By Naomi Hatch The Snowflake Heritage Foundation is gearing up for its annual Twelve Days of Christmas celebration, and encourages everyone to decorate their homes and businesses for the Christmas season. In 1999 the foundation came up with a theme for the town, “Snowflake, the town where the Christmas spirit lives all year long.” To Read More…
Mary E. Schultz, 85, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, in Winslow. Funeral services were held Nov. 26 at Maranatha Assembly of God Church in Winslow. Interment followed in Desert View Cemetery in Winslow. She was born on May 12, 1927, in Birdsprings. Mary was born of the Salt Clan for the Bitter Water Read More…
A dear father, brother-in-law, uncle and grandfather, Harry Randall Jr. died peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012, in Snowflake. Services will be held in California, nearby some of his nephews and one niece and their families. Harry Randall was born during World War I, and grew up in Oregon, the eldest of three children born Read More…
Bennie Frank Mason, 72, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, at his home in Taylor. He was born on May 5, 1940, in Carthage, Miss. Bennie had a heart of gold and would help anyone at any time. He was an electrician for 518 in Globe for many Read More…
Jack K. Lester, 77, of Indian Wells passed away on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, in Payson following a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, at the Holbrook Pentecostal Church of God, 823 Mission Lane, with a viewing beginning at 9 a.m. Interment will follow in the Holbrook Read More…
Robin Marvin Billie, 51, passed away on Friday, Nov. 23, 2012. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 30, at the Woodruff Ward Chapel of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Burial will follow in the Woodruff Cemetery. Viewings will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Read More…
A group of former Winslow residents who now live in Phoenix and the surrounding areas gathered Oct. 27 at Beardsley Park in Sun City West for their 13th annual potluck event. It was a beautiful 88° day. A crowd of 86 people attended, including Keith and Ann Jones, Harold and Charla Jo (Allen) Lee, Mary Read More…
By Sam Conner The Winslow High School wrestling team began its 2012-13 season with a 56-17 loss to the Holbrook Roadrunners in a dual meet held Monday in Winslow. Blane Foster got the Bulldogs off on the right foot when he pinned Samuel Plumb of Holbrook in the 106-pound match. Theron Johns of Holbrook pinned Read More…
The Old Trails Museum has been selected as one of six rural organizations to host the Arizona Humanities Council’s upcoming tour of the Smithsonian exhibition Journey Stories. As the grand opening site on the statewide tour, Winslow will host the exhibition at its partner venue, La Posada Hotel, from June 22 through Aug. 4, 2013. Read More…
By Greg Perkins Snowflake’s Lobos headed into Saturday’s semifinal round of the state football championships against the Blue Ridge Yellowjackets with a lot of confidence, having rolled off several straight wins to earn their shot at the defending champions. Unfortunately, Blue Ridge displayed why it is easily the best team in Division IV by routing Read More…