WILLIAMS – Williams received a dose of snow today. The snow is predicted to clear up after 2 p.m., but it has stopped as of 11 a.m. The prediction for Flagstaff is about the same.
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Big Super Bowl Event in Williams for Grad Night
WILLIAMS – February 1 is Super Bowl Sunday. This date will settle something very important. Who will win the Super Bowl Squares game in Williams.
Parents That Care is holding a Super Bowl Squares game to benefit the Senior Grad Night for 2015. The rules are based on the Football Squares game. Squares are $20 each and $1000 will be awarded to the winner. Only 100 squares will be available for purchase. Squares can be purchased at Sun Mountain Properties across the street from City Hall on First Street.
While you are there, you might consider picking up a blanket being sold for $40 each to benefit the cause.
Graduation night is May 22. Parents That Care started after a tragic accident that took the life of a graduating student several years ago. The money collected is used to provide a safe alternative for the students to celebrate a new phase in their life.
Even if one does not wish to purchase a blanket or square, any donations are gratefully accepted for the cause.
Oh and we’ll find out which team will be champions for 2015 between the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots. If you’re interested in that sort of thing.
Erin King home safe
FLAGSTAFF – We reported in error that the missing teen from Flagstaff was Amanda King vice Erin King. Erin King is home safe as of today.
Flagstaff family seeks information on missing person
Updated: 11:36 pm
FLAGSTAFF – The family of 14-year-old Amanda King is seeking information on where she is. One report is that she is a runaway.
A recent Facebook post states:
Last night my sister disappeared in flagstaff Arizona wearing a orange shirt and black pants. If someone sees her please let me or my parents know right away. Please help us. Call us at 928-300-7144 or 928-600-5230 or 928-600-5654. Please share this post.
It has been suggested that she could have come to Williams.
State Route 30 study meeting set for Jan. 21 at Fowler Elementary School in West Phoenix
PHOENIX – The Arizona Department of Transportation will host a public meeting at Fowler Elementary School in West Phoenix on Wednesday evening, Jan. 21, to provide community members with information and receive comments about the planned State Route 30 transportation corridor.
Four potential alignments for State Route 30, along with a “no-build option,” are being studied by ADOT on behalf of the Maricopa Association of Governments, which serves as the Phoenix area’s freeway planning agency.
Any east-west SR 30 project would generally extend from 59th Avenue on the east to Perryville Road on the west, within boundaries of Lower Buckeye Road on the north and the Gila and Salt rivers on the south. Regional transportation planners have looked at SR 30 as a future way to provide additional freeway traffic capacity south of I-10 in the West Valley.
Under MAG’s Regional Transportation Plan for the metro Phoenix area, SR 30 is currently an unfunded long-range project anticipated for construction after 2026, if and when funding is available.
The SR 30 public meeting is scheduled as follows:
When: Wednesday, Jan. 21 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Where: Fowler Elementary School, 6707 W. Van Buren Street, Phoenix 85043
Who: Representatives from ADOT’s SR 30 Study Team will be available to answer questions. A brief presentation about the study also will be conducted at 6:15 p.m.
ADOT’s study is designed to determine a recommended alignment alternative for the potential SR 30 corridor, or to recommend a no-build option. The study was initiated in 2005 with agency and public meetings. Since that time, ADOT has researched engineering challenges and environmental issues and collected public and stakeholder input while developing the four potential SR 30 alignments.
After the Jan. 21 meeting, comments for the SR 30 study also can be submitted through Feb. 20. Comments can be sent online at azdot.gov/SR30 or by email at SR30@azdot.gov. Comments also can be sent by phone at 1.855.712.8530 or mailed to the SR 30 study team, c/o ADOT Communications, 1655 W. Jackson Street, #126F, Phoenix 85007.
Information about the study is available at azdot.gov/SR30.
Williams adding to Route 66
WILLIAMS – You might have noticed the construction along the east end of Historic Route 66 in Williams. Williams has been repairing roads and sidewalks and generally trying to make the city more attractive to visitors.
We become somewhat concerned, however, when we saw the following:
Innovations can be exciting, but some could be a bit much. We were trying to envision where they would put the Roman baths next.
Mayor John Moore explained that the construction are bases for new street lights shown below. The lights are being installed from 1st Street east all the way to the Mustang station.
Traffic shift on southbound SR 89 next week between Prescott and Chino Valley
PRESCOTT – Crews will increase construction activity next week as work progresses on the widening of State Route 89 between Prescott and Chino Valley. Starting on Monday, Jan. 19, southbound traffic will be shifted onto the new southbound roadway at the outer loop roundabout for approximately two miles.
Business access at the north end of the project will be modified as a result of the traffic shift on Monday. Southbound traffic will be required to access the businesses by using the new Kalinich Avenue roundabout. The northbound traffic access to the businesses will not be affected. Drivers exiting all businesses along SR 89 will only be permitted to turn right.
Over the next four weeks (weather permitted), drivers need to be aware of increased construction activity through the project as crews continue with pipe installations, complete the two new roundabouts (Deep Well Ranch Road and Kalinich Avenue), allow crews to finish drainage improvements and final roadway excavation.
Law enforcement personnel will be present and drivers are encouraged to adhere to the reduced speed limit and be alert for construction equipment and personnel.
The work zone will be clearly marked by temporary barricades and signage.
Approved driving schools to issue certificates to skip license exams at MVD offices
PHOENIX – Students who undergo training at state-approved driving schools will now be able to receive training completion certificates that may waive written and road tests at Motor Vehicle Division offices.
However, there are requirements that driving-school students must meet, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
In order to qualify, students must be Arizona residents and attend classes at an ADOT-contracted driving school. A minimum of 30 hours of classroom training is required to waive the written exam and at least 10 hours of behind-the-wheel training is required to skip the road exam.
“Our top priority is safety,” said Motor Vehicle Division Director Stacey Stanton. “Through this program, we’re partnering with the private sector to encourage new drivers to get as much professional instruction as necessary until they can safely drive on their own. We hope more drivers will utilize these training opportunities.”
While most students who present training completion certificates at Motor Vehicle Division offices will get their instructional permit or driver license at that time, some certificate holders will be randomly selected to take the written or road exam at the Motor Vehicle Division office.
This random testing will be used to gauge the quality of instruction being given at the driving schools. Certificate holders should come to the Motor Vehicle Division office prepared to take the written or road exam in case they are selected.
A list of approved driver training schools is available at azdot.gov/drivingschools. There are more than 50 ADOT-approved schools across the state.
This initiative is one way, in addition to Authorized Third Party offices that provide a variety of motor-vehicle services, that ADOT is working to decentralize services, making them more accessible to community members around the state by engaging the private sector.
Enhancing driver training, and providing opportunities for ADOT-approved driving schools to issue certificates of completion to potentially bypass Motor Vehicle Division office testing, is an action step in ADOT’s new Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
Marvin Curley Pleads Guilty to 1st Degree Murder of David Allen Christine
FLAGSTAFF – On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 Marvin Curley entered a guilty pela to the first Degree Murder of David Allen Christine in Coconino County Superior Court Division 3. Superior Court Judge Mark Moran sentenced Marvin Curley to natural life in prison.
On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at about 5:30 a.m. the Flagstaff Police Department/Coconino County Sheriff’s 911 Dispatch Center received a call from a motorist who was traveling on Leupp Road (FS 505). According to the reporting party, he was in the area located just east of Star School when he observed what he believed to be a body off of the roadway in the dirt.
During the initial investigation a detective who was at the scene observed indications of foul play. There were no forms of identification on the victim, and detectives received information causing them to believe the individual frequented several homeless shelters in Flagstaff. Investigators interviewed multiple clients of several homeless centers in Flagstaff in an attempt to identify the victim but met with no results.
Fingerprints were taken from the deceased and with the assistance of the United States Marshals Office the prints were submitted to a federal forensic laboratory that provides results in a short period of time. The results of the fingerprint analysis identified the body to be that of 56 year-old David Allen Christine of Flagstaff. Subsequently Flagstaff Police Officers located a white Plymouth mini-van registered to the victim parked outside a local motel. During the investigation Detectives identified and interviewed several investigative leads that developed Marvin Curley as a possible suspect. A combination of statements made and evidence collected and analyzed lead to the arrest of Marvin Curley.
Missing Person Cynthia Wilder Located
FLAGSTAFF – Sixty one year-old Cynthia Wilder who was reported as a missing person in the Timber Line neighborhood was located today at about 2:00 pm. in good condition. Coconino County Sheriff’s Deputies were able to track Cynthia to a location in the Area of the Flagstaff Mall but lost sight of her tracks at that point. At this point search efforts were focused within the jurisdictional boundaries of Flagstaff. At 1:53 pm Flagstaff Police Chief Kevin Treadway spotted Ms. Wilder at the O’Rellys Auto part store on West Highway 66 and made contact with her.
County Sheriff’s Deputies and Detectives are requesting assistance from the community in locating sixty one year-old Cynthia Wilder of Flagstaff, Arizona who was last seen at 5:00 am today at her home located in the Timberline Neighborhood. Ms. Wilder reportedly suffers from Dementia and at times becomes very confused and disoriented.
Cynthia Wilder is described as a sixty one year old white female approximately 5’1” in height and weighing approximately 105 pounds. She has blue eyes and red/gray hair and wears prescription glasses. She was last seen wearing blue jeans, a brown sweater with thin blue stripes, Sorel type snow boots and a light brown Shearling type coat with a white lamb’s wool lining.
Community members who believe they may have information regarding Cynthia Wilder’s whereabouts or information regarding her disappearance are urged to call the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office at (928) 774-4523 or toll free at 1-800-338-7888. A photograph of Ms. Wilder is attached to this message.