WILLIAMS—Williams is preparing for the annual Labor Day rodeo August 31st and September 1st. You can call 928-635-0273 for ticket information.
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Project Appleseed coming to Flagstaff shooting range
Project Appleseed will be holding a clinic at the Northern Arizona Shooting Range in Flagstaff on August 24th and 25th at 8:30 am each day. The clinic will focus on rifle marksmanship skill.
The skill will include the six steps to firing a shot, natural point of aim, sling use and other skills in firing rifles. They also discuss the history of the beginning of the American War for Independence and the heritage of the nation.
The clinic costs $80 per man, $40 for each woman and under $20 for people under 18. Active duty military, law enforcement officers and elected offficials are free. The $7 range fee is not included and must be paid by all on entry. Your own rifles and ammunition are required. You can find more information at their web site.
Project Appleseed, according to their web site,
…is an activity of The Revolutionary War Veterans Association, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, dedicated to teaching every American our shared heritage and history as well as traditional rifle marksmanship skills. Our volunteer instructors travel across the country teaching those who attend about the difficult choices, the heroic actions, and the sacrifices that the Founders made on behalf of modern Americans, all of whom are their posterity.
“Our rifle marksmanship program complements our history and heritage. We teach the traditional American marksmanship skills,” their web site states.
The Northern Arizona Shooting Range is located on USFS Road 128A 3.8 miles past the junction of USFS Roads 82 and 128. It is east of Flagstaff and south of the Winona exit #211 on I-40. (Map and directions)
Northern Arizona Authors Association meets Saturday
The Northern Arizona Authors Association will meet this Saturday, the 27th at 10 a.m. at the Branding Iron Restaurant in the Wild West Junction in Williams.
Not so quick, smart meter.
WILLIAMS—at the May 23rd meeting of the Williams City Council, the council voted to install “advanced metering infrastructure” or “smart meters” in place of analog meters.
Residents in Sedona fought their City Council to prevent a $75 dollar fee and an additional $30 a month to opt out of the program. The State of California requires an opt out program for their utility companies. Texas is considering legislation banning the use of the technology altogether because of privacy concerns violating the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States.
According to the minutes of the meeting, Mayor John Moore, “…expressed concern for the control of individuals’ power service.”
The minutes record that Joe Carter answered that the when an individual comes in to pay their bill, staff will update the system, and services would be restored as soon as payment is made; all of this would be done by the push of a button.
Brenda Hazlett of APS added, “This process is actually faster than if they were to dispatch a meter reader to go out and turn service back on.”
This assessment did not bear out the morning of Tuesday, July 23rd for residents at 118 W. Route 66 in downtown Williams. Glen Davis, a resident of the apartments, returned home about 10:45 to find his electricity out. He confronted APS and was told that the electricity was out due to non-payment.
The owner, Lea Bowden, checked with APS at about 11:32 and found that the payment made, but applied to a wrong account. Electrical power was not restored until approximately 12:15—43 minutes after the error was reported to APS. Power had been out for approximately two-hours.
Davis complained that while he knew of the power outage to replace meters, he was never informed of the actual date of the outage and never received one of the promised notification slips. He claims he has lost two DVD recorders on his computer and his computer has been acting up since they switched out the meters without his knowledge.
Ham it up this weekend
WILLIAMS—If you are a HAM operator or interested in learning, you might want to attend the annual Hamfest at the Bob Dean rodeo grounds in Williams. While many companies require that you are in possession of a HAM operators license to buy radio equipment proper, there are usually vendors selling a variety of test equipment and other useful electronic products, software and computer equipment.
At the other end of town in the lot beside the Williams Justice Center, the weekend swap meet will be held. The swap meet is a regular week end feature which funds Kiwanis activities throughout the year.
While the City Council has denied the swap meet vendors the right to “camp” at that event, you can be assured that vendors will be “camping” at the Hamfest this weekend just as they allowed vendors to do right downtown at the barbeque event.
St John’s Music and Faith camp Monday
WILLIAMS—The 100-year old St. John’s Episcopal-Lutheran Church on the Corner of Second Street and Grant Avenue will be holding a Music and Faith camp starting Monday, July 22nd. The week-long event is free to kids ages 6 through 12 and will run from 10 am to noon each day.
The event will feature singing age-appropriate gospel songs and playing games. They will also be learning Bible verses.
The church camp at 202 W. Grant will be led by Williams residents George and Anne Albers. Space is limited, so they request you call 928-635-2781 714-323-0289 to sign your child up.
From the Bench: From the ashes…
by Justice of the Peace Robert Krombeen
This past month on June 28th, while at the judicial conference in Phoenix, I sat down with Judge Anna Mary Glaab from the Yarnell Justice Court and spoke with her about the fond memories I had of Yarnell while working for Yavapai County back in the 80’s. Neither of us knew at that time that lightning had just struck a mountain and started a fire that would change the community and so many lives forever. Judge Glaab reported this week that two of the four members of her staff lost their homes and possessions. The fire totally caught the community and Judge Glaab’s court by surprise, and now she is working diligently to continue and bring back services to the court. Courts in Baghdad, Prescott, and Mayer are scrambling to provide services for the most pressing and time-sensitive matters at that court. Please continue to keep the community and those families in your thoughts and prayers, as now the challenges of the losses really come to light as families attempt to rebuild their lives.
Because of possibility for that and other types of interruptions at our court, the Williams Municipal and Justice Courts have been working together with Coconino County Court Administration to develop our Continuous Operations (COOP) plan to enable our courts to continue providing services during any unanticipated emergency or contingency. The plan would cover a wide range of possible disruptions including forest fire, winter blizzard, gas leak or other evacuation, court facility structural failure, or other similar events which would cause a major interruption to the operations of our courts. COOP plans are being developed by proactive courts across the state and are being implemented in all of the Coconino County Court facilities. We have two off-site court locations identified and approved for our use in the event of an emergency, and a cache of all court supplies required for continued operations will be stored and maintained at a location outside of our facility.
Court Manager Jennifer Carter has selected Williams High School student Jaiden Pona to be our second high school intern during the upcoming school year. Jaiden joins Devin McNelly in the second year of our internship program at the courts. We applaud Jennifer’s investment of energy and effort in our community’s youth by providing a learning environment and an opportunity for our students to experience the criminal justice system and the operation of our courts.
On the face of it.
WILLIAMS—The Dollar General building is complete only waiting shelves and stock. They are currently seeking applicants for jobs. You can apply at their web site.
Oldest trading post in Williams opens
WILLIAMS—After a long hiatas, the Turquoise Tepee—the oldest trading post in Williams—opened this month.
The Tepee is owned by a fourth generation of the Wheeler family. They opened in the late seventies moving to their present location.
The family purchases jewelery and other items directly from native American artists in the region. They can even give you a bio of the artists themselves.
While there, you should also check out the paintings on the wall which were painted by the late Drake Seaman; a popular local artist for many years.
Still time to get dinner tickets from Friends of NRA
WILLIAMS—Today is the last day to get the early bird 2-for-1 special tickets for the raffle at the Friends of NRA. Although you might not be able to make that, you can still make dinner reservations for the July 20th affair.
The Friends of NRA uses proceeds from projects such as this and donations to promote the safe and legal use of firearms.
The dinner will be held at Doc Holiday’s Steakhouse & Saloon at the Holiday Inn on Grand Canyon Boulevard. The doors will open at 4:30 for the meal consisting of either ribeye steak or half chicken with all of the trimmings. Tickets are $45 for a single ticket or $80 for two. Raffle ticket packages range from $100 to $1000 dollars which includes certain gun packages.
You can also still purchase tickets for the Taurus PT1911 .45 raffle to be drawn at the dinner. They are $10 each or three for $20.
Tickets will not be sold at the door and are running in short supply, but you can reserve your space using this PDF. You can also mail payment to Friends of NRA, 129 E Foothill Trail, Williams, AZ 86046. For more information on the organization, ticket orders or other information, you can call Chuck Corcoran at 928-635-2751.