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Broken Arrow High School held its prom at the Oklahoma Aquarium in Jenks on April 18. Photos by BRETT ROJO/for the Tulsa World
Broken Arrow High School prom-goers pose for a group photo.
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Broken Arrow High School students take the mic at the April 18 prom.
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Fifth-graders Emily Slingerland (left) and Teagan Atkinson help at Broken Arrow Neighbors during Summit Christian Academy’s annual Day of Service on April 2. Summit’s ifth-grade class collected needed items, then helped organize the food pantry at Broken Arrow Neighbors. Photo by Angel Slingerland
Whitney McCollum and Michelle Hood, clients at A New Leaf, prepare for organization’s annual Garden Fest, which took place April 18. Photo by Jordan Didier
Kim Goddard, executive director Broken Arrow Neighbors, and Greg Graham, CEO 2014 Broken Arrow Neighbors board president Lisa Ford (left), facilities chairman
and chairman of the board of First National Bank BA, pose during an event to honor the
Jef Hartman, and capital campaign chairman Thomas Cooper led a successful
memory of Scott Graham, a longtime supporter of Broken Arrow Neighbors and the
campaign to build a new facility. Photo by Connie Kline
Broken Arrow community. Photo by Connie Kline
Beth Davis, an English language arts teacher from Sequoyah Middle School, was recognized as the school’s Teacher of the Year and then one of ive inalists for District Teacher of the Year by Superintendent of Broken Arrow Schools Jarod Mendenhall during the Teacher of the Year Gala and Star Awards at the Renaissance Hotel in Tulsa on April 16. Photo by JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World
An Instagram image shows an artist’s rendering of an oice building on West New Orleans Street in Broken Arrow. Photo by Gerry Darrow
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Looking Back at Broken Arrow “Broken Aro” coal — Fossil fuels have
was introduced, with the irst steam
long played a prominent role in Oklahoma.
shovel arriving about 1910. Over the
For Broken Arrow, the coal industry is as
years, the scale of mining increased and
old as the town itself. The Adams Creek
by 1934 Broken Arrow was the largest
Coal company began operations in 1902,
coal shipper in the state. During World
working a mine located near where Lynn
War II, the mines operated around the
Lane meets the Arkansas River. The
clock seven days a week. Coal mining
coal was hauled to the Broken Arrow
had a huge impact on our local economy
coal tipple located at what is today the
through the 1930s and 1940s. The payroll
intersection of the Creek Turnpike and old
often listed several workers from the
Oklahoma 51. A small community called
same family. Fathers, sons and brothers
Evans grew up around the operation. It
worked together in the mines. The coal
had its own grocery store, post oice and
mining enterprises here operated under
school. Coal ired the stoves that early
the names of Adams Creek Coal, Broken
settlers in the area used to heat their
Arrow Coal, Wear Coal, Seneca Coal and
homes. They loaded their wagons for $2
Sinclair Coal. Russell Kelce, vice president
per ton. In addition, coal powered the train and general manager of Sinclair Coal, Jacob Howard plays a solo on his trumpet during the E Jazz performance of the Broken Arrow High School Jazz Concert at the Broken Arrow PAC on Thursday. Photos by BRETT ROJO/for the Tulsa World
locomotives. The early mining operations
proclaimed the local product a superior
were primarily the work of men with picks
grade and marketed it widely as “Broken
and shovels and draft animals, though
Aro” coal. Although the coal seam was
some explosives were employed to speed
never exhausted, mining operations ceased
up the digging. Gradually, mechanization
in 1948.
Trumpet player Kasie Luker takes center stage
Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society
at Broken Arrow High School’s E Jazz perfor-
Carter Loud is one of tthe
mance on Thursday.
trombone players in Broken Arrow High School’s Jazz 1 group.
Jace Davidson plays the baritone sax during the
Members of E Jazz band
Jazz 1 portion of the Bro-
wait to take the stage for
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the Broken Arrow High
Jazz Concert.
School Jazz Concert at the Broken Arrow PAC on Thursday.
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Broken Arrow is Oklahoma’s fourth-largest city and Tulsa’s largest suburb, with an estimated population of 100,073 in 2011. It is also one of the state’s fastest-growing cities, adding more than 25,000 residents and a slew of big-box retailers since 2000. Known for quiet suburban life and short commutes to Tulsa, Broken Arrow has been named by national publications as one of the best 100 places to live, one of the 10 best places for families, one of the 25 safest cities in America and one of the most afordable suburbs in the south. A downtown revitalization efort that began in 2005 has created an arts and entertainment district centered on the city’s Main Street, and several new restaurants, a historical museum and a performing arts center have headlined the recent downtown improvements.
Mayor Craig Thurmond
Police Department:
Ward 2, Oice: 918-259-8419 cthurmond@brokenarrowok.gov
918-259-8400
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Vice Mayor Richard Carter Ward 1, Oice: 918-259-8419 rcarter@brokenarrowok.gov
Emergency contacts
Police Chief David Boggs 918-259-8400 ext. 8394 dboggs@brokenarrowok.gov
Mike Lester
Fire Department:
Ward 3, Oice: 918-259-8419 mlester@brokenarrowok.gov
918-259-8360
Jill Norman Ward 4, Oice: 918-259-8419 jnorman@brokenarrowok.gov
Johnnie Parks At-Large, Oice: 918-259-8419 jparks@brokenarrowok.gov
Fire Chief Jeremy Moore 918-259-2400 ext. 6355 jkmoore@brokenarrowok.gov