546 Catoosa–74015–3,245 Chelsea–74016–1,798 Inola–74036–2,159 Oologah–74053–1,365
Broken Arrow 41,655 homes 74011–9,861 74012–22,258 74014–9,536