Broken Arrow World Weekly Gallery April 27, 2015

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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

ken Arrow High School

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