Bixby World Weekly Gallery March 23, 2015

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Bixby world weekly gallery

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

Photos should not be altered and include accurate caption information. Please specify “FOR BIXBY WORLD WEEKLY GALLERY” in the caption.

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Submit your photos of Bixby through Instagram using #mytulsaworld. Winners will have their photo published in a weekly gallery that wraps around Tulsa World’s front page in Bixby every Monday.

Your Instagram name will be published alongside your photo and we’ll share your photo on Tulsa World’s Instagram.

Bixby welcome sign is seen entering from the south on U.S. 64 in Bixby. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

Isabelle, (left) Dave, Ethan, Kathy and Aunnalise Hoyhtya play Frisbee in front of the Rotary Club of Bixby’s Washington Irving Park amphitheater in Bixby on March Suzanne Lair finishes a great evening sunset paddle on Bixhoma Lake.

Kathy Porter prices outdoor chairs at Hardscape Materials in Bixby on March 16.

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Leah (left) and her mother Valerie Wagner ride their bikes along the Arkansas River in Bentley Park in Bixby on March 16. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

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This Bixby Historical Society plaque tells about the irst bridge in 1911 connecting Bixby to the north side of the Arkansas River. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

The dining area of Johnson’s Stepping Stone Cafe is seen in Bixby on March 11.

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Noah Bashan, grandson of Don Carmichael, the owner of Carmichael’s, loads produce in the nursery in Bixby on March 16. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

Bixby High School entrance in Bixby. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World

Customers enter Johnson’s Stepping Stone Cafe in Bixby on March 11. MICHAEL WYKE/Tulsa World

Ground is broken at the site of the future Tulsa Federal Credit Union Building on March 16. Pictured are Greg Gallant, of the Tulsa Federal Credit Union; John Stava, of Stava Builders; Ruth Chamberlain, of the Tulsa Chamber, and Krystall Crockett, of the Bixby Chamber, Photo by Samantha Extance

Whitehawk driving range is used for a Bixby High School fundraiser.

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Kent Moye, (left) Maru Rojas, Jan Baker, Kathleen Sisler and Eric Lair stand in Bixhoma Lake. Via Facebook

“We paddle 12 months a year.” Here’s Suzaane Lair enjoying a beautiful winter afternoon at Bixhoma Lake.

Bixby native and artist JP Morrison Lans enjoys Anhelitio House, a translucent house, now part of her installation at Living Arts. Anhelitio means iridescence and playing with colors. This house is an evolving, hypnotic environment that the public can stand inside. Colors and images breathe through the walls and arrive and disappear as the LED lights shift through the color spectrum, creating the illusion of

Sunrise in Bixby by Glen Hall Junior

life and magic.

JP Morrison Lans examines one of the many houses in her installation at Living Arts, Wundrian. Wundrian anthropomorphizes houses and encourages self-relection.

Some methodologies of child psychology liken a child’s rendition of a house to an insightful self-portrait.

Sunset in Bixby by Shauna Ingram

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Bixby is among the fastest growing cities in Oklahoma. Since the 2000 census, the population has grown by 70 percent to 22,580 residents.

The city, on the banks of the Arkansas River, is a blend of Tulsa’s metro area and a rural farming atmosphere that includes Carmichael’s Produce and Conrad Farms. Among the south Tulsa suburb’s big annual events are the Green Corn Festival and Bixby BBQ ‘n Blues.

How to purchase photos Photos available for purchase are only those taken by the Tulsa World. There are exceptions for some events that are not open to the public, like a concert. To order a photo from the newspaper, call customer service: 918-582-0921, 800-444-6552. To order a photo online, go to: tulsaworld.com/search and use keywords to search our photo archive. Purchase photos by clicking the “buy photo” button that appears next to the photo.

City oicials

Emergency contacts

Mayor John Easton

Police Department: 918-366-8294

Ward 1, Oice: 918-232-3800

Vice Mayor Brian Guthrie Ward 2, Oice: 918-378-8390

Police Chief Ike Shirley awilliams@bixby.com

Steve Todorof Ward 3, Oice: 918-366-3612

Richie Stewart

Fire Department: 918-366-8294

Ward 4, Oice: 918-943-6734

Fire Chief Jeremy Moore

Dennis Loudermilk

bixbyirechief@bixby.com

Ward 5, Oice: 918-299-8767

Douglas J. Enevoldsen City manager, Oice: 918-366-4430