Monthly Archives: November 2012

Tree arrives for Mountain Village Holiday

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WILLIAMS—The tree that caused the closing of Second Street between Route 66 and Grant Street arrived today. The tree will be decorated and officially lit this Saturday.

Events start with the 9th Annual Holiday Craft show on Saturday to benefit the SAVE-Meant to Rescue organization which rescues animals in Williams. The event will run from 10 am to 5 pm at the Sultana Theater; 301 W. Route 66.

Bearizona Wild Animal drive-through park will be open at 8 am with the last car being admitted at 4:30 pm. This is a great opportunity for kids to see animals roaming free. At the end of your journey you can stretch your legs and see some animals close-up. Plus raptor shows three times a day. Please obey all park rules for a safe journey.

This is also a great time to be part of the Polar Express departing each evening at 5:30 and 7:30 pm. There is a special matinee trip at 3:30.

Finally the Parade of Lights begins at 6:30 with the lighting of the Christmas tree at the completion of the parade.

Of course all shops will be open to purchase those unique Route 66 gifts for friends and family back home. The restaurants will be stocked and read to feed. Twister’s on the east end of Route 66 and the Red Raven right downtown have both been named Top Ten places to eat in Arizona in various years by Arizona Highways magazine.

Lights flashed before truck entered train crossing in crash that killed four veterans, officials say

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A parade float filled with wounded veterans that was struck by a freight train had crossed onto the railroad tracks after warning signals were going off, investigators said Saturday.

Four veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan were killed and 16 more people were injured when the train crashed into the flatbed truck in West Texas.

It was the second of two floats carrying veterans in Thursday’s parade in Midland. The first was exiting the tracks when the warning bells and signals were activated, 20 seconds before the accident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The second float didn’t enter the tracks until several seconds after the warning system went off, the NTSB said. By that time, the guardrail was lowering.

Read more at FOX News

Renaissance group presents a Knight of fun fundraiser

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A Knight to Remember fundraiser December 1

WILLIAMS—The Grand Canyon Renaissance Experience is presenting a fundraiser on December 1. The fundraiser will be held from 7-10 p.m. at the Sultana Theater on Route 66 in downtown Williams.

Tickets for the fundraiser are $25 for couples or $12.95 per person, which includes dinner and the show. Tickets are limited and are available at the City of Williams Forest Service Visitor Center. Attendees can come dressed in renaissance, Christmas or western costume or come as you are.

Mark Worden, Managing Director of the group, said in a recent Williams News interview, “We hope to make ‘A Knight to Remember’ an annual event for our town.”

Working with Bearizona, the Grand Canyon Renaissance Experience is working on a project that would include a castle on 12-acres south of I-40 near Garland Prairie Road. The event includes a brief about the project. Local artists will present drawings and color renderings of the proposed project.

The “faire” for the event includes a Beef bread bowl, salad, baked potato and desert. Entertainment includes various styles of dance and music.

Perry officially rejects Texas insurance exchange

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AUSTIN – Texas Gov. Rick Perry officially notified the federal government on Thursday that the state will not set up an exchange to help people buy health insurance.

Perry sent the letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius a day before the deadline to let Washington know that the state will not set up its own exchange. President Barack Obama’s administration gave states the option of setting up their own exchanges, partnering with the federal government or letting Washington do it.

The health insurance exchanges are required under the Affordable Care Act. They give people without insurance an online market place to buy health insurance that suits them. People with low incomes and special needs will get subsidized insurance when the exchanges begin operating in October 2013.

Read more at Houston Chronicle

Beware: ObamaCare’s now reality

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By BETSY McCAUGHEY, New York Post

President Obama’s re-election and Democratic gains in the US Senate end any possibility of repealing the Obama health law. It will roll out as written, imposing major changes soon on you and your family. If you are uninsured because you can’t afford it, help may be on the way. But if you are one of the 250 million Americans with coverage, there are big problems ahead.

  • If you get your health insurance through a job, you might lose it as of Jan. 1, 2014.
  • When you file your taxes, you will have to show proof that you are enrolled in the one-size-fits-all plan approved by the federal government.
  • If you’re a senior or a baby boomer, expect less care than in the past.
  • For the first time in history, the federal government will control how doctors treat privately insured patients
  • If you sell your house and make a profit, you’ll likely be paying a new 3.8 percent tax on the gain.

Read full story at the New York Post