Broken Arrow World Weekly Gallery July 6, 2015

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Submit your photos to be published in the Broken Arrow Weekly Gallery The Tulsa World welcomes photos taken in Broken Arrow of activities, landscapes and scenes that highlight life in the community. Photos considered for publication in this weekly gallery can be submitted online at: tulsaworld.com/submitphoto

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Danny Currie of Broken Arrow looks at a 1954 Bel Air during a car show at Rockets Over Rhema on June 28. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

Haleigh Horn, 9, of Broken Arrow waves a flag at Rockets Over Rhema on June 28. MIKE SIMONS/ Tulsa World

Alexis Browning, 13, of Broken Arrow rides a mechanical bull at Rockets Over Rhema on June 28. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

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Brent Robison of Broken Arrow golfs at Battle Creek Golf Club on Thursday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Amanda Fisher (left), a golf pro at the Battle Creek Golf Club, helps student Kaye White Walker with her goling form during a lesson at the golf club on Thursday.

CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Zack Bacon (left) and Brent Robison, both of Broken Arrow, golf at Battle Creek Golf Club on Thursday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Bob Watson of Broken Arrow watches as his golf ball soars in the air from the No. 12 tee at Battle Creek Golf Club on Thursday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Dave Sherry, a golf student, tees of during a golf lesson at Battle Creek Golf Club on Thursday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Zack Bacon of Broken Arrow hits the ball out of a bunker at Battle Creek Golf Club on Thursday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Goling pals Bob McCoy (from left), Bob Watson, Tom Mancino and Larry Howard walk toward their golf balls on the No. 12 green at Battle Creek Golf Club on Thursday.

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Kristine Hamilton of Broken Arrow waits in line during “American Idol” auditions at Guthrie Green on June 29. MIKE SIMONS/Tulsa World

 Looking Back at Broken Arrow 

Kaye White Walker, a golf student, tees of during a golf lesson at Battle Creek Golf Club on Thursday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Courtesy of the Broken Arrow Historical Society

Phenie Lou Ownby was born in Ely, Texas, on Nov. 16, 1887, to Mabel Morris and Daniel Gillett. Ownby would follow a circuitous path to Broken Arrow. However, in so doing, she would bring the town a bit of national recognition. When her mother died at the age of 12, Phenie played a large part in raising her ive younger siblings.

In 1906 she married Warren Ownby and moved with him to Kirksville, Missouri, where he attended the American School of Osteopathy. After graduating, they moved to Broken Arrow, where Dr. Ownby opened his own practice. Phenie Lou assisted him in his practice and began helping patients herself with massage and Swedish movements. It was in 1929 that Ownby irst considered politics. Without her knowledge, her friends placed her name on the city ballot. Though she had not sought oice, she agreed to run but was defeated. Two years later she sought the oice of mayor and was elected.

Her accomplishments as mayor included opening a wading pool and a skating rink.

Perhaps her most noteworthy action is in her method of collecting delinquent water bills. She took out an ad in the newspaper chastising people for having large parties with numerous attendees or traveling out of town while still not paying the money owed to the city. She threatened to cut of water to those who remained in arrears. She allowed those unable to pay their bills to work of the debt with service to the city. The water department was saved inancially, which allowed it to assist the schools by reducing their water bills. Ownby ran for re-election in 1933 but was defeated. She remained in Broken Arrow until her death in 1954.

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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 aimed to create 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.

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Police Chief David Boggs 918-259-8400 ext. 8394 dboggs@brokenarrowok.gov Fire Department: 918-259-8360

Fire Chief Jeremy Moore 918-259-2400 ext. 6355 jkmoore@brokenarrowok.gov

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