🌱 The Center Of The Universe In Tulsa + Native Tradition Revived

Morning, Tulsa! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

Delightful with plenty of sun. High: 70 Low: 45.

Here are the top stories today in Tulsa:

1. The "Center of the Universe," a peculiar location known as a sound anomaly on a pedestrianized bridge in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is marked by a spot on the floor by a concrete circle and surrounded by planters and benches that form a wider circle around it. When you step in it, your voice is echoed back at you but louder, and noises from outside the circle are distorted. There is no official explanation for how the anomaly formed. (IFL Science)
2. With 3 bold marks, Indigenous women helped revive a once-banned tradition. Grete Bergman had long wanted to get traditional facial markings, a practice for Indigenous women in Alaska that European settlers tried to extinguish. Bergman went to see Inupiaq artist Sarah Whalen-Lunn, who she'd heard had just completed a yearlong training to learn the art of facial markings. (Tulsa Public Radio)
3. The Oklahoma Department of Human Services abruptly ended its relationship with Tulsa-based non-profit Oklahoma Heart Gallery providing free service to place children. (KFOR)
4. Early morning storms move through Green Country bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall. (News On 6)
5. The search for answers after families were forced out of 160 units at Vista Shadow Mountain apartments spans from Tulsa to New Jersey to Israel. (News On 6)

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Today in Tulsa:

• Celebrate Boss’s Day With 15 Percent Off Flowers And Gifts (9:00 PM)
• OCTOBER 2021 FREEDOM SHOOTS - Eagle Ops (10:00 AM)
• Guided Nature Hikes - The Parks of Tulsa County (10:00 AM)
• BLOCTOBER FEST - Bixby Chamber of Commerce (11:00 AM)
• Kendall Whittier Arts Festival - Kendall Whittier Main Street (2:00 PM)
• Chili On The Green (2:00 PM)

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• Celebrate Boss’s Day With 15 Percent Off Flowers And Gifts (October 16)

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— Katarina Betterton

About me: Katarina loves to read and write. Her hobbies include cooking her grandmother’s recipes, learning new languages, and crafting. She and her husband live with their mutt, Ledger, and Shiba Inu, Mikasa, who are both way too cute for their own good.