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Josh Jones, a captain at Daisy Mountain Fire and Medical Station 142 in Anthem, spoke about some of the work the department had been do ing to help people be more prepared for emer gency“Lastsituations.month, myself and colleagues from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office took part in presenting training to approximately 42 of the members of Anthem Community Council staff,” Jones said. “During those two day sessions, we had not only active shooter response — which we call ALICE, which is an acro nym for alert, lockdown, inform, counter and evac uate — we also followed that up with ‘Stop the Bleed’Jonestraining.”said following the armed robbery in see KIT page 8 ‘Stop the Bleed’ kit donated to Anthem council
n 1856, an Army medical officer and sur geon, Maj. Albert J. Myer, recommended his visual communication system, aerial telegraphy, be used as a means for communi cation among soldiers and command. Aerial telegraphy, or wigwag, used two flags of two sizes. The waving of the flag from left to right, or wigwagging motion, created a code, with letters designated to each motion sequence, much like morse code. Myer first used his visual signaling system on active service in New Mexico during the Navajo expedition. He used flags for daytime signaling and a torch at night. The wigwag was then tested in Civil War combat to di rect the fire of a harbor battery at Fort Wool against Confederate positions opposite Fort Monroe.Forthree years, Myer relied on detailed personnel, although he always envisioned a separate, trained military signal service. His system was adopted June 21, 1860, and, in 1863, the Army Signal Corps was born with Myer as the first and only signal officer. As visual signaling became increasingly dif ficult, the electric telegraph was added to the see 4
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Daisy Mountain Fire and Medical, in partnership with HonorHealth, donated a kit with emergency medical supplies to the Anthem Com munity Council to help “Stop the Bleed.” (Stop the Bleed/Submitted)
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The Foothills Focus, inpartnership with the AnthemVeterans Memorial, honors alocal veteran each month. Thisis another in a series of articlesabout local veterans who are commemorated at the Anthem Veterans Memorial.This is the story of DominiqueWilson Woods. The Army Signal Corps’ impact on one young man
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“However, I was comfortable in the new setting. I grew up the eldest of six and had more responsibility helping my mother than a lot of kids my age. As an athlete, I arrived with an understanding of team work and the importance of leadership. It helped that I was physically fit and able to do all the drills with relative ease.
In December 2013, Dominique Wilson Woods was not sure what he was going to do after graduating Mesa High School. He was intelligent, a football player and ran track. He made his single working mother of six Woodsproud.was in touch with a close friend who had joined the Marines, and, with his encouragement, he researched the Army and the Marines. His grandfather, an Army infantry sol dier, who fought on the front lines in the Vietnam War, died when Woods was very young. Woods grew up without any stories of service or learning about his grandfather’s infantry experience. He un derstands now that many who fought in Vietnam most likely would not have spo ken about it, but the missed opportunity weighed on him. The Army became the best fit in Woods’ mind so, a senior in high school, he took the military entrance exam, scored well and“Perhapsenlisted.it was my grandfather’s mem ory who may have helped guide that deci sion. It wasn’t a choice for him during the draft, but it was mine to make, and that was the path I chose,” he said. Fresh out of high school, Woods was off to basic training at Fort Benning. “I didn’t know what to expect. I still remember the drill sergeant screaming at us as we came off the bus, nailing every single one of us within inches of our faces.
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4 THE FOOTHILLS FOCUS | THEFOOTHILLSFOCUS.COM | AUGUST 31, 2022NEWS Signal Corps’ systems. Within 12 years, the Signal Corps constructed, operated and maintained over 4,000 miles of tele graph lines along the country’s western frontier. By the 1870s, upon congressional man date, the national weather service was established under the Signal Corps. A de cade later, with assistance from Lt. Adol phus Greely, Myer commanded a weather service of international acclaim. Myer died in 1880, having attained the rank of brigadier general and the title of chief signal officer. In 1881, as a lasting memorial to Myer, Fort Whipple was re named Fort Myer. Through polar expeditions and the Spanish American War, the Signal Corps methods advanced and added heliograph, telephone and telegraph wire lines and cable communications, fostered tele phones in combat and employed combat photography. The Signal Corps construct ed the Alaska Communication System, the first wireless telegraph in the Western Hemisphere. By 1903, then Brig. Gen. Greely was tasked with a congressional decree and $25,000 to build, “a flying machine for war purposes.” After a few failed attempts at flying, Greely contracted the Wright brothers who piloted the first aircraft at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Through World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War and War on Ter ror, the Army Signal Corps communi cation methods grew from pioneering radar technology to FM radio backpacks for combat to satellite signal communi cations to video-teleconferencing, tacti cal and global information networks. No matter when or where communication is needed, the Army Signal Corps develops, installs and maintains the appropriate system.
“I was vigilant and aware of my sur roundings, and I knew I could do this. I never served in leadership roles in school, but my intuition was good. When the commanding officer passed out opportu nities, I took them. I wanted to stand out and make something of myself. I became the platoon leader, the physical training leader and the battlefield guide. I really enjoyed the positions of responsibility and helping others who were struggling with all the physical elements of basic training.”Heshipped out to his advanced indi vidual training at Fort Gordon, Georgia, headquarters for the Army Signal Corps. Each week he had intensive training into one aspect of communications. At the end of each week, he had to pass a test to con find out
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A Phoenix resident, Woods is married and the father to a 3-year-old son, with an other child on the way. “I want my children to know how to be leaders, to be strong contributing members of society and to not be afraid to try new things. I am proud of my service; I matured through my ser vice and that is an incredible gift to value.”
“The antennas are enormous, and it takes four long wires attached to the ground to stabilize them. They require an 80-foot radius, and it even gives this cau tion on the box. As I was having trouble getting the fourth line in place, I made the mistake of pulling the cable without securing another side. The entire antenna came crashing down onto the command office center, breaking the window. Let’s just say the sergeant major was not im pressed with my work that day and made me pay for my mistake with additional duties that were not any of our favorites.
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Dominique Wilson Woods says his military service matured him. (Enrique Garcia/Contributor)
NEWS tinue onto the next training class. By the end of the 16-week training, Woods had a basic understanding for the Signal Corps roles and responsibilities.
“Every state and every training session provide a new understanding of what the signal corps did. It also provided me with the realization that I am not invincible and certainly had more to learn.”
“I remember installing an OE254 satel lite antenna for command,” he said.
“I wish I would have had the chance to talk to my grandfather. I would have wanted to share with him all the things I learned with the Signal Corps. I wished I had learned about his experiences in war. I hope he would be proud of my decision and service.”
Without a doubt, Woods’ grandfather would be proud of him, and we certainly are grateful for his service.
While in a convoy during heavy rain in Wisconsin, his commanding officer asked if he would drive the Humvee back with the platoon. “We only know to say, ‘Yes, Sir.’ I had been in enough Humvees with a basic understanding of driving them, but I didn’t want to tell him I was not licensed to one. So, I got in and started driving. Unfortunately, the rain was coming down in sheets and the mud road became an entrenched river, making it just slippery enough for an untrained driver like myself to end up sliding down a hill and into a newly formed flood pond. Let’s just say, I never assumed I could do something again without the right training and I never took on a role for which I wasn’t trained.
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“The classes for two to three hours a day afforded us the basic understanding we needed in each system,” he said. “Acing the tests didn’t give me every thing I needed to know. We had classes in signal support, maintenance of power generators, terminal devices and vehi cles, radio installations, satellite systems, radio frequency installation and medical dispatch. Honestly, I can’t begin to list all the communication systems employed by the corps. It was the day-to-day field training and battlefield operations that allowed for the application of knowledge and helped me define my role.”
Woods was then deployed to the 387th Military Police (MP) Battalion in Arizona. He spent six years there, although he was sent to other states for battlefield train ing, where climate and terrain variations are required for advanced understanding of system operations. His field training reminded him that ev erything taught in the classes needed to be reinforced in the field.
“As an Army active reservist, I learned the importance of leadership and net working. I learned that teamwork is key to any success. I learned what it was like to be a part of something much greater than myself. That is knowledge that I have carried with me and will continue to apply in my civilian positions.
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Darrin Francom, chair of the ACC board, said staff will make sure to familiarize them selves with the kit and put it in an accessible place in the Civic Center.
“It’s a simple thing that we wanted to pro vide because we want you to know and under stand, yes, we’re here to respond to 911 calls, but more importantly, we want to be an added value member to your community, because we’re here as well,” he said at the meeting.
In advance of the first 2023 budget work session scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7, Doug Sutherland, chair of the Anthem Finance Commit tee gave a brief overview of the Anthem Community Council budget process at the Aug. 24 board meeting. Sutherland did not discuss any specif ics of the budget, but talked about some of the aspects and considerations that go into creating a budget. He said the finance committee actu ally met the day prior and had “a one and a half hour discussion about what are we with our finances and where are we going with our anticipated budget.”
Stop the Bleed is a national public aware ness campaign, launched in October 2015 by the White House, with a call to action to begin training more people to become im mediate responders until professional help arrives.Theevolution of the Stop the Bleed program was influenced by world events. In 2012, 20
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children and eight adults were casualties in a tragic mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elemen tary School in Newtown, CT. A concerned local trauma surgeon who was the chair of the Con necticut state committee on trauma and an ACS reagent, Dr. Lenworth M. Jacobs, Jr., FACS, convened a panel of national experts to evalu ate the response to such emergencies. The group met several times and developed expert recommendations on how to improve survival for people with severe bleeding. Be cause two of these early meetings were held in Hartford, their recommendations became known as the Hartford Consensus. From the Hartford Consensus, a national emergency response goal emerged to im prove victim survival following mass shoot ings and other intentional acts of mass vio lence by empowering trained bystanders to take life-saving action if quickly needed — regardless of the situation or cause of severe bleeding.According to the Stop the Bleed Coali tion, about 40% of trauma-related deaths worldwide are due to bleeding or its con sequences, making hemorrhage the most common cause of preventable death in trauma. On average, it takes three to five minutes for a person to bleed out, yet seven to 10 minutes for first responders to arrive, on average. The numbers speak for them selves — it is vital that more people have the training and tools to take action in the case of critical incidents.
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Sutherland added a big part of that con versation was in regard to sources of funding for the ACC — the reserve fund, enhancement fund and cash balance fund.The committee did not get into the “nitty gritty” of those funds during that discussion, but Sutherland said it plans to dive into those specificities at its next meeting, scheduled to take place the fol Anthem council gears up for its 2023 budget discussions
cident that recently occurred at Andrew Z Diamonds & Fine Jewelry, the department thought this training would be helpful. “We’re known as first responders, but you are the first initiators,” he said. “So, the folks that are actually there can have an extremely powerful impact.”
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A Stop the Bleed kit was donated by the de partment in partnership with HonorHealth and formally presented to the ACC at the Au gust 24th board of directors meeting. Jones said the kit has equipment that the ACC staff was introduced to during the training and is meant to be an emergency resource “if and when” critical incidents happen.
Rusty’s Resale Boutique, a thrift store owned and operated by Rusty’s Angels Sanctuary for se nior dogs, almost had to close its doors for good until community volunteers stepped up to help.
Emilee Spear, founding president of Rusty’s Angels Sanctuary and owner of Rusty’s Resale Boutique, said the store was opened to help raise funds for the sanctuary, located in New River. Howev er, she was recently forced to temporar ily close the store when the store man ager abruptly resigned and no one was there to run it. Spear said she was un sure what to do with the Anthem store moving forward, but knew she didn’t want to close it down permanently.
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“There are many factors at play right now in trying to decide what to do with our little store that everyone loves so much,” she said in a message sent out to the community. “I would like to share these with our community in hopes of getting the feedback I need that will allow me to make the appropriate de cisions for the next chapter of the bou tique.”One of those factors was that the bou tique’s lease ends in October, and Spear said the landlord recently agreed to let her rent monthto-month. This was a relief to not be locked in a yearlongAccordingcontract. to Spear, the biggest expenses of the store are rent, the store manager’s payroll and utili ties. However, with the store manager gone, Spear said she wondered if she could gather enough volunteers to keep the store running and cut out that expense.
A survey was sent out to everyone on the store and the sanctuary’s mailing list and it was also posted on the web site and on social media.
On average, after expenses, Spear said the store was bringing about $750 a month back to the sanctuary, and that number is anticipated to go up now that there is no payroll. Rusty’s Angels Sanctuary is a nonprof it organization dedicated to providing a safe and caring environment for senior and special needs canines. Through res 42211 N. 41st Drive, Suite A109, Anthem 623.399.8222 PremierWellnessAZ.com
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“I just wanted to get the communi ty’s feedback on what they thought of the store, if they had shopped there, if they had donated items, and then their advice or opinion on ways we could im prove,” Spear said. Within three days of sending out the survey, she received about 100 respons es, with more than 20 people saying they would be willing to volunteer at the store to help keep it open. That was the show of support she needed to feel confident Rusty’s Resale Boutique could remain open.
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This little store model is named Ruby Roo and she’s actually a Rusty’s Angels Sanctuary alumni who comes back to visit with her new owner. (Rusty’s Resale Boutique/Submitted)
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“All members of the committee are in tending to meet with the board in our Sept. 7 meeting,” Sutherland said. “The commit tee is prepared to get into it in greater de tail and will be prepared to make sugges tions and recommendations to the board at the appropriate time.”
10 THE FOOTHILLS FOCUS | THEFOOTHILLSFOCUS.COM | AUGUST 31, 2022NEWS cue, foster, adoption, education and hos pice, it creates secure nurturing homes for these dogs to live out their twilight years. Spear founded the organization after she had what she said was a life changing experience with an older dog that no one else wanted.
A lot of the sanctuary’s dogs are ad opted by people in their late 70s or ear ly 80s who have actually been turned down by other rescue centers because of their age. Spear said that is “so un fortunate,” and for Rusty’s Angels, a se nior dog is the perfect companion for an older adult. And, in those cases, the sanctuary requires the person to put something in their will that if something were to happen to them, the dog would go back to Rusty’s Angels for continued care.Spear said the support from the com munity has blown her away. In fact, peo ple were so supportive that the sanctu ary ended up with more than they knew what to do with.
The Wednesday, Sept. 7 budget work session will be held in the Anthem Civic Center and is open to residents. Based on the 2023 budget schedule laid out by the committee, there will be at least one oth er work session that is currently sched uled for Wednesday, Oct. 5. The budget is expected to be finalized by the board at the Wednesday, Oct. 26 regular meeting.
According to Sutherland, the finance committee has been paying close atten tion to the evolving economic status of the country as a whole, and has taken those factors into account.
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“About 10 and a half years ago, I res cued a really old schnauzer named Rusty. At that point, I was a vet tech working at a no kill shelter… I fostered him for about two months and in that timeframe, I learned just how much of a train wreck he was,” she said. “I thought, ‘nobody’s going to adopt this dog, he’s going to die alone in the shelter.’ So, I adopted him and he lived another two and a half years. In that time, I discovered my true calling and what I’m supposed to be doing with my life.”She said Rusty taught her that ani mals deserve unconditional love to the very end. From that experience, Spear started jotting down ideas about creat ing a space for older dogs and ended up founding Rusty’s Angels Sanctuary in New River in 2014.
“When you run a rescue facility, more than anything, people donate supplies… What we found was that because our adoption numbers aren’t what you’d see from a place with puppies, we had an abundance of supplies,” Spear ex plained.“Everyone who adopts from us gets a bag full (of supplies). We set them up so they have everything they need in
cluding food, treats, bowls, leash, collar, bed, blankets, toys, a kennel — all of it. And we still had an abundance. So that’s when the idea of a thrift store came up.”
“All of us are fully cognizant and aware of where the economy is and isn’t,” he said.“We are fully aware of the uncer tainty of the economy, fully aware that the feds are still meeting and trying to decide what to do, so each of these activ ities and decisions being made by other will have an effect on our revenues, as well as how our investments are being maintained and what kind of decisions we are going to have to make in order to be able to ensure that our funds stay as healthy as we possibly can.”
lowing week. At that meeting, Senior Fi nance Director Paul Conley will go over budget and finance information provid ed by each department.
“We rescue dogs over the age of 10, all breeds, and we take care of all their medical needs. Then we look at their medical, behavior and age and decide if they’re adoptable or not. If they are adoptable, we work really hard to find the perfect match. It’s our goal that the home we find is their last home, we don’t want them shuffling back and forth. If we decide they’re not adoptable for any reason, the sanctuary becomes their home for the rest of their life, whether it’s two week, two months or two years.”
Now, in the eight a half years the sanc tuary has been open, it has rescued 335 dogs and had 186 adoptions. Spear said while that number may seem miniscule compared to a shelter that rescues pup pies, her focus has always been on qual ity over quantity. Because the dogs who aren’t adopted stay at the sanctuary un til the end of their life, a quick turnover isn’t exactly the goal. And, for the dogs who do get adopted, Spear said it takes time to find the right match. According to Spear, most of the res cues come to the sanctuary because their owner has passed away or has moved into a nursing home situation and the dog has nowhere to go. When starting the sanctuary, one of her fears was that people wouldn’t want to care for senior dogs, but, thankfully, that hasn’t been the case.
So, Rusty’s Resale Boutique opened in October 2019 as a way to give back some of those unused supplies while still benefiting the sanctuary. While the doors are still temporari ly closed, Spear said over the next few weeks, she is going to contact the volun teers and get them trained. The goal is to have a soft opening in the last week of September and then a grand reopen ing on the store’s third anniversary on Wednesday, Oct. 5.
“A lot of people are hesitant, because they focus on the imminent loss that could be soon,” she admitted. “But once someone adopts a senior, what they realize is it’s life changing and very re warding. The dog is absolutely thank ful, and you can feel it. Typically, peo ple who adopt from us come back and adopt again and again.”
Once the doors open, Spear said the biggest thing people can do to help is just come in and shop. While it is technically a thrift store, most people don’t know that just walking in. Some of the items donated still have tags on and Spear said it really feels more like a boutique. In the meantime, she said the survey will remain up for people to offer their input, and people are encouraged to vol unteer or donate.
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Early Aug. 24, President Joe Biden doddered to the White House mi crophone and announced the for giveness of an estimated $300 billion in student loan debt. The plan, should it survive court chal lenges, will wave a magic wand at $10,000 in debt for borrowers making less than $125,000 a year and up to $20,000 for Pell grant recipients.
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Labor Day pays tribute to the working class
BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Foothills Focus StudentColumnist debt giveaway underscores bigger problem
The reaction? The usual partisan the atrics. Liberal Democrat Sen. Elizabeth War ren nearly broke both hands applauding Biden: “This is one of the biggest acts of consumer debt relief in American history, and it will directly help hardworking peo ple who borrowed money to go to school because they didn’t come from a family that could write a big check.”
Labor Day is coming, and August will soon be in our rearview mirror. This is the one holiday to celebrate and honor the hard work that we all do. Every sin gle day. Even if you are retired, you can feel proud of all those hours you logged in and celebrate your accomplishments. Originated over 100 years ago, it is one of the few national holidays that was cre ated for no person, war or religion, but for the common working stiff — you and me. When Labor Day originated with a parade in 1882, it was to recognize the backbreaking work, long hours and mea sly wages that many Americans endured just to survive. The working conditions were rough for the labor force, which in cluded children, who were out there dig ging ditches, building bridges, railways, roads and schools. Maybe Labor Day is a holiday that cel ebrates the very thing that Americans do best. We work hard! In other countries, workers may take longer vacations, have shorter work weeks and see nothing wrong with closing up shops for months at a time. Germany has invoked a law that an employer cannot contact an employee about any job-related issues after 6 p.m. and never on weekends. It seems that folks in foreign countries might be pam pered. Feeling stressed? In France, you might get to go to a 10-day spa in order to rejuvenate. Tax dollars pay for this. Hmm, so very un-American. Most folks think that Labor Day has lost its true meaning. It has become just another shallow three-day weekend and an excuse for more retail sales. Over the years, Labor Day represents the unoffi cial end of summer, start of football, be ginning of school and one last barbecue. An estimated 137 million Americans will travel this coming weekend. Proba bly half of them will be stuck in the park ing lot, better known as I-17. The other millions will be at airports trying to get from point A to B without a delay, can cellation or lost bag. Good luck! In other words, just going somewhere to relax can be very stressful. My girlfriend likes to write down every task she has done for the past year so that on Labor Day she can reflect. She calls it “work journaling.” OK, but is this really a good idea? When she realized that she made 330 dinners, washed 200 loads of clothes, had 300 Zoom meetings and mucked stalls for two horses 620 times, it seemed more like a horror movie flashing before her eyes. Never count all the tasks you have done in a year! This is not a way to “reflect” or enjoy a three-day weekend! This is the time when we consid er autumn, with the promise of cooler days, longer nights, pumpkin spice aro mas and fewer weeds to cut. Oh, and go ahead, dare to relax every now and then. It is good for the body and soul. But please don’t think about all the hours you have toiled in your life since that could be upsetting. Hopefully you can enjoy the “fruits of your labor” all year long.Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Real tor. Have a comment or a story? Email her at judy@judybluhm.com.
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Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell was apoplectic: “President Biden’s student loan socialism is a slap in the face to ev ery family who sacrificed to save for col lege, every graduate who paid their debt, and every American who chose a certain career path or volunteered to serve in our armed forces in order to avoid taking on debt. This policy is astonishingly unfair.” My reaction? It was what kids today would abbreviate as “SMH,” for shaking myIt’shead.all the response I can muster any more for the predictable screeching that arises whenever the government — local, state or federal — does anything. Depending on the decision maker, whether it’s a MAGA hat Trump acolyte or someone who worships at the altar of Old Joe Santa on the left, forever giving away cash, record inflation be damned, it’s yet another moment to exhort or complain, so long as you root, root, root for the home team. Here’s a thought that borrows another social media acronym: How about you all STFU and spare the rest of us your talking points?
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Now, “My Plate” offers official federal food guidance… and has for over a de cade. Despite this, everyday Americans seem to encounter new “nutritional studies” — well, everyday. That includes one from the University of Michigan that was curi ously released one month after Indepen dence Day. Did you enjoy a hot dog on July Fourth?
Critics were unsparing in their scorn. The most common complaint dealt with style as well as substance. Ameri cans associate success with the top… not the bottom. Accordingly, the advice of the agriculture department was to “invert the pyramid.” (Sound familiar?) Adding “fat to the fire” was a failure to recognize research extolling the benefits of unsaturated fats in weight loss, as well the lowering of blood sugar and choles terolButlevels.blood pressure levels increased on the banks of the Potomac with accusa tions of “lactose tolerance” — allegations that the dairy lobby “milked” the benefits of the pyramid with larger visuals that made their products easier to recognize. USDA bureaucrats recognized they had created problems with the pyramid, but like most government workers, they were slow to embrace needed changes. Finally, in 2011, the pyramid transmog rified into a “personalized plate.”
Whatever the history of ancient Egypt, there’s one “pyramid” that’s not shrouded in mystery. It’s the “food pyramid,” which attract ed quite a bit of controversy following its “construction.”Babyboomers can be forgiven if they carry a vague recollection of this dietary diagram from the scratchy, sprocket threaded, 16 millimeter monochromat ic motion pictures featured during their school days so long ago. Actually, “official” recognition of the food pyramid did not occur until 1992. That’s when the U.S. Department of Ag riculture (USDA) introduced its own ver sion, alternatively called the “Food Guide Pyramid” or the “Eating Right Pyramid.”
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Of course, Washington being Washing ton, that development was not met with widespread unanimity… but at least the disagreements about “eating right” didn’t break down along the traditional political lines of left versus right. Instead, disputes developed over the federal approach to nutritional “multilevel marketing.”
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The USDA was all about inclusion at the base of the pyramid, grouping bread, cereal, rice and pasta together, suggesting six to 11 daily servings. On the next lev el, vegetables and fruits shared elevated status, with guidance of three to five serv ings of veggies and two to four helpings of Thefruit.penultimate placements belonged to milk, cheese and yogurt on one side and meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nuts on the other… with both group ings listing suggested servings of two to threeAnd,daily.atthe top, what most nutrition ists in the early ’90s considered the “bot tom feeders” among consumables: fats, sweets and oils… with the admonition to “use sparingly.”
And Warren, who’s rarely met a gov ernment giveaway she didn’t like, didn’t celebrate President Trump’s $2 trillion CARES Act spending spree, which includ ed $500 billion in checks for individuals and $350 billion in Paycheck Protection Program loans to business owners — in cluding all sorts of millionaires who, uh, maybe didn’t need the cash. After a day of back and forth in the media — and a few text messages from friends celebrating or attacking Biden’s decision — I found myself transfixed by a moment that crystallizes the entire ar gument.Toward the end of Biden’s 20 minutes of self-congratulation, a reporter shouted a reasonable question at the man: “Is this unfair to people who paid their student loans or chose not to take out loans?”Biden, almost to the door, turned back to deliver a one-liner. “Is it fair to peo ple who, in fact, do not own multi-bil lion-dollar businesses if they see one of these guys getting all the tax breaks? Is that fair? What do you think?”
An article in the Aug. 4 edition of The US Sun claims you might have cut more than a half-hour from your life span for indulg ing. Researchers in Ann Arbor claim that summertime staple may put nails in your coffin 36.3 minutes sooner than a nonhot dog eater. Scientists conducting the study said they calculated the direct influence of 6,000 various meals, snacks and drinks. They claim that if someone who eats beef and processed pork products would ex change just 10% of their caloric intake for plant-based food, those “enlightened eaters” could gain an extra 48 minutes of life per day. No word on who financed the study, but it sounds as if the U of M has engaged in dubious scholarship to promote its school colors: “Eat maize so you won’t turn blue!” Rightly skeptical folks could reflexively suggest that the research is flawed, since it compares apples to oranges, in a man ner of Eitherspeaking.way,“wrong eating” Egyptolo gists might point out that the pyramids they study were built as burial sites for theThepharaohs.takeaway?
Enjoy what you like in moderation Be sure to exercise and get the sleep you need. And realize that, despite our best (or worst) efforts, we all will one day en counter the same fate as the pharaohs… without a grand pyramid to house our re mains or a “food pyramid” to follow… thankfully.
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The rest of us being the approximate ly 250 million Americans not registered as Republicans or Democrats and/or the 150 million Americans who didn’t vote for either Biden or Donald Trump in 2020.Why such hard feelings? It’s the glaring hypocrisy.In2008, when Lehman Brothers, AIG and Wall Street irresponsibility crashed the American economy, McCo nnell led the way on a $700 billion bail out of the rich, which he lauded as “one of the finest moments in the history of the Senate.”
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“Two wrongs don’t make a right,” my mother liked to say. Then again, my mother never held public office in this country, because she had common sense and disliked reward ing poor decision making, two qualities that would have rendered her unfit to serve in 21st century politics. from 12
It was the type of explanation that nev er would have flown with my parents, who worked hard to help me pay the col lege costs scholarships did not cover.
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F or many, abortion as a form of birth control should be consid ered a homicide. For others, any restriction on a woman’s ability to control whether she delivers a baby is a sexist violation of a basic human right.Aswe attempt to have an ongoing national discussion on these issues, it is impossible to do so unless everyone has a common reference point. Most of the people who argue passionate ly about Roe v. Wade has likely never read the case. Many, if not most, mis understand what it actually said. By way of background, in 1965, the Supreme Court established a consti tutional right to privacy in Griswold v. Connecticut. The court did not rely on the actual text of the Constitution. Instead, it held that the guarantees listed in the Bill of Rights created pen umbras. In short, the spirit of the Con stitution established a constitutional right to privacy without any need to amend the Constitution’s actual lan guage.In1973, the Supreme Court extend ed this right to privacy to invalidate state restrictions on abortion in Roe v. Wade. However, Roe v. Wade did not hold that women have an unlimited constitutional right to an abortion. In Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court divided a pregnancy into trimesters and held that the right of a woman to have an abortion varied depending on the amount of time she has been pregnant. During the first trimester, a state government could not regulate abortion. During the second, the state could impose restrictions. During the last trimester, the state could regulate abortions and could even prohibit them entirely.
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If you get your information from something other than cable news or social media, you will discover that most people do not have absolute views on abortion. Some pro-choice advocates tend to use examples of stu dents becoming pregnant after a rape. Some pro-life advocates tend to use examples of women ending their preg nancies after eight months. However, those cases are comparatively rare, which is why most people are either pro-life with exceptions or pro-choice withAlthoughlimits. it is possible to perform a Google search and to find women who claim to be proud of their abortion, I have never heard anyone say, “I think abortions are a great idea. I think all women should have at least three.”
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FEATURES fore the fetus was viable. As medical science advanced, this point would move closer to the date of concep tion. She therefore concluded that Roe v. Wade was “clearly on a collision course with itself.”
While a unanimous consensus on abortion is a practical impossibility, perhaps everyone could agree to seek ways to make abortions rare. Judge Gerald A. Williams is the justice of the peace for the North Valley Justice Court. That court’s jurisdiction includes Glendale, Phoenix, Anthem, and Desert Hills. In prior positions, he served as an attorney representative to medical center bioethics committees. Community graffiti
On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and held there is no federal constitutional right to an abortion. Nothing in the Dobbs decision prohibits abortions. But now, a state government can re strict, or even prohibit, abortions as long as the state has a rational basis for believing that the restriction serves a legitimate government interest. In the Dobbs case, the Supreme Court applied this rational basis test to a Mississippi law that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks (except for medical emergency or severe fetal abnormality) and found it to be constitutional. If you strongly support our constitu tional structure of separation of pow ers, and if you believe it defeats the purpose of having a written constitu tion if the words do not mean what they say, then you may view the Dobbs decision as being correct and logical. People who hold such a view may sup port the Roe trimester framework as a statute, even if they oppose it being announced in case law. However, that does not end the analysis. Bioethics issues surrounding abor tion often generate difficult discus sions. For example, there are pregnan cy related conditions that cannot pro duce a baby, such as ectopic or molar pregnancies. Women undergoing fer tility treatment may seek embryo re duction in order to prevent unhealthy multiple births. What if the mother needs to be treated for cancer? Should treating any of these medical condi tions be considered an abortion?
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Pastor Ed Delph Foothills Focus Columnist Run from those who exploit you, turn to God
Let me introduce you to a couple you may have heard about from your Sunday school days. The couple was once the king and queen of Israel. Their names were Ahab and Jezebel.Mostlikely, you have heard about Je zebel. You wouldn’t have wanted to get on her wrong side. She was large and in charge even though her husband, Ahab, was the king of Israel. Jezebel means brazen, shameless or morally unrestrained without cohabitation. Her calling card would say, “Whether right or wrong, I get what I want.” Here’s an incident that happened years ago. King Ahab, prone to child like tantrums and coveting, saw a vine yard he wanted for a vegetable garden near his palace. Ahab’s problem was the vineyard was owned by a citizen named Naboth. So Ahab offered to buy the vineyard. But Naboth replied, “The Lord forbid I should give you the inher itance of my ancestors.” Ahab went home angry, sulking, re fusing to eat. Jezebel asked Ahab why he was in a bad mood. Ahab told her what had happened. Jezebel respond ed, “Is this how you act as king over Israel? Get up and eat! Cheer up. I’ll get you the vineyard of Naboth the Jez reelite.”Andget the vineyard, Jezebel did. Jezebel hired two “scoundrels” to lie and testify Naboth had cursed God and the king. So, the hired hands took Naboth outside the city and stoned him to death. Notice the pattern; lies, false witnesses, hired crowds and taking away property. I guess whatever “Lola wants, Lola gets” — for a while. There’s a fundamental difference be tween weakness and wickedness. Ahab had fleshly ego-driven weaknesses. Je zebel was wicked. Ahab had an issue of the head. Jezebel had an issue of the heart. Ahab was clue less and spoiled. Jezebel was intentional and diabolical. Note that Ahabs and Je zebels are a type, not a gender. This ex ample isn’t a male-female issue. There were heaps of Jezebel kings in Israel’s past. In this case, Ahab’s weakness was Jezebel’s passport into controlling a na tion. Jezebel types look for weak people like Ahab to influence and control. You can’t be a puppeteer if you don’t have a puppet.Inone sense, each one empowered the other. Ahab’s self-absorption, spoiled childish ways and slothfulness created space for Jezebel’s hubris and ambition. The wickedness in her ruled Israel through Ahab’s weakness. Ahab gave his authority or right to govern to Jezebel, and Jezebel gladly took it. Together, they ruled Israel for years. God is patient, even with weak kings and wicked queens for a while. God gave them, as he gives us, every chance to make a turn and change for the bet ter. But just because God is patient doesn’t mean God condones intention al dysfunctional behavior forever. At the appointed time, God sent a prophet named Elijah to make the king and queen aware their actions have consequences. Why did God prophet ically warn them? Because the king and queen’s issues were hurting them selves, their people and the nation. That’s called love in action. King Ahab got upset (again) that God’s message through Elijah was stopping him from getting his way all the time. Jezebel flew into a rage (again). How dare Elijah or God curtail Ahab and Je zebel’s ambitions? You don’t challenge the actions and attitudes of people like Jezebel without creating ramifications of rage. Jezebel types don’t get even. They get revenge. Puppeteers and peo ple “without cohabitation” don’t like it when someone upsets their puppet. Sometimes we think someone is wicked when they have a weakness. We see this in the play called “Wick ed.” Conversely, we assume someone is weak when they are cruel. Don’t be too quick to judge. Learn to discern. Watch their example. Watch who is attracted to them and who is repelled by them. Is what they do primarily for your good or their desire? The problem with any nation, society or community is it takes an Ahab to cre ate a Jezebel. The character of the king or queen permeates the kingdom. Isra el languished and mourned because of Ahab’s head and Jezebel’s heart for a while. But people like Ahab and Jezebel generally don’t end very well. These two “experts” eventually became ex-spurts… shooting stars that were bright for a moment and then quickly burnt up. Let me quote a Bible verse about Je zebel that will surprise you. It’s Jesus talking about Jezebel. “And I gave her time to change directions, but she has no intention of changing directions…” Revelation 2:19. That’s love. Consider this, leaders and people ar en’t punished for their mistakes. Lead ers and people are punished by their mistakes.I’mnot being harsh or hardhearted here. On the contrary, this article is ex hortation and encouragement. I’m just trying to make us aware of real life. We all have weaknesses, but some have just a bit more weaknesses than oth ers. That could be dangerous, whoever we are. Why? Because the more weak nesses we have, the more desirable we are for weak or even wicked people who need more vulnerable people to advance their agenda. Don’t run from God to the perpe trator of weakness or wickedness. In stead, run to God, the provider of well ness. Transform your weakness or your wickedness into wellness. Be empow ered for life abundantly. God loves you, and he approved this message.
Veterans started as an idea between two colleagues who saw a way to fill a need. Also known as Desert Dogs, the concept was simple — people need to get rid of their junk and veterans who have a hard time ad justing need work. Why not put them together?Navyveteran Anthony Calderon and Lacey Rank, who served in the Phoe nix Police Department, founded Desert Dogs to provide veterans employment, housing and a long-term opportunity to work and grow with a company that un derstands that the transition from mili tary to civilian life can be difficult.
“We work with the Phoenix Veterans Administration to hire veterans who are displaced, who are coming home and having a hard time transitioning,” Cal deron“Manysaid.of these that we work with have had prior drug offenses or other felonies that have precluded them from getting other jobs. But our motto is that we care about who you are today, not who you were yesterday.”
While continuing to work with the Phoenix VA, Desert Dogs recently ex panded to Prescott and the Prescott Val ley VA. It also partners with U.S. Vets, a nonprofit organization that runs home less shelters for veterans, to find veter ans looking for work. Desert Dogs offers more than jobs. Veterans are offered a place to stay.
“We can put them in our home and charge them rent — a low rent — but they are able to build up their credit. Then by working with us, they make money, and they usually stay in our house around six to eight months before they’re able to save up enough money and improve their credit enough to get an apartment on their own,” Calderon said.“And then they continue working with us and obviously hopefully continue to build that life back. So, that’s kind of our goal, not just to employ them, but if they need housing then to provide them housing and help them get back on their feet.”Calderon served in the early ’80s, out BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
Desert Dogs was founded by Anthony Calderon, a Navy veteran, and Lacey Rank, who served in the Phoe nix Police Department, to provide veterans employment, housing and support. (Desert Dogs/Submitted)
Desert Dogs is providing veteran jobs
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Calderon and Rank worked togeth er at a company with a similar vision. When that company went under, Cal deron and Rank opened Desert Dogs to continue that mission.
Desert Dogs was founded in 2020 and has grown from about four people and a single truck to over 60 employed veterans and 22 trucks. (Desert Dogs/Submitted)
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Desert Dogs launched in January 2020, and Calderon said it was an imme diate success. The company, located just south of Desert Ridge, landed contracts with local home builders to do clean up and compliance. Since then, Desert Dogs has expanded in every way — its employees, its services and its coverage area.“We began with one truck and about four people,” Calderon said. “Today, we have 64 employees and 22 trucks.”
“Our goal is to celebrate them any chance we get,” Calderon said. “So, if there’s a reason to have a party, we have a party.”Seeing how successful the company has been with jobs and in its mission of helping veterans, Calderon said they are looking to replicate that success within and beyond Arizona. Desert Dogs plans to have a Tucson location open by the end of the year. On a bigger scale, Cal deron said VA offices in Portland and Eugene, Oregon, have proposed part nerships. Calderon said he hopes to move into other areas where the com pany can partner with the Veterans Ad ministration. N. Drive, Suite A 118, AZ
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“We do random drug tests, and if they don’t pass the drug test then we will put them through rehab,” Calderon said. “If they refuse rehab, we have to let them go just for legal reasons, but if they go to rehab and they get better, their job is there for them when they get back. We understand that it’s not always the first time you quit that you actually quit for good… Those that want to be helped, we absolutely do it.”
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Co-owner Anthony Calderon said the company is a “second chance” em ployer, understanding that life is a rollercoaster. (Desert Dogs/Submitted)
Dogs is forgiving of past issues and even tries to help employees work through current issues.
The goal is to help veterans get back on their feet and set them up for success. Even within the com pany, Calderon said there is a lot of opportunity for growth. Most people start on a truck doing junk removal for $16 an hour, but they can do training to move up to more skilled labor ser vices, where they can make $23 to $25 anInhour.fact, the human resources, oper ations and skilled labor directors all started on the ground level and grew into management positions. Once the employees get training and experience under their belt, Calderon said it’s common for them to get job offers from other companies. Some choose to stay with Desert Dogs — even with lower pay. “I’m not sure if it’s a military thing or just personal, but there’s a lot of pride in who you work for and a lot of devo tion for those who have shown you the type of respect that maybe other people didn’t,” he said. More so, Calderon said a lot of the veterans just appreciate being around like-minded people who are going through similar struggles. According to Calderon, about half of the employees don’t have a driver’s license, so every morning, they are picked up in the truck and ride to work together. They have a lot of time to talk, and Calderon said a lot of them find it therapeutic.
In addition, Desert Dogs has Thanks giving and Christmas feasts every year. It also provides fun outings like bowling and ax throwing just to remind everyone that they are valued and appreciated.
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This will be the first time a shot clock will be used for AIA-sanctioned high school basketball in the state. Although a conference voted on whether to adopt rules outlined by the National Federation of High School Athletics that include a 35-second shot clock on each end of the court, and detailed rules for the officials and clock operators. The 6A through 3A conferences voted to adopt the rules; 2A and 1A did not.
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Talk about a game-changer. After years of overwhelming support, the Arizona Interscholas tic Association will add a 35-second shot clock to Arizona high school basketball in the 6A through 3A conferences.
“The shot clock is going to change the game,” said De’Rahn Stinson, coach of Raymond S. Kellis High School in Glen dale. “It’s going to make games faster and clock with a motion offense, and deci sions on each offensive possession will have to be quicker. Stinson also believes the shot clock gives an advantage to teams that play great de fense. Teams with a strong defense when possession length was controlled by the offense should experience even higher levels of success with possessions limited to 35 Coachseconds.Lucas Ramirez of Saguaro High School in Scottsdale sees the installation of shot clocks helping to prepare his play “From a basketball standpoint, and just improving the game, I think it’s very ben eficial,” Ramirez said. “It translates to the next level where everyone has a shot clock on the collegiate stage. If that’s what we want to prepare our guys for, then it’s fan tastic.”Some hold the opinion that the addition of the shot clock is unnecessary because, according to NCAA research, only 3.4% of high school basketball players go on to play any level of college basketball. But Stinson disagrees.
“It’s true that not everyone will play col lege, but everybody should want to strive to be better than what they are right now,” Stinson said.
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Snowflake High’s shot clock issues, however, stem from uncontrollable sup ply-chain issues.
“We ordered our clocks in the spring.
“But because of manufacturing issues, the product will not be in until the end of July, and we still need to schedule a crew to come up here and install it.”
The addition of a shot clock will un doubtedly change Arizona high school basketball, most believe for the better. “(The shot clock) adds to the atmo sphere and makes it feel like you’re in the NBA for some kids,” Stinson said. “Because this is the highest level some kids will ever play. (Varsity) high school basketball is theirForNBA.”more stories from Cronkite News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org.
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“It adds a new dimension for the refer ees to focus on and another dimension for the scorer’s table,” Harris said. “But I be lieve it will be figured out in time.”
A majority of issues with the new rules come from the production, delivery and installation of the shot clocks.
Schools operate financially between July 1 and June 30, and we were told it would be in and up by June 30,” Standerfer said.
Coach Ray Portela of Sunnyslope High School in Phoenix believes the change is a step in the right direction toward lishing consistency with high school bas ketball rules across the country.
“I just think if we’re all kind of on the same page and parallel, it’s just going to help our game out so there’s no confu sion,” Portela said.
Saguaro athletic director Matt Harris has high school and college basketball coaching experience, most recently as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ari zona Christian University in Glendale. At the college level, Harris remembers stop pages in almost every game as the refer ee checked the scorer’s table to adjust or sync the shot clock.
Standerfer also expressed a concern held by many athletic departments across the state: Will they be able to find quali fied people to operate the shot clocks?
Kevin Standerfer, the athletic director at Snowflake High School in Snowflake, said his coaches are all for the new rule. They are excited to see how the rule change af fects game pace and scoring. He related the rule change to the addi tion of the three-point line in 1987 and how many opposed to shot clocks are bringing up the same hypotheticals that were used back then.
A 35-second shot clock will be part of the 202223 basketball season for 6A to 3A Arizona high schools. Although most coaches embrace the addition, they caution that shot clocks will re quire a learning curve. (Fox Sports North/Submitted)
“I just think it’s one of the rule changes that we’re going to have to adapt to sooner or later,” Portela said. “Everyone wants to have the same experience. No one wants to feel that they’re any lower than anyone else.”Portela spoke about how his teams have played in many out-of-state tournaments, some with a shot clock and some without. He believes that a more consistent set of rules between states would be beneficial for the game overall.
“Did (the three-point line) affect the game some? I would say it did,” Stander fer said. “At the start of a possession, you would try to inch closer and closer to take the closest shot possible. Now, players learn to stay back 18 to 20 feet so they can step into their three-point shot. There was a learning curve, but we adapted.”
Standerfer said Snowflake High handled the cost of the clocks, but he has heard that other northern Arizona schools have had issues getting the necessary funding. Some schools have outdated main score boards, which would not integrate with a shot clock and would require a replace ment of the entire scoreboard system.
“My biggest concern is going to be find ing someone who understands the rules,” Standerfer said. “And not just in Snowflake but anywhere you go, there’s going to be a learning curve over the next few years.”
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INFORMATION: The BOP has filed an application requesting the extension of the withdrawal and reservation of 70 acres established by PLO No. 6493 (48 FR 56227), as extended by PLO No. 7474 (65 FR 80907), which are incorporated herein by refe rence. The BOP has requested that the withdrawal be extended for an additional 20-year term and the land reserved for use by the BOP for support facilities at the Federal Correctional Institution-Phoenix, subject to valid existing rights. There are no suitable alternative sites available. No water rights would be needed to fulfill the purpose of this withdrawal extension.
DATES: Comments and requests for a public meeting must be received by November 15, 2022. ADDRESSES: All comments and meeting requests should be sent to the BLM Arizona State Office, 1 North Central Avenue, Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004; faxed to (602) 417-9452; or sent by email to BLM_AZ_Withdrawal_Comments@blm.gov. The BLM will not consider comments via telephone calls.
SUMMARY: The United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the Secretary of the Interior to extend the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 6493, as extended by PLO No. 7474, for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 6493, which as extended by PLO 7474 will currently expire on December 23, 2023, withdrew 70 acres of public lands from settlement, sale, location, or entry under the general land laws, including the United States mining laws, but not from leasing under the mineral leasing laws, subject to valid existing rights, and reserved the land for use by the BOP for support facilities at the Federal Correctional Institution–Phoenix, in Maricopa County, Arizona. This notice provides for the public to comment and request a public meeting for the 20-year withdrawal extension application.
Notice is hereby given that comments or request for an opportunity for a public meeting is afforded in connection with this withdrawal extension. All interested persons who desire a public meeting for the purpose of being heard on the requested withdrawal extension must submit a written request to the State Director, BLM Arizona State Office at the address in the ADDRESSES section by November 15, 2022. If the BLM authorized officer determines that a public meeting will be held, a notice of the date, time, and place will be published in the Federal Register and a local newspaper at least 30 days before the scheduled date of the meetBeforeing. including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask BLM in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
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