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Hands-On History at Sharlott Hall
Supporters and regular patrons of Sharlot Hall Museum are by now familiar with two popular programs that take place monthly. TheArizona History Adventure offers insight to the pioneer way of life in early Prescott on the Museum grounds, while the Frontier Arizona Experience at Ft. Whipple Museum gives visitors an inside look at the life of soldiers when Arizona Territory was in its infant stages. Why are these two programs so important?
Far beyond following the Museum’s mission statement to foster “public and community understanding and appreciation of historical, social and natural aspects of Arizona”, both programs project a visual, realistic look at the way people lived during the early to late 1800’s. From viewing period dress and furnishings, to working with tools and hand-operated machinery, visitors are able to easily envision what life was like long before the days of supermarkets, television, computers, telephones and a host of other modern-day conveniences. While today’s society would be lost without such newfangled contraptions, yesterday’s citizens were a resourceful bunch who knew the value of making do, working with their hands, learning a skill and living greener than modern-day people ever dreamed of.
Aside from the treat of seeing people in period clothing demonstrating what are slowly becoming the “lost arts” of living well, both theArizona History Adventure and the Frontier Arizona Experience serve as valuable learning tools. Children especially can learn more by viewing history in action rather than trying to envision that history from a book. Both programs are kid-friendly, making for a great family outing that is both educational and fun for everyone.
If you have not been to one of these interesting programs, we highly recommend a visit. The Arizona History Adventure is included as a bonus with your admission to Sharlot Hall Museum on selected Saturdays, while admission to Ft. Whipple Museum is always free (donations are very much appreciated). Only a few programs are left to see before the end of the year, so we hope to see you at one or the other—or both! For more information, call the Museum at 928-445-3122.
YC Hosting Gettysburg Anniversary Events
In recognition of the sesquicentennial (150 year anniversary) of the Gettysburg Address, Yavapai College will host a free symposium November 12-17 at both the Prescott and Verde Valley campuses.
The symposium will feature a free lecture series given by the College’s instructors, as well as films relating to the American Civil War. The Yavapai College Liberal Arts Department and the Performing Arts Center sponsor the event.
“The Gettysburg Symposium is a faculty endeavor,” said Amy Ilona Stein, Ph.D., Yavapai College professor of history and Gettysburg Symposium coordinator. “This interdisciplinary symposium demonstrates to our community the wealth of knowledge and expertise available through the faculty here at Yavapai College.”
Lecture topics range from photography and weapons to folk music and infectious disease. Yavapai College is partnering with the Prescott Film Festival to incorporate Civil War-themed movies into the Symposium, including Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” and Edward Zwick’s “Glory.”
“All scholarly lectures are provided by YC faculty. The films were reviewed by the history department,” said Stein.
Additionally, the Yavapai College libraries at both campuses will feature Civil War collection materials. A number of Civil War-era artifacts will be on display from early November through December 9 at the Prescott campus library, and a collection display containing books and DVDs related to the Civil War and Gettysburg (which will be available for check-out) will be at the Verde Valley campus library.
The Verde Valley campus is located at 601 Black Hills Drive in Clarkdale, and the Prescott campus is at 1100 E. Sheldon Street in Prescott.
Go online to www.ycpac.com/gettysburg for a complete schedule of lectures and films, including times and locations and biographies of the symposium’s lecturers. Call 928-776-2000for more information.
Summit Center Hiring Marketing Director
The Summit Center is pleased to announce Carrie Heinonen has joined the organization as Director of Marketing and Community Relations. The Summit Center is home to Summit Surgery and Recovery Care Center, Northern Arizona Orthopaedics (NAO) and DeRosa Physical Therapy.
Heinonen has more than 19 years’ experience in marketing roles, having spent the last eight years as the Marketing Specialist for Northern Arizona Healthcare, which included Flagstaff Medical Center (FMC) and Verde Valley Medical Center. A Northern Arizona University (NAU) alumna, she started her career in sales and marketing immediately after graduating, while working in places like Seattle, Portland and Tahoe City, Calif., for groups such as Ride Snowboards, Nike, Suncloud and HD96. Eleven years after leaving Flagstaff, she moved back with her husband and daughter and began working for FMC.
Heinonen’s primary responsibilities are broad in scope. She will serve as project manager for all advertising, web, social media, print collateral, physician relations, community outreach and special events. She believes in grassroots, relationship-based marketing and communication methods. Much of her focus will be on resurrecting The Summit Center brand – ensuring the local communities understand the level of care available within its walls, including expert physicians, inpatient and outpatient surgery and physical therapy services. Other goals on the horizon include fostering the existing partnership with NAU Athletics as their preferred team physician practice; co-marketing the Spine and Joint Surgery Center service line at FMC; establishing healthy primary care referral patterns; beginning an educational physician lecture series at the Summit Center; and helping support the launch of the new Urgent Ortho clinic.
For more information or to stay connected, visit NorthAZOrtho.com or “like” us on Facebook.com/NorthAZOrtho.
Hotshot Families Organize Yarnell Fundraiser
The Granite Mountain Hotshot Girls are the wives and fiancées of the fallen Hotshots. They’re coming together, along with their families, to help finish the job that the Granite Mountain Hotshots started. The Hotshot Girls invite you to help them help the people of Yarnell rebuild their lives. Join them Sunday, Oct. 27 from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m., outdoors at Celtic Crossings, now located at the old Outback Steakhouse in Prescott for live music and merriment.
These amazing women are donating all proceeds to the Yarnell Hill Recovery Group. The event includes live music, a beer garden, silent auction and a raffle. Raffle items include cowboy art by Joseph Robertson, custom jewelry by Artful Eye and an original painting from Newman Galleries. If you’ve wanted to make a difference, don’t miss this event, sponsored by the families of our fallen Hotshots.
Admission is by donation. Raffle tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the event, or call Joni Cahn at928-899-0646. Celtic Crossings is located at Frontier Village, 1951 E. Highway 69, Prescott.
About Yarnell Hill Recovery Group
Exiled from their homes and divided by the closure of Highway 89, a group of 20 Yarnell and Peeples Valley residents conferred in person and by phone about how to rebuild their fire-ravaged community.
Out of that conversation, the all-volunteer Yarnell Hill Recovery Group was formed with a steering committee made up of five key leaders representing organizations that have long provided services to residents: the Yarnell-Peeples Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Yarnell Community Center, the Yarnell Community Presbyterian Church, the Fire Department and Weaver Mountains – People Who Care.
Under the direction of the steering committee, a dozen volunteer sub-committees have been formed to provide resources for everything from emergency housing and financial assistance to clean up and rebuilding. The group’s website, www.YarnellHillRecoveryGroup.
The group was recently recognized by Arizona and Yavapai County as the official recovery group for the Yarnell Hill Fire.
The Yarnell Community Presbyterian Church, acting as the Yarnell Hill Recovery Group’s fiscal agent, has set up an account for the Yarnell Hill Recovery Group though the National Bank of Arizona, account #76 0000 2730, Routing #122105320. There is a Pay Pal button for donations atwww.YarnellHillRecoveryGroup.
Redesign Project Presentation Oct. 24
Prescott Creeks and the Dexter Connectors will host a discussion on Thursday, October 24th at 6:30 pm at Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy (551 First St.) on the redesign and rebuild of the retention basin at the corner of Miller Valley and Whipple. T. Barnabas Kane and Associates will present their design and discuss this local project that will improve water quality by reducing Nonpoint Source Pollution.
The Upper Granite Creek Watershed contains six water bodies that are not meeting Arizona’s water quality standards. The goal of this Arizona Department of Environmental Quality funded project is to retrofit urbanized areas of the watershed with green infrastructures that will protect surface waters from non-point source pollution and improve surface water quality in Granite Creek and its tributaries by using plants and soil to slow, filter, cleanse, evapotranspire, and infiltrate runoff.
Prescott Creeks is a nonprofit organization with the mission to achieve healthy watersheds and clean waters in central Arizona for the benefit of people and wildlife through protection, restoration, education and advocacy.
For more information, see www.PrescottCreeks.org.
Ft. Whipple Museum Needing Volunteers
The sound of the bugle is calling for volunteers who enjoy military and regional history! Located at the Bob Stump Veterans Administration Center in Prescott, Ft. Whipple was constructed in 1864 as a United States Army post. The fort served as a tactical base for the United States Cavalry during the Indian Wars of 1864 to 1882, when it was also the information and entertainment center of the Prescott area. The historic structure also served as a military hospital during World War I and World War II.
Today, Ft. Whipple Museum is managed by Sharlot Hall Museum. The historic building remains in its original footprint, as do the former officers quarters nearby which are now used by VA personnel. Ft. Whipple Museum is open Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The all-volunteer staff gives visitors the Fort’s historical background as they tour the first and second floors with exhibits and notable architecture. During Spring, Summer and Fall, volunteers and Museum staff also gather for the Frontier Arizona Experience, a monthly program that gives insight to what military life was like in early Prescott.
The Museum is now in need of volunteers to man Ft. Whipple and/or participate in the monthly Frontier Arizona Experience programs. If you are interested in area or military history, please call us today or come to Ft. Whipple Museum on Monday, October 21. While not open to the public that day, the Museum will be hosting a meet and greet for those interested in volunteering, beginning at 10 a.m. Please RSVP by calling 928-445-3122.
Helping Our Region’s Elderly
Organizers of Prescott Meals on Wheels are announcing the largest initiative the group has had yet. The Arizona Tax Donation Campaign is underway in the Quad Cities, with big news for 2013. It doesn’t matter whether filers itemize or not, file individually or jointly, the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit can be used to help our region’s elderly.
Prescott Meals on Wheels has been serving the community since 1973. Last year alone the organization served 67,000 meals and 60% of the cost to provide those meals comes from private donations, grants and fundraising events. In other words, we cannot fulfill our mission without the generous support of the community. The Prescott Meals on Wheels Tax Credit Donation Campaign is the only general solicitation the organization makes in any given year. A successful Tax Credit campaign means we are able to continue our policy of not turning a senior, with a demonstrated need, away from the food and nutrition they need. Currently we are serving over 300% more meals than what we are reimbursed for by the government. Donations enable us to meet the community need with that level of commitment.
Tax credit deductions may be made up to $200 for individuals and $400 for married couples filing jointly. Please note that an educational donation is separate and does not affect the amount of this donation. Additionally, the donation may be reported on the taxpayer’s federal form as a charitable contribution. It’s easy to make a donation to Prescott Meals on Wheels by simply visiting our website at PrescottMealsOn Wheels.com and click on the link to donate.
QCBN readers are invited to contact Bert Ijams with questions. Bert is executive director of Prescott Meals on Wheels.
Gosar on Reopening Government
The House of Representatives passed 14 bills with bipartisan support over the last 10 days to fund critical functions of the government, many of which are a matter of life and death. Yet, Senate Majority Leader Reid and President Obama still refuse to take up most of these funding bills. Below is a list of the funding bills the House has passed, all of which in favor Congressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-04) voted:
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25 Democrats voted with Republicans to fund pediatric cancer research. (October 2)
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23 Democrats voted with Republicans to reopen national parks, memorials, and monuments. (October 2)
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35 Democrats voted with Republicans honoring our promise to give veterans the benefits they earned. (October 3)
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36 Democrats voted with Republicans to pay our National Guard and Army Reserve personnel. (October 3)
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23 Democrats voted with Republicans to make sure funds are available to provide disaster relief. (October 4)
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22 Democrats voted with Republicans to provide critical benefits for low-income women and children. (October 4)
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189 Democrats voted with Republicans to provide backpay for furloughed federal employees. (October 5)
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20 Democrats voted with Republicans to ensure the food and medicine supply meets safety standards. (October 7)
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194 Democrats voted with Republicans to immediately pay essential federal employees. (October 8)
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23 Democrats voted with Republicans to reopen Head Start programs. (October 8)
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197 Democrats voted with Republicans to provide death gratuities and related survivor benfits of deceased military service members. (October 9)
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23 Democrats voted with Republicans to ensure air traffic safety. (October 9)
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21 Democrats voted with Republicans to keep America safe. (October 10)
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21 Democrats voted with Republicans to fund America’s national security. (October 11)
In response to President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Reid’s failure to fund these functions of government, Rep. Gosar said, “President Obama and the Senate Democrats’ are telling the American people it is ‘my way or the highway.’ That is not how a representative democracy works. I am completely baffled that the Senate won’t take up House-passed bills that provide funding for pediatric cancer research, the national guard and low-income women and children. This is not what the American people want. They want the President and Congress to come to the table and find solutions to end this slowdown.
Rep. Gosar concluded, “I will continue to vote in favor of funding bills for the entire government and ask the President and the Senate to come to the table and end this government slowdown.”
Ken Bennett in Yarnell
Secretary of State Ken Bennett is among the officials expected to attend the Town Hall Meeting in Yarnell Oct. 9th.
Yavapai County Supervisor Rowle Simmons has invited all Yarnell and Peeples Valley residents to a Town Hall Meeting Wednesday from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the Yarnell Community Presbyterian Church located at 16455 Table Top Way in Yarnell.
The agenda will include presentations from Byron Jaspers, Yavapai County Public Works; Steven Mauk, Yavapai County Development Services; Charlie Cave, Yavapai County Flood Control District; and Lieutenant Rich Martin and Sgt. Deann Ashby, Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.
Arizona Representative Karen Fann is expected to attend. Invitations have also been extended to Arizona Senator Steve Pierce, Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin, and U.S. Representative Paul Gosar.
About Yarnell Hill Recovery Group
Exiled from their homes and divided by the closure of Highway 89, a group of 20 Yarnell and Peeples Valley residents conferred in person and by phone about how to rebuild their fire-ravaged community.
Out of that conversation, the all-volunteer Yarnell Hill Recovery Group was formed with a steering committee made up of five key leaders representing organizations that have long provided services to residents: the Yarnell-Peeples Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Yarnell Community Center, the Yarnell Community Presbyterian Church, the Fire Department and Weaver Mountains – People Who Care.
Under the direction of the steering committee, a dozen volunteer sub-committees have been formed to provide resources for everything from emergency housing and financial assistance to clean up and rebuilding. The group’s website, www.YarnellHillRecoveryGroup.
The group was recently recognized by Arizona and Yavapai County as the official recovery group for the Yarnell Hill Fire.
The Yarnell Community Presbyterian Church, acting as the Yarnell Hill Recovery Group’s fiscal agent, has set up an account for the Yarnell Hill Recovery Group though the National Bank of Arizona, account #76 0000 2730, Routing #122105320. There is a Pay Pal button for donations atwww.YarnellHillRecoveryGroup.