Bixby World Weekly Gallery August 10, 2015

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Bixby world weekly gallery

A special photo supplement of the Tulsa World

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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 be 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.

A contact name, email address and phone number is required when submitting photos. For further questions, email tom.gilbert@

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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.

Sharyn Willard, sales associate with Jackie Cooper Imports, chats with Steve Hobbs, the 2016 Bixby Metro Chamber chairman, during the chamber’s Business @ Lunch event at the SpiritBank Event Center on Wednesday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

A member of the crowd smiles at a joke during the Bixby Metro Chamber’s Business

Oklahoma Wesleyan University student Daniel Surratt speaks during the Bixby

@ Lunch event at the SpiritBank Event Center on Wednesday.

Metro Chamber’s Business @ Lunch event at the SpiritBank Event Center on Wednes-

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Submit your event If you are looking for something to do in Bixby, check out our community calendar with all the details. If you want to submit an event, just post it online at: tulsaworld.com/calendar

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Leadership students from schools around Bixby attend The Harbor Back to School Tour at Bixby High School. Photo by LeeAnn Fiser

Bixby High School Student Activities Director DeWayne Patterson welcomes student leaders to the irst stop of The Harbor Back to School Tour. The tour, focusing on helping students ind success inside and outside the classroom, is making 43 stops in the U.S. and Canada over the next three months. Photo by LeeAnn Fiser

Student council members from Memorial, Oologah, Pawhuska and Bixby high schools visit on a break from The Harbor Back to School Tour. Photo by LeeAnn Fiser

High school and middle school leadership students from Bixby, Cascia Hall, Jenks, Memorial, Oologah, Owasso and Pawhuska come to Bixby High School to listen to inspirational speaker Mike Smith. Smith is the founder of Skate for Change and specializes in speaking to students about ways to build character and positively inluence the world around them. More than 400 students attended the event, sponsored by Leadership students from schools around Bixby attend The Harbor Back to School Tour at Bixby High School. Photo by LeeAnn Fiser

Jostens. Photo by LeeAnn Fiser

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Courtney Soland of Oklahoma Wesleyan University speaks during the Bixby Metro Chamber’s Business @ Lunch event at the SpiritBank Event Center on Wednesday.

CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Crowd members laugh during the Bixby Metro Chamber’s Business @ Lunch event at the SpiritBank Event Center on Wednesday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

Krystal Crockett, president and CEO of the Bixby Metro Chamber, laughs during Gwen Stanberry of Covenant Place of Tulsa applauds during the Bixby Metro Chamber’s Business @ Lunch on Wednesday. CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

the chamber’s Business @ Lunch event at the SpiritBank Event Center on Wednesday.

CORY YOUNG/Tulsa World

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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. 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

Harold King Ward 3, Oice: 918-277-9456

Richie Stewart

Fire Department: 918-366-8294

Ward 4, Oice: 918-943-6734

Fire Chief Bryan Wood

Dennis Loudermilk

bwood@bixbyok.gov

Ward 5, Oice: 918-299-8767

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

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