February 2, 2011 • Vol. 09, No. 12
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New River man readies for World Championship MARC BUCKHOUT MANAGING EDITOR
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New River resident Brian Hamill will be at the Heard Museum this weekend to compete in 21st annual Heard Museum World Championships. Hamill won the hoop dancing event two years ago.
It’s a combination of athleticism, art, story telling and culture. For New River resident Brian Hammill it also is a way of making a living. The 40-year-old Ho-Chunk Native American does between 300-400 presentations a year teaching people about the history of Native Americans through hoop dancing. Hoop dancing is a form of storytelling dance incorporating any number of hoops, which are used to create both static and dynamic shapes, or formations, representing various animals and storytelling elements including the butterfly, the eagle, the snake, the coyote
Anthem Council kicks off 2011
with the hoops symbolizing the never-ending circle of life. On Saturday, beginning at 9:30 a.m., Hammill will be at the 21st annual Heard Museum World Championships. “It’s a great event,” he said. “We usually draw between 3,000-4,000 people each day. The crowd feeds you when you’re out there. I really perform for them and you can feel the energy from them.” Two years ago Hammill won the event in the adult division despite battling a bout with the flu. “I do a lot of events out at schools and I tell students the story of winning in 2009,” he said. “Everybody can do a good job when they’re feeling their
The Anthem Community Council received an honor, asked for a more comprehensive marketing plan from staff, were brought up to speed on the continuing efforts with regard to water rates in Anthem and got an update about the progress with the Veteran’s Memorial during the Jan. 26 meeting. One of the first events of the evening was a presentation in which Anthem was honored as the second community in Maricopa County to achieve the status of being a Firewise Community. In working with Marshall Phil Dyer of the Daisy Mountain Fire Department along with
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Super Bowl to draw masses to Cave Creek STAFF REPORT
Fans waving Terrible Towels and those affectionately known as Cheeseheads will converge on Cave Creek Sunday in anticipation of Super Bowl XLV. Two of the most successful franchise in football history will take the field at 4 p.m. as the Pittsburgh Steelers via for their seventh Super Bowl championship while the Green Bay Packers go after their fourth title. While the game will take place in Dallas more than 6,000 Steelers and Packers fans are
expected to invade Cave Creek. Harold’s Corral, which is regarded as one of the nation’s largest Steelers bars, and The Buffalo Chip is among the largest Packers bars in the country. The two establishments, which share a parking lot, will begin festivities leading up to kickoff at noon. Harold’s Corral co-owners Danny Piacquadio and Bill Vale and The Buffalo Chip owner Larry Wendt are working around the clock to prepare for the big day. In anticipation of 4,000 Steelers fans, Harold’s has ordered enough for 9,000 servings of beer and plans to
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The Pittsburgh Steelers will go for their second Super Bowl championship in three years and their seventh overall Sunday when they take on the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV. The game starts at 4 p.m.
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serve 250 Primanti Brothers sandwiches, 1,200 homemade pierogies, and 3,600 chicken wings. The Buffalo Chip expects a rowdy crowd of up to 2,000 Packers fans and will serve 4,000 pounds of barbecue, 600 cases of beer, and plenty of Johnsonville Bratwurst, Walleye, Lake Perch, and cheese curds. Piacquadio and Wendt have also made a bet, with the owner of the losing team agreeing to wear the other team’s jersey for one week. Both restaurants have also Super Bowl
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