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VOL 20 ISSUE 12
December 2013
BROKEN ARROW NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Give the Gift of Broadway Choices for Life Seeking Foster Parents Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center’s Broadway Triple Play offers savings in time for the holidays.
The therapeutic foster care agency strives to connect big-hearted parents with kids who need them most.
By Christina Dixon
By Christopher Davis
It’s the happiest time of the year, and Broken Arrow Performing Arts Center is spreading holiday cheer by offering savings on ticket
prices for the last three shows of its fifth anniversary season. The ‘Broadway Triple Play’ includes an evening with (continued on page 24)
The Ten Tenors will travel to Broken Arrow for their performance on Jan. 24.
This holiday season, Choices for Life Foster Care invites you to consider opening your heart and home to a child who needs your help. Choices for Life is an agency that specializes in therapeutic foster care for children with unique needs. Working with DHS, the agency places children from traumatizing households with foster parents who are willing to go above and beyond usual expectations and provide loving homes that will encourage healing, learning and growth. The need for qualified and responsible foster parents willing to take on relatively challenging cases is ongoing. Harold Thompson, clinical supervisor at CFL, is candid about the unique qualities they look for in potential
foster parents. “They need to understand the reality of the situation,” he says. The cases that CFL takes on often
involve heartbreaking stories, ranging from physical and emotional abuse to drug (continued on page 24)
(L to R) Back row: Paul Smith, Cynthia Stubblefield, Cathi Murphy and Harold Thompson. Front row: Phyllis Bowen, Pam Ittner and Beverly Litterell.
Committed to Improving Your Buying Experience Bill Knight Ford maintains focus of making the total automotive experience outstanding for every customer. By Duane Blankenship
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Bill Knight Ford is an awardwinning Ford dealership that keeps its sights on improving the customer experience. Selected as the recipient of the Ford Motor Company’s Presidents Award for four consecutive years, Bill Knight Ford continues to receive national recognition as one of the leading Ford dealerships in Oklahoma and the United States. Mr. Knight and his dealership continue raising the industry standard bar each year. “We’ve made a lot of changes over the years as we continually strive to make buying a car and related services as simple and enjoyable as humanly
possible.” Bill Knight Ford recently opened up their indoor showroom to make it more user-friendly and inviting, plus create more space for displaying vehicles. Bill Knight Ford also recently completed construction of an all new and separate Fleet Center to house a revamped fleet sales department. “We identified and responded to the needs of companies in the metro Tulsa area,” said Mr. Knight. “As the economy has begun recovering and new home builds have increased, many companies are now replacing their fleets with new vehicles.” Knight has added
five full-time sales staff members with a vision of serving the needs of that market. The automotive detail department will also be housed in the new Fleet Center. Knight says the dealership’s detail department had outgrown its current space. With the department now located in the new Fleet Center, detail has effectively tripled their square footage. They operate state-of-the-art automotive detailing equipment to ensure total customer satisfaction. With the move to the new space, car washing capabilities have (continued on page 24)
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