Silver Creek seasonal trout fishery opens today

silver-creekSHOW LOW — The seasonal catch-and-release fishery at Silver Creek opens Saturday, October 1.

This upper catch-and-release section of Silver Creek requires trout to be immediately released unharmed, and is artificial flies and lures only with single barbless hooks. This segment of Silver Creek is open for fishing from Oct. 1 through March 31 of each year.

See blog article of this announcement.

Respected Access in Arizona fundraiser is October 15

utvPHOENIX — Tickets are still available for next month’s third annual “Respected Access in Arizona” fundraiser, hosted by the Arizona Game and Fish Department and Tread Lightly!

A fun-shoot, barbecue dinner, raffles and auction are planned for Oct. 15 at the OneAZ Credit Union Pavilion, located at the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix. The cost of the fun-shoot (which includes targets and two boxes of ammunition) and barbecue dinner, catered by Bobby Q, is $65. The cost of only the dinner, which includes beverages and a door-prize raffle ticket, is $40.

To purchase tickets for the fundraiser, visit https://www.treadlightly.org/respected-access-in-arizona-fundraiser/.

The highlight of the event will be a raffle for a customized 2016 Polaris Ranger EV, valued at more than $15,000, courtesy of RideNow Powersports. Proceeds from each $20 raffle ticket sold through Oct. 15 will benefit Tread Lightly!’s “Respected Access in Arizona” campaign, which aims to protect public access for off-highway vehicle use, recreational shooting and other outdoor pursuits through ethics education and stewardship programs.

Visit https://go.rallyup.com/3628f0/Campaign to purchase raffle tickets. For complete rules, visit www.respectedaccessarizona.org. The raffle only is available to Arizona residents.

For more information about the fundraiser, call (800) 966-9900, Ext. 14, or e-mail respectedaccess@treadlightly.org. For more information about the “Respected Access in Arizona” campaign, visit www.respectedaccessarizona.org.

Parents invited to a DVD seminar on parenting

WILLIAMS — Calvary Chapel and St. Joseph’s Catholic Church will host a parenting seminar on DVD on October 8 and 15. The seminar will be held at the Williams Recreation Center at 300 W. Railroad Avenue.

The seminar, Essentials of Discipline with Dr. James Dobson, is a two-part seminar covering a variety of topics. Part 1 of the seminar will be held on October 8 and Part 2 will be held on October 15. Each session will begin at 9 a.m. and end at noon.

The topics are:
Part 1: Sessions 1-8 and Session 12
Session 1- Why Your Child Needs Disciple
Session 2- Irresponsibility vs. Defiance
Session 3- Anger vs. Action
Session 4- Finding Balance in Discipline
Session 5- To Spank or Not to Spank
Session 6- Compliant vs Defiant
Session 7- Changing Discipline as Your Child Grows, Part 1
Session 8- Changing Discipline as Your Child Grows, Part 2
Session 12- The Ultimate Priority

Part 2: Sessions 9-12
Session 9- Protecting the Spirit
Session 10- The Strong Willed Adolescent, Part 1
Session 11- The Strong Willed Adolescent, Part 2
Session 12- The Ultimate Priority