Crisis in Cottonwood
THE G-MAN INTERVIEWS: REVEREND JOHN-AARON BAUMANN
CRISIS IN COTTONWOOD
(The Case of Melissa Lawson)
Arizona Minister Says State, Local Media and Politicians Are Ignoring Surge in Homelessness
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Welcome.
In mid-September of this year, I received an email from Miss Melissa Lawson, a former resident of the state of Texas who relocated to Arizona in 2012. According to the email, she left Texas with the hope of obtaining a better life, in addition to placing her 14-year-old daughter in a more loving and positive environment. However, shortly after her arrival, things immediately began to take a turn for the worse as result of her inability to find work.
Miss Lawson, a woman with an IQ of 138, was thrust into poverty and moved into a dilapidated bus at a Cottonwood, Arizona junkyard. She now lives in an old camper on the site and lives without basic necessities. The stress and strain of the situation forced her to place her daughter in temporary foster care, a decision that she says she has come to regret.
She still has not been able to find work or visit her daughter on a consistent basis because of a lack of money for transportation. Miss Lawson went on to note that throughout her ordeal, city agencies and officials have done little to assist her with locating employment or affordable housing, which has only compounded the problem.
Melissa Lawson will be appearing in an upcoming episode to share her story. For now, her spiritual counselor and friend, Reverend John-Aaron Baumann, joins us to discuss what he calls a crisis in the Cottonwood community that's being ignored by the local media and local and state officials. Reverend Baumann is among a contingent of ministers in the Cottonwood area that have decided to go public in effort to end the devastation and help distressed families.
The interview was conducted via Skype on October 2, 2013.
EXTRA EDITION! (Interview with Old Bisbee Brewer)
We had a private tour with the brewer at Old Bisbee Brewing! Too much for the episode itself, but fun to see!
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Flagstaff police are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting that happened on Thursday night.
Officers were called to a Walmart store on Huntington Avenue before 10 p.m. for reports of an armed man in the parking lot. When officers arrived, they called to the man who was sitting in a truck before he fired his weapon at officers.
Police returned fire on the subject, killing him. He has since been identified as 29-year-old Flagstaff resident Sean D. Brady.
Police later found two rifles, a handgun, boxes of ammunition and spent casings in his truck. Police also say he had earlier had brandished a gun during a verbal altercation with somebody else about the man playing loud music.
Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
First Constitution signed Arizona and United States
President Taft approved Arizona's statehood as the 48th state on February 14, 1912.
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May Day 2010, Rally for Migrant Rights, Flagstaff, AZ
The Flagstaff community comes out to protest SB 1070.
CNM-area drivers see orange barrels, no construction crews
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Crisis in Cottonwood (Part II)
THE G-MAN INTERVIEWS: MELISSA LAWSON
'If CPS Takes My Daughter Away, I Don't Know What I'll Do'
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Welcome.
In the previous episode, Reverend John-Aaron Baumann revealed that he and other ministers have united to try and address homelessness and increasing unemployment among residents of Cottonwood, Arizona.
In effort to illustrate the dire circumstances that many in the area are facing, Reverend Baumann shared the story of Melissa Lawson, a Texas native who relocated to Cottonwood with her 13-year-old-daughter in 2012.
As noted earlier, Miss Lawson, a woman with an IQ of 238, was thrust into poverty as a result of her inability to find work. With no money and nowhere to go, she moved into a dilapidated bus at a Cottonwood junkyard. She now lives in an old camper on the site without basic necessities. The stress and strain of the situation forced her to place her daughter in temporary foster care, which has created an ever-widening gap between the embattled mother and her estranged daughter.
Miss Lawson has repeatedly and vehemently stated that city agencies and officials have done little to assist her, and many others that are suffering, in locating employment or affordable housing. In this very special episode, Melissa Lawson explains how her dream of having a better life...became the ultimate nightmare.
The interview was conducted on October 8, 2013.
Photo credits: Melissa Lawson
TMA September 2012 - Poverty with Chuck Fitzgerald
Chuck Fitzgerald leads the Office of Faith and Community at the Arizona Department of Economic Security and provides oversight for many of the Faith-Based & Community Initiatives in Arizona, including: Governor Brewer's ArizonaSERVES Initiative, Community Network Teams, the Arizona Council on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, the CommunityConnect and onPurpose e-newsletters and the CommunityImpact Leadership Academy.
When he is not at work, Chuck is in the community helping others. He has served on many local nonprofit Boards, such as Communities in Schools, Leadership West and Shoebox Ministries. He is a long-time and active member of the Vineyard Church of North Phoenix. He is a member of the Peoria Rotary Club; has been a small (very small) business owner and member of the Peoria Chamber of Commerce. Chuck has written a beginner's guide to bird watching titled Learning to Bird.
Ep 97 | This is Disneyland, RV Road Trip USA, Route 66, RV Nutshell
Plenty of Route 66 icons on this stretch. We constantly felt like we were in Disneyland! We leave Texas behind and make our way to Albuquerque and a thirst quenching beer.
We sample a few ales at the Marble Brewery. Mixed reviews, but a few gooduns in there.
Here’s some of the stuff we came across along the way:
Conway, Sundown Motel, Wagon Wheel Motel, Cowboy Motel, Cadillac Ranch RV Park, Cadillac Ranch, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Fabulous 40 Motel, Ken's Ice Cream Sandwiches, Route 66 Motel, Kiva RV Park, Palomino Motel, Del's Restaurant, Roadrunner Lodge, Tucumcari, Blue Swallow Motel, Motel Safari, Drive Inn Outlaw Tattoo, Trails West Lounge, Americana Motel, Restaurant, Aqua Car Wash, Garage, Rubee's Diner, Pow Wow Inn, Home of Quality Food Drive-Inn, Buckaroo Motel, Rio Pecos Ranch Truck Terminal, Sun n Sand Motel, Sunset Motel, Joseph's Bar & Grill, La Loma Motel, Club Cafe, Bobby's Trading Post, Glorieta Pass, King's Rest Court Inn, Western Scene Motel, Cottonwood Court Motel, Marble Brewery, Albuquerque.
We hope you are enjoying the RV journey so far. We’ve seen so much and are having a ball.
Next time we’ll give you a peak at the workings of the Marble Brewery, Albuquerque. An amazing place and a far cry from the garage style, Angry Goat Brewery in the Coconutz Sportz Bar in Costa Rica!
Thanks for traveling along with us.
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Arizona ( (listen); Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò]; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak Uto-Aztecan pronunciation: [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona, one of the Four Corners states, is bordered by New Mexico to the east, Utah to the north, Nevada and California to the west, and Mexico to the south, as well as the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912, coinciding with Valentine's Day. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizona features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments.
About one-quarter of the state is made up of Indian reservations that serve as the home of 27 federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the largest in the state and the United States, with more than 300,000 citizens. Although federal law gave all Native Americans the right to vote in 1924, Arizona excluded those living on reservations in the state from voting until the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of Native American plaintiffs in Trujillo v. Garley (1948).
Sandhills (Nebraska)
The Sandhills, often written Sand Hills, is a region of mixed-grass prairie on grass-stabilized sand dunes in north-central Nebraska, covering just over one quarter of the state. The dunes were designated a National Natural Landmark in 1984.
The sandhills are found in Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Garden, Garfield, Grant, Holt, Hooker, Lincoln, Keith, Logan, Loup, McPherson, Morrill, Rock, Sheridan, Thomas, and Wheeler counties.
The boundaries of the Sandhills are variously defined by different organizations. Depending on the definition, the region's area can be as small as 19,600 mi2 or as large as 23,600 mi2.
Dunes in the Sandhills may exceed 330 ft in height. The average elevation of the region gradually increases from about 1,800 ft in the east to about 3,600 ft in the west.
The Sandhills sit atop the massive Ogallala Aquifer; thus both temporary and permanent shallow lakes are common in low-lying valleys between the grass-stabilized dunes prevalent in the Sandhills. The eastern and central sections of the region are drained by tributaries of the Loup River and the Niobrara River, while the western section is largely composed of small interior drainage basins.
The World Wide Fund for Nature designated the Sandhills as an ecoregion, distinct from other grasslands of the Great Plains. According to their assessment, as much as 85% of the ecoregion is intact natural habitat, the highest level in the Great Plains. This is chiefly due to the lack of crop production: most of the Sandhills land has never been plowed.
Paleoclimate proxy data and computer simulations reveal that the Nebraska Sandhills likely had active sand dunes as recently as the Medieval Warm Period, when temperatures in the North Atlantic region were about 1°C warmer than the current climate. Much of the area was a scrub desert, with desert-like conditions extending to several other states. Current global warming may make the grassland climate more unstable, giving way to desert given more fires, mild drought and erosion; UCAR simulations based on evapotranspiration support a Palmer Drought Index lower than -15, many times more severe than Texas during the Dust Bowl.
The plant-anchored dunes of the Sandhills were long considered an irreclaimable desert. In the 1870s, cattlemen began to discover their potential as rangeland for Longhorn cattle.
The fragility of the sandy soil makes the area unsuitable for cultivation of crops. Unsuccessful attempts at farming were made in the region in the late 1870s and again around 1890. Some development of cropland agriculture in the modern era has occurred through the use of center-pivot irrigation systems.
The 1904 Kinkaid Act allowed homesteaders to claim 640 acres of land, rather than the 160 acres allowed by the 1862 Homestead Act. Nearly nine million acres were successfully claimed by 'Kinkaiders' between 1910 and 1917. Some of the Kinkaiders attempted to farm, but these attempts generally failed. This included Nebraska's largest black settlement, DeWitty, which was located in southeast Cherry County until the 1930s. Many of the largest ranches broke up about the same time due to regulations against fencing federal range lands.
Today, the Sandhills are a productive cattle ranching area, supporting over 530,000 beef cattle. The population of the region continues to decline as older generations die out and as younger generations move to the cities. However, a number of small towns remain in the region.
As the largest and most intricate wetland ecosystem in the United States, the Sandhills contain a large array of plant and animal life. Minimal crop production has led to limited land fragmentation; the resulting extensive and continuous habitat for plant and animal species has largely preserved the biodiversity of the area.
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Arizona | Wikipedia audio article
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00:02:09 1 Etymology
00:02:52 2 History
00:07:21 2.1 20th century to present
00:12:33 3 Geography and geology
00:15:45 3.1 Earthquakes
00:17:14 3.2 Adjacent states
00:17:38 4 Climate
00:20:41 5 Demographics
00:22:18 5.1 Race and ethnicity
00:23:31 5.2 Languages
00:25:01 5.3 Cities and towns
00:29:16 5.4 Religion
00:30:31 6 Economy
00:31:28 6.1 Employment
00:31:54 6.2 Largest employers
00:32:08 6.3 Taxation
00:33:09 7 Transportation
00:33:18 7.1 Highways
00:33:26 7.1.1 Interstate highways
00:33:39 7.1.2 U.S. routes
00:34:22 7.2 Public transportation, Amtrak, and intercity bus
00:35:32 7.3 Aviation
00:36:53 8 Law and government
00:37:02 8.1 Capitol complex
00:38:05 8.2 State legislative branch
00:39:44 8.3 State executive branch
00:41:15 8.4 State judicial branch
00:42:42 8.5 Counties
00:43:09 8.6 Federal representation
00:44:08 8.7 Political culture
00:49:15 8.8 Same-sex marriage and Civil unions
00:51:09 9 Education
00:51:18 9.1 Elementary and secondary education
00:51:58 9.2 Higher education
00:52:55 9.3 Public universities in Arizona
00:53:25 9.4 Private colleges and universities in Arizona
00:53:35 9.5 Community colleges
00:53:43 10 Art and culture
00:53:52 10.1 Visual arts and museums
00:55:23 10.2 Film
00:56:42 10.3 Music
00:59:46 10.4 Sports
01:00:33 10.4.1 College sports
01:01:34 10.4.2 Baseball
01:02:30 11 Miscellaneous topics
01:02:39 11.1 Notable people
01:05:42 11.2 State symbols
01:07:08 12 See also
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Arizona ( (listen); Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò]; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak Uto-Aztecan pronunciation: [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona, one of the Four Corners states, is bordered by New Mexico to the east, Utah to the north, Nevada and California to the west, and Mexico to the south, as well as the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912, coinciding with Valentine's Day. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizona features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments.
About one-quarter of the state is made up of Indian reservations that serve as the home of 27 federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the largest in the state and the United States, with more than 300,000 citizens. Although federal law gave all Native Americans the right to vote in 1924, Arizona excluded those living on reservations in the state from voting until the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of Native American plaintiffs in Trujillo v. Garley (1948).
Out of Africa Wildlife Park, Montezuma Castle (Things to do in Camp Verde): Look Who's Traveling
Road trip to Arizona. Getting a Junior Ranger badge at Montezuma Castle National Monument, going on an Unimog adventure safari tour at Out of Africa Wildlife Park, visiting Verde Valley Archeology Center, and earning another badge at Fort Verde State Historic Park.
Meal was provided by Verde Brewing Company. Hotel accommodation was provided by Fort Verde Suites.
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This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:02:25 1 Etymology
00:03:12 2 History
00:08:15 2.1 20th century to present
00:14:05 3 Geography and geology
00:17:40 3.1 Earthquakes
00:19:19 3.2 Adjacent states
00:19:45 4 Climate
00:23:12 5 Demographics
00:25:02 5.1 Race and ethnicity
00:26:24 5.2 Languages
00:28:09 5.3 Cities and towns
00:32:59 5.4 Religion
00:34:23 6 Economy
00:35:26 6.1 Employment
00:35:55 6.2 Largest employers
00:36:10 6.3 Taxation
00:37:19 7 Transportation
00:37:29 7.1 Highways
00:37:37 7.1.1 Interstate highways
00:37:52 7.1.2 U.S. routes
00:38:39 7.2 Public transportation, Amtrak, and intercity bus
00:39:58 7.3 Aviation
00:41:33 8 Law and government
00:41:42 8.1 Capitol complex
00:42:52 8.2 State legislative branch
00:44:45 8.3 State executive branch
00:46:26 8.4 State judicial branch
00:48:04 8.5 Counties
00:48:33 8.6 Federal representation
00:49:40 8.7 Political culture
00:55:26 8.8 Same-sex marriage and Civil unions
00:57:33 9 Education
00:57:42 9.1 Elementary and secondary education
00:58:28 9.2 Higher education
00:59:31 9.3 Public universities in Arizona
01:00:03 9.4 Private colleges and universities in Arizona
01:00:14 9.5 Community colleges
01:00:23 10 Art and culture
01:00:32 10.1 Visual arts and museums
01:02:15 10.2 Film
01:03:44 10.3 Music
01:07:09 10.4 Sports
01:08:02 10.4.1 College sports
01:09:10 10.4.2 Baseball
01:10:12 11 Miscellaneous topics
01:10:21 11.1 Notable people
01:13:49 11.2 State symbols
01:15:24 12 See also
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Arizona ( (listen); Navajo: Hoozdo Hahoodzo Navajo pronunciation: [xòːztò xɑ̀xòːtsò]; O'odham: Alĭ ṣonak Uto-Aztecan pronunciation: [ˡaɺi ˡʂonak]) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the Western and the Mountain states. It is the sixth largest and the 14th most populous of the 50 states. Its capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona, one of the Four Corners states, is bordered by New Mexico to the east, Utah to the north, Nevada and California to the west, and Mexico to the south, as well as the southwestern corner of Colorado. Arizona's border with Mexico is 389 miles (626 km) long, on the northern border of the Mexican states of Sonora and Baja California.
Arizona is the 48th state and last of the contiguous states to be admitted to the Union, achieving statehood on February 14, 1912, coinciding with Valentine's Day. Historically part of the territory of Alta California in New Spain, it became part of independent Mexico in 1821. After being defeated in the Mexican–American War, Mexico ceded much of this territory to the United States in 1848. The southernmost portion of the state was acquired in 1853 through the Gadsden Purchase.
Southern Arizona is known for its desert climate, with very hot summers and mild winters. Northern Arizona features forests of pine, Douglas fir, and spruce trees; the Colorado Plateau; some mountain ranges (such as the San Francisco Mountains); as well as large, deep canyons, with much more moderate summer temperatures and significant winter snowfalls. There are ski resorts in the areas of Flagstaff, Alpine, and Tucson. In addition to the Grand Canyon National Park, there are several national forests, national parks, and national monuments.
About one-quarter of the state is made up of Indian reservations that serve as the home of 27 federally recognized Native American tribes, including the Navajo Nation, the largest in the state and the United States, with more than 300,000 citizens. Although federal law gave all Native Americans the right to vote in 1924, Arizona excluded those living on reservations in the state from voting until the state Supreme Court ruled in favor of Native American plaintiffs in Trujillo v. Garley (1948).
John McCain lies in state at the Arizona Capitol Rotunda | Memorial Ceremony
Starting a week of somber events honoring the life and legacy of Senator John McCain, the body of the late senator will lie in state at the Arizona Capitol on Wednesday. A private ceremony will also take place inside the rotunda of the state Capitol for state officials. McCain died at age 81 on Saturday after losing his battle with an aggressive form of brain cancer.
Upon his arrival at the Capitol, Arizona veterans, military, law enforcement, fire, and first responders will line both sides of the Capitol Plaza for the procession.
In the past 40 years, only two others have lied in state at the Arizona Capitol: Arizona State Senator Marilyn Jarrett in 2006 and Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens in 1980.
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