WILLIAMS – The new light posts along Route 66 from First Street east are installed and on. At least on the Bill Williams Avenue side.
The lights were installed yesterday and now light up at night.
Other lights are being installed on Railroad avenue. They are also being installed from Third Avenue west toward Safeway.
Columbus, OH – Tarrier Foods of Columbus, OH is recalling 316 cases of Chopped Twix item 0807, because it may contain undeclared peanuts and eggs. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts and eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product.
The Chopped Twix product was distributed to wholesale warehouses in Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Florida where it was distributed to foodservices.
The product can be identified by the item number 0870 on the outside of the case. The inside contains two bags in white film marked “CHOPPED TWIX Lot 087034314.”
No illnesses have been reported to date.
The recall was initiated after it was discovered that product containing peanuts and eggs was distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of peanuts and egg on the ingredient statement. Subsequent investigations are being performed to determine the temporary breakdown in the company’s production and packaging processes.”
Consumers who have purchased Chopped Twix lot code 080734314 are urged to return it to the distributor for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact Tarrier Food’s Customer Service at (614) 876-8595.
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.
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.
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.
Oma’s Pride of Avon, CT is recalling Purr-Complete Feline Poultry Meal because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can affect animals eating the products and there is risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surfaces exposed to these products.
Healthy people infected with Salmonella should monitor themselves for some or all of the following symptoms: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramping, and fever. Rarely, Salmonella can result in more serious ailments, including arterial infections, endocarditis, arthritis, muscle pain, eye irritation, and urinary tract symptoms. Consumers exhibiting these signs after having contact with this product should contact their healthcare providers.
Pets with Salmonella infections may be lethargic and have diarrhea or bloody diarrhea, fever, and vomiting. Some pets will have only decreased appetite, fever and abdominal pain. Infected but otherwise healthy pets can be carriers and infect other animals or humans. If your pet has consumed the recalled product and has these symptoms, please contact your veterinarian.
Purr-Complete Feline Poultry Meal was distributed nationwide through retail stores, distributors, and directly to consumers. Purr-Complete Feline Poultry Meal is sold frozen. It is packaged in clear 12 oz. (UPC: 8 79384 00017 9) and 2 lb. (UPC: 8 79384 00018 6) plastic packaging under the Oma’s Pride brand as a poultry blend with code #1524. It was manufactured on September 12, 2014 with a use by recommended date of September 12, 2015.
There have been no illnesses reported to date.
The recall was as the result of a routine sampling program by Pesticide and Plant Pest Management Division of the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development resulting in a positive test for Salmonella. Oma’s Pride has ceased the production and distribution of the product as FDA and the company continue their investigation as to what caused the problem.
Consumers who have purchased Purr-Complete Feline Poultry Meal are urged to return it to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact Oma’s Pride Monday through Friday, 9:00am – 4:30pm, at 1-800-678-6627.
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.
Today is Martin Luther King day. Today is meant to celebrate the civil rights leader of the sixties who made the following speech on August 28th, 1963.
Almost 52-years later, Mark Dice, a political activist in San Diego, asked people about King. The trick is that he asks in the same way that he does many historic topics. His claim to the people is that Martin Luther King just passed away and he wanted to know if they people were going to attend the memorial services.
Bear in mind that he edits the videos showing the goofiest answers he received. He did show one person who knew who the civil rights leader actually was and there were probably other examples.
What is sad is that even when he went off the deep end, as he often does in his videos, some people followed simply because they had a camera in their face.
AUSTRALIA – A man in Western Australia seemed to be having a bad day with his radio controlled plane. Around December of 2014, he was flying his R/C plane equipped with a GoPro 3+.
He was flying over Osprey Bay in the Cape Range National Park and getting some amazing aerial footage. A few minutes into the flight, however, he lost control of the makeshift drone which crashed into the saltwater of the bay.
He was, apparently, able to recover the wreckage. Probably thinking it was the end to a bad day, he was surprised to learn that his camera kept recording and recorded images he never expected. The edited video is picking up a lot of views around the world.
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.