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Bill introduced to prevent President Obama from renaming McKinley by executive order

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WASHINGTON — was submitted by the congressional delegation of Ohio fearful that President Obama will rename McKinley to Mount Obama by executive order.

Representative Bob Gibbs of Ohio submitted H.R. 437, the text which reads:

Notwithstanding any other authority of law, the mountain located 63 degrees 04 minutes 12 seconds north, by 151 degrees 00 minutes 18 seconds west shall continue to be named and referred to for all purposes as Mount McKinley.

Okay, that is the April Fools part of the article.

Verily, the name given to the highest mountain in North America has been in dispute for some time. The Alaska Board of Geographic Names lists the mountain as Denali—meaning “the great one” in the Athabaskan language. The United States Board on Geographic Names lists it as Mount McKinley.

William_McKinley1896Efforts by Alaskan authorities have always been thwarted by the congressional delegation from Ohio—such as with this bill H.R. 437. Since being introduced in January, it moved from the House Committee on Natural Resources to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands March 2. The bill has no cosponsors.

Mount McKinley was named after William McKinley—the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination in September 1901, six months into his second term. He was born in Ohio and this bill was submitted on January 21—eight days before the date of his birth in 1843.

It is rather interesting that this debate has not been given the same coverage by the media as the name of a football team.

Don’t forget your pets this Easter

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spoiled-rotten15-03-28 003WILLIAMS — Need some gifts for your pets this Easter season? Spoiled Rotten Pet Boutique and Many Tails Pet Grooming have the answers.

Spoiled Rotten has a line of treats and toys for your feline or canine. They also feature a line of Science Diet products. The store has pet clothing and beds and t-shirts and stickers for the owners.

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Many Tails Pet Grooming will pamper your pet with a grooming and bath. Call (928) 635-8897 for an appointment.

Old Trails True Value hardware on Rodeo Road also has a line of pet supplies. They also have supplies for that pet project, such as a dog house.

It’s a good time to be in the No. 1 Second Amendment friendly State

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upload-rafflesWILLIAMS — There are several raffles ongoing in Williams to benefit many good causes. Some are great for the No. 1 Second Amendment friendly State according to Guns and Ammo.

You can support the 2015 Senior Grad night and possibly take home a Howa 22-250 with a Nikko Stirling 3.5x10x44 scope with the purchase of a $10 ticket or 3 tickets for $20. The drawing will be held on May 1 at the Wild West Junction. Tickets may be purchased at the Allstate insurance office on 1st Street.

In the mall on Route 66, you can visit Williams Wear and Buck’s Place and purchase a chance for your choice of a Ruger American .308 bolt action rifle or Stoeger P350 12 gauge pump shotgun for $10 a ticket or 3 for $20. Courtesy of the Friends of the NRA. The drawing will be held when all 200 tickets are sold.

You do not have to be present at either raffle to win. To be eligible to win the firearms, you must be legally allowed to own firearms in accorance with Arizona and Federal law. Background checks are required.

Concerned about possible safety? The Matthew Broehm VFW Post 12128 also located in the mall is raffling off a Champion Collector CS-31 gun safe. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. For an additional donation to the VFW, The Firemen Movers will get the safe where it needs to be.

Need a little cash? You can vie for the following cash prizes.

Parents Who Care are conducting a fundraiser for the 2015 Grad Night. Cash prizes are $2,500, $1,500 and $1,000. The drawing will be held April 25th at the Cureton Park Spring Festival on April 25th and you need not be present to win. You can buy tickets for $10 each at the Allstate office on 1st Street across from City Hall.

The Arizona State Council of the Knights of Columbus is holding it’s raffle for prizes of $10,000; $7000; $5000; $3000; $2000, $1000 and four $500 cash prizes. Tickets are $5 each, $20 for 5 or $100 for a book of 30. The drawing is May 16 and winners need not be present to win. TIckets may be purchased at the Grand Canyon Coffee and Cafe.

Planning your Route 66 tour, but no Vet? I-40 Fleet Services to the rescue

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i40-15-03-31 013WILLIAMS — It’s spring and you are planning a trip on old Route 66. Maybe take old Route 66 through Parks and on into Flagstaff. Or maybe down to Ash Fork. Maybe you want to visit one of the many car shows in Williams and Flagstaff this summer, but do not want to look like the average tourist (Loose the iPhone. It’s a dead give-away).

Thanks to I-40 Fleet Services on Route 66, you can now travel in style. You can rent elegance in every form from their 1964 C-4 convertible Vet—for about half what you would pay in Vegas or Phoenix—to the Bobcat front end loader.

i40-15-03-31 020From $59.95 to $159.95 (additional charges may apply) you can rent a Chevrolet Cobalt, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Dodge Caliber, Dodge Grand Caravan, 15 passenger van, and, now, a 1994 Chevrolet Corvette.

I-40 Fleet Rentals, at 441 East Route 66 in Williams, has a variety of equipment i40-15-03-31 019for rent for large and small jobs and yard work. Their service trucks do RV and truck repairs along I-40.

Since it is time to check the oil and anti-freeze in your own car, they remind customers that they will take the used oil and coolant off your hand for free.

I-40 Fleet Rentals has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. So if you have a need to rent large equipment for a large job, have some yard work planned, or need to rent, say, a C-4 Vet convertible, call I-40 fleet services at 928-635-9199 for more information. If they don’t have it, they may be able to tell you where to get it.

This weekend activities

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Anna's Meatloaf sandwich special. Can be ordered with Macaroni salad or other side.

Anna’s Meatloaf sandwich special. Can be ordered with Macaroni salad or other side.

All Weekend: Anna’s Grand Canyon Coffee and Cafe open until 8 p.m.!
Marvelous Marv’s Private Grand Canyon Tours
Come see the bear cubs at Bearizona
The Grand Canyon Railway will be running tours to the Canyon all weekend.

Vaccine2015-03-27The vaccinate clinic at Spoiled Rotten from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Afterward you should just have time to make it to the Keyhole Sink tour. Begins at 2 p.m. Of course the Keyhole Sink isn’t going anywhere soon. But this is the last chance at a guided tour.
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Top it off with a steak dinner at the Lost Canyon Younglife camp Sunday evening. Tickets may still be available at the Cafe 326 on Route 66.

Vaccine clinic tomorrow

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WILLIAMS — The vaccine clinic by the Williams Veterinary Clinic will be held at Spoiled Rotten Pet Boutique tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Boutique is located on the east end of town at 517 E. Route 66.

The canine vaccines available will be DA2PPV (distemper and parvo) for $20, rabies $18, bordetella $18. Feline vaccines will include FVRCP (upper respiratory) for $20, $18 for rabies and $22 for FELV.

No credit cards will be accepted. Cash only. You can call 928-635-5392 for more details.

ADOT urges drivers to slow down, avoid distractions during National Work Zone Awareness Week

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PHOENIX — It is one of the most dangerous jobs across the country, that of the highway worker. Operating close to traffic subjects highway workers to safety risks, including speeding, impaired or distracted drivers. But the Arizona Department of Transportation also points to national statistics that show most victims in work zone crashes are likely to be drivers or their passengers.

“Expect the Unexpected” is the theme of this year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week, which started Monday.

In 2013, the latest year for which national statistics are available, 579 people died in work zone-related crashes across the country, according to the American Traffic Safety Services Foundation. About 80 percent of those killed or injured in such crashes were drivers or their passengers.

A review of law enforcement crash reports shows 17 people were killed in Arizona work zone crashes in 2013. It was a noticeable increase over seven such fatalities in 2012 and 10 deaths in 2011.

ADOT and other U.S. transportation agencies have joined together this week to urge drivers to pay attention to signs and other warning devices, slow down and give workers plenty of space in and around work zones along highways and local roadways.

No ADOT workers have been killed in work zone crashes in recent years, and the agency wants to keep it that way.

ADOT has unveiled a new Work Zone Safety public service announcement that highlights the risks construction and maintenance crews face along highways, especially when drivers don’t heed lowered speed limits in work zones. The video shows a close call for a paving crew as a speeding recreational vehicle passes by them.

“A tragedy can occur at any moment within a work zone,” said ADOT Director John Halikowski. “Our highway workers are somebody’s family member. We’re asking you to slow down and pay attention so those workers can make it home safely to their families at the end of the day.”

Good Friday procession on Route 66 to precede Easter weekend events

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good-friday-1WILLIAMS — A Good Friday procession is planned for Williams on Friday, April 3 starting at 6:30 p.m. The procession will start at the Mustang Gas station on the east end of town on Route 66. They will travel west along Railroad Avenue to the Family Harvest Church. People wishing to participate can call (928)635-2430 for more details. This is the first time this event has been held.

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Following Saturday is the annual Community Easter Eggstravaganza. The event held at the Recreation Center will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event features Easter egg hunts for the kids, prizes and other family fun. There is some news about a special guest, but we have not been told who. We could hazard a guest. Call the Recreation Center at (928) 635-1496 for more information.

After your attendance at Easter service on Sunday, you can witness the Friends of the Williams Aquatic Center 5th Annual Ducky Egg Race. The proceeds fund the activities of the Friends through the months when the Aquatic Center is open. Eggs are $5 each or 6 for $20. The location of the race is TBD the day of the race. Tickets can be purchased prior to the race in front of Safeway on March 27, March 28, and April 3. They can also be purchased at the Community Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4. Monies raised will be used for pool publicity in Williams and the surrounding areas.

Arizona Citizens Defense League expands raffle opportunities

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2015ARPistol1bARIZONA —– The Arizona Citizens Defense League, responsible for many positive gun laws enacted in Arizona, initially held a raffle for two custom-made AR-15 pistols. Online demand for the tickets was so huge that half of the tickets were sold in two days. They reported in an e-mail that they had to pull tickets that were reserved for an upcoming gun show to meet the demand.

AzCDL has ordered two more of the custom-built AR-15 pistols built by Forward Operating Base in Phoenix, Arizona. The AzCDL logo is laser etched on the lower of each pistol. The pistols are chambered for the 5.56 NATO round and include the following features:

  • SigTac stabilizing arm brace (SB 15)
  • Quentin Defense Billet ambidextrous lower receiver, slick side upper receiver and 3 pound trigger
  • Ambidextrous safety selector
  • QD rear takedown pin with swivel
  • Ambidextrous sling attachment end plate
  • GunTec rubber pistol grip and back up iron sights
  • 7” Veriforce match grade billet stainless steel barrel with cone flash can muzzle device
  • 10” Key-Mod free float rail
  • 550 cord 2 point to 1 point convertible sling
  • Magpul 30 round window magazine

What this means is that the AzCDL is now holding two concurrent raffles for four of the AR-15 pistols. Each ticket is only $10 and represents two chances of winning one of the AR-15 handguns. Only 900 tickets will be sold for each raffle.

Winners must comply with all federal, state, and local laws, and must pick up the firearms from a federally licensed (FFL) firearms dealer. If a winner does not qualify for the possession of these firearms, their ticket is invalid and a new winner will be drawn.

Contact AzCDL for more information.

You can order tickets, books, memberships and other items from the AzCDL online store.

Marvelous Marv on the road to the Canyon

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The Marvelous Van

WILLIAMS — It’s spring time and visitors are taking advantage of the private, guided tour of the Grand Canyon given by Marvelous Marv’s Private Grand Canyon Tour.

Marvelous Marv has been conducting tours to the Grand Canyon for well over thirty-years. He adjust the tour length to the time you have and picks you up where ever you are staying in Williams. He even gives you a disk of pictures he has taken over the years.

Marv’s Marvelous Van is equipped with a DVD system which plays educational videos on the trip to and return from the Canyon. When you arrive, he explains features and history of the Canyon. You then have time to wander, take photos or just enjoy the splendor of the Grand Canyon.

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Marv does not just give tours in the spring and summer. His tours are available all year, weather permitting. He often laments that people do not take advantage of the beauty of the Grand Canyon during the “off-season.” The changing climate of the Canyon during the fall and winter provide some spectacular views such as the recent inversion layer witnessed.

If you do not get a reservation to his tours, there is always the Grand Canyon Railway and Jeep tours. You can sign up for the Pink Jeep Tours in downtown Williams.

One way or another, if you visit Williams we can get you to the Grand Canyon.