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While the rest of Arizona celebrates Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month in March, staff from Triebold Paleontology spent some time preserving pre-historic finds at Petrified Forest National Park. “About 30 years ago, some of the fossil animals...Read more...

Art And Science Join Hands To Recreate Skeletons Of The Past

Staff from Triebold Paleontology, including President Mike Triebold and Kerri MacMillan, spent about a week at Petrified Forest National Park recently creating casts and molds of specimens on display at the Rainbow Museum. They will now create new molds to replace those that are missing or deteriorating. “No one ever made master casts from the molds 30 years ago, some of the molds were lost, and the molds are getting fragile,” Triebold explained.

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Snowflake High School To Host State Speech/Debate Tourney Snowflake High School will host from 300 to 500 students from all over the state at the 1A-3A State Speech and Debate Tournament scheduled on Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20. Steven Moles, the... Read more...	World War I Display Added At Taylor Museum Photo by Naomi Hatch The Taylor Museum, located at the corner of Center and Main streets, has a display of war memorabilia owned by local residents. Melvin Denham served in World War II, and most... Read more...
Abatement Issues Top City’s List There are many buildings and lots in Holbrook that have fallen into various states of disrepair. Some have broken windows or sagging roofs, or the remains of vehicles and broken down sheds or... Read more...	Contractor’s Bankruptcy Halts School Construction School construction has come to a halt in the Snowflake School District due to a bankruptcy filing by Niche, the contractor hired to build new classrooms at each site in the district. “To our... Read more...
Legislature Finally Passes Budget, But Relies On Voters To Provide Funding State legislators passed a budget on Thursday that slashes nearly $1.1 billion from programs such as education and health care in fiscal year 2010-11. The budget, however, does leave the juvenile... Read more...	High Country Bandit Suspects Are Nabbed Two Linden men believed to be the notorious High Country Bandits were arrested by FBI agents at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 11, in connection with a four-state spree of armed bank and credit union... Read more...
JCFA Barbecue, Auction Planned The annual Joseph City Fireman’s Association Barbecue and Auction will be held on Saturday, March 20, at the Joseph City Fire House. Barbecue will be served from 12 noon to 2 p.m. for $7 for a large... Read more...

Sports

SJHS Boys Win Championship The Snowflake Junior High School eighth grade boys’ basketball team earned the championship at the... Read more...	Lady Bulldogs Edge Payson, 6-5 The Winslow Lady Bulldogs defeated the Payson Lady Longhorns 6-5 on one of the most unusual plays... Read more...
Bulldogs Nip Payson, 4-3 The Winslow Bulldogs remained undefeated with a tough 4-3 victory over the Payson Longhorns in... Read more...	Volleyball Tourney Opens March 27 T’iisyaakin Residential Hall will sponsor a Midnight Madness Volleyball Tournament, hosted by the... Read more...

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Gwendolyn ‘Peggy’ Lisitzky

Gwendolyn “Peggy” Lisitzky, 76, a longtime resident of Holbrook, passed away in Flagstaff Medical...

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