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Prison to Purpose: Claremore woman manages She Brews after 3 years behind bars

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    CLAREMORE, Okla. (KJRH) — Tulsa’s She Brews Coffee Roasters & Transition Program expanded in Claremore.

2 News Oklahoma met the new manager, Tamra Bissell. She told 2 News she spent 3 years behind bars and struggled with addiction.

“I know me coming into recovery, and coming into a program to change my life, I’ve had to do it with different people, places, and things, and you have to be strong,” Bissell said.

Through this expansion, the non-profit said it’s been able to help more women. The goal is always been to equip and empower women transitioning out of incarceration.

“We are now able to employ every woman that comes into our transitional homes,” Bissell said. “Due to the increase in the size of the building and the job training programs we can offer now.”

Bissell earned several promotions because of her good spirit and people skills. She’s also been the team trainer for all of the She Brew locations supporting Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Claremore, Oklahoma.

Francois Cardinal is the Board Chair of She Brews Coffee Roasters and Transition Program.

“Tamra, you could say, is the shining example of someone who has taken this second chance and has completely turned her life around, a true transformation, and is now leading the other women in our program through this transformation process, modeling the transformation journey and outcome for them as a leader in our program. You won’t find anyone more committed to our mission.”

“I didn’t know my potential, you know, at all,” Bissell said. “When somebody is telling you that you can do this, you don’t see it. So, for my leaders and this community to see something in me that I couldn’t see in myself, and giving me the opportunity and telling me to just say yes and they’ll show me how to do it; is just a blessing.”

Bissell said getting the title ‘manager’ isn’t what mattered most, but getting the opportunity to take her life in a new direction.

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This week will feature multiple meteor showers. Here’s how to watch

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A double meteor shower peak will occur this week — but sky-gazers might have a difficult time catching a glimpse of the cosmic activity.The Alpha Capricornids are active from early July to mid-August, and the Southern Delta Aquariids are active from mid-July to mid-August, but both are expected to reach their peaks — the point at which Earth will pass through the densest part of the shower — Thursday night into Friday, according to the American Meteor Society.A third meteor shower, the Perseids, will also be active this week, though it won’t peak until mid-August.However, the July full moon will peak and appear at its fullest on Wednesday, and its reflected light will hinder visibility of fainter meteors, according to Bob Lunsford, report coordinator for the American Meteor Society.The Alpha Capricornids and the Southern Delta Aquariids occur annually, but a full moon usually limits visibility of a meteor shower peak around every three years, Lunsford said.At a different point of the month, the meteor showers would be best visible when the moon is below the horizon or before it has risen — “but with the full moon, it’s up there all night,” said Bill Cooke, lead of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office. The meteors are “just going to be very difficult to see.”People in the Southern Hemisphere might have a viewing advantage, however. From the Southern Hemisphere, the radiant — or the point from which meteors appear to come — is higher overhead compared with where it sits above the Northern Hemisphere, Cooke said.To get the best vantage point, try viewing the meteor shower from a high elevation and position yourself “facing northward with the moon at your back, so that the direct moonlight doesn’t affect your night vision,” Lunsford advised.The Southern Delta Aquariid meteor shower radiates from the Aquarius constellation and is known to produce faster-moving meteors — around two per hour as seen from the Northern Hemisphere and three per hour from the viewpoint of the Southern Hemisphere.Meanwhile, the Alpha Capricornid meteor shower radiates from the Capricornus constellation and tends to feature brighter meteors that are easier to spot — around three per hour as seen from both hemispheres, the American Meteor Society reports.What meteor showers teach observersMeteor showers can provide spectacular views, but that’s not the only reason to observe them. Viewing these cosmic events can reveal key insights into space.Taking note of such events can help experts “determine the particles in space that are orbiting and when we intercept them every year,” Lunsford said.What’s more, keeping track of meteor showers can help better ensure the safety of human spaceflight.Meteor showers can reveal what spacecraft and crews might encounter in space, Cooke said.Upcoming meteor showersThe double meteor shower peak may be difficult to observe, but the upcoming Perseid meteor shower will peak in August and is expected to produce a more spectacular display with clear skies, according to EarthSky.Here are the peak dates for meteor showers in 2026, according to the American Meteor Society.Perseids: August 12-13Orionids: October 21-22Southern Taurids: November 4-5Northern Taurids: November 11-12Leonids: November 16-17Geminids: December 13-14Ursids: December 21-22The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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