May 11, 2011 • Vol. 09, No. 23
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Military moms take pride in sons’ sacrifices Yvonne Dolby Special for The Foothills Focus
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Anthem residents Vicky and Ken Winham are part of a military family as their son Christopher Moore, serves in the Air Force. Moore and his wife Katherine have a daughter Danielle. Vicky said she’s proud of Anthem’s tribute to military veterans.
Cactus Shadows survives furious rally, wins state opener MARC BUCKHOUT MANAGING EDITOR
As each home run sailed over the left field fence the look of bewilderment grew more pronounced on senior pitcher’s Camille McIver’s face. After leading 7-0 after two innings and 9-5 heading into the seventh inning the Cactus Shadows pitcher watched the third Kellis hitter in a four batter stretch and the fifth of the game leave the yard as
CACTUS SHADOWS
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Mothers of service members experience a range of emotions including pride in their sons’ and daughters’ commitment to their country, angst when their children are in harm’s way, and joy when they are reunited with their loved ones. While they may be happy their son or daughter is pursuing a dream or career they love, concern for their safety is always on the minds of moms. As one military mom says, “We worry. It’s our job.”
Anthem military moms Victoria Morgan, Cathy Rogers and Vicky Winham had differing reactions to their sons’ decisions to join the military. Morgan admits to mixed emotions when her son, Kyle Morgan, enlisted in the Air Force, but those feelings turned to nothing but pride. “Seeing what he went through just to complete the basic training and tech school was amazing to me,” she said. Rogers admits it took her breath away when her son, Matthew Rogers, received the framed certificate in the mail
offering him admission to West Point. But, when he chose West Point over the other schools that had recruited him to play football, she gasped and asked, “Why?” While her thoughts as a mother were on the unknown and possibly dangerous military life, her son wanted the challenge of the Academy education. Convinced it was a great opportunity, Winham encouraged her son, Christopher Moore, to join the military to help him find focus in his life.
MILITARY MOMS
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Cave Creek church blesses historic bells MARC BUCKHOUT MANAGING EDITOR
The original church building for Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church is on the grounds that now are the site of Cave Creek Museum. While the museum hosts an array of historic items the church has hung on to a pair of pieces that seemingly predate them all. In a ceremony set for 6 p.m. on Saturday there will a blessing of a pair of bells that hang in the church tower, believed to be the oldest bells in North America. On April 26 the bells were removed from the tower with the use of a crane so that a new metal support structure could be implemented to support them.
“The wood structures that have been holding them up and have been in place since the church was built were beginning to rot and we were thinking it was becoming unsafe,” Reverend Nordon Winger said. In Cave Creek since 1950, Good Shepherd of the Hills, moved into its current building in 1968. The church was designed by Scottsdale artist Francis Beaugureau to reflect the Spanish-Pueblo heritage of the early Southwest and was built in 1968. A year later the bells were donated to the church by artist Alba Heywood III in memory of his grandmother Bertha Hoag.
Believed to date back to the 14th century, church history states that the bells were brought to Mexico from Spain in 1351, eventually ending up at San Simeon, the Hearst estate,
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Good Shepherd of the Hills Episcopal Church in Cave Creek recently replaced a support beam that held a pair of bells in the church tower. The two bells are believed to date back to the 14th century and as such would be the oldest in North America.
where they were purchased by Heywood and dedicated at the Easter service in 1969.
BELLS
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OTHER :
Desert Hills woman authors self-help book
ProMusica puts on pair of patriotic concerts
Boulder Creek baseball tries to stay alive in state baseball tourney
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