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 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 3rd

  • 1492 : Columbus sets sail

  • 1846 : Donner party encounters first delay

  • 1861 : Last installment of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is published

  • 1900 : Firestone is founded

  • 1926 : Tony Bennett born

  • 1936 : Jesse Owens wins gold at Berlin Olympics

  • 1940 : Martin Sheen born

  • 1941 : Gas rationing begins in eastern U.S.

  • 1941 : Martha Stewart born

  • 1948 : Chambers accuses Hiss of being a communist spy

  • 1949 : NBA is born

  • 1951 : Jay North born

  • 1958 : U.S. nuclear submarine Nautilus travels under North Pole

  • 1963 : James Hetfield born

  • 1977 : Tom Brady born

 ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 4th

  • 1753 : Washington becomes Master Mason

  • 1792 : Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet, is born

  • 1873 : Custer and 7th Cavalry attacked by Indians

  • 1892 : Lizzie Borden took an axe . . .

  • 1900 : Elizabeth, The Queen Mother born

  • 1901 : Louis Armstrong born

  • 1914 : U.S. proclaims neutrality in World War I

  • 1936 : Jesse Owens wins long jump--and respect--in Germany

  • 1942 : Holiday Inn premieres

  • 1944 : Anne Frank and her family arrested by Gestapo

  • 1955 : Billy Bob Thornton born

  • 1957 : Fangio wins last race

  • 1958 : Billboard "Hot 100" chart introduced

  • 1961 : Barack Obama born

  • 1962 : Roger Clemens born

  • 1971 : Jeff Gordon born

  • 1972 : Philippines hit hard by flooding

  • ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 5th

    • 1850 : Guy de Maupassant born

    • 1858 : First transatlantic telegraph cable completed

    • 1861 : Lincoln imposes first federal income tax 

    • 1882 : Standard Oil Company is born

    • 1906 : John Huston born

    • 1914 : First traffic light is installed

    • 1930 : Neil Armstrong born

    • 1946 : Loni Anderson born

    • 1947 : Porsche freed from French prison

    • 1953 : From Here to Eternity opens 

    • 1953 : Texas Ranger Ira Aten dies

    • 1956 : Maureen McCormick born

    • 1962 : Marilyn Monroe is found dead

    • 1962 : Patrick Ewing born

    • 1963 : Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed

    • 1981 : Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers

    • 1984 : Richard Burton dies

    ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 6th

    • 1787 : First draft of Constitution debated

    • 1862 : Loss of C.S.S. Arkansas

    • 1874 : Belle Starr's first husband slain

    • 1890 : First execution by electric chair

    • 1911 : Lucille Ball born

    • 1917 : Robert Mitchum born

    • 1928 : Andy Warhol born

    • 1928 : Chung Se Yung Hyundai founder is born

    • 1932 : Patent issued for pop-culture classic

    • 1945 : Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima

    • 1959 : Corvair makes its debut

    • 1970 : M. Night Shyamalan born

    • 1972 : Geri Estelle Halliwelll born

    • 1990 : Jon Benet Ramsey born

    • 1991 : Peugeot says au revoir to U.S.

    ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 7th

    • 1782 : Washington creates the Purple Heart

    • 1876 : Maa Hari born

    • 1903 : Louis Leakey born

    • 1912 : Teddy Roosevelt nominated as Bull Moose candidate

    • 1915 : Resta breaks 100 mph barrier

    • 1942 : Garrison Keillor born

    • 1942 : U.S. forces invade Guadalcanal

    • 1947: Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft captained by Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl, completes a 4,300-mile, 101-day journey from Peru to Raroia in the Tuamotu Archipelago, near Tahiti.

    • 1957 : Oliver Hardy dies

    • 1959 : U.S. satellite photographs earth

    • 1960 : David Duchovny born

    • 1964 : Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution - Johnson used to increase U.S. commitment to the war in Vietnam. It would be repealed in May 1970.

    • 1971 : The Bee Gees' first No. 1 hit   

    • 1975 : Charlize Theron born

    • 1990 : Bush orders Operation Desert Shield

    • 1998 : U.S. embassies in East Africa bombed

    • 2005 : Trapped Russian sub rescued

    ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 8th

    • 1818 : Keats returns from walking tour

    • 1863 : Lee offers resignation

    • 1879 : Emiliano Zapata born

    • 1911 : First regularly released newsreel

    • 1922 : Rory Calhoun born

    • 1923 : Ester Williams born

    • 1932 : Mel Tillis born

    • 1937 : Dustin Hoffman born

    • 1938 : Connie Stevens born

    • 1945 : Truman signs United Nations Charter

    • 1949 : Keith Carradine born

    • 1953 : Donny Most born

    • 1954 : Nigel Mansell, the Formula-1 racer born

    • 1960 : West Side Story begins filming

    • 1974 : Nixon announces that he will resign the Presidency

    • 1976 : Drew Lachey born

    • 1981 : Roger Federer born

    • 1986 : Last episode of the TV show Knight Rider aired on this day

    • 1988 : Lights go on at Wrigley

    • 1991 : James B. Irwin, pilot of the Lunar Roving Vehicle Dies

    ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 9th

    • 1877 : Nez Perce fight Battle of Big Hole

    • 1936 : Owens wins 4th gold medal

    • 1944 : Sam Elliott born

    • 1945 : Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki

    • 1949 : Mystery writer Jonathan Kellerman born

    • 1957 : Melanie Griffith is born

    • 1962 : Chrysler announces a five-year, 50,000-mile warranty covering all of its cars and trucks

    • 1963 : Whitney Houston is born

    • 1967 : Deion Sanders born

    • 1968 : Eric Bana born

    • 1969 : Manson cult kills five people

    • 1974 : Unusual succession makes Ford president

    • 1976 : Hurricane Belle strikes Eastern Seaboard killed 12 people /$24 million damage North Carolina to Vermont

    • 1988 : The Great One gets traded - Edmonton Oilers center Wayne Gretzky is traded to the Los Angeles Kings

    • 1995 : Jerry Garcia dies

    ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 11th

    • 1806 : Meriwether Lewis is shot in the leg

    • 1921 : Alex Haley born

    • 1925 : Mike Douglas born

    • 1933 : Rev Jerry Falwell born

    • 1934 : Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz

    • 1950 : Steve Wozniak born

    • 1952 : Hussein succeeds to Jordanian throne

    • 1953 : Hulk Hogan born

    • 1954 : Musician Joe Jackson is born

    • 1965 : Watts Riot begins

    • 1965 : Bronco is introduced

    • 1966 : The Camaro makes its debut

    • 1994 : Major leaguers walk off the job

    • 1998 : Jonesboro schoolyard shooters guilty

    • ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 12th

    • 1676 : King Philip's War ends

    • 1820 : Fur trader Manuel Lisa the first fur trader to develop the upper Missouri River territory dies

    • 1877 : Edison develops the phonograph

    • 1881 : Cecil B. DeMille born

    • 1898 : Armistice ends the Spanish-American War

    • 1908 : Henry Ford's first Model T the "Tin Lizzie" rolls off the line

    • 1961 : East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall

    • 1963 : First 1964 Thunderbird is completed

    • 1964 : Great Train robber Charlie Wilson escapes from prison

    • 1973 : Nicklaus sets title record

    • 1985 : JAL air crash 520 die

    • 1990 : Skeleton of the largest-ever Tyrannosaurus rex ever discovered, a 65 million-year-old specimen dubbed Sue, after its discoverer Susan Hendrickson near Faith, South Dakota

    • 1994 : Woodstock II

    • 2000 : Russian sub sinks with 118 onboard

    • ·          ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 13th

    • ·          1521 : Aztec capital falls to Cortez

    • ·          1860 : Annie Oakley is born

    • ·          1899 : Alfred Hitchcock born

    • ·          1907 : First taxi hits NYC streets

    • ·          1926 : Fidel Castro born

    • ·          1930 : Don Ho born

    • ·          1942 : Bambi premieres

    • ·          1948 : Record day for the Berlin Airlift

    • ·          1951 ; Dan Fogelberg born

    • ·          1956 : Production begins on Rock, Rock, Rock

    • ·          1961 : Berlin is divided

    • ·          1995 : Yankee legend Mickey Mantle dies of liver cancer at 63

    • ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 14th

    • 1777 : H.C. Oersted born

    • 1784 : Russians settle Alaska

    • 1912 : First double-decker bus hits NYC streets

    • 1935 : Last Phantom I Rolls Royce is delivered

    • 1935 : FDR signs Social Security Act

    • 1941 : David Crosby born

    • 1941 : Lynne Cheney born

    • 1945 : Steve Martin born

    •  1946 : Susan St James born

    • 1947 : Danielle Steel born

    • 1956 : Bus Stop premieres

    • 1959 : Earvin Magic Johnson born

    •  1966 : Halle Berry born

    • 1977 : Labor leader dies

    • 1994 : The terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal is captured

    • 2003 : Blackout hits Northeast United States

    • ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 15th

      • 1057 : Malcolm slays Macbeth

      • 1769 : Napoleon born

      • 1859 : Charles Comiskey born

      • 1879 : Ethel Barrymore born

      • 1887 : Edna Ferber, author of Show Boat, is born

      • 1899 : Ford exits Edison

      • 1912 : Julia Child born

      • 1914 : Panama Canal open to traffic

      • 1925 : Rose Marie born

      • 1925 : Mike Connors born

      • 1935 : Will Rogers killed in plane crash

      • 1939 : The Wizard of Oz premieres

      • 1944 : Linda Ellerbee born

      • 1945: Hirohito announces unconditional surrender

      • 1945 : Gas rationing ends

      • 1947 : Ferrari makes racing debut

      • 1947 : India and Pakistan win independence

      • 1961 : Berlin Wall built

      • 1969: The Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, New York

      • 1972 : Ben Affleck born

                ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 17th

      • 1785 : Connecticut Patriot Jonathan Trumbull dies

      • 1862 : Dakota (Sioux) uprising begins

      • 1877 : Billy the Kid kills his first man

      • 1890 : Inventor of cruise control is born

      • 1892 : Mae West born

      • 1908 : D.W. Griffith signs with Biograph

      • 1909 : McNally, of Rand McNally, is born

      • 1933 : NY Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig plays in his 1,308th consecutive game, breaking record for consecutive games played. Gehrig would go on to play in 2,130 games in a row, setting a record that would stand for over half a century.

      • 1939 : The Wizard of Oz premieres in New York

      • 1943 : Patton wins race to Messina

      • 1969 : Woodstock Music Festival concludes

      • 1987 : Rudolf Hess, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's former deputy, is found strangled to death in Spandau Prison in Berlin at the age of 93, apparently the victim of suicide.

      • 1993 : Random House gives Colin Powell largest autobiography advance to date

      • 1998 : Clinton testifies before grand jury

      ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 19th

    • 1227 : Genghis Khan dies

    • 1590 : Roanoke Colony deserted

    • 1774: Meriwether Lewis born

    • 1905 : Trademark filed for Cadillac crest

    • 1920 : Woman suffrage amendment ratified

    • 1920 : Shelly Winters born

    • 1924 : Monsieur Beaucaire released

    • 1927 : Rosalind Carter born

    • 1931 : Yangtze River peaks in China kills 3.7 million people

    • 1933 : Roman Polanski born

    • 1936 : Robert Redford born

    • 1937 : Toyota Motor Company is established

    • 1940 : Walter P. Chrysler dies

    • 1943 : Martin Mull born

    • 1952 : Patrick Swayze born

    • 1957 : Dennis Leary born

    • 1958 : Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov is published

    • 1962 : Felipe Calderon born

    • 1969 : Edward Norton born

    • 1969 : Christian Slater born

    • 1970 :Macolm Jamal Warner born

    • 1977 : Groucho Marx dies

    • 1977 : The Police play their first gig

    • 1991 : Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev

    • 1992 : Larry Bird retires

              ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 20th

    • 1804 : Corps of Discovery suffers its only death

    • 1833 : Benjamin Harrison born

    • 1862 : Horace Greeley's "The Prayer of Twenty Millions" is published

    • 1890 : HP Lovecraft born

    • 1911 : First around-the-world telegram sent

    • 1920 : Professional football is born

    • 1921 : Jacqueline Susann born

    • 1940 : Trotsky assassinated in Mexico

    • 1942 : No more Hollywood floodlights

    • 1942 : Isaac Hayes born

    • 1948 : Robert Plant born

    • 1954 : Al Roker born

    • 1962 : The T-Bird is born

    • 1965 : Sandra Dee's contract ends

    • 1971 : Fred Durst born

    • 1974 : Amy Adams born

    • 1975 : Viking 1 launched to Mars

    • 1982 : U.S. Marines deployed to Lebanon

    • 1989 : The Menendez brothers murder their parents

    • 1991 : Mazda announces entrance into luxury market

    • 1992 : Demi Lovato born

    • 1995 : Trains collide and explode in India


      ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 21st

      • 1858 : Lincoln-Douglas debates begin

      • 1872 : Audrey Beardsley born

      • 1883 : Trial of Frank James begins in Missouri

      • 1904 : Count Vassie born

      • 1911 : Theft of Mona Lisa is discovered

      • 1920 : Christopher Robin's birthday

      • 1932 : Marivn Van Peebles born

      • 1935 : Benny Goodman plays the Palomar

      • 1936 : Wilt Chamberlain born

      • 1938 : Kenny Rogers born

      • 1947 : Bugatti dies

      • 1956 : Kim Cattrall born

      • 1959 : Hawaii becomes 50th state

      • 1989 : Hayden Panettiere born

      • 1991 : Coup attempt against Gorbachev collapses

      • 2004 : Michael Phelps wins eighth medal
         

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 22nd

  • 1776 : Redcoats land at Long Island

  • 1848 : Ulysses S. Grant marries Julia Boggs Dent.

  • 1851 : U.S. wins first America's Cup

  • 1862 : Claude Debussy born

  • 1864 : International Red Cross founded

  • 1893 : Dorothy Parker born

  • 1898 : Hired killer Jim Miller joins Texas Rangers

  • 1901 : Cadillac is launched

  • 1902 : Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to ride in an automobile

  • 1917 : John Lee Hooker born

  • 1920 : Ray Bradbury born

  • 1934 : Norman Schwarzkopf born

  • 1935 : Pulitzer Prize-winning author E. Annie Proulx is born

  • 1938 : Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers on Life cover

  • 1939 : Carl Yastrzemski born

  • 1940 : Valerie Harper born

  • 1947 : Cindy Williams born

  • 1950 : Althea Gibson becomes first African-American on U.S. tennis tour

  • 1958 : Life of Riley goes off the air

  • 1963 : Tori Amos born

  • 1970 : Giada De Laurentiis born 

  • 1992 : Incident at Ruby Ridge

  • 1992 : Hurricane Andrew pounds Bahamas

  • 1989 : Nolan Ryan registers 5,000th strikeout
     

    ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 23rd

    • 1814 : Dolly Madison saves portrait of George Washington from being looted by British troops during the war of 1812.

    • 1877 : Texas Rangers arrest John Wesley Hardin

    • 1902 : Fannie Farmer opens cooking school

    • 1912 : Gene Kelly born

    • 1913 : Automobiles were legally allowed to enter Yosemite National Park for first time

    • 1922 : Chitty Chitty Bang Bang wins Southsea (England) Speed Carnival

    • 1926 : Rudolph Valentino dies

    • 1927 : Sacco and Vanzetti executed

    • 1930 : Vera Miles born

    • 1932 : Mark Russell born

    • 1934 : Barbara Eden born

    • 1946 : Keith Mopon born

    • 1946 : The Big Sleep opens

    • 1949 : Rick Springfield born

    • 1949 : Shelly Long born

    • 1960 : Oscar Hammerstein dies

    • 1970 : River Phoenix born

    • 1978 : Kobe Bryant born

    • 1979 : Aleksandr Godunov defects to United States

    • 1986 : Waltrip first race-car driver to earn $7 million

    • 1989 : Pete Rose gets booted from baseball

    • 1999 : NYC reports first cases of West Nile virus
       

      ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 24th

      • 79 : Vesuvius erupts

      • 1572 : Saint Bartholomew's Day Massacre

      • 1814 : British capture and burn Washington

      • 1821 : Spain accepts Mexican independence

      • 1873 : William Henry Jackson becomes the first person to photograph Colorado's elusive Mount of the Holy Cross

      • 1875 : Captain Webb swims English Channel

      • 1938 : Clark Gable signs on as Rhett Butler

      • 1958: Steve Guttenberg born

      • 1960 : Cal Ripken Jr born

      • 1965 : Marlee Matlin born

      • 1967 : Industrialist Henry Kaiser dies

      • 1981: Chad MIchael Murray born

      • 1988: Rupert Grint born

      • ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 26th

        • 1804 : Lewis and Clark promote Patrick Gass to sergeant

        • 1838 : Ralph Waldo Emerson meets Thomas Carlyle

        • 1910 : Mother Teresa born

        • 1920 : 19th Amendment adopted

        • 1935 : Geraldine Ferraro born

        • 1939 : First televised Major League baseball game

        • 1944 : DeGaulle enters a free Paris

        • 1957 : Ford produces first Edsel

        • 1957 : Russia tests an intercontinental ballistic missile

        • 1964 : Johnson receives Democratic nomination for president

        • 1968 : Democratic convention besieged by protesters

        • 1970 : Jimi Hendrix opens a recording studio

        • 1974 : Charles Lindbergh dies

        • 1979 : Charles Boyer dies

        • 1980 : Macaulay Culkin born

        • 1985 : Yugo comes to America

        • 1993 : Keke Palmer born

        ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 27th

        • 1776 : Howe brothers defeat Washington in Battle of Brooklyn Heights

        • 1859 : Oil is found in Pennsylvania

        • 1875 : Tycoon William Ralston drowns

        • 1883 : Krakatau explodes

        • 1904 : First sentence for speeding violation is issued

        • 1908 : LBJ is born

        • 1916 : Romania enters World War I

        • 1917 : John Ford's first film released

        • 1953 : Roman Holiday opens

        • 1964 : Gracie Allen dies

        • 1967 : Beatles' manager Brian Epstein dies

        • 1979 : Mountbatten killed by IRA

        • ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 28th

          • 1774 : St. Elizabeth born in New York City

          • 1828 : Leo Tolstoy born

          • 1869 : Three leave Powell's Grand Canyon expedition

          • 1913 : Robertson Davies is born

          • 1917 : President Woodrow Wilson picketed by women suffragists 

          • 1937 : Toyota Motors incorporates

          • 1941 : Mass slaughter of 23,000 Hungarian Jews in Ukraine by the Gestapo

          • 1943 : David Soul born

          • 1958 : Scott Hamilton born

          • 1963 : Martin Luther King, Jr., "I have a dream" speech to about 250,000 people on steps of Lincoln Memorial

          • 1965 : Shania Twain born

          • 1968 : Democratic National Convention in Chicago breaks out in riots as tens of thousands of protesters against the Vietnam War battle police in the streets while the Democratic Party tears itself to shreds concerning a platform statement on Vietnam.

          • 1969 : Jack Black born

          • 1969 : Jason Priestly born

          • 1972 : President Nixon announces that the military draft will end by July 1973

          • 1982 : LeAnn Rimes born

          • 1988 : Three jets collide and fall into the crowd at Ramstein Air Base Air show in Germany killing sixty-nine of the 100,000 spectators died and hundreds more were injured.

          • 1987 : John Huston dies

          • 1988 : Jason Robards wins Emmy for his performance in the miniseries Inherit the Wind

          • 1996 : Charles and Diana divorce

          ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 29th

          • 1533 : Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor

          • 1876 : Electric starter inventor is born

          • 1885 : First motorcycle is patented

          • 1898 : Goodyear incorporates 

          • 1911 : Ishi,described as the last surviving Stone Age Indian,  discovered in California

          • 1945 : Truman orders Navy to seize control of petroleum refineries

          • 1949 : Soviets explode atomic bomb

          • 1958 : Michael Jackson is born

          • 1960 : Hurricane Donna is born

          • 1962 : Robert Frost leaves for a goodwill tour of U.S.S.R.

          • 1966 : Beatles' last tour date

          • 1968 : Humphrey nominated in Chicago

          • 1975 : Eamon de Valera dies

          • 1982 : Ingrid Bergman dies

          • 2004 : Marathoner assaulted at Olympics

          • 2005 : Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast

          ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 30th

          • 30 BC: Cleopatra commits suicide

          • 1880 : Apache Chief Diablo is killed

          • 1904 : Henry James returns to the U.S.

          • 1918 : Vladimir Lenin shot

          • 1945 : Hudson builds first post-war auto

          • 1945 : MacArthur arrives in Japan

          • 1963 : The U.S.-Soviet "hot line" goes into operation

          • 1965 : Casey Stengel retires

          • 1967 : Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice

          • 1972 : Cameron Diaz born

          • 1980 : "On the Road Again" hits the charts

          • 1983 : First African American in space

          • 1984 : Beatles auction

          • 1992 : Northern Exposure wins Emmy

          • ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY August 31st

            • 1870 : Maria Montesori born

            • 1888 : Jack the Ripper claims first victim

            • 1897 : Edison patents the Kinetograph

            • 1899 : Stanley Steamer reaches Mt. Washington summit

            • 1903 : Arthur Godfrey born

            • 1908 : William Saroyan is born

            • 1918 : Alan Jay Lerner born

            • 1924 : Buddy Hackett born

            • 1928 : James Coburn born

            • 1935 : FDR signs Neutrality Act

            • 1945 : Itzhak Perlman born

            • 1945 : Van Morrison born

            • 1949 : Richard Gere born

            • 1955 : Cobb demonstrates first solar-powered car

            • 1957 : Kukla, Fran and Ollie's final episode

            • 1959 : Sandy Koufax strikes out 18

            • 1970 : Deborah Gibson born

            • 1972 : Chris Tucker born

            • 1997 : Princess Diana dies
               

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  • A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. -- Thomas Jefferson
  • Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.―Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am
  • Victory is won not in miles, but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later, win a little more.— Louis L’Amour
  • "Just as a tree without roots is dead, a people without history or culture also becomes a dead people." — Malcolm X (1925-1965)
  

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August 3 Michael Finney's Dry Heat Comedy Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
August 3 Bill Engvall Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
August 3 Rick Springfield Casino Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
August 4 3000 CLUB NETWORKING SURPRISE - Tuesday, August 4, 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.Contact: Bob and Helen Estep at (623) 556-6123 or sendoutcardsanywhere@cox.net Cost: Donation of a non-perishable food item or $1. Donations help support Valley View Food Bank - Optional Breakfast Buffet is available for $5 and coffee for $0.50.
Guest Speaker: Jesse Ramirez will be joining us from Valley View Community Food Bank. 		HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
16540 N. Bullard Avenue
Surprise, AZ 85374
August 4 3000 CLUB NETWORKING PRESCOTT VALLEY - Tuesday, August 4, 5:00 p.m. Contacts: Cathi Fitzpatrick at (928) 775-5605 or cvfitz2003@yahoo.com  Christina Jameson at (928) 499-1845 or cjameson52@cableone.net
Cost: Free		 PONY ESPRESSO CAFE
3101 N. Robert Rd. (and Florentine)
Prescott Valley, AZ 86314
August 5 Diana Krall Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
August 5 Laughter for Independence II
 7:30p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
August 6-9 Jeff Garcia
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
August 7 - September 20, 2009
 		 Forever Plaid Arizona Broadway Theatre
7701 W Paradise Lane Peoria AZ
August 7 Judas Priest with special guest Whitesnake Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
August 7 Jazz Attack featuring, Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler & Richard Elliot Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
August 7 - September 20, 2009
 		 The Taffetas Arizona Broadway Theatre
7701 W Paradise Lane Peoria AZ
August 8 Sanderson Music Presents En Vogue & Bel Biv Devoe
 		 Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
August 11 The Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009

Jobing.com Arena, 101- Glendale Ave   9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale, AZ. (623) 772-3200

August 11 Bob Dylan Show: Bob Dylan & His Band, John Mellencamp & Willie Nelson Camelback Ranch
August 11 Ivan Neville & Dumpstaphunk Rhythm Room
Aug 12 The Beach Boys Desert Diamond Casino
August 12 Heaven and Hell Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
August 13 Lyle Lovett and His Large Band Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
August 14-15 Eddie Griffin Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p (D) 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
August 14 Toby Keith w/ Trace Adkins presented by Ford F-Series Cricket Wireless Pavillion 2121 North 83rd Ave Phoenix,  AZ 85035(602) 254-7200
August 15 8th Laugh of 2009 "Who says you can't laugh in Ahwatukee?" at  Ahwatukee Comedy Club Start Time: Saturday, August 15 at 7:30pm - 9:00pm at  Grace Inn Hotel Grace Inn Hotel Ahwatukee
August 15 Lisa Lampanelli Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
August 15 Julianne Hough Desert Diamond Casino
August 16
August 16 - Literary Tea
                            invite you to a Literary Tea with 
 
C.C.Harrison
                                                writing as Christy Hubbard  
 The author of "The Charmstone" and "Running From Strangers" invites you to share the release of her new book...
  

 
English Tea Room
201 Easy St Carefree AZ
August 20 Big Bear CA Western Show Big Bear CA
Aug 21 Twist & Shout Desert Diamond Casino
August 21 Sanderson Music Presents The Cult Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
August 21-23 Jon Lajoie
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
August 22 Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark and NM State Historic District will hold its 143rd birthday celebration  A tour of the old fort will be given at 9:30 AM, followed by lunch of hotdogs, peanuts, Cracker Jacks and lemonade.  Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark and NM State Historic District 6 miles east of Silver City, New Mexico
August 22 Royce Murray B-3 Ensemble ASU Louise Lincoln Kerr Cultural Center
Scottsdale, AZ
August 25 Incubus

Jobing.com Arena, 101- Glendale Ave   9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale, AZ. (623) 772-3200

August 26-29 Knabb UTTerritorial Days  Western Show Knabb Ut
August 27-30 Jake Johannsen
 8:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
August 28 Holbrook AZ Territorial Days  Western Show Holbrook AZ
August 28 Ortiz Family Foundation to Host the Aug. 28 Back to School Event Story Continues  
August 28-30 2009 Prescott Arizona Jazz Summit  www.prescottjazz.com Toni Tennille at Gala Concert - 7:30 PM  Call 928-771-1268 or 925-872-1942 Ruth Street Theater – Prescott AZ
August 29 Sanderson Music Presents Jeff Foxworthy
 		 Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
August 29 Def Leppard with Poison and Cheap Trick

 

 Cricket Wireless Pavillion 2121 North 83rd Ave Phoenix,  AZ 85035(602) 254-7200
  SEPTEMBER  2009  
Sept 1 Desert Diamond Casino
Sept 2 Pedal to the Metal Tour 09: Mudvayne, Black Label Society, Static X Mesa Amphitheatre
Mesa, AZ
Sept 3 Johnny Winter & Edgar Winter with the Chuck Hall Band Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
Sept 3-6 Jim Florentine 8:00p 10:00p Tempe Improv 930 E University
Sept 5-7, 2009    Rendezvous of Gunfighters          Tombstone
Sept  9,  2009    Lynyrd Skynyrd Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
Sept  10-11,  2009    Kevin Nealon Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Sept  12,  2009  Ricardo Arjona

 

 Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Sept 16-Oct 11 Curtains Phoenix Theatre
Sept 16 Little Joe and the Family Casino Arizona
Scottsdale, AZ
Sept  17,  2009    Foreigner Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
Sept  17-20,  2009    John Pinette Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Sept 19 Larry the Cable Guy Desert Diamond Casino
Sept  20,  2009   Jobing.com Arena, 101- Glendale Ave   9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale,AZ. (623) 772-3200
Sept 23 Chickenfoot

 

 Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Sept 24 BonTaj Roulet: Bonnie Raitt & Taj Mahal Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Sept 24-27 Dennis Regan
 8:00p 10:00p (D) 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Sept 25 Miley Cyrus Jobing.com Arena, 101- Glendale Ave   9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale,AZ. (623) 772-3200
Sept 27 – Sept 6, 2009 Cowgirl Up! - Desert Caballeros Western Museum Opening Gala 928.684.2272 Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 N. Frontier Street in Wickenburg, Arizona, approximately 45 miles northwest of Phoenix.
Sept 27 Creed Jobing.com Arena, 101- Glendale Ave   9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale, AZ. (623) 772-3200
September 27, 2008-September 6, 2009

 

 
Sept 28 The Killers Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Sept 2009    5th Annual Wild Western Festival       unknown location
  OCTOBER  2009  
October 1st Brad Paisley is bringing his American Saturday Night Tour  on October 1st with Dierks Bentley and Jimmy Wayne! Cricket Wireless Pavillion 2121 North 83rd Ave Phoenix,  AZ 85035(602) 254-7200
October 1-4, 2009 Greg Behrendt Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
October 1, 2009 AC/DC US Airways Center
Phoenix, AZ
October 7, 2009 East Valley Business Expo 2-6PM Mesa Convention Center 201 N Center Mesa AZ Mesa Convention Center 201 N Center Mesa AZ
October 8-11, 2009 Harland Williams Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
October 10, 2009 New Disney Live! US Airways Center
Phoenix, AZ
October 10, 2009 Frank Caliendo Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
October 11, 2009 Fiesta Glendale  4-10 p.m. Historic Downtown Glendale
October 15-18, 2009 Al Madrigal 8:00p 10:00p Tempe Improv 930 E University
Oct 16 Wisin y Yandel Jobing.com Arena, 101- Glendale Ave   9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale, AZ. (623) 772-3200
Oct 16-19, 2009  Helldorado Days      520-457-3548 Tombstone
Oct 17 Kool and the Gang/The Commodores US Airways Center
Phoenix, AZ
Oct 17 Kenny Loggins Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Oct 20, 2009  U2 360º Tour University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale 
Oct 21 2009  Jimmy Thackery Rhythm Room
Phoenix, AZ
Oct 21 2009  Sheriff Joe's "Pink Collar Comedy" 5:00p Tempe Improv 930 E University
Oct 22 Howie Mandel Desert Diamond Casino
Oct 23, 2009  Sanderson Music Presents  Englebert Humperdinck Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
Oct 23-25, 2009  Cosi Fan Tutte Symphony Hall Phx
Oct 24, 2009  Owl City Modified
Phoenix, AZ
Oct 25, 2009  Desert Diamond Casino
Oct 28 Cheech & Chong Desert Diamond Casino
Oct 28, 2009  Sanderson Music Presents  Tower of Power & Warren Hill
On Sale Monday April 20th @ 10 am 		Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St
Oct 29-Nov 1 2009  Maria Bamford Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
  NOVEMBER  2009  
Nov 3, Ian Anderson Plays The Acoustic Jethro Tull Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Nov 6, 2009 Phoenix Opera Presents: Carmen   Orpheum Theatre
Nov 6-9, 2009 Ralphie May Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 11:59p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Nov 7, 2009 13th Annual Alice Cooper Pro-Am Golf Tournament  Saturday November 7th—Los Caballeros Golf Club  Wickenburg, Arizona
Nov 8, 2009 About the Walk for Lupus Now  Will take place on Sunday Kiwanis Park in Tempe
Nov 11 -Dec 6 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Phoenix Theatre
Nov 12-15, 2009  Dave Attell Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Nov 7-14, 2009  San Bernardino Ca Days      San Bernardino Ca
Nov 19-22 Bill Burr Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Nov 20-22, 2009  Salomé Symphony Hall Phx
Nov 21 Ron White Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Nov 27-29 Pablo Francisco Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
  DECEMBER  2009  
Dec 3-6, 2009  D.L. Hughley Special Event
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Dec 10, 2009  Desert Diamond Casino
Dec 10-13, 2009  Alex Reymundo
 8:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Dec 15, 2009  Brian Setzer Orchestra Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Dec19, 2009  9th Annual Christmas Pudding Saturday December 19th—Dodge Theatre

 

 Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Dec19-22, 2009  Bill Burr Special Event
 8:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
Dec 22, 2009  Great Russian Nutcracker Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Dec 22, 2009  New Years with Louis CK!
 7:00p 10:00p 		Tempe Improv 930 E University
  JANUARY 2010  
Jan 2, 2010 Zoppe Family Italian Circus Chandler Center for the Arts
Jan 6-24, 2010 Glorious Phoenix Theatre
Jan 29, 2010  Rock Ball - Friday January 29th, Ritz Carlton Phoenix Ritz Carlton Phoenix
Jan 29-31, 2010 La Boheme     Symphony Hall Phx
  Hotel Congress has held an annual "Dillinger Days." During the third weekend of January, thousands converge on the hotel's outdoor carnival with games and contests and a show of cars from that era.  
Jan 30, 2010
Asleep At the Wheel
Higley Center for the Performing Arts
  FEBRUARY 2010  
Feb 9, 2010 Chris Botti Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 
Feb 12, 2010 Phoenix Opera Presents: Madama Butterfly   Orpheum Theatre
Feb 13, 2010 Higley Center for the Performing Arts
Feb 13, 2010 Mary Poppins ASU Gammage
Feb 17-Mar 14, 2010 A Light in the Piazza Phoenix Theatre
  MARCH 2010  
Apr 7-May 2, 2010 All the More to Love Phoenix Theatre
Mar 6, 2010 Ronnie Milsap Higley Center for the Performing Arts
Mar 12-14, 2010

A Concert of Signature Arias

 Symphony Hall Phx
  APRIL 2010  
May 19 - Jun 13, 2010 Always... Patsy Cline Phoenix Theatre
  MAY 2010  
     
  JUNE 2010  

Recurring Events

Monday

 Every Monday Arrowhead Hospital Blood Pressures Arrowhead Hospital is now doing blood pressures in center court, near Guest Services from 7:30 - 10:30am every Monday morning.  This is a great opportunity to get accurate and complimentary blood pressures.

Tuesday

Every Tuesday... Carefree/Cave Creek Rotary Club, 7:30am breakfast at Horny Toad. Call 480-575-1409.

Cave Creek Saddle Club Monthly meetings, 3rd Tues., 7:30 p.m. at Harris Bank, Scottsdale Rd. and Carefree Hwy. Call President Susan Dryer, 623-465-1374 or visit www.cavecreeksaddleclub.org .

Every Tuesday... Carefree Corridor Business Group, 7:00am breakfast at Pioneer Restaurant. Call 480-560-7841 Tom Buckhardt - no membership fees, open to one business professional in each field, pass leads, share experiences, guest speakers www.carefreecorridorbusinessgroup.com .

Hospice of the Valley, Paradise Valley Grief Support, meets at PV Senior Center, 17402 N. 40th St., every 1st and 3rd Tuesday, 6:30 p.m. Call 602-636-5390 for info.

"Women with Spirit" Tues. at 7:30 a.m., Kashman's Deli at the Summit. All women are invited to enjoy coffee and conversation. Call 480-231-9927 for info, sponsored by Desert Mission United Methodist Church.

Every Tuesday... Soroptimists Meeting, 7:30am www.sisfoothills.org

Panic Relief, Inc. ;has a program geared to help anyone suffering from these disorders. Held in Cave Creek/Carefree, Mon., noon - 1 p.m., Tues. 7 - 8 p.m. Call 732-940- 9658 if you are interested in attending.

Wednesday

Every Wednesday... Kiwanis Club of Carefree, 11:30am at Harolds. Call 480-488-8400.

American Girls Club, for 2nd – 6th grade girls who just want to have fun! Meets 1st and 3rd Wed., 4 p.m., Vineyard Church, 42105 N. 41st Dr., Anthem. Call 623-742- 7329 for info.

 Awana Youth Program, 3 years – 6th grade, Wed., 6:15 to 8 p.m. Black Mountain Baptist Church; 33955 N. Cave Creek Rd. Call 480-488-1975 or visit www.bmbcaz. com.

Awana Youth Program, 3 years – 6th grade, Wed., 6:25 to 8 p.m. SonRise Community Church;  29505 N. Scottsdale Road. For info call Diane at 623-516-0691.
 

Women’s Domestic Violence Support Group, meets Wed., 6:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, 35500 N. Cave Creek Rd., Carefree. Drop-ins welcome. Call 480- 488-1090 for more information.

Thursday

Every Thursday evening, Old Town Scottsdale’s many art galleries keep the lights on. ArtWalk runs 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays,  around Main Street and Marshall Way, Scottsdale. Free. (480) 990-3939 or www.scottsdalegalleries.com  

Unite to Fight Illegal Immigration Town Hall Meeting Childress Auto Mall, 2223 W. Camelback Rd., every Thurs., 6:30 p.m., rain or shine. For more information: www.immigrationbuzz.com  or 602-433-3760.

Las Palmas Grand Ballroom Dance Thursdays Set 4- Oct 2, 2008 2550 E. Ellsworth Rd Mesa 480-982--0577

Downtown Chandler Farmers Market Every Thursday, 3-7 p.m., beginning Oct. 9 Dr. A. J. Chandler Park

Friday

Every Friday... Carefree Farmers' Market , 9:00am- 1:00pm at Carefree Town Center in the Amphitheater at 101 Easy Street, Carefree, AZ 85377. Click here or call 480-488-3686

Every Friday Night 6-9pm ... ALL CARS WELCOME FRIDAY NIGHT CAR SHOW  ,at Big Earl's Greasy Eats 6135 E. Cave Creek Rd Cave Creek , AZ 85331. l 480-575-7889

 

Rotary Club of Anthem Weekly breakfast meetings every Fri., 7 a.m., Ironwood Country Club, 41551 N. Anthem Hills Dr. Contact Larry Evans at 623-225-6342.

Every Friday Wine Classes at 6:00PM. $10 to try 6 wines with the best food in the valley at any wine tasting at 21023 N Cave Creek Rd.  just east of the intersection of Cave Creek Road and Rose Garden (the first street north of the 101).  www.cavecreekwines.com.

BINGO sponsored by the American Legion & VFW. 1st & 3rd Fri. Boulder Creek High School. Public Welcome.

Fish Fry Sponsored by American Legion Post 34 in Cave Creek, will resume October 5.

Every Saturday November 2007 – April 2008:1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Arizona’s Singing Cowboy in Old Town - Enjoy the award winning team of Gary and Dusty while they return you to the “wild west” with your favorite old western tunes, humorous cowboy poetry and funny stories. Gary and Dusty are on the streets of “Old Town” every Saturday afternoon For additional information 480-312-7750  

Anthem Legislative Update;. Senator Pamela Gorman's 1st Friday/Month legislative update meeting, 9 a.m., Anthem Community Center. Call 602-926-4002.

Saturday

Every Saturday... Farmers Market at Roadhouse Cave Creek 9am

Arizona Archaeological Society, Desert Foothills; Chapter, ;meetings to resume in the fall.

BINGO sponsored by American Legion Post 34 in Cave Creek, will resume October 1.
Black Mountain Elks Organization Committee Will resume meetings in the fall.
Cave Creek Museum Reopens in October. Visit www.CaveCreekMuseum.org  for more information.
Cave Creek Regional Park Events calendar is available online. Visit www.maricopa.gov/parks/cavecreek  or call 623-465-0431 for a list of programs.
Foothills Caring Corp, a non-profit organization that provides support services to homebound and frail elderly adults in the North Scottsdale, Cave Creek and I-17/ Carefree Hwy area. Call 480-488-1105 for more info.
Hospice of Arizona Warm, caring people needed to share time and hearts with patients and families. For more information call 602-378-1313.
Hospice Family Care, in Scottsdale area, seeks caring and compassionate volunteers to provide companionship or help run errands for terminally ill patients and their families. For information call Linda Patti, 480-889-1124.
North Phoenix Visions of Hope Center  A non-profit group serving the mentally ill with meetings, meals, variety of classes and activities. Located at 15044 N. Cave Creek Rd., Ste 2. Call for information, 602-404-1555, Mon – Fri, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area Visit the web site at www.maricopa.gov/parks  or call 480-488-6623 for a complete list of hikes and directions.
Unite to Fight Illegal Immigration Town Hall Meeting:; Childress Auto Mall, 2223 W. Camelback Rd., every Thurs., 6:30 p.m., rain or shine. For more information: www.immigrationbuzz.com  or 602-433-3760.

Late Nite Catechism By Vicki Quade & Maripat Donovan, Ongoing; call for dates and times, Stage 2, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Single ticket price: $36, The longest-running play in the Valley is still in a class by itself! Audience members are the students in catechism class, and Patti Hannon is "Sister" in this hilarious interactive comedy. You better be on your best behavior, or else Sister is likely to put you in the corner‹on stage! Every performance is unique and will appeal to all, regardless of one¹s faith.
Late Nite Catechism II: Sometimes We Feel Guilty Because We Are Guilty By Maripat Donovan, Ongoing; call for dates and times,
Stage 2, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Single ticket price: $36, That¹s right, the fun continues in Sister¹s second catechism class! You don¹t need to graduate from the first class to enjoy this one; Sister will give extra attention to her slower students. Sister has felt banners, a filmstrip, handouts, historical facts and hysterical insights to explain every nun¹s goal: getting into heaven and bringing along as many of the faithful as possible. Using a special version of Chutes and Ladders to demonstrate her point, Sister tells us where we¹ve gone wrong, and no one is excused from her firm belief that "sometimes we feel guilty because we are guilty."
Native Trails January 9 ­ April 7, 2007,  Most Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays* Noon ­ 1:15pm
Scottsdale Civic Center Mall Second Street & Drinkwater Boulevard in downtown Scottsdale Free admission Every January through April, the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall, just north of the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, comes alive with Native American music, dance, art and traditional foods. Presented by the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation and produced by the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Native Trails is now in its fifth season of free noontime festivals dedicated to exploring the rich and varied cultures of Native America. We invite you to come along on this sensory journey to the first nations of Arizona and North America. Musical performances using traditional instruments such as flutes, gourds and drums will delight your ears. A variety of tribal dances ranging from powwow dancing and fancy dance to the excitement and energy of the traditional hoop dance will amaze your eyes. And the rhythmic drumbeat in your chest as you join the performers for a traditional round dance will energize your spirit! *Please note, there will be no Native Trails performances on the following dates: February 3, 6, 8 & 10; March 6, 8, 10, 13, 15 & 17, 2007.
Sunday A’Fair January – April, 2008 Times: Noon – 4:30 p.m. Sunday A'Fair is a mini-festival outdoors on Scottsdale Civic Center Mall. Relax on the grass and listen to great music, stroll the grounds and visit the artists' booths selling jewelry, glass objects and other fine art. Food is available for purchase. Admission is free. Enjoy exciting kids activities and great family fun! http://www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org

Sunday

Scouts Computer Swapmeet: 3rd Sunday of each month 6 AM to 10:30 AM at Scottsdale Pavilions, 9069 East Indian Bend Road, Scottsdale (West of the loop 101 Freeway). See: http://scoutscomputerswapmeet.com/.

ART TOUR time varies, based on date Location:  downtown arts district Phone:  (602) 488-9494
An exclusive tour of the downtown Phoenix Arts Scene. This tour targets the arts enthusiast and buyer, providing a guided tour of The Roosevelt Row and Grand Avenue Arts Districts.
ARTOUR's provided for groups large and small, in town and out of town. Each ARTOUR caters to the tastes and flavors of the attendees, and offer intimate connections to our downtown arts culture. Tours can be any length of time and personalized for your group to include suggestions for culinary, musical and theatrical endeavors to compliment your experience in our emerging Downtown Arts Scene.
Tours are $100 per person, per hour for the tour. Transportation can be provided for an additional fee, cost varies based on references. Group Rates are available. North Scottsdale Polo Club plays weekly during the spring and winter months;  visit their website to confirm dates and times www.northscottsdalepolo.com

Downtown Phoenix Public Market 8 A.M. - 1 P.M.  SE. Corner of Central and McKinley streets  On the southeast corner of Central Ave and McKinley St. (2 blocks south of Roosevelt)  602-493-5231  Admission:  Free  Event Date: Every Saturday of Each Month.
Experience the best in Arizona agriculture, cooking and creativity as vendors from across the state will offer fresh flowers, fruits & vegetables, meat & dairy products, roasted coffee, mouth watering honey, jams & chocolates, baked goods & prepared foods. For grocery and gift shopping, a meal with friends and neighbors and more - the Downtown Phoenix Public Market welcomes YOU. VISA, MasterCard, Food Stamps & AZ Farmers Market Nutrition Program checks accepted. FREE parking is available on-site.

Natural Medicine with Dr. Jen Weekly Seminars for Women & Children
Curves of Anthem  42323 N Vision Way Suite 105 in Anthem, AZ 85086

Natural Pediatrics with Dr. Don Monthly Seminars for Parents & Children
will be offered at Sylvan Learning Center of Anthem 3434 W. Anthem Way, Suite 136 Anthem, AZ 85086

WestWorld  Scottsdale

Cactus League Schedule   Arizona's 53rd Cactus League season starts March 1st. It is expected to boost the state's economy by more than $200 million according to league officials.

Arizona Diamondbacks Schedule

Arizona Cardinals Schedule

Venues

Actors Theatre

Alice Cooperstown 101 E. Jackson St. Phoenix, AZ, 85004 (602) 253-7337

Arts Directory

Artists Theatre Project

ASU Gammage

ASU Kerr Cultural Center, 6110 N. Scottsdale Rd
(Off Rose Lane, Directly S of the Borgata)

Arizona Broadway Theatre 7701 W Paradise Lane Peoria AZ  623-776-8400 

Arizona Opera Phoenix Symphony Hall, 2nd St & Adams, Phoenix

Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum

Arizona State Fairgrounds - Arizona Exposition and State Fair Park 1826 W. McDowell Road Phoenix

Arizona Theatre Company

Arrowhead Towne Center

Arts Council 4 Youth

Ballet Arizona

Bison Museum 16641 N 91st St  (South Bell Rd & 91st) Scottsdale AZ

Boyce Thompson Arboretum

Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre

Casino Arizona

Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center, 33606 N. 60th St., Cave Creek

Cave Creek Museum

Celebrity Theatre 440 N 32nd St

Central Community Theatre

Chandler Center for the Arts  250 N. Arizona Ave.Chandler, AZ (480) 782-2680

Chandler Museum 178 E. Commonwealth Ave., Chandler, AZ 85244 - 480-782-2717

Changing Hands Book Store 6428 S McClintock Dr.

City of Peoria City Hall Municipal Grounds 8401 West Monroe Street, Peoria Pine Room

Contemporary Art Center of Peoria, 305 Water Street Peoria.

Copper Canyon High School Performing Arts Center, 9126 W Camelback Road 623-935-6384

Corona Ranch 7611 S 29th Ave

Cricket Wireless Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ

Darknight Productions at Peoria Center for the Performing Arts 8355 West Peoria Avenue Peoria

Del Webb Center for Performing Arts, Wickenburg 

Desert Botanical Garden  1201 N. Galvin Parkway

 Desert Caballeros Western Museum 21 North Frontier Street, Wickenburg

Desert Dance Theatre, 480-962-4584

Desert Broom Library, 29710 N. Cave Creek Rd. (SW corner of Tatum and Cave Creek) 602-262-4636 or visit our website at http://www.phxlib.org. 

Desert Foothills Library, 38443 N. Schoolhouse Rd., Cave Creek. For events, call 480-488-2286 or visit their website at www.desertfoothillslibrary.com .

Desert Foothills Theatre

Dodge Theatre 400 W. Washington St 

First United Methodist Church 15 E. First Ave., in Mesa

Firebird Raceway

 

Foothills Library 19055 N 58th Ave Glendale AZ 623-930-3844

Foothills Food Bank & Resource Center, Pam DiPietro, 480-488-1145 or 515-2798. 7005 E. Cave Creek Rd. # 107, Cave Creek 85331

FrontierTown 6245 E Cave Creek Road Cave Creek AZ 8-3

Glendale Community College Performing Arts Center 59th Ave & Olive Glendale

Glendale Public Library, 5959 West Brown Street, Glendale, AZ

Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Road

Grimaldi's Dinner Theater 4000 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale

Harrold's Cave Creek Corral 6895 E Cave Creek

Herberger Theater Center 222 East Monroe Street 

Heard Museum

Heard Museum West 16126 N Civic Center Plaza Surprise

Higley Center for the Performing Arts4132 E Pecos Rd Gilbert AZ 85295 info 480-279-7190

iTheatre Collaborative
Jobing.com Arena, 101- Glendale Ave   9400 W. Maryland Avenue, Glendale, AZ. (623) 772-3200

Kiwanis Park - Sister Cities Garden, 5800 S. All America Way, Tempe, Arizona

The Little Theatre at Phoenix Theatre 100 E. McDowell Rd 

Margaritaville Westgate City Center 6751 N Sunset Blvd Suite E109 Glendale Ave & I-101

Maricopa County Events Center  (formerly the Sundome)

Martini Ranch Scottsdale, AZ

Mesa Amphitheatre 201 N. Center St. Mesa, AZ (480) 644-2560

Mesa Arts Center 1 East Main St. Mesa AZ 480-644-6500

North Valley Regional Library, 40410 N. Gavilan Peak Prkwy, Anthem. For events and hours call 602-652-3000, or visit the library website at www.mcldaz.org.

North Valley Playhouse 13043 North Cave Creek Road

 Orpheum Theatre, 203 West Adams

Pages Bookstore 7100 East Cave Creek Road in the StageCoach Village Shopping Center 480/575-7220 www.PagesNewAndRare.com
Contact: Will or Sandi Pearson, info@PagesNewAndRare.Com

Payson Event Center

Peoria Sports Complex

Phoenix Art Museum

Phoenix Convention Center

Phoenix College, Bulpitt Auditorium,  1202 W. Thomas Rd

Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale (866) 408-RACE www.phoenixinternationalraceway.com

Phoenix Symphony Hall 75 N 2nd St.

Phoenix Theatre

Phoenix Zoo 455 N Galvin Pkwy 602-914-4333

Pioneer Living History Museum  3901 W. Pioneer Rd.

Prochnow Auditorium , Flagstaff, AZ

Rawhide

Renaissance Glendale, 9495 W. Coyotes Blvd., Glendale, AZ  85305

Rhythm Room 1019 E IndianSchool Rd

Sahuaro Ranch Park - Sahuaro Ranch Park Historic Area 59th Ave South of Peoria

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Virginia G. Piper Theater 7380 East Second Street

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts(480) 994-ARTS (2787) or online at www.scottsdaleperformingarts.org
 

Scottsdale Civic Center Mall Second Street & Drinkwater Boulevard in downtown Scottsdale

Scottsdale Desert Stages Theatre

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art -  7374 E. Second St. (480) 994-ARTS

Scottsdale Mustang Library, 10101 N. 90th St.

The Sharlot Hall Museum 415 W. Gurley in Prescott, 2 blocks west of Courthouse Plaza

Soul Invictus, 1022 NW Grand Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85007

South Mountain Community College 7050 S. 24th St

Spotlight Youth Theatre West Valley Art Museum 17420 North Avenue of the Arts (114th Avenue) Surprise, AZ  85374

Stagecoach Village Cave Creek AZ

Tempe Center for the Arts Box Office  480-350-2822

Tempe Improv 930 E University

Tempe Little Theatre Tempe Performing Arts Center, 132 E. Sixth St

Theater 4301, Galleria Corporate Centre, Scottsdale

Theater Works 8355 W. Peoria

The Blooze Bar 12014 N. 32nd Street Phoenix, AZ (602) 788-4574

The Studio at Theater Works - located inside the Peoria Performing Arts Center
8355 W. Peoria Avenue, Peoria, AZ 85245

Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village, 336 Highway 179,  Sedona, Arizona

Tombstone AZ

Tucson Botanical Gardens. 2150 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, AZ 85712

University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale 

US Airways Center ( formerly America West Arena)

Westgate City Center

Valley Presbyterian Church, 6947 E. MacDonald Dr., Paradise Valley

Valley Youth Theatre, 525 N. First St., Phoenix

Veterans Memorial Coliseum 19th Ave & McDowell

West Valley Art Museum 170 N Avenue of the Arts Surprise AZ 

WestWorld  Scottsdale

Yavapai College, 1100 East Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ 86301 - 928.445.7300 or 800.922.6787

Email to add your event : azphm@azphm.com

  

Social Networks

    
 
LinkedIn Live Phoenix Next Wednesday! Sponsorships available for $100. August 19th

http://www.facebook.com/l/;events.linkedin.com/LinkedIn-Live-Phoenix/pub/104114

LinkedIn Live Phoenix  August 19th  5:30-8:30pm  Fiesta Inn Resort  2100 S Priest Drive  Tempe, AZ 85282
Come and join us for LinkedIn Live. Our goal is to connect as many people as possible and show them the power of LinkedIn.
Networking, LinkedIn tips, and much more! This is a great way for you to network and build relationships with other LinkedIn users.
Our last event we had 180 attendees. There will be a cash bar and appetizers available.
Cost: $10 if you pre-register, $15 at the door.
Pre Register at http://www.facebook.com/l/;www.phoenixsocialmediaevents.com

ARIZONA LEADERS TO JOIN SENATORS, GOVERNORS, AND WESTERN STATE LEADERS TO ATTEND PROJECT NEW WEST SUMMIT IN AUGUST

ARIZONA LEADERS TO JOIN SENATORS, GOVERNORS, AND WESTERN STATE LEADERS TO ATTEND PROJECT NEW WEST SUMMIT IN AUGUST
 Arizona leaders will join Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Robert Redford and T. Boone Pickens at a first-of-its-kind national summit focused on the New West

Denver, CO - On August 13th, 2009, Project New West, the leading authority on the values, issues, and demographics that define America's "New West," is bringing together the region's top national and local elected officials, strategists, and organizers to offer the strategic roadmap to understand the "New West." The New West Summit will feature a wide-array of Western notables who will help participants understand who and what define the New West.

Arizona leaders such as Attorney General Terry Goddard, U.S. Congressman Raúl Grijalva, Assistant State House Democratic Leader Kyrsten Sinema, and Arizona resident Dennis Van Roekel the President of the National Education Association, will join Special Guests Robert Redford and T. Boone Pickens, and Western leaders from across the New West including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada; Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.; U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico; U.S. Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico; Congressman John Salazar of Colorado; U.S. Congressman Walt Minnick of Idaho; New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish; New Mexico State Auditor Hector Balderas; Colorado Speaker of the House of Representatives Terrance D. Carroll; Nevada Assembly Majority Leader John Oceguera; Utah Senate Minority Leader Patricia Jones; and Chairman of the Coeur D'Alene Tribe Chief J. Allan to discuss progressives' success in the region and the challenges ahead.

The Summit will also cover a broad array of political and policy issues. Top strategists will discuss the region's political trends and help participants craft smart strategies for maximizing success in the unique political environment of the New West. Experts will address policy challenges like water, clean energy, and smart growth that define the Western political landscape. Key organizational leaders will discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead and strategies for meeting them.

WHO:

  • Special Guest Robert Redford and Western leaders from across the New West region including:
  • Special Guest T. Boone Pickens
  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
  • Denver Mayor John W. Hickenlooper
  • Special Guest Jim Messina

U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico U.S. Senator Tom Udall of New Mexico U.S. Congressman John Salazar of Colorado U.S. Congressman Raúl Grijalva of Arizona U.S. Congressman Walt Minnick of Idaho New Mexico Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard New Mexico State Auditor Hector Balderas Colorado Speaker of the House of Representatives Terrance D. Carroll Nevada Assembly Majority Leader John Oceguera Utah Senate Minority Leader Patricia Jones Chairman of the Coeur D'Alene Tribe Chief J. Allan Arizona Assistant House Democratic Leader Kyrsten Sinema Wyoming Senator Floyd Esquibel Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association

  • WHEN:
  • Thursday, August 13, 2009
  • WHERE:
  • Colorado History Museum, Boettcher Hall, Denver, CO
  • SCHEDULE:
  • 8:30am - 9:45am
  • Opening Session Featuring U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "Then and Now: The New West Leading the Way for America"

This will be an over-arching introduction to the Summit and Project New West, with an historical, demographic, and political look at the West. With U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (NV); Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. (CO); Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper; U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (NM); U.S. Senator Tom Udall (NM); U.S. Congressman John Salazar (CO); Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish (NM); State Auditor Hector Balderas (NM); and Jill Hanauer, President of Project New West (PNW)

  • 10:00am - 10:30am
  • "All Roads Lead West" Featuring Jim Messina
  • Special Guest Jim Messina will discuss the critical role the New West plays in American politics and public policy today and as we move into the next decade.
  • 10:45am - 12:00pm
  • General Session: The New Energy Economy & Jobs in the New West
  • This will be a discussion of the New Energy Economy and how it not only taps into Westerners' innovative and aspiring spirit, but also offers our region unparalleled economic opportunities for growth. Speakers include U.S. Senator Jeff Bingaman (NM); Governor Bill Ritter, Jr. (CO); and U.S. Congressman Raúl Grijalva (AZ)
  • 12:00pm - 1:30pm
  • Keynote Luncheon: A Conversation with Robert Redford and New Mexico U.S. Senator Tom Udall
  • A conversation about the West and the future of the West with two of the nation's leading conservationists.
  • 1:45pm - 2:15pm
  • American Ingenuity in the 21st Century
  • Today's energy challenges require new thinking and innovative solutions. This discussion will delve into the many perspectives on this crucial topic. Speakers include Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish (NM) and Special Guest T. Boone Pickens.
  • 2:30pm - 3:45pm
  • Hispanics and the New West
  • This will be a conversation about the critical role that Hispanics play in determining the future of the New West. Speakers include Attorney General Terry Goddard (AZ); State Auditor Hector Balderas (NM); and Mark Hugo Lopez, Ph.D. of the Pew Hispanic Center
  • 4:00pm - 5:30pm
  • Western Challenges and Opportunities: A Conversation with Western Leaders

A view into the challenges and opportunities that Western elected officials face every day, such as education, the economy, immigration, conservation and recreation. With U.S. Congressman Walt Minnick (ID); Speaker of the House of Representatives Terrance D. Carroll (CO); Assembly Majority Leader John Oceguera (NV); Senate Minority Leader Patricia Jones (UT); Chief J. Allan, Chairman of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe (ID); Assistant House Democratic Leader Kyrsten Sinema (AZ); Senator Floyd Esquibel (WY); and Eric Stern, Senior Counsel, Governor Brian Schweitzer (MT)  For more information please contact Project New West at 303-405-8502 or at press@projectnewwest.com

AUDITIONS FOR 2009/10 SEASON TO BE HELD AUGUST 13
 The Sonoran Desert Chorale invites area singers to audition for its 2009/10 on August 13.  Singers from all voice parts are encouraged to audition for the 60 member Chorus, whose season runs from October through May.  Auditions will be scheduled by appointment only and interested singers are asked to call 480-892-1094 or email auditions@sonorandesertchorale.or to reserve their audition time.  For general information about the Sonoran Desert Chorale please visit www.sonorandesertchorale.org

 Sonoran Desert Chorale was founded in 1994 and is led by Music Director Jeff Harris.  Since its inception, the group has become a highly regarded and sophisticated choral organization, presenting musical compositions from cultures around the globe as well as important pieces from the European and American music traditions.  Concerts frequently include guest performances and collaborations with distinguished artists and organizations in the community such as the Phoenix Children’s Chorus, Southwest Brass, Mesa Caledonian Pipe Band and the Four Seasons Symphony.  The Chorale frequently is engaged for a European concert tour, with performances throughout Europe, including Venice, Salzburg, and Prague. In 2005, the Chorale was invited to perform with Broadway superstar Michael Crawford for the inaugural concert of the $150 million Mesa Arts Center. 

 Significant support is received from the Arizona Commission on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.  Sonoran Desert Chorale gratefully acknowledges Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies for its generous support of the 2009-10 Season.    

Next Round of Community Meetings on Downtown’s Future to Be Held in August
Stakeholders, General Public Encouraged to Give Input on the Vision/Concept Plan for Downtown 
Downtown Mesa stakeholders and the general public are encouraged to give input on the draft Downtown Vision/Concept Plan during the two upcoming meetings in August. The following meetings will be held at the office of the Downtown Mesa Association (DMA), 58 W. Main St.

  • · Tuesday, August 4, Noon

  • · Thursday, August 13, 7:30 a.m.

As with all previous meetings, these next two meetings on the Downtown Vision/Concept Plan will cover the same material, so there is only need to attend one of them. If you have not already attended one of the previous meetings and would like to attend on Aug. 4 or 13, please RSVP by calling DMA at (480) 890-2613. Free parking is available in the public lot behind DMA’s office.

The Downtown Mesa Vision/Concept Plan
Still in its preliminary stage, the Downtown Mesa Vision/Concept Plan addresses downtown’s future, serving as a guide for growth and improvement in the coming decades. The plan identifies five Vision Elements and 10 Transformative Projects/Programs aimed at achieving a more vibrant downtown square mile.

More details on the Downtown Mesa Vision/Concept Plan are available in the brochure titled Vision For Downtown Mesa’s Square Mile and in the May/June/July issue of the Downtown Focus paper. Both publications are available, among other places, at www.DowntownMesa.com/vision.htm .

Previous meetings on downtown’s future held in May, June and July generated lively conversation with business owners, property owners, residents, City staff and others discussing a wide range of downtown topics. DMA looks forward to even more constructive suggestions, comments and feedback on the draft Downtown Vision/Concept Plan during the next two meetings in August. Any meetings held beyond August will be announced.

New Bottled Water Brand Caters to Higher Tastes
Orange County is certainly no stranger to luxury. We’re accustomed to fine dining, perfect weather and world-class shopping. So why shouldn’t we indulge in the best bottled water available?

Hawaiian Springs, a premier water brand known for bottling some of the purest and most sustainable waters in the world, recently expanded its presence onto the U.S. mainland—delivering an authentic taste of Hawaii to the most discerning palettes of Southern California. With its gratifying freshness—from water source to bottle within 30 days—and elegant teal bottle adorned in blooming flora, Hawaiian Springs evokes an exotic sense of travel, leisure and rejuvenation.

 Even better, the refreshing, smooth-tasting, zero-calorie beverage is ideal for individuals committed to leading a healthy, balanced lifestyle. With health perks ranging from high alkalinity to all-natural electrolyte enhancement, soft, naturally sweet Hawaiian Springs boosts overall well-being and physical fitness by offering a pure source of hydration.

 For the ultimate in taste, health and all-around satisfaction, consumers should look no further than Hawaiian Springs—now sold at local Whole Foods and Mother’s Market locations.

PAYSON CHORAL SOCIETY AUDITIONS
The Payson Choral Society is looking for new members. We invite you to try out at 5:30 PM on Monday, August 3rd at the United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy Street.  Our concert will be Saturday, December 12. Rehearsals for the Christmas 2009 Concert begin the following Monday, August 10 (6:30 PM) at the same location.

If you like to sing, want to have fun with a great group of people, and you are willing to commit to weekly rehearsals come be a part of the Payson Choral Society!

For further information call John Landino at (928-468-6684).

PINK JEEP TOURS TEAMING UP WITH GRAND CANYON RAILWAY
Sedona, AZ, July 27, 2009:  Pink Jeep Tours is proud to announce its exciting partnership with Grand Canyon Railway. Customers of the railway will have the option to enhance their experience in the Grand Canyon state with a package extension from Pink Jeep Tours in Sedona.

  • The day trip package includes:

  • Roundtrip transportation in the exclusive Tour Trekker vehicle from the Grand Canyon Railway Hotel in Williams to Sedona.

  • Pink Jeep Tour’s famous heart pounding Broken Arrow Tour.

  • Lunch at the Cowboy Club in Uptown Sedona.

  • Free time to shop in Sedona.

Pink Jeep Tour’s Tour Trekker is the first-of-it's-kind, high end, all terrain vehicle, designed and licensed to be THE ultimate tour vehicle. It is also used for Grand Canyon tours from both Sedona and Las Vegas. The Broken Arrow Tour is offered exclusively by Pink Jeep Tours and is a fun-filled adventure that goes over the red rocks while the magnificent canyon walls surround the area. It includes scenic view stops at Submarine Rock and Chicken Point as well as the “hold on tight” descent down the “Road of No Return.” For more information or reservations go to http://www.thetrain.com/Optional-Tours-&-Add-Ons-5694.html  For more information on Pink Jeep Tours visit www.PinkJeep.com. Pink Jeep Tours, the premier adventure tour company of Northern Arizona, was founded in 1960 and has its corporate headquarters in Sedona, Arizona. It serves visitors from around the world with a corporate fleet of 65 vehicles and is the only Jeep tour company with guide trainers certified by the National Association for Interpretation on its staff.

Joint Statement

Wayne Lapierre, Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association
And
Chris W. Cox, Executive Director, National Rifle Association - Institute For Legislative Action
On
Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination To The United States Supreme Court


Other than declaring war, neither house of Congress has a more solemn responsibility than the Senate's role in confirming justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the Senate considers the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans have been watching to see whether this nominee - if confirmed - would respect the Second Amendment or side with those who have declared war on the rights of America's 80 million gun owners.

From the outset, the National Rifle Association has respected the confirmation process and hoped for mainstream answers to bedrock questions.  Unfortunately, Judge Sotomayor's judicial record and testimony clearly demonstrate a hostile view of the Second Amendment and the fundamental right of self-defense guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

It is only by ignoring history that any judge can say that the Second Amendment is not a fundamental right and does not apply to the states. The one part of the Bill of Rights that Congress clearly intended to apply to all Americans in passing the Fourteenth Amendment was the Second Amendment.  History and congressional debate are clear on this point. 

Yet Judge Sotomayor seems to believe that the Second Amendment is limited only to the residents of federal enclaves such as Washington, D.C. and does not protect all Americans living in every corner of this nation.  In her Maloney opinion and during the confirmation hearings, she deliberately misread Supreme Court precedent to support her incorrect view. 

In last year's historic Heller decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment guarantees the individual's right to own firearms and recognizes the inherent right of self-defense.  In addition, the Court required lower courts to apply the Twentieth Century cases it has used to incorporate a majority of the Bill of Rights to the States.  Yet in her Maloney opinion, Judge Sotomayor dismissed that requirement, mistakenly relying instead on Nineteenth Century jurisprudence to hold that the Second Amendment does not apply to the States.

This nation was founded on a set of fundamental freedoms. Our Constitution does not give us those freedoms - it guarantees and protects them. The right to defend ourselves and our loved ones is one of those. The individual right to keep and bear arms is another. These truths are what define us as Americans. Yet, Judge Sotomayor takes an opposite view, contrary to the views of our Founding Fathers, the Supreme Court, and the vast majority of the American people.

We believe any individual who does not agree that the Second Amendment guarantees a fundamental right and who does not respect our God-given right of self-defense should not serve on any court, much less the highest court in the land. Therefore, the National Rifle Association of America opposes the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.


 - NRA -

Established in 1871, the National Rifle Association is America's oldest civil rights and sportsmen's group. Four million members strong, NRA continues its mission to uphold Second Amendment rights and to advocate enforcement of existing laws against violent offenders to reduce crime. The Association remains the nation's leader in firearm education and training for law-abiding gun owners, law enforcement and the military.
 

 
 

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Emergency Nurses Association Announces Newly Elected National Leaders 

CHICAGO – July 16, 2009 – Recently elected leaders of the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), a non-profit professional organization representing more than 36,000 members internationally, reflect the expertise of some of the nation’s top emergency care professionals dedicated to health care safety and reform. They begin their terms January 1, 2010.

 

The ENA Board of Directors provides overall direction for the nation’s premier emergency nursing association. ENA serves the emergency nursing community through research, professional development, publications and injury prevention programs.

                                                                                                                    

Named to the ENA Board of Directors:

 2010 ENA President-Elect (will serve as the 2011 President)
AnnMarie Papa, RN, MSN, CEN, NE-BC, FAEN, Director, Emergency Services, Doylestown Hospital, Doylestown, Pennsylvania

 

With a career in emergency nursing spanning 30 years, Papa is currently the director of Emergency Services at Doylestown Hospital in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and adjunct faculty at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She has been an ENA member for 25 years and has been active at all levels of the association. She has served as president of the Philadelphia chapter, and as president, director, treasurer and education committee chair of the Pennsylvania State Coalition. She has held leadership positions on the national committee and is currently co-editor of the Manager’s Forum section of the Journal of Emergency Nursing.

Papa has received numerous ENA awards, including the National Manager’s Award, National Professionalism Award, PA State Leadership Award, PA State Mary Bailey Education Award, and the PA State Rita Celmer Spirit Award. She has also received ADVANCE for Nurses magazine’s Best Leader Award and Nursing Spectrum’s Excellence in Management Award.

Papa holds a Master of Science degree in nursing and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Villanova University. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in Nursing Practice from Waynesburg University in Pittsburgh.

2010 ENA Secretary/Treasurer
Gail Pisarcik Lenehan, RN, MSN, EdD, FAEN, FAAN, ED Nurse Clinical Specialist per diem, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

 

With a lifetime career in emergency nursing of over 30 years, Dr. Lenehan served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of Emergency Nursing for 25 years.  She co-founded a nurses’ clinic in Boston’s largest homeless shelter, wrote the first statewide protocol for sexual assault victims in Massachusetts, and raised national awareness of nurses’ occupational illness and injuries. She received the Kathleen McGinn Cutler Award for her work on the Massachusetts Nurses Association’s Occupational Health & Safety Congress, and ENA’s Judith C. Kelleher and Lifetime Achievement Awards.  In 2000, ENA created the Gail P. Lenehan Award for Advocacy, given to a nurse who has had an impact on the profession through advocacy for the safety and well-being of at-risk populations or emergency nurses.

 

Dr. Lenehan has served on many ENA committees and task forces, including the original Standards of Emergency Nursing, and is an active member of the Massachusetts State Council. An accomplished author, she was co-editor of the Manual of Emergency Care.

 

Dr. Lenehan holds a doctorate in Education from Harvard University, a Master of Science degree in nursing from Boston University, a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Boston College, and a diploma in nursing from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing. 

Director (Three-year term: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012)

Mitch Jewett, RN, CEN, Emergency Department Staff Nurse, Galichia Heart Hospital, Wichita, Kansas

 

Jewett is an emergency department staff nurse at Galichia Heart Hospital in Wichita, Kansas.  He is the past president of the ENA Kansas State Council. He has also served as president of ENA’s Central Kansas chapter and ENA Board Liaison to several national committees.

 

In 2006, Jewett was a member of the Kansas Driving Force Task Force, assembled by Governor Kathleen Sebelius to reduce death on the state’s highways. He has also served as Vice Chair and Chair for the Kansas Hospital Association Emergency Preparedness Committee.

 

Jewett holds an Associate of Applied Science degree in nursing from Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.

 

Director (Three-year term: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012)

Deena Brecher, RN, APRN, MSN, CEN, CPEN, ACNS-BC, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Department, Nemours/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware

 

Brecher is an emergency department clinical nurse specialist at Nemous/A.I. DuPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware. She has also been an EMT, a paramedic, and an emergency department nurse.

 

She currently serves on the Certified Pediatric Emergency Nurse (CPEN) Examination Construction and Review Team, and is a CPEN item writer. Last year, she served on the ENA Leadership Conference Committee.

 

Brecher holds a Master of Science degree in nursing from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Pittsburgh.

 

Director (Three-year term: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2012)

Matthew F. Powers, RN, MS, CEN, MICP, Battalion Chief, Emergency Medical Services, North County Fire Authority, Daly City, California and Assistant ED Manager, Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek, California

 

Matthew F. Powers is the ENA representative appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the Emergency Medical Services Commission, and has served as president and treasurer of the ENA California State Council. He has been published in the Journal of Emergency Nursing and received the 2003 ENA Rising Star Award.

 

Powers is the Battalion Chief of Emergency Medical Services for North County Fire Authority and North Zone JPA EMS Supervisor overseeing Emergency Medical Services for the cities of Brisbane, Colma, Daly City, Pacifica and San Bruno, as well as the Assistant Emergency Department Manager at Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, California.

 

Powers holds a Master of Science degree in Emergency Services Administration from California State University-Long Beach and a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from San Jose State University-San Jose, California.

 

Director (One-year term: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010)

Tiffiny Strever, RN, BSN, CEN,Injury Prevention/Outreach Coordinator for Trauma, Maricopa Integrated Health Systems, Phoenix, Arizona

 

In her 23-year career, Strever has been a staff nurse, a charge nurse and a night supervisor.  She has been an emergency nurse for 15 years. Strever specializes in injury prevention and is the Injury Prevention and Outreach Coordinator at Level 1 Adult/Pediatric and Burn Center in Phoenix. She has served as the Chair of the Injury Prevention Institute for Arizona.

 

Strever teaches courses in trauma nursing, pediatric nursing, advanced trauma nursing and injury prevention instruction and is a Major in the Arizona Air National Guard.

 

Strever holds a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa and an Associate of Science degree in nursing from North Iowa Area Community College in Mason City, Iowa.

 

Director (One -year term: January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2010)

Mary Kamienski, RN, PhD, APN, CEN, FAEN, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Nursing, Newark, New Jersey

 

Dr. Kamienski has served as the president of both the New Jersey State Council and the ENA Northern New Jersey chapter. In 2002, she was appointed to the New Jersey Governor’s Advisory Council for Emergency Medical Services for Children.

 

Dr. Kamienski is an Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of the Graduate Program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey School of Nursing.  She also maintains a faculty practice at the Camden Community Center in Camden, New Jersey.

 

Dr. Kamienski holds a doctorate and Post-Master’s Certificate as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

  

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 About the Emergency Nurses Association

The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) is the only professional nursing association dedicated to defining the future of emergency nursing and emergency care through advocacy, expertise, innovation, and leadership. Founded in 1970, ENA serves as the voice of more than 36,000 members and their patients through research, publications, professional development, injury prevention, and patient education. Additional information is available at ENA’s Web site, www.ena.org .

 

'Alamo' movie set closes in respect of owner's death

Alamo Village in Brackettville is now closed. For decades, tourists have been able to visit the movie set where John Wayne held off Mexican soldiers in the movie "The Alamo,"  

The owner of the village, 93-year-old Virginia Shahan, had kept it open to visitors, trail rides and other movie shoots for nearly 50 years. But after her recent death, the attraction has been closed to visitors until her family determines what to do next.

The movie inspired a generation of would-be cowboys and cemented in people's imaginations an outsized image of the Alamo that dwarfs the real thing in downtown San Antonio.

Whitey Hughes Hollywood Stuntman Nov 1920 - Jul 2009
Whitey Hughes born Nov. 9, 1920, in Arkoma, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, July 7, 2009. Whitey Hughes is a name you may not remember. But you have seen his work. An actor and stuntman in the early years of the westerns we all grew up watching his talents without even knowing it was him. His resume is filled with the names of every major actor of the golden age of movies.

 From 1948 through 1953 Whitey worked for Robert Gilbert Productions as a stuntman and double for such stars its Reno Browne and Lee "Lasses" White in "Red Rock Outlaw" ('50). Whitey was doing stunts on Johnny Carpenter's low budget westerns like "Badman's Gold" (‘51) and "Son of a Renegade" ('53). His first location job was in Lone Pine, doubling leading lady, Lynne Roberts in Tim Holt's "Dynamite Pass" ('50).

Whitey was often called upon to double for women in these early days and would eventually do stunts for such luminaries as Rita Hayworth, Stephanie Powers, Barbara Hershey, Anne Baxter, Lana Turner, Kathleen Crowley and Virginia Mayo ("Along the Great Divide", again on location in Lone Pine). Whitey's credits include work on "The Wild One" with Marlon Brando, "Sitting Bull" with Dale Robertson, "Darby O'Gill and the Little People", "Charge at Feather River" with Guy Madison, "Geronimo" with Chuck Connors and Ross Martin, and Sam Peckinpah's "Wild Bunch".

Whitey was Johnny Crawford's double for four years on TV's "Rifleman" as well as Bobby Diamond's double during the run of the "Fury" TV series. Whitey also worked on "U.S. Marshal", "Californians", "MacKenzie's Raiders", "Black Saddle", "Wyatt Earp", "Lassie", "Rawhide", "Bonanza", "Monroes", "Hondo", "Gunsmoke" ... and hundreds more including work for both Roy [Rogers] and Gene [Autry] on their respective series. To see the caliber of his terrific stunt work watch Whitey in action in almost every episode of "The Wild Wild West", which he coordinated for four seasons ('65-'68). Whitey and his stunt crew do some amazing action sequences.

Whitey spent '70 - '71 preparing his own production, Smoke In the Wind. In the '70s, Whitey worked on series and films such as "Omega Man", "Harper Valley P.T.A.", "Spiderman", "Wonder Woman", "B. J. and the Bear", "Buck Rogers", "Father Murphy", "Fall Guy", "Blue and the Gray", "Little House on the Prairie" and many others. Whitey worked as an active stuntman for over 50 years. He was even in the 1997, "Men in Black" at age 77.

 Whitey Hughes, did his final "Take" last week but he will live on in a tremendous body of work forever.

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The American Way

I gave a speech to a large group on Patriot’s Day, commemorating the shot heard ‘round the world. Several thousand people turned out on a nice sunny day and to my surprise, constantly interrupted with applause. Seems I touched a nerve with this uplifting piece about what makes America great. Many asked for a copy of the speech. Here it is. Permission to circulate gladly granted.

The American Way   by Alan Korwin

I was fortunate to be invited to a meeting of thirteen deep-thinking well educated men recently, and for two and-a-half hours over lunch we examined some of the critical issues of our time, from our perspective. The question came up, “What Is America?” and I ask you today, “What is America?”

It seems to me this is a question without an answer, because America is as many things as there are people to define it. It is a complex and huge topic that could fill encyclopedias and not scratch the surface.

But it dawned on me that a few fundamental principles of America stand out. These are the principles that have made America great. These are the reasons America is a shining beacon of real hope for the entire world, such as the world has never known. These are guidelines that people have adopted in their hearts, instilled in their families. These are understandings that drive people from their homes across the entire planet and to our borders. These fundamental principles are The American Way, and this can be described.

I’ve been a champion of The American Way for as long as I can remember, and way before I even knew that this was what I was championing. The American Way is hard work. It is keeping the benefits of your hard work. It  is ownership of private property, and the sanctity of a contract between people. It is the idea that you and you alone own the fruits of your labors. It is the idea—of paramount importance—of self ownership. You and you alone own and are responsible for you. It’s a tautology. The king doesn’t own you. The state doesn’t own you. You own you. This is not a right you demand, or get from the state, or earn. It is a fundamental right of the fact that you exist. It is a right that comes from your Creator, by nature. It is the natural order of things. And it is honored here like nowhere else—that’s why we’ve achieved so much.

The American Way is the idea that all you Americans can make something of yourselves, because you are free to do so. This is the great magnet that draws people here. In 2006, net immigration into 78 nations from Albania to Zimbabwe was below zero—people were fleeing. In America in that year, more than two million people, risking life, limb, family and arrest, walked across blinding miles of blazing snake infested desert to get here. That says something. Half got caught and sent back. Half snuck in. Those are  problems for another time, but that raw drive speaks volumes about what we have accomplished that their native lands have not.

In one of the documents that helped start our country, Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, published in the year of our founding, 1776, he described principles that drive The American Way (although it was too early for him to call it that). Wealth of Nations, in the country’s infancy, identified what has led to unprecedented opulence, prosperity, abundance, opportunity and freedom that is The American Way.

Smith recognized that private property, free trade, self interest, limited government and division of labor were the basics of capitalism and cornerstones of personal freedom and economic security.

So these are the factors that make you and me special, and make the land we live in special, and attract many non-Americans to this special place, seeking to be Americans. But along with the teeming masses yearning to be free are undesirable miscreants seeking to leach off our success, eat out our substance and do us harm, who must be resisted.

Col. Jeff Cooper put it plainly: Some people prey on other people. I don’t like it. That’s just the way it is. So I ask you: Do you intend to preserve, protect and defend these special attributes that make us what we are?

You bet we do! Will you resist the constant forces that seek to diminish, denigrate, defeat and delete these special attributes? You bet we will!

The American Way can be summed up, not perfectly, and not for all cases, but it can be summed up for our purposes: The American Way is the idea that the people are the rulers and the rulers are the servants. Have we strayed from this? Yes. Does that make it less true or less valuable or less right? Not at all. The American Way is the rule of law, individual responsibility and government of limited delegated powers only. It is free markets, free enterprise, low taxes, entrepreneurship and capitalism. The American Way is moral and just and yes, has a strong religious underpinning, whatever your religion may be—so long as your religion does not include forcible coercion of others. It is “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” but definitely not, “You better submit to our way,” no matter how strongly convinced that your way is right. Convince people to follow and you follow the precepts that drive much of what we are. Force people, and you are by definition the enemy of The American Way. Neither political party has a really good score card on this. The American Way is what has generated the most opulent, abundant, prosperous, generous, productive, creative, inventive and loving society the world has ever known, light years ahead of whatever is in second place. Our politicians have lost support because they’ve abandoned our goals. The idea that such a land could even exist was beyond the comprehension of earlier societies—the ideas that made it possible had not been invented yet. The uniquely American ideals of freedom were born here. They were birthed by a lucky confluence that skeptics might say were coincidental. True believers might say it was destiny, or divine providence. And who knows who’s right. The important thing is that it happened.

Our natural geography, limits of technology, self-selected pioneers and thinkers in a brave new land, the abuses and usurpations of a tyrant, the homogeneous nature of voluntary leaders, simultaneous existence of so many geniuses in one place and one time, an abundance of natural resources, existence of such vast expanses of untapped wilderness—all contributed to the damn lucky creation of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights that set us on our way.

When people are turned free to do what they will, they do what we have seen here. Acting in your own self interest, you persevere, plant and harvest great seeds of innovation and wealth. And great wealth results from the work of your loins. True Americans, recognizing the great blessings that have been bestowed upon us, share those fruits, like no society before us has ever done. Americans donate and share more food, more wealth, more health care, more humanitarian aid, more power of righteous self defense, than the world has ever seen—without exception.

And what of guns? Guns, guns, guns, they are so American. All nations have guns, but only in a scant few do the people have guns. And only in America is there a wildly western tradition of a gun for everyman. Only in America is there broad understanding that guns save lives. Guns stop crime. Guns keep you safe. Guns deter evil. Guns are good. Colt, Remington, Winchester, Browning, Smith and Wesson—is it just coincidence that Americans have guns, and use guns, and have invented some of the finest firearms ever known—and the fact that America has been the freest nation on earth? It is not coincidence. Guns are why America is still free. We know and easily accept that you can’t let slaves have guns and expect them to remain slaves. Does that mean that if the forces of darkness were to succeed in their endless effort to disrupt our long-standing balance and disarm peaceful, innocent Americans, that America would be devolve into slavery? Is it safe to confiscate guns from the innocent? I’m not eager to find out! Why is it safe to give all those dangerous guns to other people, just because they have government jobs and are paid with your tax money? Why can they be trusted any more than any of you who actually earn the money that pays them? What magical writing says guns are OK but only if rulers have them all? Where does it say that a man in government is more trustworthy than a man in his own home?

We know that just the opposite is true. It is our resistance to the bad idea that only leadership should have power that put power into the hands of the people and created The American Way. It is the understanding that the power to govern is only legitimate if it comes from the consent of the governed. When the power to govern is disconnected from consent, you have classic tyranny, no checks on leadership, only those latitudes leadership arbitrarily decides to offer. That, my friends, is the Anti- American Way.

Guns are indeed why America is still free. Guns in the hands of the masses help assure that leadership cannot just run wild. It stops them short. Guns are power to the people.

Slaves must be disarmed. Americans must never be disarmed. A disarmed docile subservient America would cease to be the magic magnet it is. Now, there’s corrosion in the aging machinery of The American Way. Jefferson’s warning that the natural tendency is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground is true, and 200 years of yielding and gaining have taken us to a strange place.

Our great strides forward are at grave risk today. The idea of true human freedom, freedom from the state, freedom from arbitrary rule, appeal to a power higher than any government or man can exert—these are what give us what we have. Today, far too many people, influenced by dastardly powers, reject the very things that give them the

power to speak out against us. We are now infested with czars—a drug czar, an education czar, an environment czar, and now even a border czar. Czars are horrors yet we’re embracing them, welcoming them into our midst. Czars are toxic waste, destroyers of freedom, autocratic tyrants who have no place in our system. Yet they are praised and promoted with glee by our failed “news” media. Tolerance of czars is a repugnant result of the insidious success of political correctness. Czars should be removed and replaced with representatives.

But our representatives need to be replaced with representatives, because they’ve long since left the scene. We have reached a point where our laws are written by secretive government operators and clandestine conspirators, creeps working in deep basements without the light of public scrutiny, who draft endless edicts that cannot be read by a person of decent education. The edicts are thrust upon our elected hollow men, who are coerced and intimidated into signing before they have read what they are handed, and saddle us with unacceptable, anti-American crap whose contents they don’t know. Think about that. The laws are now written by people you don’t know, can’t name, can’t see,  signed by people without reading or understanding, and then held against you at the point of a government gun and prison. That, my fellow Americans, is corrupt. It is tyrannical. It is intolerable. Our elected participants should fall to their knees in shame and tears for what they are complicit in forcing upon this great nation and its people. But they show no shame. They justify, and excuse and continue. How much further must that travesty go on before a few heads are on pikes on the K Street bridge? A bridge, by the way, actually named after Francis Scott Key, the author of the Star Spangled Banner. Tyranny has its appeal. Especially in the young, a desire to follow rather than lead burns hot. It’s easy to be sheep, to obey, to stand in line, take what’s handed you, care not for the higher values. They are far from the roots that got this tree growing. And their schooling, run by the very government that schooling is supposed to tame and keep in check, encourages the collectivist antithesis of The American Way. Freedom is hard work, but worth it.

Socialism, the Anti-American Way and our arch enemy, seems easy, because it runs on other people’s money and sweat. Too many Americans today have had their values turned upside down and actually crave socialism, or can’t even tell the difference between craven collectivism and freedom’s liberation.

We have our share of difficulties, and our ability to surmount them looks increasingly grim. And when you’re the big dog, as freedom has made America, people and groups and nations and even ideologies nip at your feet. The have nots, the do nots, the know nots, freeloaders and the useful idiots wound up into a frenzy by people of ill will and a disgraceful media, seek to take you down. Seek to hurt you. Seek to diminish your accomplishments, cast aspersions on your greatness, work to undermine your success, mean-mouth your achievements, deny, rewrite and twist history to say it isn’t so. They would rather pick at the nits than recognize how far America has drawn humanity out of the primordial goo. Americans know our greatness. America haters hate our greatness. Too many of our own countrymen are misled, misguided, propagandized and brainwashed into hating—blind fuming hatred—of the very hand that feeds them.

America haters are the most pernicious, deceitful and hate-filled enemies of all that is good and prosperous and productive and beneficial to humanity. Too many exist within our midst, in our Congress and schools and newsrooms and within the bureaus of the czars. And they are clever, and devilish in their cunning, and left unchecked they will indeed ruin the greatest society the planet has ever seen, and then dance in the bloody gore of the havoc they reek. If you believe in The American Way, if you have benefited from The American Way, if you want your children and their children and generations to come both here and abroad to bask in the glory of The American Way, then you need to rise up—in all your righteous glory and indignation—and denounce the siren song of those who would rend and ridicule what we have achieved. You need to always say the obvious, and flatly refuse to participate in the debilitating socialist disease of political correctness! Don’t joke about it, which reinforces it, denounce it! You need to substitute e pluribus unum—“From Many, One” for the leftwing sickness of multicultural divisiveness. You need to know that belief in limited government, low taxation, delegated powers, free markets, free enterprise, gun ownership, religion and personal responsibility makes you a moderate not an extremist. Those who tell you to reject these core American values, they are the extremists. The extremists are calling the moderates extreme, and the media helps sing that song. Clinging to The American Way makes you a centrist, a moderate centrist. Only a vile and corrupt media could see it otherwise and then promote an upside-down cake of the truth. You must loudly and publicly reject laws that violate the separation of Congress and the States, laws that violate the 10th Amendment by delegating forbidden powers, laws that grow government illegally, laws that use color and sex and language to force compliance, quotas, and deceptive non-equality.

Equal treatment under the law, not enforced treats and benefits through income redistribution. Special treatment to favored groups is the behavior of tyrants. We are and must remain a nation built on merit and compassion, not central dictates and giving away your money to other people. You can do all these things, and keep America at her heights of glory. You can for generations to come preserve all the things that made America great and this shining beacon of liberty it has been for more than two centuries. You need to ask yourself, of every proposal that comes down the pike from central government, state government, local government, media pundits and all others who profess to know what’s right for you, “Does it maximize freedom?” Does it maximize freedom, that’s the question. That’s the benchmark. If it maximizes freedom, it’s good. That’s what our Founders knew. That’s what got us to this great pinnacle of success from which we are now slipping. If it would do good but does not maximize freedom, it must be rejected. If government could take action—but has no authority to do so, it must be rejected. There is always another way. The American Way.

Thank you, and may God bless America.

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Maintenance at Sahuaro Ranch Dog Park. The Sahuaro Ranch Dog Park will close for its annual flood irrigation and maintenance period from Wednesday, July 22 through Tuesday, August 4. During this time, please use the Northern Horizon Dog Park located at 63rd and Northern avenues or Foothills Dog Park located at 57th and Union Hills avenues. Additionally, once the park reopens, the new schedule will include a closure every Tuesday for maintenance. Signs will be posted at the park as a reminder.

Making Cents – Shop Glendale is back! Hot times call for hot deals! Get great discounts, while giving back to the community with Shop Glendale. The important tax dollars generated by making a purchase can help fill library shelves with new books, replace the playground equipment at your local park or ensure your streetlights are always on.

The Glendale Office of Tourism is pleased to launch Shop Glendale 2009-2010! This program encourages residents and visitors to take advantage of daily discounts or deals at any participating Glendale business. The program also promotes spending in Glendale so that tax dollars used to support city services continue to grow. Glendale’s police, fire, emergency medical services, streets, parks, libraries and much more are all funded through local sales generated by shoppers.

Shop Glendale is an annual program that invites Glendale residents and visitors to take advantage of one-of-a-kind promotions and special offers available throughout the year. Shoppers can begin by stopping in at the Glendale Visitor Center to pick up a free Shop Glendale Discount Card and get a chance to win great prizes. The center is also sponsoring a back-to- school supply drive to support local Glendale schools. The Glendale Visitor Center is located in Historic Downtown Glendale at 5800 W. Glenn Drive, Suite 140. To find a list of participating businesses click here. For more information, call (623) 930-4500.

Be Glendale Monsoon Ready. When the storm hits, it’s best to keep your family safe at home. But, there are still dangers to be on the lookout for. Read the following tips to make sure your family and home are as safe as possible before the rain and wind begins.

• When a storm is coming, turn off all unnecessary power equipment to reduce the draw on power companies. Storms are prime times for power outages, and conserving energy will help everyone in the event of emergencies.

• Have extra light and power handy. Keep batteries, flashlights and a battery-operated radio or TV on hand to keep you informed during severe weather.

• Do not burn candles for light. Use flashlights for emergencies as a candle can easily be bumped, which can lead to a fire.

• Stay off the phone. Even cordless phones can cause a shock when lightning strikes nearby. Use cell phones only if necessary.

• Avoid plumbing fixtures. Do not bathe or swim during a lightning storm because lightning can travel along metal pipes.

• Keep away from windows. High winds can blow heavy debris and shatter a window.

• Protect your pets. Don’t forget to gather up the family pets before the storm hits.

Lost your power? Follow these tips on what to do when the lights go out.

• Turn the big items off first. Switching off high-usage items like computers and televisions will help prevent overloading the system. It will also protect your electronics from voltage fluctuations when power returns.

• Use surge protectors. These simple and affordable devices can provide extra protection to expensive electronics. Find them at any electronics or home improvement store.

• Tune in for information. Turn on your battery-powered radio or TV for updates on the power situation.

• Keep the cool air inside. Limit how often you open doors.

• Keep your freezer and refrigerator door closed. This will maintain the cold air already built up inside and help protect your food.

• Know your neighbors. It’s always good to get a helping hand and offer one when it’s needed.

• Report outages and concerns. Click here for contact information.

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Victory for Champions
July 4th weekend Roger Federer won his historically best 15th Grand Slam tennis title, and Tiger Woods won the tournament he hosts--at a future U.S. Open site. See stories about Federer and Woods are among the greatest athletes of all time.

WANTED: THOUSANDS OF DOG OWNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO HOST DOGGIE DINNER PARTIES
Dogs Will Dine On Thoughtfully-Prepared Meals Provided By New Chef Michael’s® Canine Creations During Sunday Supper House Parties This Summer
St. Louis, Mo. – July 8, 2009 – Chef Michael’s® canine creations from Purina will celebrate its national debut by hosting nationwide dinner parties for dogs on August 16. Dog lovers everywhere, who want to serve their dogs thoughtfully-prepared dinners made with real beef or poultry, can apply for the chance to host a Chef Michael’s House Party™ at www.houseparty.com/chefmichaels. One thousand lucky dog owners will be selected to gather their favorite dog-loving friends and their canine companions for a Sunday Supper party celebrating the launch of Chef Michael’s canine creations.

“Dogs are part of the family, and now they’ve earned a seat at the dinner table as Chef Michael’s canine creations hosts the first pet-themed House Party™ dinner event for dogs and their owners,” said Shaun Belongie, Chef Michael’s Assistant Brand Manager. “Sunday Supper is the perfect setting to introduce Chef Michael’s canine creations as each dish features chef-inspired flavors made with real meat and touches of vegetable garnishes that reflect the care and love of a home-cooked meal or Sunday Supper.”

Presented in varieties such as Smoked Turkey, Herb Chicken and Beef Tenderloin, Chef Michael’s recognizes that mealtime is the perfect opportunity for dog owners to show their dogs how much they love them by serving them meals that are just as special as their four-legged friends enjoying them. Chef Michael’s is dedicated to fulfilling dogs’ desires through offerings that will get their tails wagging and mouths watering!

The Chef Michael’s House Parties will inspire thousands of tails to wag nationwide this August. Hosts will receive party packs for the Sunday Supper event that include dog-themed activities, Chef Michael’s meals and, of course, doggie bags for all of the four-legged guests! In addition, dog owners will be invited to bring their signature dishes to share for their own Sunday potluck supper. Some of the criteria for selecting hosts include their love for their dogs and their enthusiasm for the new Chef Michael’s brand.

The Chef Michael’s dry dog food products are available in two varieties: Rotisserie Chicken Flavor and pea & carrot garnishes and Filet Mignon Flavor and potato & green bean garnishes. Available in 1.5lb, 4.5lb and 11.5lb sizes, the dry varieties debut nationwide this summer at grocery, mass merchandise and pet specialty stores. The Chef Michael’s wet varieties featuring re-sealable lids debuted earlier in the year. The line up includes eight 3-oz. varieties in two different forms: pate and meaty chunks in sauce. For more information, visit www.chef-michaels.com.

About Nestlé Purina PetCare The North American headquarters for Nestlé Purina PetCare is located at Checkerboard Square in St. Louis, Mo., where Ralston Purina was founded more than a century ago. Nestlé Purina PetCare promotes responsible pet care, humane education, community involvement and the positive bond between people and their pets. One of the leading global players in the pet food industry, Nestlé Purina PetCare is part of the Swiss-based Nestlé S.A. – the world’s largest food company. For more information on Nestlé Purina PetCare Company, visit www.purina.com.

About House Party Founded in 2005, House Party is a leading consumer activation and experiential marketing services company that engages thousands of qualified consumer advocates who host in-home parties featuring a brand, product or element of entertainment programming. Managed via a proprietary, customized online community space for each brand event, consumers engage both in home and online to explore and promote brands they love. Headquartered in Irvington, NY, House Party works with such industries as consumer packaged goods, food & beverage, television, theatrical releases, consumer electronics, pharmaceutical, toys & games and automotive. Current clients include Sargento, NBC, Disney, Ford, Microsoft and P&G.

 

ARIZONA GRAND RESORT LAUNCHES GRAND PLAYCATION PACKAGE
BENEFITING THE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PHOENIX

PHOENIX, Ariz. – (June 22, 2009) – Arizona Grand Resort and the Children’s Museum of Phoenix join together this summer to celebrate family fun. Today the Resort announced the launch of its new “Grand Playcation” package, which was created to cross-promote both family destinations while providing financial support to the Museum.

The Grand Playcation package starts from $149* per night and is valid June 22 through September 7, 2009. Arizona Grand Resort guests will enjoy a newly re-designed, residential-style suite, receive a $50* resort credit toward golf, spa or dining and receive four passes to the Children’s Museum of Phoenix valid through December 15, 2009. To receive this special offer call 602-659-6333 or log onto www.GrandPlaycation.com  and use the promo code: PROPLA. Arizona Grand Charities will donate a portion of the proceeds from these packages to the Children’s Museum of Phoenix to be used toward the creation of future exhibits.

“We were thrilled to announce our partnership with the Children’s Museum of Phoenix in April and this program is the first of many great offers to come for families this summer,” stated Managing Director Richard Behr. “This is a unique opportunity for families to make memories together in two of the Valley’s most popular destinations for children.” Deb Gilpin, President and CEO of the Children’s Museum of Phoenix added, “We are very excited about this partnership given our shared goal of providing memorable experiences for families to enjoy together.”

The Museum offers 35,000 square feet of hands-on, fun and educational activities for children age birth to 10. The Museum’s interactive exhibits are designed to help kids develop the special skills that they need to grow while doing what they do best – play!

The Arizona Grand Resort offers the 7-acre Oasis Water Park, named one of the nation's best resort water parks by The Travel Channel. It features an 800-square-foot area designed specifically for the little ones that has six jets that shoot water from a spray deck and three jets that spray water into the pool. Guests can also float down the Zuni active river together on double inner tubes. Three thrill-seeker slides are for older children and adults.

*Rates are subject to change and based on availability. Food and beverage credit valid not valid at Rustler’s Rooste. Rates do not include resort fee or taxes. About Arizona Grand Resort The Arizona Grand Resort is located on 164 beautifully-landscaped acres at the base of the spectacular South Mountain Preserve and boasts 640 residential-style suites and 100 luxury Villas accommodations. The AAA Four Diamond rated property recently completed a $52 million renovation to enhance the property including all guest suites, main lobby, spa, golf course, and restaurants. A member of the Preferred Hotels® & Resorts Ultimate Luxury Collection, Arizona Grand Resort offers the 7-acre Oasis Water Park, an award-winning 18-hole golf course, seven unique dining venues, the full service Arizona Grand Athletic Club & Spa and 117,000 square feet of meeting and function space, including a 20,000 square-foot exhibit pavilion. Arizona Grand Resort is independently owned and operated by an affiliate of Grossman Company Properties (GCP), one of the premier commercial and residential developers in the western United States. During the past 45 years, GCP has built, developed and managed more than 14 million square feet of high-quality properties, including the Arizona Biltmore Resort, Biltmore Fashion Park and the Phoenix Spectrum Mall. More information on the resort is available at www.ArizonaGrandResort.com .

About Children’s Museum of Phoenix - The Children’s Museum of Phoenix is located in the historic Monroe School Building in downtown Phoenix. The Museum opened to the public on June 14, 2008 and offers 35,000 square feet of hands-on, fun and educational activities for children age birth to 10. The mission of the Museum is to engage the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the grown-ups who care about them. The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays, 9am to 4pm. Special summer hours are now in effect when the Museum is open seven days a weeks through August 10th. Admission is $9 per person, Members and children under the age of 1 are free. The Museum is located at 215 N. 7th Street, in downtown Phoenix, at the SE corner of 7th Street and Van Buren. Visit their website at www.ChildrensMuseumofPhoenix.org   or call the Museum’s info line at (602) 253-0501.

 

BRIO Tuscan Grille Offers Summer—Fresh Dishes in New Three Course Menu
 BRIO Tuscan Grille, a BRAVO|BRIO Restaurant Group concept, is adding a specially-priced three course meal to the summer menu, allowing guests to build their meal with new dishes and an array of accompaniments.  The menu is specially priced at $16.95 and available Sunday through Thursday, enticing guests to escape the pressures of urban life and enjoy “La Dolce Vita” (the good life) in true Tuscan tradition.

  BRIO guests can choose from Grilled Chicken Fettuccine alla Vodka, a generous serving of fettuccine with grilled chicken, Prosciutto, garlic, red pepper and Mascarpone cheese in a vodka tomato cream sauce; Tangy Citrus Chicken, featuring a grilled chicken breast over a bed of red skinned potatoes sautéed with citrus gastrique, lemon, chopped parsley, rosemary, spinach and vegetables; and, Beef Medallions Marsala, three tournedos grilled to order and served on a bed of crispy potatoes and roasted vegetables then topped with mushroom Marsala sauce.  Guests may add the Zuppa Del Giorno (Soup of the Day) or their choice of Caesar, Chopped or Bistecca Insalata with the entrée, along with their Dolchino of choice for dessert. The decadent dessert offerings include individual samplings of Tiramisu, Crème Brulee, BRIO’s Famous Cheesecake, Milk Chocolate Cake, Strawberry Panna Cotta or Key Lime Pie. The exceptional three course menu is available Sunday through Thursday after 4 p.m. and will be offered for a limited time.  

Summer is also the perfect time to enjoy refreshing favorites like the Seasonal Bruschetta or BRIO’s Fresh Fish Del Giorno. The perfect way to top off the summertime dining pleasure is with specials from the drink menu, including the Wildberry Lemonade, a refreshing blend of housemade lemonade with blackberries, blueberries and raspberries.

  BRIO (meaning “lively” or “full of life”) is a casual, white-tablecloth restaurant serving authentic, northern Italian cuisine. The subtitle, “Tuscan Grille” is descriptive in the menu that features wood-grilled and oven-roasted steaks, chops and seafood, similar to what one would find in an authentic ristorante in Tuscany . BRIO ’s philosophy is “to eat well, is to live well”; which is why they only use the finest and freshest ingredients. BRIO brings the pleasure of the Tuscan country villa to the American city. BRIO is part of Columbus-based Bravo|BRIO Restaurant Group (BBRG). Founded in 1992, BBRG currently operates more than 80 restaurants including BRAVO! Cucina Italiana, BRIO Tuscan Grille and Bon Vie Bistro. Check the website for BRIO locations at www.bbrg.com

Gilbert | BRIO SANTAN VILLAGE 2150 E. Williams Field Road Gilbert, AZ 85295 (480) 917-9177 Sun-Th 11:00am-10:00pm - Fri-Sat 11:00am-11:00pm

Scottsdale | BRIO SCOTTSDALE QUARTER 15301 N. Scottsdale Road Scottsdale, AZ 85254 (480) 607-1100 Sunday- Thursday: 11:00 am- 10:00pm Friday-Saturday: 11:00 am - 11:00 pm
Former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson as he interviews Betsy McCoy, Former NY Lt Governor & now Chairman of Committee to Reduce Infectious Deaths, who has read the Obama Health Care bill. Click here to listen.  (MP3 / M3U format) Obama’s plan would deny medical care for the elderly.  This interview is 8 minutes long.  Please listen and then forward it to friends and family.

Weekend Healthcare Rallies Around Arizona
This weekend, join with hundreds of other Arizonans concerned with President Obama and congressional Democrats proposed healthcare reform. This is the chance to let our elected representatives know that Americans will not accept a government takeover of our healthcare system. Hope to see you there !

  • Phoenix & Scottsdale - Harry Mitchell,  7201 East Camelback Road - Scottsdale
  • Prescott - Ann Kirkpatrick, 240 South Montezuma Street - Prescott
  • Tucson Area - Gabrielle Giffords, 1661 North Swan - Tucson Gabrielle Giffords, 77 Calle Portal - Sierra Vista

  • PINK JEEP TOURS TEAMING UP WITH GRAND CANYON RAILWAY
    Sedona, AZ, July 27, 2009:  Pink Jeep Tours is proud to announce its exciting partnership with Grand Canyon Railway. Customers of the railway will have the option to enhance their experience in the Grand Canyon state with a package extension from Pink Jeep Tours in Sedona.     Story Continues
  • The 3000 Club July 20 - July 26, 2009
    The 3000 Club <    http://www.the3000club.org> SPECIAL EVENTS Includes networking meetings to fit every schedule! Story Continues

    PAYSON CHORAL SOCIETY AUDITIONS
    The Payson Choral Society is looking for new members. We invite you to try out at 5:30 PM on Monday, August 3rd at the United Methodist Church, 414 N. Easy St.     Story Continues

    New Bottled Water Brand Caters to Higher Tastes
    Orange County is certainly no stranger to luxury. We’re accustomed to fine dining, perfect weather and world-class shopping. So why shouldn’t we indulge in the best bottled water available?     Story Continues

    Baking Kids Love
    Reconnecting Families, One Treat At A Time      Being a kid has never been so…yummy!  This fall award-winning authors Cindy Mushet and Sur La Table, the national culinary retail mecca, will introduce a new baking book especially for children called Baking Kids Love (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $20, October 2009).  Kid-inspired recipes such as PB& J Muffins, Brownie S’mores Bars, and Gotchya Focaccia will fill tummies and warm hearts, while providing a fun and tasty way for families to reconnect in the kitchen. http://cookbooks.andrewsmcmeel.com/ Story Continues

    Dog Days of Summer - On July 30, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art invites you to attend their Dog Days of Summer event. This annual event includes a Museum tour of Unexpected Wegman, a puppet show by the Great Arizona Puppet Theater, a hands-on printmaking project and cool refreshments. Don’t forget to bring your swimsuit to play in the fountain! Cost is $20 for a family up to four people, and $4 for each additional child (pre-registration is required by July 13; call 480-874-4641).

    Coleman Exec to Run 100 Miles for Camp Mak-A-Dream
    WICHITA, Kan. (July 6, 2009)—Scott Henrikson, Sr. Vice President Americas’ Sales for The Coleman Company, Inc., is taking on one of America’s most grueling outdoor challenges—a 100-mile ultra marathon across Colorado high country—to help bring awareness to Camp Mak-A-Dream, a special camp for children, young adults and families affected by cancer.
     
    Henrikson will represent Coleman and Camp Mak-A-Dream in the Leadville (Colo.) 100 Trail Ultra marathon, August 22-23.
     
    “At Coleman, we’ve always known that spending time in the outdoors benefits body, mind and spirit, and we recognize a compelling purpose for connecting kids and families outdoors at a camp such as Mak-A-Dream,” Henrikson said. “I’m especially motivated to reach out to kids and families who may be in desperate circumstances and give them a chance to share in the uplifting experiences that happen in the outdoors.”

    Camp Mak-A-Dream is a medically supervised, cost-free Montana experience where the outdoors, activities and friendships offer life-changing escapes. Since opening in 1995, the facility has hosted thousands of campers and provides a safe, supportive environment for having fun, making memories and life-long friendships, connecting with others who understand the things they’re going through, and most importantly, feel ‘normal.’
     
    Coleman recently announced a charitable giving and awareness campaign to benefit the camp, operated by the nonprofit Children’s Oncology Camp Foundation. “We hope that everyone who understands the power of spending time outdoors will join us in supporting this cause,” Henrikson said. Learn more at www.coleman.com/campdream
     
    “The Leadville 100 features a high-altitude course ranging from 9,200 to 12,620 feet in elevation. Less than half the racers complete the course within the 30-hour time limit. It’s going to be torture but it’s nothing compared to dealing with cancer. I’m hoping that we can help make a difference for a cause that we at Coleman are very passionate about,” added Henrikson, an accomplished marathoner and triathlete.
     
    Martin E. Franklin, Chairman and CEO of Jarden Corporation, Coleman’s parent company, will join Henrikson in the run to bring awareness to Camp Mak-A-Dream.

     

    Franklin, also a veteran distance runner, said, “Races like this are great equalizers. It doesn’t matter who you are, what you do for a living, male or female, young or old, it’s all about just getting through it. In some ways, it’s symbolic of cancer itself. We’re honored to take it on as a challenge in the name of Camp Mak-A-Dream.”
     
    Bios of both athletes are posted at www.coleman.com/campdream .

    Camp Mak-A-Dream is 65 miles east of Missoula, Mont. Facilitated by healthcare professionals, experienced staff and enthusiastic volunteers, campers enjoy hiking, horseback riding, fishing, swimming, making s’mores around the campfire, gazing up at the stars—all the things that healthy kids do at normal camps. Because for these campers, everyday life is often anything but normal.
     
    The camp includes four modern cabins, an 11,000-square-foot lodge, an art studio, health center, maintenance building, pool, hot tub, archery range and ropes course. Operations depend primarily on individual donations, memorial contributions, corporate gifts and fund raising events.
     

    ABOUT COLEMAN - As an international leader in the innovation and marketing of outdoor products, The Coleman Company Inc. helps people have fun and make memories by providing the gear integral to their favorite outdoor experiences. The company’s products include its legendary lanterns and stoves, as well as coolers, tents, sleeping bags, airbeds, backpacks, furniture, and grills under its Coleman® and Exponent® brands. Additionally, the company provides flotation devices, towables, rainwear, waders, hunting and fishing gear as well as safety and survival equipment under its Stearns®, Sevylor®, Sospenders®, Hodgman®, Mad Dog Gear®, Nevin® and Helium® brands. Founded in 1900 and based in Wichita, Kan., Coleman is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jarden Corporation and can be found online at www.coleman.com. Consumers can call 800-835-3278 or e-mail consumerservice@coleman.com for general information or for Coleman and Exponent products. For all other brands, call 800-328-3208 or e-mail stearnsrec@stearnsnet.com. Note to Media: News releases and images are available upon request or can be downloaded at www.coleman.com/newsroom .
     
    ABOUT JARDEN - Jarden Corporation is a leading provider of niche consumer products used in and around the home. Jarden operates in three primary business segments through a number of well recognized brands, including: Branded Consumables: Ball®, Bee®, Bicycle®, Crawford®, Diamond®, Dicon®, First Alert®, Forster®, Hoyle®, Java Log®, Kerr®, Lehigh®, Leslie-Locke®, Loew-Cornell® and Pine Mountain®; Consumer Solutions: Bionaire®, Crock-Pot®, FoodSaver®, Harmony®, Health o meter®, Holmes®, Mr. Coffee®, Oster®, Patton®, Rival®, Seal-a-Meal®, Sunbeam®, VillaWare® and White Mountain™; and Outdoor Solutions: Abu Garcia®, Berkley®, Campingaz®, Coleman®, Fenwick®, Gulp®, JT®, K2®, Marker®, Marmot®, Mitchell®, Penn®, Rawlings®, Shakespeare®, Stearns®, Stren®, Trilene®, and Volkl®. Headquartered in Rye, N.Y., Jarden has over 25,000 employees worldwide. For more information, please visit www.jarden.com .

    Keystone Resort opens the mountain for summer
    KEYSTONE, Colo. - Keystone Resort opens the mountain for summer today (Friday, June 26th) and for the first time, Keystone will offer summer snow tubing just steps away from hiking and biking on top of the mountain.

    Summer has arrived on the mountain at Keystone Resort, but the Resort was able to save a little winter to give guests a memorable experience by offering winter snow tubing during summer operations. Guests can whiz down the tubing hill on the snow and then enjoy summer activities like hiking, mountain biking and mountaintop dining.

    As the only summer snow tubing hill in Colorado, at 11,640 feet, Keystone's Adventure Point opens with two lanes of snow, Wednesday through Sunday from 10 to 2:30 p.m.- while the snow lasts. Tubing sessions last for one hour and guests can take an unlimited number of runs for $25 per person. Tickets are available at the ticket window in River Run and the price includes a gondola ride to the top of the mountain. Guests are encouraged to play on the snow and then participate in the numerous summer activities Keystone offers.

    "With the success of the tubing hill in the winter, we wanted to try and offer our guests a unique and fun experience by tubing on the snow during the summer," said Matt Hoover, tubing hill manager at Keystone Resort. "It's definitely summer time here at Keystone, but at our high altitude we can offer the best of both worlds to give guests an unforgettable on-mountain experience this summer."

    Steps away from the tubing hill, The Keystone Bike Park is home to some of the country's best downhill trails and will be opening with a full range of progressive terrain for riders of all abilities. Guests can take their bikes up the new River Run Gondola, in its first summer of operation, between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and gain access to some of Colorado's most exhilarating expert downhill challenges with rock gardens, rock drops and high-speed features. Beginner and intermediate bikers can enjoy roller coaster rides over bridges and berms without the steepness or technical challenges in other areas of the park. Both daily tickets and season passes are available for purchase at ticket windows. An adult, unlimited run day lift ticket is $35. An adult, Unlimited Season Pass is $299. Rental bikes are also available at Keystone Sports in River Run Village.

    Mountain-top dining also opens for the season Friday, June 26th. Two scenic gondola rides take you to both the Alpenglow Stube and the Der Fondue Chessel. At 11, 444 feet, The AAA, four diamond-rated, Alpenglow Stube is the highest fine dining experience in the country. The Der Fondue Chessel is a perfect family outing and provides an authentic fondue experience complete with Bavarian style music and chicken dancing. Mountain-top dining is available Wednesday through Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. For reservations please call 970-496-4FUN.

    Keystone is also offering a new Lunch and Lift package where guests can take a scenic gondola ride to the top of Dercum Mountain, enjoy the spectacular scenery and have lunch on the patio at the Summit House for $22 Wednesday through Sunday until September 7.

    Guests can also enjoy a weekend in the mountains at a reasonable rate with lodging deals starting at $99 a night. Package deals, including activities such as rafting and unlimited mountain biking, start at $92 a person.

    For more information, visit www.KeystoneResort.com <http://www.keystoneresort.com> or call 970 496-4FUN.

    Big Boys and Toys Show
    Pictured is Poet and Screenwriter David Bertram having a great time at the Big Boys and Toys Show at the Phoenix Civic Center, Friday thru Sunday, Jun 19th - 21st. Bertram enjoyed talking to people one-on-one at the Kangen water booth. He also won an IPod in the hourly drawing held at the Jeep/Dodge booth.

    Although attendance was a a little on the light side most vendors felt the show was a success in bringing them into contact with good potential clients. The mood was in this economy this is the best we can expect.

    AZKangen had a team of 6 reps rotating through the show and reported signing up well over a hundred potential clients for FREE water deliveries to try their alkaline ionized micro-clustered water. 

    "Even in tough economic times people are concerned about their health. Most realize our world is very acidic and they want to do all they can to counteract the effects of acid foods and pollution on their bodies. Kangen water can give them the means to do that with alkaline water, the healthiest water in the world. Not all water in the world is the same," Bertram said.    You can learn more about it at www.azkangen.com

    FORT BAYARD DAYS 2009 Baseball and Birthday Celebration
     Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark and NM State Historic District will hold its 143rd birthday celebration on Saturday August 22, 2009.  A tour of the old fort will be given at 9:30 AM, followed by lunch of hotdogs, peanuts, Cracker Jacks and lemonade. 

    At 1:00, guest speaker Dr. Lynn Bevill will give a presentation on the Copper League baseball years in SW New Mexico, AZ and El Paso.   At 2:00, guests are invited to try out and play a game of old fashioned baseball on the historic parade grounds using the vintage baseball equipment.   Costumes are optional.  The tour is free.  There is a fee for lunch.

    Fort Bayard National Historic Landmark is located 6 miles east of Silver City on Hwy 180.   

    • 9:30 Tour of the post

    • 11:30 Lunch for sale

    • 1:00 Speaker Dr. Lynn Bevill

    • 2:00 Old Fashioned baseball game

    These activities are sponsored by the Fort Bayard Historic Preservation Society  For more information call 575.388.4477 or 575.536.3161

     
   

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