Citizen Corps Media Contacts

December 2003—January 2004

Date:	12/5/2003 3:48PM

Subject:	NOVA interview

Tom Lucas, producer of a PBS NOVA program on tornadoes that will air March 30, interviewed Ann Patton.   He was interested in using material from her research paper on the Moore, OK, tornadoes in May 2003.

Date:	1/5/2004 3:08PM
Subject:	Tulsa World and Channel 6 stories

Ashley Sims with Channel 6 interviewed Tim Lovell and the manager of the Westport on the River Apartments for a story on the Citizen Corps Safe & Secure program that aired on January 5.
The Tulsa World reporter Leigh Woosley interviewed Ann Patton and Alan Rowland for a story on Tulsa Partners and the Safe & Secure Families program. The Rowland family was featured in a story in the Scene Section on January 12.

Date:	1/9/2004 3:46PM
Subject:	Mayor to present 2003 Mayor's Citizen Corps highlights on Fox 23

Fox 23's Heather Farris interviewed Mayor Bill LaFortune on January 10 about the numerous successes Mayor's Citizen Corps accomplished during its pilot year. The segment aired on January 11.

Also, KJRH/Channel 2 reporter Daniel Karnes interviewed Mike McCool, Director of the Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency, concerning the changes made in Tulsa due to the downgrading of the Homeland Security's Advisory System threat level. The interview ran on January 9.

Date:	1/12/2004 7:51AM
Subject:	Tulsa Business Journal to Do Story on Mayor's Citizen Corps Safe and Secure

Phil Cabler of the Tulsa Business Journal wrote a story on the Safe & Secure program for the January 12-16 edition of the Tulsa Business Journal, using information from a presentation done in November for the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) by Sandy Cox and Tim Lovell as well as the year-in-review press release on Mayor's Citizen Corps activities. A sidebar will focus on placing defibrillators in businesses, an action often suggested in the Safe & Secure program.