October 3, 2012 • Vol. 10, No.38
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Anthem Council moves toward honoring fallen officer MARC BUCKHOUT MANAGING EDITOR
The Anthem Community Council hashed out the details by which future councils can honor people by naming buildings or other objects in the community at the Sept. 26 meeting. Board member Robert Linder is a proponent of renaming the main softball field in Anthem Community Park after the late Maricopa County Sherriff’s officer Bill Coleman. The 50-yearold New River resident was killed in the line of duty in Anthem on Jan. 8. Since Linder’s original suggestion made at the August meeting, Anthem put together a committee of nine community members to put together a policy on the procedure and merits required for the honor. The honoring of Coleman would include a bronze memorial plaque as well as a sign on the scoreboard. A new flagpole also would be installed. The board debated the latitude of discretion future boards should have when making selections. The eventual policy that was approved, by a 6-1 margin, included a need for a super majority to approve a nominee and offered the word heroic in the criteria for the person being nominated, a word that kept board president Craig Boates from voting for it. With a policy in place, the board followed by unanimously
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supporting a move to initiate the nomination process to dedicate Anthem Community Park softball field #1 as “Coleman Field.” The policy includes getting written support from the Coleman family. If approved the ceremony would tentatively take place on the anniversary of Coleman’s death. While the renaming of the field would honor a fallen officer, the board was challenged by members of the community to contribute to honoring the country’s military veterans. Following recent news that the 8th annual Daisy Mountain Veterans Parade was in jeopardy due to lack of financial support, both former board president Bill Clower and former vice president Bob Copen implored the current council to aid the parade in some way, whether it was financial or simply offering to pay for the security for the event or even simply the rental of the Porta-Johns. The board also was called upon and approved the expenditure of up to $10,000 in operating funds for repairs to the Veterans Memorial. Chief operations officer Neal Shearer said the marble at the bottom of the memorial has become discolored. He said the one-time repair shouldn’t cost more than $10,000. Shearer went on to explain, while a
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BUSINESS: Art studio offers painting parties to masses
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Hidden in the Hills tour returns to North Valley STAFF REPORT
The Sonoran Arts League’s Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour and Sale, Arizona’s largest and most popular six-day art studio tour, is set to return to Cave Creek, Carefree and north Scottsdale once again this year. Originally created by Sonoran Arts League in 1975 as the Cave Creek Craft Council, Hidden in the Hills (HITH) has evolved into the League’s flagship event, taking place the last two weekends in November each year. The HITH self guided tour provides opportunities for interaction with more than 160 Sonoran Art League artists at nearly 50 neighborhood studios. Paintings, sculptures,
jewelry and mixed media creations -- everything from abstract art to wearable art -can be purchased before, during and after the tour. “In 2011 we had more traffic, sales and commissions than
ever before,” said HITH cochair Pamela Mangelsdorf. “We definitely made an economic impact and expect 2012 to be even better with record numbers of artists and studios participating.” Mangelsdorf works in watercolors, oil and acrylics. She’s on the Tour in Studio 27. Yearly, members of Sonoran Arts League compete for the privilege of having their art featured on the cover of the award-winning Hidden in the Hills Directory. An elaborate mixed media gourd mask by Jane Boggs was selected for 2012. Boggs’ mask was picked
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The 16th annual Hidden in the Hills Studio Tour and Sale returns to Cave Creek, Carefree and north Scottsdale, Nov. 16-18 and Nov.23-25. The event features more than 160 artists at nearly 50 neighborhood studios.
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