Winslow Mail (Newspaper) - March 25, 1992, Winslow, Arizona USPS 247-160 Paid at Ariz. 86047 on Wednesdays and S Sections 1 1894 Volume 99 13 Winslow, March 25,1992 Copy 25 the March winds gusting and promising a few more cold nights arid some blossoms opened on the fruit trees in These blossoms were on a tree near the corner of Warren and West First if residents look many trees in the residential area are in full by Ada Juanita Blood Drive Scheduled March 31 Winslow Blood Drive will be held from 2 lo 6 p.m. on March 31, ai the Elks Lodge No. 536 Auditorium on Third Blood Services is a division of Blood Systems one of the nation's largest nonprofit community blood Blood Systems was founded in 1943 as the Salt River Blood Bank in The Winslow Woman's Club brought the system to Winslow and sponsored it for many years until 1982, when the Winslow Emblem Club No. 103 look United Blood Services has a nationwide provide some very specialized including a list of such as those with a rare blood who may be called in times of special The Laboratory in performs tissue typing for organ of the donors want to know what is it like to donate The process is and usually takes from 10 lo 30 Most donors find it a painless and heartwarming happens when you A brief interview is the first You will be asked about your medical history and current Your blood pulse and blood iron level will be You'll relax in a At Bird Springs May Be Reality By chair while the blood is After you will be invited to rest and enjoy a light refreshment of cookies and juice provided by the Ladies Hospital will you feel after you You should feel as the human body averages eight to 11 pints of It's easy to spare it possible to get a disease while No. All materials used during the donation process are sterile and used only will your blood be Medical advances and modern surgical such as cancer organ transplants and open have increased the need for should you contact if you need more Contact your local hospital or United Blood located at 6220 East Box 1541, Ariz. 85252-1541, or call 949-1412. Winslow Emblem Club No. 103 and the Ladies Hospital Auxiliary invite all persons from the age of 17 to age 75 or 80, who arc in good health and weigh at least 110 pounds to donate Those in the higher age group should check with their doctors first for a written as your doctor knows Please give tlie of Sam Bird Springs Bridge task force committee met at the Falcon Restaurant on Approximately forty persons attended and reached a consensus with hard the proposed bridge could become a reality in the near Those in attendance included Winslow Mayor Mayor-elect Georgia Arnold Chamber of Commerce Director Tommy Coconino County Supervisor Louise Navajo County Supervisors Percy Deal and Marlin representatives of U.S. Senator John McCain and U.S. Congressman Jon representatives of the Bureau of Indian Navajo Nation President Peterson various branches of the Navajo Tribal government and of the Bird Springs chaired the meeting during the morning He began by saying that a person on the south side of the Little Colorado River at Bird Springs was only 12 minutes from emergency medical A person on the north side was 46 long miles from the same attention when the river was A 60 foot span would save 46 Thompson showed a video of the crossing taken on the way to the Bird Springs Chapter House on March 17. The river was running at the Sorensen from the Little Singer a moving force behind the task said that the federal government had allotted million for Navajo road He said he felt that the time to make something happen was He said that the mission of the task force was to get support for the bridge from both sides of the Sorensen said that everyone was impressed with a concerted effort from a determined said that there were two huge concerns that argued for the One was the issue of getting children to Sorensen noted that the buses have to go around 52 miles when the river is running and that sand in the equipment leads to high repair costs even when the river isn't He said that an even bigger concern was the health care issue which Thompson had said that the shortest distance between Winslow and is to Bird The bridge would be good for is no one who thinks this bridge is not Sorensen problem is keeping it from dragging on and We should not have to wait for some tragedy to force recognition of the a representative of President Zah and a member Changes Approved By Winslow School Ada Juanita Winslow School Board adopted policy changes last as recommended by the Arizona School Boards Association This members of the ASBA came to Winslow to review the district's school board policies and changes so that the policies would conform to updated state a series of all past policies of the district were rescinded and made The policy as developed with consulting help from the was the policy manual as developed and changed was 16 31 17 38 18 32 19 26 20 24 21 33 22 32 National Weather by the other board the bid for painting the main building of the high school and the high school gymnasium was awarded to Bud Painting of Holbrook with a bid of which included two coats of paint on the gym bids received included a bid of from Flagstaff Painting and and a bid of from Pro Painting Company of leave of absence was granted to Lisa Soehner until March 9. A letter of resignation was accepted Continued On Page 2 western agency road said that the Bird Springs problems had been the lack of archaeological rights-of-way and a public He said that the task force had gotten the hearing held on Tuesday and that the studies were being He read a letter from President Zah that was basically supportive of the was a great deal of discussion about allocation of especially the million the Navajo Tribe has for road projects and the need for matching funds from several Bird Springs Bridge is on the priority list for fiscal year 1995, but everyone agreed there was a possibility of moving it to if the studies could be done in a timely discussion revealed that a stumbling block to this project has been a proposal for another bridge at Some consideration was given that idea early in this especially with the idea of using the old bridge It was finally recognized that this created more problems than it solved and divided the County Supervisor Percy Deal you want two bridges over the same river so close you are creating yourself Concentrate on one or you will probably lose them Elzey remarked that there had been more progress in the last two months than in the previous 20 He said that everyone on the new and was supportive of the Deal said that someone should take leadership and define what needs to be done and Michael Wilson said that she works with young and related the story of a young lady from Bird Springs who had become a drop-out due to excessive absences caused by an inability to cross the She cited several other similar and said that she could relate many if Metzger said that the Winslow City Council would support the effort with a resolution in the very near said that the task force should concentrate on completing the environmental and archaeological He said that attempts to secure other funding did not look helpful and would probably cause other He said that an earlier priority listing was a realistic goal and something that the task force should concentrate Ail subsequent information seemed to support Howard's seemed to be a consensus that the task force had accomplished that there were things to be done but that the meeting had identified people to do and that there was a very real possibility of advancing the project on the priority There was a feeling among those in attendance that the bridge was closer than ever to a and that the date was not in the distant Conditions Are Sought For WHS Jayvee Baseball Ada Juanita who represented a group of concerned was present at the March 18 meeting of the Winslow School Board to seek a solution for improving the playing surface at the junior varsity baseball Sanchez asked that a letter concerning the problem be read into the minutes of the and other parents expressed concern that junior varsity team members were sustaining injuries from playing on the dirt and that games were having to be called because the field was unplayable if it was It was a concensus among the parents that grass planted on the field would help alleviate these Wayne Peters said that planting grass on the field has not been budgeted for in the He explained that the budgeting process takes place each year in at which time come from all the schools in the He said that it is unknown what funding the state will give the district next although he expects to get the same amount of funding as was received last Winslow High School's head baseball said that Uie junior varsity baseball field was not a good playing Meeting Scheduled County Attorney Mel Bowers and Lynda executive director of Crime Prevention League in will address the residents in Winslow at a public meeting at 7 o'clock tonight 25) at the Elks Mark Hathaway of the Winslow Police Department said that anyone interested in an update on the gang activity in Winslow is urged to a clay surface with a lot of alkali in said planted grass out there one time several years ago There is a sprinkling system in place in the but there is no sprinkling system in the said that planting grass was included in the long range plans drawn up several years Clear Creek water was to be used to water the field in cooperation with the the field is dragged properly and worked on every it's pretty level and said type of moisture on that clay and alkali will cause It cakes up on your If any kind of shower comes the field gets so muddy you can't do said that he has discussed improving the field with school improvements will have to include soil additives and soil testing to know what to add to help Continued On Page 2 Public Input Is Essential To Being Good Council is for unsettled with isolated showers turning into snow in higher The high temperatures will be near 60 and the lows are expected to be in the high 30's. received of an inch of precipitation during this Wind gusts reached 35 mph on March 17 and 33 mph on March 21. people talk about rain Rainwater is very but not Every raindrop forms when water vapor condenses onto often a speck of salt or which remains with the rain water until it reaches Sam Arnold Scott said last week that being a effective councilman would not be is more than saying and It is a slower process. We need to get public input into our Scott He said that an issue which lent itself well to that was the use of prison He indicated that the community needs to have public discussion regarding when that is appropriate and when it He said that with the discussion would come said that his major concern was for the economic development of He said that the Winslow Chamber of Commerce is working to attract new business and as is the Industrial Development Endeavor Association He said that the city needs to have at the information on the available land lists with prices and and all of the information a potential client might He said die city needs an organization with the authority and the wherewithal to for keeping businesses he indicated that Northland Pioneer College could NPC could structure some business classes to short Saturday workshops or They need to be held at a time when business people can attend and offer information that is useful to city can't do a whole but it can avoid that make things difficult for a Scott said that the city council definitely needs to the He said thai these should be public forum types of sessions where the people could both express their opinions and learn about the He was emphatic in his support of this concept and said he saw it as a good way to cut into rumor generation and to gamer public support for the wastewater plant and its problems with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is a perfect example of where the session would be according to need and deserve to is doing and Scott should send someone to the session who can tell and who can say that when you have done you are We need to know that they aren't planning to hit us with something else as soon as we think we have satisfied the said that the foreign trade zone and the enterprise zone arc possible tools for that are being looked into by the chamber of solving of Winslow's gang problem must be a have to get public and we need to go whereever people have been doing things that work and learn from Walters has been doing a great job of keeping the community aware of what is going on her articles in The Winslow Scott is a real to die said that his role models were his father and his His father was a man of great common sense and taught him to look carefully for solutions and to He described his as a fair and honest said that the most important qualities for a good public servant were that he be willing to lead and have a responsibility to never betray the trust the people have placed in Scott said in
