October 10, 2018 • Vol. 16, No. 46
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Arizona’s first malt house saves water and supports local breweries BY COREY HAWK CRONKITE NEWS
Yann Raymond of Sinagua Malt House in Camp Verde points to the silo that holds barley for processing into malt barley, which is used to make beer. The malt house, which began operation in 2016, is a collaboration by Verde Valley farmers, the Nature Conservancy and entrepreneur Chip Norton.
(Photo by Jordan Evans/Cronkite News)
Hurricane Rosa brings third wettest October to Phoenix Valley
CAMP VERDE – Zach Hauser, like many farmers in the Verde Valley, takes pride in his land and the crops he grows. Normally this time of year, rows of corn, alfalfa, carrots and watermelon would cover his acreage. But today, two large sections of his property look like a farmer’s worst nightmare: fallow land strewn with dead vegetation and weeds. That’s by design. Hauser swapped out some of his usual thirsty crops – which require flood irrigation from the Verde River during scorching summers – for barley, which uses less water.
Photo by Karen Alexander/Staff
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SINAGUA MALT continued on page 13
ACC threatens litigation over incorporation group’s preliminary map BY TARA ALATORRE
Pictured: A flooded wash on New River Road on October 3.
“Normally on that ground, we’d be planting corn,” Hauser said. “We wouldn’t be planting until the first of May, and we’d use water all summer. With the barley, we’re planting it in late January, early February, and we’re done watering it by the end of May.” Hauser made the change as part of a collaboration between local farmers, investors and the Nature Conservancy, an environmental nonprofit. The group worked with Hauser and Hauser Farms and nearby Speck Farms to swap 144 acres of summer corn for winter barley,
ANTHEM – The Anthem Community Council sent a letter to the New River Desert Hills Incorporation Committee on October 8, threatening litigation about the preliminary map it released this summer, which defined the borders of the potential town. The letter was sent to the leaders of the incorporation committee after the Anthem Community Council (ACC) said it had unsuccessfully tried to reach a “neighborly” solution regarding the inclusion of Anthem commercial properties in the preliminary map. “The ACC’s position
statement is about mutual respect,” stated the ACC letter signed by Roger Willis, ACC president, and Neal Shearer, ACC’s CEO. “We ask that Anthem’s master plan boundaries be respected and that no Anthem properties be ‘carved out’ for inclusion in the incorporation boundaries for any reason, including the imposition of sales taxes to fund the proposed town government.” The map released by the New River Desert Hills Incorporation Committee (NRDHIC) in July, included commercial properties
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OTHER :
NEW RIVER:
ELECTIONS:
CAVE CREEK:
Incorporation Committee
Daisy Mountain Fire District
Frontier Town expands, opens
• Bluhm Column
letter of intent released
Board to fill 3 seats this Nov.
new venues for entertainment
• Service Directory
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• Classified Ads
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