News for Friday, April 11, 2008

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The Prescott softball team (6-13) had lost nine straight games going into Friday's game. It had not scored a run in its past four and been on the short end of the mercy rule in the past three.On Friday, the Lady Badgers finally cleared the slate. And they did it in a big way with a 10-0 win over visiting Coconino.

April 11, 2008

Linda Oshrin Pratt, 66, of Prescott, Ariz., born April 22, 1941, in New York City, N.Y., passed away April 7, 2008, at her residence in Prescott, Ariz.

April 11, 2008

Paul William Howard, 82, of Dewey, Ariz., born April 18, 1925, in Shidler, Okla., passed away April 7, 2008, in Prescott Valley, Ariz.

April 11, 2008

Mim was a beloved mother, sister, daughter, grandmother and friend to all she knew. Mim was called home on the morning of Tuesday, April 9, 2008.

April 11, 2008
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His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos visited Prescott for the first time this past weekend. He is the Metropolitan of San Francisco, born in Greece, and a scholar of psychology in many realms."I am very excited to be here," Gerasimos said. "Prescott is a small community that exemplifies the unity of the Orthodox faith. There is something in all of us that strives to do ministries both as Orthodox and as Christians."

April 11, 2008
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CHINO VALLEY - First-year Chino Valley School District Superintendent Duane Noggle is excited about the district's direction.Noggle said that for the first time in district history, the governing board has identified five "basic, broad goals. The next step is to move into a long-term planning process."

April 11, 2008
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PRESCOTT - The priorities that various city departments have set for their major projects continued to raise questions for the Prescott Capital Needs Committee this week.At previous meetings, the committee has heard presentations from the city's police, fire, streets and utilities departments on large-project needs for the next five to 10 years.

April 11, 2008
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PRESCOTT - For years, the Prescott City Council has embraced a "pay-as-you-go" strategy in paying for large projects.Since at least the early 1990s, city officials have maintained that accumulating money upfront and paying for projects in cash is preferable to borrowing money or bonding for large expenses.

April 11, 2008
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PRESCOTT - When Abia Judd Principal Larry Peterson took the reins of the school this past year he expected problems because of the road construction on Iron Springs and Williamson Valley roads.The new principal prepared for the worse.Fortunately, the worse never happened."The road construction was not nearly as much of a challenge or as disruptive as I expected," Peterson said.

April 11, 2008

Attorney General Terry Goddard is warning consumers about the latest "phishing" scam using text messaging.

By The Daily Courier April 11, 2008

Yavapai County sheriff's deputies arrested two brothers on charges of reckless burning in a field near Maripai Road and Senator Highway in Groom Creek on Thursday afternoon.

By The Daily Courier April 11, 2008

Prescott police say Loraine Algeri, who went to Lincoln North Hospital in Phoenix with a potential neck injury after a noon-hour rear-end collision at Lee Boulevard and Highway 69 Thursday, was intoxicated.

By The Daily Courier April 11, 2008

PRESCOTT VALLEY - The Town Council gave its blessings Thursday for Prevent Child Abuse Arizona to build its headquarters on town property and to accommodate a separate building for a state agency.

April 11, 2008

Prevention is the best way to stop criminals. By giving more Arizonans information about consumer fraud and resources available for help, more people will spot red flags and protect themselves and their families, said Attorney General Terry Goddard.

April 11, 2008

Five random numbers changed Dan Cutbirth's life. He was working at his wife's antique shop when his back bothered him, so he decided to go home. He stopped at a convenience store where he spent $15 for Arizona Lottery tickets and $5 for Powerball tickets. Cutbirth won $140,000 in the Arizona Lottery.

April 11, 2008
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By the time allergy victims get to the office of Dr. Hosea Brown, they are just itching for relief. Brown, of Allergy Affiliates in Prescott, calls his cure an "allergy desensitization injection."

April 11, 2008

First! Why didn't you place Randall Amster's April 7 message on in "Our readers speak?" After all, he was only complaining about getting a ticket

April 11, 2008

Some shortsighted folks, unappreciative of the overwhelming customer-service orientation at the Miller Valley Post Office, are failing to acknowledge the visible signs of progress.

April 11, 2008

Let's say you own a restaurant at the Gateway Mall. You have a manager to run it for you. The manager, without consulting you, decides to give a 25 percent discount to all employees on duty or off duty.

April 11, 2008

I want to thank two outstanding organizations for making life easier and Prescott a better place: the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) that went way beyond the call of volunteerism to help so many of us, free of charge, in doing our taxes.

April 11, 2008

Would a doctor be better able to treat a gunshot wound if he called it "a localized disruption in epidermal integrity" and decided to skip the next training opportunity in how to deal with trauma?

April 11, 2008
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PRESCOTT - Dan Morris began growing his fan base more than 30 years ago.Morris was at a farm auction in Nebraska when he bought a circa-1915 Westinghouse table fan for $9."They kind of grabbed my attention, it just caught my eye," he said.

April 11, 2008
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Our new greenhouses, under construction all winter, are finally open, and several times a day I am asked the same question: "What are you going to do with all these new greenhouses?" I can't give a specific answer because the details are still kind of vague in my mind, but I can let you in on the big picture as I see it.

April 11, 2008
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Our motto here at Jay's Bird Barn is "We specialize in bringing wild birds to your backyard." However, we occasionally assist folks who, instead of wanting to attract birds, are looking for solutions to getting rid of birds.

April 11, 2008
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PRESCOTT - Julie and Adam Medlin both have vivid childhood memories of sitting under the stars at vintage drive-in movie theaters, watching 1970s classics.

April 11, 2008
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Mayer's Jon Langdon is making the transition from captain of the football team to catcher a smooth one.

April 11, 2008
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Men's college basketball is the NCAA's cash cow. Yet some teams claim they actually lose money by participating in the Final Four. And in the short term, they may be right.

April 11, 2008
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Priscilla Tacheney shares photos of the desert in bloom in this dCourier online gallery. • Click here to contact the photographer or send comments

April 11, 2008
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Q & A with Scott Hayes, owner of Premier Billiards & Bar Stools in Prescott Valley, 6616 E. Second St; 772-4270. Hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. www.prembilliards.com

By The Daily Courier April 11, 2008