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Recycling truck backs over, kills toddler

Eric Quade photosParade day — Droves turned out at Anthem Saturday for the Daisy Mountain Veterans Day Parade. The popular event featured several passes by a squadron fly-over and Arizona’s 108th Army band of the Arizona National Guard, which is based out of the Papago Park Military Reservation.

Amy Gleich photoGreen golf — This golf course at DC Ranch is among those in north Scottsdale made green by reclaimed water produced by a treatment plant and distribution system funded by golf clubs.

Council praises Wild West Days, rebuffs recall rhetoric

Amy GlEIChCRONkITE NEWS SERvICEEvery morning and every eve-

ning, the sound of sprinklers fills the air at Grayhawk Golf Club.

It takes 2 million gallons of water daily during the summer to keep Grayhawk’s Talon and Raptor courses green. And all 2 million gallons of it comes from Scottsdale’s toilets and drains, re-claimed by a city wastewater treat-ment plant and delivery system that Grayhawk and 12 other golf clubs funded to ensure their survival.

The partnership dates to Scott-sdale’s decision in the late 1980s to ban the use of potable water on golf courses and parks, said Gregg Tryhus, president and owner of Grayhawk Development..

“It would have been incredibly costly to try to do this alone,” Tryhus said. “If we hadn’t

TARA AlATORREThe Cave Creek Town Council

officially declared the town slogan as, “Where the Wild West Lives,” in a 5-1 vote during its meeting on Nov. 4.

T he measure fol lowed Scottsdale’s denial of a Wild West Days duel with the town over the city’s trademarked slogan.

Before approving the new slogan, citizens and business owners spoke about how publicity from the slogan challenge brought in record crowds to this year’s Wild West Days, giving the local economy a boost.

“I would like to see more events like this to help small businesses,” said Patty Coil, manager of Black Mountain Trading Post. She said that Wild West Days alone moved the trading post’s budget from the red into the black.

After weeks of publically challenging Scottsdale over its slogan as the “West’s Most Western Town,” complete with publicity stunts such as parading into Scottsdale City Hall with a marching band and buffalo—climaxing with threats of Scottsdale suing the town over its trademarked slogan—the council moved to brand Cave Creek as “where the Wild West lives.”

Councilman Thomas McGuire voted against the motion, saying the wording of the resolution made him uncomfortable.

But Vice Mayor Adam Trenk argued that it was a good fit.

“We need to brand ourselves. We live here, we don’t just visit,” Trenk said. “It’s where the Wild West lives.”

A 2-year-old boy died Nov. 6 when a recycling truck accidentally backed over him in Cave Creek near Lone Mountain Road and 40th Street.

Authorities said that the toddler had been playing outside with other children shortly after 4 p.m. when he stopped on a narrow dirt road to remove some cactus thorns from his feet. A Waste Management truck was traveling in reverse down the road, striking and killing the child.

The 2-year-old’s parents were identified as Sara and Davin Tarnanen.

Neither the driver of the recycl ing t r uck, nor the trainee passenger were tested for impairment immediately following the fatal accident, but the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office reported that they did not suspect that intoxicated driving was a factor.

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Amy Gleich photomaking waterworks work — Annie DeChance, public outreach manager for the city’s water department, says water scarcity forced Scottsdale and golf courses to look at wastewater in a new light.

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been able to share the costs, we wouldn’t have been able to do it.”

There wasn’t much of an option, though.

“If you wanted a golf course, you had to pay the fee to build the plant,” Tryhus said.

In the 1980s, pumping ground-water out of neighboring Care-free’s water basin was quickly becoming a problem for Scotts-dale. Carefree threatened a law-suit against the city as well as one of its largest golf clubs.

In 1989, Scottsdale mandated that all of its courses use re-claimed water. The city issued a $5 million bond, and the 13 golf clubs came up with the other $14

million needed for the treatment plant and distribution system.

With golf courses a big part of Scottsdale’s appeal to visitors and residents alike, it was important for the city and clubs to find a solution, said Tim Bray, presi-dent of Southwest Community Resources, the consulting firm that coordinated the partnership.

“Golf courses have a huge im-pact,” he said.

Jeff Plotts, director of golf course operations at TPC Scott-sdale, said that all of the clubs and their 23 courses were on the system by 1996, and the clubs had paid back the $5 million from the city’s bond issue.

“The city being willing to work with us speaks volumes to how

important golf is in the Valley,” Plotts said.

One of the most challeng-ing aspects of the project was a 13.5-mile pipeline to carry the treated water from Scottsdale’s water campus to the water fea-tures on the courses. Having the clubs along a south-north corridor around Pima Road helped.

Water scarcity forced Scottsdale to look at wastewater in a new light, said Annie DeChance, pub-lic outreach manager for the city’s Water Resources Department.

“It made us very innovative, and we were the first city in the Valley to come up with this con-cept,” DeChance said. “Waste-water is a continuous, reliable source.”

But Plotts said it’s not just about the mandate for many superintendents.

“We want to do the right thing environmentally. It doesn’t make sense to use potable water on a golf course,” he said.

The courses’ demand for wa-ter decreases significantly during the winter, a time when seasonal visitors increase the amount of wastewater. Scottsdale uses the plant’s excess capacity during those months for groundwater recharge.

“When you wash your hands in the sink or flush the toilet or take a shower, that water has to go somewhere and we have to do something with it,” DeChance said. “This is the way for us to make the most of it.”

Patrick Watson, conservation services administrator at the Southern Nevada Water Author-ity and former superintendent of Terravita Golf Club in north Scott-sdale, sees the switch to reclaimed water becoming more common throughout the Southwest.

“The way golf courses are using water is evolving, and Arizona and other Southwest locations are the breeding ground for these changes,” Watson said.

Unlike parks and other large turf areas using reclaimed wa-ter, golf courses offer more of a return on the investment because golfers pay greens fees, according

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The fifth annual Rock the District will be held Nov. 23 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Carefree Resort and Conference Center.

Rock The District is a community-sup-ported event featuring an evening filled with music. This event also encourages children at the elementary schools and middle school in the community to become more involved in music education.

Some featured pre-show, up-and-coming artists include:

Kailin KentigianKailin is an 11-year-old, sixth grader at

Horseshoe Trails Elementary School who began playing the guitar when she was 6 with Mr. Koch, the music teacher at her school. For the last 2 years, she has been taking vocal and guitar lessons at Kirk’s

Studio For The Performing Arts.Chance McLaughlinChance is an eighth grader at Sonoran

Trails Elementary School who has had his vocal performances described as both powerful and wide in range.

Eden CisloEden is 11 years old and is a sixth grader

at Horseshoe Trails Elementary School. She loves playing her guitar, singing and writing her own music. She has been playing guitar for a year and enjoys the instrument.

Carissa CantoCarissa is a seventh grader at Sonoran

Trails Middle School who has cheered for 7 years, but her true passion is singing. When older, she would like to attend a performing

arts school in order to help her achieve her goal of becoming a famous singer.

Admission to Rock the District costs $10 for students, $15 for adults. Food and beverage will be available for sale during the event, along with a raffle.

The event will be emceed by KNIX 102.5 personality “Barrel Boy” and benefits the Cave Creek Unified Education Foundation.

This year marks the first year CCUEF has accepted grant applications from teach-ers and administrators throughout the Cave Creek Unified School District, and it was able to issue more than $25,000 in grants for 2013, impacting more than 3,000 students.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit rockthedistrict.net.

Submitted photoTune in — Melissa Nelson, founder of Rock the District, performing at the 2012 show.

Rock the District rolling out next week Volunteer to ring the bells

The Salvation Army is recruiting volunteers to help ring bells again this year in Anthem during the holidays.

This year, bell ringers will be stationed at Fry’s, Safeway and Wal-Mart in Anthem from the day before Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve.

Interested? Email Tom Leyda at [email protected] (Fry’s, Safeway location) or Tim Maki at [email protected] (Wal-Mart location).


The council also sought to strengthen the community further, beyond branding the town with a new motto, by approving several other resolutions. With talk of recall elections in the air, the council passed a resolution promoting civil discourse from citizens, community leaders and media.

Trenk said the measure was aimed at stopping personal attacks and unsubstantiated threats for recall elections against council members.

“There had been some clamoring for a recall, even before the ink on the election results paper had dried,” said Trenk, explaining why he placed the resolution on

the agenda. “It’s this council’s job to stand up and denounce it, and a recall should only be saved in extreme set of circumstances where reprehensible or illegal behavior has occurred and not for personal differences.”

Neither potential targets for a recall nor examples of uncivil discourse from the past were specifically mentioned in the meeting.

The resolution passed in a 4-2 vote with council members Ernie Bunch and Thomas McGuire voting no.

McGuire stated he was not for a recall, but he said that what determines civility was up to the courts and voters to decide, not the town council.

Bunch also disapproved.“To me, it reeks of political

correctness,” he said.The council also approved

a last minute change in the selection process for the town manager position.

McGuire had proposed three changes to the approved application selection process for the permanent town manager position, requesting that the final pool of applicants be raised from three to six, that council members have full access to all applicants before the finalists are selected by the mayor,

vice mayor and interim town manager, and to include a rubric for each candidate in the selection process.

“I think council members should be more involved in the process, and I don’t see how that changes the process,” McGuire said.

However, Mayor Vincent Francia said the elephant in the room was that McGuire did not trust him and Trenk in their ability to select the final three candidates.

“If they don’t trust us, something

isn’t quite right,” the mayor said. “The word ‘oversight’ has a very direct meaning and implies someone can’t be trusted.”

Ult imately, the counci l approved one of the proposed changes, al lowing council members to have access to all of the applications received for the town manager position, as long as the applicants’ identities were kept confidential. That passed in a 5-1 vote with Councilman Reg Monachino voting against the measure.

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‘Broken Paths’ hits stage in AnthemMusical Theatre of Anthem

will present their upcoming play, “Broken Paths,” Nov. 14-17 in Anthem.

“Broken Paths” is a new origi-nal youth drama that looks into the world of young people and follows several of these lives and the paths they take.

The show is written and direct-ed by Jim Gradillas, an ariZoni award-winning playwright and director.

“When I write these teenage dramas, I always ask myself, ‘Remember how you felt when you were an adolescent?’ That helps me understand what teen-

agers are going through now because I’ve been there,” Gra-dillas said. “Which path in life did you choose: Did you pick the right one? Did you learn from the wrong roads?

“Today’s teens face many of the same issues that have plagued teens of all generations. Along with my writing partner, Michelle Marie, we always want to write a realistic, creative way of tell-ing teenage stories. We thought it might be interesting to have ‘inner demons’ following the characters throughout the play, altering their decisions and test-ing their strength. Our hope is

that adults and teenagers can take away many lessons from this play about their journey through life.”

The cast is composed of 13-19-year-olds, including ari-Zoni and NYA award winners and nominees.

Performances take place on Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., Nov. 15 at 8 p.m., Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. and Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at 42323 N. Vision Way, Bldg. 2, in Anthem.

Tickets may be purchased on-line at musicaltheatreofanthem.org. Adult tickets are $18 and stu-dents, seniors and children 12 and under are $15.


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“Golf courses are a great place to use reclaimed water,” White said. “It’s the best bang for the buck for each gallon of water.”

Scottsdale isn’t the only Ari-zona city using reclaimed water on golf courses. According to Fer-nando Molina, Tucson Water’s public information officer, that city has been using reclaimed water for 30 years.

“All but one course in Tucson uses reclaimed water, but there’s no collective investment,” Molina said. “They individually pay the city for extensions to their courses.”

Scottsdale’s partnership re-quired a major upgrade as years passed. It turned out that the prevalence of salt-based water-softening systems was leading to salt levels high enough to kill grass, a problem that became ap-parent in the mid-2000s.

“All the superintendents came to me and said, within 4 or 5 years we’re going to lose all of these courses,” Bray said.

The solution: a $22 million expansion, funded by the golf clubs, that added a reverse-osmosis and micro-filtration system to Scottsdale’s water campus.

“You have to ask what your options are. Investing together in the advanced water treatment facility was the only option,” said Paul Skelton, director of golf at DC Ranch.

Losing golf courses wasn’t an option for Scottsdale. Winter visitors aren’t the only ones spending their money on golf—many residents also pay top dollar to play some of the best courses in the Southwest.

“We knew that we were going to have to do something in order to keep the quality of life that Scottsdale residents are accustomed to,” DeChance said.

Bill Kostes, superintendent at DC Ranch, said that the partnership has resulted not only in better conditions at his golf course but better conditions for Scottsdale golf overall.

“Big picture of the whole system is that it’s been 20 years with only minor flaws; it’s been awesome,” he added. “P.S., it’s good for everybody.”

wastewater from page 2 Learn about city’s garbage services at ‘Trash Talk’Every week, residents take

out their trash and recycling containers to be emptied. But what happens to them as they leave the curb and are hauled away in a truck? Where does it go?

Phoenix’s publ ic works department is hosting a free workshop Nov. 16 on how the city’s trash and recycling collection program works, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the North Gateway Transfer Station, 30205 N. Black Canyon Highway. The transfer station is half a mile northeast of the Dixileta Drive exit (exit 220) off I-17. Enter at gate No. 3 and follow the road around to the visitor’s area.

Attendees will learn how trash and recycling are collected,

recycling facts, challenges drivers routinely face and programs that can help keep one’s neighborhood clean and safe.

The 2-hour class also includes a tour of the c it y’s r e c yc l i n g center.

For more information or to register f o r t h i s class, call

602-534-4444 or go to phoenix.gov/nsd online and click on the “neighborhood college” link.

Neighborhood College is a cooperative effort among several Phoenix departments to offer hand-on education to the public

regarding city services, programs, resources and more. Other classes offered this month include:

Social media safetyLearn the lingo of social media

including words like “tweets,” “hashtags,” “likes” and “follow me” Nov. 14, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Burton Barr Central Library.

Homebuyers workshopK now about Phoen ix’s

Neighborhood Stabilization Program and how to qualify for down payment aid to the tune of $15,000? A Nov. 16 homebuyers workshop at 10:30 a.m. at South Mountain Community Center will delve into the details about eligibility requirements, how to apply, what kinds of homes are available and more.

Political cartoon misses the markLoved the (Nov. 6 issue) article

written by Betsy McCaughey, “Health care plan promise bro-ken.” Very concise and forthright on this debacle of Obamacare.

You couldn’t let that be the last word on that page as you had to

add that ridiculous cartoon show-ing the mean GOP burying the poor due to reductions in the food stamp program.

Perhaps the cartoon would have been more apt if it showed the thousands of American citizens

being bulldozed by Obama and his presidential legacy of afford-able health care.

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Maricopa County launches veterans resources websiteTo connect returning veterans

to employment, training and other social services, Maricopa County has created and launched a new website.

The website, maricopa.gov/veterans will serve as a single, one-stop clearinghouse to link military veterans to housing, legal, wel lness and other services provided by Maricopa County and federal, state and local governments, as well as community organizations.

District 4 Supervisor Clint Hickman, who was asked what services were available to veterans, credited a constituent for sparking the idea for the website. Hickman said he did some research on the various

services and was surprised at the many programs available, yet he concluded that “nobody” knew about them.

“We are a customer service organization,” Hickman said. “We have to make sure our citizens find it easy to access the services we and others offer. The design is simple, but the content is rich. There aren’t any distractions or diversions on the screen. Every click will take users to the information they seek.”

County Manager Tom Manos organized a county task force to develop a website and, aided by a $25,000 donation from the Industrial Development Authority of Maricopa County,

the website and its content were developed within a few months.

The website was designed by the county Office of Enterprise Technology. All five branches of the service are represented, and the specific content is organized into f ive common themes: employment, housing/legal, training and education, wellness and “additional support,” which includes links to other governmental organizations and private and nonprofit community organizations. All content can be accessed from the home page in three different ways.

“This site is very easy to navigate,” Hickman said. “This website will be a valuable tool for military veterans.”

Drill tests county response to power outageOn Nov. 6-7, Maricopa County

joined more than 240 agencies around the state to exercise emergency response to an extended power outage.

The county activated its emergency operations center—in cooperation with representatives f rom a range of county departments including public health, environmental services and the sheriff’s office—to test various systems and practice a unified response to a simulated, extended loss of power, according to county officials.

“Maricopa County is the fourth largest county in the nation,” said Chairman Andy Kunasek of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. “We

participate in these exercises to ensure the county’s response is timely and integrated with other local governments, tribes and non-governmental agencies.”

The exercise was designed to test how well participating agencies responded to a widespread power loss and the challenges stemming from that event.

With general preparedness in mind, county off icials recommends for the public to remember these tips concerning power outages:

• Staying in contact is important. Keep a battery-operated radio and phone readily accessible in case of a power outage. Remember, if your phone

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• Keep a supply of drinking water on hand. Off icials recommend one gallon, per day per person for three days at a minimum.

• Make a kit. Having extra supplies at home is important. This would include not only extra medications and necessities, but also foods that could be prepared without electricity. Or, include alternative heating sources within your kit.

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Boston Red Sox hit home run of a comebackHow do you go from “worst”

to “first?” Guess we should ask the Red Sox, since not only did they make the comeback of the year, but also took a World Series title at their beloved Fenway Park, which was the win of the century.

Literally, it took the team about 100 years to win the series

at Fenway, the last time being when a guy named Babe Ruth was pitching. It was 1918. Some things a r e wor t h waiting for.

To the fans, players and good folks of Boston, it didn’t get much better than a win over the St. Louis Cardinals in game six. The crowd went crazy.

At 3 o’clock in the morning, long after the game had ended, announcers at Fenway were still telling people to go home. But it wasn’t happening. People were taking pictures of the scoreboard, running around the bases, standing on the pitcher’s mound, sliding into home plate and going in and out of the dug-out. One 80-year-old man laid down on home plate for a full hour. Heck, it took 2 hours just to clear family and friends from the Red Sox clubhouse so the players could shower.

Let’s step back in time to a night on Oct. 25, 1986, that still has Red Sox fans screaming in the middle of the night. A day of infamy. Burdened with 68 years of frustration, the Red Sox were ahead of the New York Mets,

leading three games to two. They were ahead 5-3 in the bottom of the 10th inning. Their locker room had the champagne iced and the scoreboard was already f lashing, “Congratulations Red Sox.” Gee, and then as life goes, things went pretty bad when a ball slipped through the legs of first baseman and in one of the most incredible games in history, the Mets won. And then won the Series.

Do grown men cry? I was in Boston boarding a plane at about the exact moment that the Red Sox lost. It was sort of unsettling to have been on a jumbo jet and have the pilot come on the overhead speaker crying (I am not making this up) to tell us the Sox lost. Sobbing f light attendants and a few screaming passengers didn’t help the situation. Hey, don’t tell me how to fasten my seat belt while you are hysterically crying! Toughen up! It’s only a game. Oops, but don’t tell that to a Red Sox fan.

But I digress. Sports, and especially baseball, are part of the fabric of American lives. When the Babe won the title in 1918, things were a bit different. No steroid scandals, the Titanic had sunk, World War I was ending and the Roaring Twenties were right around the corner. Babe Ruth stands out as one of the greatest players of all time. And with him, all things that are pure and special about our favorite pastime are remembered fondly.

The Red Sox team this year was high on confidence and heart. They believed. The players felt that their conviction and

commitment would help them overcome any talent deficiencies. They only had one hitter who hit more than 25 homers, with no one hitting higher than .310 and no one more than 15 games. They finished second with the fewest saves. So what made them so great? Hmm … they say because “they believed.”

Oh yeah, it takes talent to win. But it takes a lot more to be champions. We all have set-backs, problems and “deficiencies.” Sometimes, we make mistakes. Fly balls get away. But the will to achieve, the desire to win and the effort to keep trying seems to be a formula that cannot be bought. Every now and then, we see greatness. We witness a moment of courage, talent and true grit that makes us see clearly all of the possibilities. It is like that with the Red Sox. So we are happy for the fans who still might be running around the bases and an elderly man who had to be carried off home plate.

So getting from “worst to first” is a motto for all us. Life imitating baseball? Curve balls will come our way. We may strike out. Sometimes we try and fail. We just need to keep at it. Swing one more time. Look at the white ball heading for the heavens that knows no boundaries. All things are possible with a few adjustments, the right attitude and a whole lot of heart.

Judy Bluhm is a writer and local realtor who lives in the Anthem area. Have a comment or a story? Email Judy at [email protected].

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ACC extends biz award deadline

The Anthem Community Council has extended the dead-line for its Business Awards pro-gram to 5 p.m. Nov. 15.

The program recognizes local businesses that support the vi-brancy of Anthem.

To nominate a property, or for more information on rules and qualifications, visit OnlineAtAn-them.com.

Winners will be announced at the Dec. 4 Business Holiday Re-ception at 5:30 p.m. at Anthem Golf & Country Club, Ironwood. The event will be hosted in con-junction with the Anthem North Gateway Chamber of Commerce.


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ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT1616 WEST ADAMS STREETPHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007

PUBLIC AUCTION SALE NO. 04-115925

Pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37, notice is hereby given that the state of Arizona through its Arizona State Land Department (herein ASLD), will sell at Public Auction to the highest and best bidder at 11:00am on Monday, December 2, 2013, at the Arizona State Land Department, 1616 West Adams Street, 4th Floor, Room 434B, Phoenix, Arizona, a lease to mine aggregate for a term of 10 years, with provisions to extend the term up to a maximum of twenty years with the written permission of the Commissioner, from the following described lands in Maricopa County to wit:

TOWNSHIP 5 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST, G&SRM, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONAPARCEL: M&B IN LOTS 1 THRU 3; S2NE; SENW; N2N2N2S2, SECTION 1, CONTAINING 147.72 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.ACCESS PARCEL: M&B THRU E2SE, SECTION 1, CONTAINING 3.23 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

TOWNSHIP 6 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST, G&SRM, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONAPARCEL: M&B IN SESESW; SE, SECTION 36, CONTAINING 99.83 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.TOTAL ACRES CONTAINING 250.78 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

BENEFICIARIES: PERMANENT COMMON SCHOOLSPERMANENT COMMON SCHOOLS (INDEMINITY SELECTIONS)

For a complete legal description of the land, prospective bidders are advised to examine the mineral materials application file as well as all pertinent files of ASLD.The appraised unit royalty rate of the aggregate has been established at $0.75 per ton with an annual minimum guarantee of 60,000 tons for a total minimum annual royalty of $45,000.00. The annual rent is $24,400.00. Additionally, the annual plant salvage fee is $7,600.00.Additional requirements and conditions of this sale are available and may be viewed at the ASLD, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona.The complete file associated with the described land is open to public inspection at the ASLD, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., exclusive of holidays and weekends. Please direct any questions regarding this Public Auction to the Minerals Section of the Natural Resources Division of ASLD at (602) 542-2687. This auction notice is available on the ASLD’s web site at www.azland.gov.Each potential bidder must show ASLD’s representative a cashier’s check made payable to the Arizona State Land Department in the amount specified under Terms of Sale Paragraph (A) below.TERMS OF SALE: (A) At the time of sale, the successful bidder must pay the following by a cashier’s check: (1) The first annual royalty of $45,000.00 for a minimum annual production of 60,000 tons at a unit price of $0.75 per ton; (2) Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the minimum annual royalty, which is $1,350.00; (3) Annual rental, which is $24,400.00; (4) Annual Plant Salvage Fee, which is $7,600.00 (5) Reimbursable Appraisal Fee, which is $2,000.00; (6) Reimbursable Estimated Advertising Fee, which is $2,500.00; (7) Reimbursable Costs and Expenses not to exceed $12,867.10. The total amount due at the time of sale is $95,717.10 (less $17,367.10 if the applicant is the successful bidder, for a total amount due of $78,350.00). (B) Within 30 days after the time of sale the successful bidder must pay the full balance of the amount bid for the aggregate and pay a Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the purchase price paid for the aggregate less the amount paid under (A) (2) above. (C) Within 30 days after the time of auction, the successful bidder shall be required to pay the actual legal advertising cost, less the amount paid under (A)(6) above. (D) A minimum annual royalty of $45,000.00 or more and a 3% Selling and Administrative Fee of $1,350.00 or more, depending on the unit royalty bid, shall be due and payable in advance or on each anniversary of the Lease. Material extracted over and above the minimum annual production of 60,000 tons shall be due at the unit bid price per ton along with the additional Selling and Administrative Fee on that amount. All such payments shall be applied as a credit to payment for material used, removed, or disposed from the premises during the term of the Lease. Monies so advanced and not credited against payments for materials used shall become the sole property of the ASLD upon termination or expiration of the Lease. (E) No Selling and Administrative Fee shall be collected by the Department if the successful bidder at auction is the beneficiary of the land trust.ADDITIONAL CONDITION(S): (A) The successful bidder agrees to execute the ASLD’s Lease, which shall be dated as of the auction date, within 30 days of receipt, and to perform all the terms, covenants, and conditions thereof. (B) Entrance upon and extraction from subject land shall not be permitted until after the complete execution of the Lease. The purchaser will be required to post a reclamation and damage bond in the amount of $100,000.00 upon execution of the Lease. (C) For additional terms and conditions regarding annual rent and other obligations of the Lessee under the Lease, prospective bidders are advised to examine the lease document, as well as all pertinent files of ASLD.BIDDING INFORMATION: (A) The highest and best bidder shall be determined on the basis of the bidder who pays forthwith the cash deposit and offers the highest royalty rate per unit for the material to be removed from the State land described herein. A bid for less than the appraised value of the aggregate or by a party who has not previously inspected the pit site and/or the associated files and records of ASLD will not be considered. The auction will consist of verbal bidding based on price per ton. (B) All bidders must sign an affidavit stating that they have undertaken due diligence in preparation for the auction and that their representative is authorized to bid and bind the bidder. It is the bidder’s responsibility to research the records of local jurisdictions and public agencies regarding this property. (C) Pursuant to A.R.S. §37-240.B, the successful bidder must be authorized to transact business in the state of Arizona no later than three (3) business days after the auction. The successful bidder must sign an affidavit stating it is the successful bidder and sign a Certification Statement pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37 and the Rules of ASLD. (D) If the successful bidder fails to complete the payments as stated in the auction notice together with the additional required fees within 30 days from the auction date, all amounts paid at the time of auction by the successful bidder will be forfeited. (E) In the event of forfeiture, the ASLD Commissioner may declare that the bid placed before the final bid accepted is the highest bid, and that the bidder has five (5) days after notification by ASLD to pay by cashier’s check all amounts due.GENERAL INFORMATION: The ASLD may cancel this sale in whole or in part at any time prior to the acceptance of a final bid. A protest to this sale must be filed within 30 days after the first day of publication of this announcement and in accordance with Article 4.1 of A.R.S. §37-301. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, by contacting the ADA Coordinator, at (602) 364-0875. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation. Joe Dixon (for) Vanessa Hickman State Land Commissioner September 16, 2013

ARIZONA STATE LAND DEPARTMENT1616 WEST ADAMS STREETPHOENIX, ARIZONA 85007

PUBLIC AUCTION SALE NO. 16-117089PERPETUAL RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT

Pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37, notice is hereby given that the state of Arizona through its Arizona State Land Department (herein called ASLD), will sell at Public Auction to the highest and best bidder at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at the Arizona State Land Department, 1616 W. Adams, Room 434B, Phoenix, Arizona, a perpetual right of way easement for the purpose of Underground Utilities situated in Maricopa County to wit:

TOWNSHIP 4 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST, G&SRB&M, MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONAPARCEL: M&B THRU E2E2 LOT 1; E2E2SSENE; E2E2SE, SECTION 3, CONTAINING 6.56

ACRES, MORE OR LESS.PARCEL: E. 50 FT., SECTION 10, CONTAINING 6.06 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.BENEFICIARY: PERMANENT COMMON SCHOOLS (INDEMNITY SELECTIONS)For a complete legal description of the land, prospective bidders are advised to examine the right of way

application file as well as all pertinent files of ASLD.Said right of way easement has been valued at $2,400.00 and consists of 12.62 acres, more or less.Additional requirements and conditions of this right of way are available and may be viewed at the Arizona

State Land Department, 1616 West Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona.The complete file associated with the described land is open to public inspection at the ASLD, 1616 West

Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., exclusive of holidays and weekends. Please direct any questions regarding this Public Auction to the Rights of Way Section of the Real Estate Division of ASLD at (602) 542-4098. This auction notice is available on the ASLD’s web site at www.azland.gov.

Each potential bidder must show ASLD’s representative a cashier’s check made payable to the Arizona State Land Department in the amount specified under Terms of Sale Paragraph (A) below.

TERMS OF SALE:(A) At the time of sale the successful bidder must pay the following by a cashier’s check: (1) The value of

the right of way, which is $2,400.00; (2) A Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the value of the right of way, which is $72.00; (3) Reimbursable Estimated Advertising Fee, which is $2,500.00. The total amount due at the time of sale is $4,972.00 (less $2,500.00 and less $2,400.00 for Advance Deposit into suspense if the successful bidder is the applicant for a total amount due of $72.00).

(B) Within 30 days after the auction date the successful bidder must pay the full balance of the amount bid for the right of way and pay a Selling and Administrative Fee of 3% of the purchase price for the right of way less the amount paid under (A) (2) above.

(C) No Selling and Administrative Fee shall be collected by ASLD if the successful bidder at auction is the beneficiary of the land trust.

(D) Within 30 days after the auction date the successful bidder shall be required to pay the actual legal advertising cost, less the amount paid under (A)(3) above.

BIDDING INFORMATION:(A) The time of sale shall be deemed to be the time of declaration of the highest and best bidder. The bid-

ding will begin at the total value of the right of way. A bid for less than the value of the right of way easement or by a party who has not inspected the right of way and/or the associated files and records of ASLD will not be considered.

(B) All bidders must sign an affidavit stating that they have undertaken due diligence in preparation for the auction and that their representative is authorized to bid and bind the bidder. It is the bidder’s responsibility to research the records of local jurisdictions and public agencies regarding this property.

(C) Pursuant to A.R.S. §37-240.B, the successful bidder must be authorized to transact business in the state of Arizona no later than three (3) business days after the auction. The successful bidder must sign an affidavit stating it is the successful bidder and sign a Certification Statement pursuant to A.R.S. Title 37 and the Rules of ASLD.

(D) If the successful bidder fails to complete the payment as stated in the auction notice together with the additional required fees within 30 days from the auction date, all amounts paid at the time of auction by the successful bidder will be forfeited.

(E) In the event of forfeiture, the ASLD Commissioner may declare that the bid placed before the final bid accepted is the highest bid, and that the bidder has five (5) days after notification by ASLD to pay by cashier’s check all amounts due.

GENERAL INFORMATION:The ASLD may cancel this auction in whole or in part at any time prior to the acceptance of a final bid.A protest to this sale must be filed within 30 days after the first day of publication of this announcement

and in accordance with A.R.S. §37-301.Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter, by

contacting the ADA Coordinator, at (602) 364-0875. Requests should be made as early as possible to allow time to arrange the accommodation.

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Tree ceremony to light up AnthemThis Saturday from 6 p.m.

to 9 p.m., Outlets at Anthem is inviting the public to a free event celebrating the lighting of its tall Christmas tree.

The white fir is decorated with 3 miles of LED lights, more than 6,000 ornaments and bows and a handmade 3-foot-tall copper star with 300 mini lights adorning it.

Santa Claus, along with Phoenix councilwoman Thelda Williams, will lead the countdown and f lip the switch to light the tree, along with local celebrities and other special guests.

Pop music singer/songwriter, Bonnie McKee, known for her hit “American Girl,” will perform a selection of music,

along with pop duo Megan and Liz. Also taking the stage wil l be the Phoenix-based Angelique White Band who will perform holiday and smooth jazz music.

Additionally, special offers and discounts will be available at participating stores. Stores will be open late until 9 p.m. There will also be enter-to-win prizes valued from $250 to $500.

Golf tournament benefits Carefree nonprofitFoothills Caring Corps, lo-

cated in Carefree, has invited the community to participate in the second annual Charity Golf Tournament Nov. 18 at Mirabel Golf Club in Scottsdale.

Debbra Determan, executive director at Foothills Caring Corps, said that it does not mat-ter whether participants are seri-ous golfers or not; the charity golf tournament is about ensuring that the Foothills Caring Corps can continue its mission and provide programs for elderly neighbors in the community.

Determan also invited guests to make and establish volunteer connections, while enjoying the beauty of Mirabel Golf Club.

The course will have food stations for participants during the match. Following the tour-nament, Mirabel will provide players with beverages and hors d’oeuvres. Raff le drawing and other prizes will be awarded.

Sponsors and players will re-ceive a continental breakfast

prior to the shotgun start at 10 a.m. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. The tournament is a scramble format and is limited to 120 players.

Individual registration cost is $350 and includes golf, food and beverages. Other support op-portunities for the charity golf tournament are available. They range from a $25,000 “title” spon-sorship that includes 16 players,

to $5,000 “bronze” sponsorships that include four players. Indi-vidual hole sponsors are $1,500 and include two players.

To register, or for more infor-mation, call 480-488-1105 or visit foothillscaringcorps.com.

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Community EventsFRIDAY

District 6 forumRep. David Schweikert is invit-

ing his District 6 constituents to visit with congressional staff and voice questions or feedback Nov. 15 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Deer Valley Senior Center, 2001 W. Wahalla Lane in Phoenix. Constituent service caseworkers will be available for one-on-one assistance with issues such as delays with Medicare or Social Security, passport issues, veter-ans and military service ques-tions and other federal agency concerns. Get more information on these events via Ernestina Borquez-Smith at [email protected] or at 480-946-2411.

SATURDAYPoker Ride

On Nov. 16, New River Kiwan-is is holding its 17th annual Poker Ride. The ride leaves at 9:30 a.m.

from Larkyn Memorial Arena at New River Kiwanis Community Park on 15th Avenue. There will also be a raffle, silent auction and lots of prizes. All proceeds will benefit the arena. Tickets for the ride and lunch are $15 for kids under 13; for ages 13 and up, tick-ets are $25 at the door or $20 for advanced sales. RSVP by calling 623-465-0229 for advance tickets or more info.Harley party

Buddy Stubbs Anthem Harley-Davidson is celebrating its fifth anniversary and is inviting the public for a day of free food, a custom bike show, live music and more Nov. 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information or to register a bike for the show, contact Phillip McKee at 602-971-3400 or email [email protected] reception

Dawn Schiano Kirchner will

have new works of art on dis-play Nov. 16 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for an opening reception at The Caepe School, located at 39905 N. Gavilan Peak Pkwy. in Anthem.Turkey talk

With Thanksgiving fast ap-proaching, bird expert Joe Ford from the Sonoran Audubon So-ciety will be at Cave Creek Re-gional Park Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. for a talk all about turkeys—domestic and wild.Elephant Mountain Fortress hike

Physically fit and familiar with what a long-distance hike on primitive trails entails? If so, then check out the Elephant Mountain Fortress hike Nov. 16 at 8 a.m. at Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area. The 7-mile, 5-hour roundtrip hike will explore one of the area’s premier archaeo-logical sites. Bring at least a liter of water. Wearing a hat and dress-ing in layers is recommended. No dogs allowed on this hike.

SUNDAYFull Moon Hike

Visit the Spur Cross Ranch Conservation Area Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. for a full moon hike. Guests are encouraged to bring a flash-light, though the group will try to use them sparingly.

MONDAYForeign film series

“Repulsion,” a 1965 film di-rected by Roman Polanski, will be featured Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. at North Valley Regional Library in Anthem as part of the “in-ternational classics” subset of a foreign film series. Discussion is led by Jeremy Carr, an associate professor with the ASU film and media studies program. The event is directed towards adults, and registration is required. Register by calling 602-652-3000, visit-ing mcldaz.org online or by in-

quiring at the library’s customer service desk.

WEDNESDAYHomeschool book Discussion

North Valley Regional Library in Anthem will play host Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. to “Homeschool Book Discussion: ‘Guardians of Ga’hoole: The Capture.’ ” The program is sponsored by the New Friends of the Library. Registra-tion required.

LATER IN THE MONTHTeen book discussion

Teenagers who love to read and then share their favorite books are invited to North Valley Regional Library in Anthem Nov. 26 for a 4 p.m. informal discussion on books. Snacks provided.

WEEKLYRead to Sioux Pooh

Children, along with a favor-ite adult, are invited to Desert Broom Library every Tuesday at 3 p.m. to read to Sioux Pooh the therapy dog. A 2010 study found that children in reading programs that used therapy dogs developed reading skills up to 20 percent faster than without.Stories in Cave Creek

From 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. every Thursday, Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek hosts “Lit-tle Ones Story Time.” The pro-gram is geared toward newborns and children up to 36 months in age. The library also has a story time program for toddlers, which is held every Tuesday from 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.Toddler Time

Toddlers, accompanied by a favorite adult are invited to en-joy interactive stories, songs and games that encourage emerging language skills every Wednes-day at Desert Broom Library. The program starts at 11:30 a.m. and is aimed at children aged 24 to 36 months.

Networking groupAmSpirit Business Connec-

tions is national organization consisting of sales representa-tives, entrepreneurs, and profes-sionals which provides a forum for its members to exchange qual-ified referrals with others in the group. The Greater Scottsdale Chapter of AmSpirit meets every Wednesday 8 a.m.-9:15 a.m. at the offices of Homeowners Financial Group located at 16427 N. Scotts-dale Road, No. 280 in Scottsdale. Prospective new members and visitors are welcome to attend.Family Storytime

Children of all ages, with an adult in tow, are welcome Thurs-days at Desert Broom Library to share books, stories, songs and rhymes in a fun, interactive pro-gram that builds early literacy skills. The library is located at Cave Creek Road and Tatum Boulevard.

Babytime FridaysBabies up to 24 months in age,

accompanied by an adult, can explore pre-literacy skills through songs and stories at Desert Broom Library. Programs start at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Each 20-minute program is followed by an un-structured 30-minute playtime.

CraftingAdults wishing to knit, crochet,

tat, macramé or do just about anything that has to do with fi-ber are invited to North Valley Regional Library’s “Made by Hand” program every Thursday at 1 p.m. Bring projects, books and patterns, accomplishments and knowledge to share with oth-ers. Learn something new about your own craft, or pick up another craft (or stitch) that has piqued your interest. Or come and spend a couple of leisurely hours do-ing something you love to do or would like to learn and, in the process, make new friendships.


Friday night mealsThe Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post

1796 in Black Canyon City is serv-ing up meals every Friday night. The public is welcome to attend.Homework help

Teen volunteers are available Wednesdays from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Desert Broom Library to help elementary school-aged children with homework assignments and study skills.Yoga nidra, gong therapy

Every Friday from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Yoga Breeze in Cave Creek is a yoga nidra and gong therapy class, offering an opportunity to experience the therapeutic state of yoga or yo-gic sleep. Those interested in attending should wear comfy clothing. Cost for the class is $10. Yoga Breeze is located at 4705 E. Carefree Hwy. Ste. 11. Call 480-595-2855 for more info.

Additionally, Rajpal Kaur of-fers private yoga classes, gong meditation and sonic massage. Contact Rajpal Kaur to sched-ule a private class or for more information at 623-910-1096 or at [email protected] story times

Every Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. or 11 a.m., North Valley Regional Library in Anthem invites pre-schoolers ages 3-6 to the Story Time Room to enjoy stories,

rhymes, music, movement and more as they build their early literacy skills and develop a love of reading.

For toddlers ages 18-36 months, Story Time Room hosts Wednes-day programming at 9:15 a.m. that includes stories, songs and finger plays for children and their parent or caregiver.

Also on Wednesdays, Story Time Room is the place to be for the 0-18-month-old crowd. This “Baby Time” starts promptly at 11 a.m. Programming includes books, lap-sit songs and rhymes, puppets, music and shakers and the parachute. Learn tips to build a foundation for reading. Play-time follows the regular program.

MONTHLYNR/DHCA meeting

The New River/Desert Hills Community Association hosts two meetings each month. A commu-nity meeting is held every second Tuesday of the month, 7:30 p.m.-9 p.m., at the Daisy Mountain Fire Station. Then on the second Friday each month, the group convenes its town hall meeting from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Tramonto Fire Station. Meetings feature local guest speak-ers on an array of topics.Library hosts foreign film

Desert Foothills Library will host a different foreign film from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., one Monday each month. For information on the coming events go to dlfa.org. Des-

ert Foothills Library is located at 38443 North Schoolhouse Road in Cave Creek.New River Kiwanis

The first and third Wednesday of every month, New River Ki-wanis hold their regular meetings at the New River Kiwanis Com-munity Park, 48606 N. 17th Ave. The civic organization is geared toward helping children and is always looking for new members to get involved.Music at Desert Broom Library

The second Saturday of every month, Desert Broom Library invites musicians to come and perform live acoustic numbers between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Music should be family friendly. Bring f liers or other means to adver-tise your group. If interested in performing, email [email protected] or talk to a librarian for more info.Cards, board games social

The third Tuesday each month at Desert Foothills Library in Cave Creek is designated for a cards and board games social for adults from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The library has lots of games to choose from including cards, Scrabble, chess, checkers, backgammon, Trivial Pursuit, Crib-bage, Yahtzee and more. Games and refreshments brought from home are welcome, too. Coffee available for purchase. No registration needed.

Desert Broom KnittersKnitters of all ages and skill

levels are invited to gather in the small conference room at Desert Broom Library the fourth Saturday each month from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. to work on existing projects, start new ones and share tips and techniques. General instruction given includes how to cast on, making the knit stitch, purling and binding off at the end of a finished piece. Specific projects are also taught. The group’s leader is an experienced instructor,

knitting guild member and established knitwear designer with published original patterns for hand knitters.Healing session

The third Monday of every month, the Peaceful Spirit Enrichment Center in New River hosts a monthly Healing Circle/Reiki Share from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. This group is for individuals that have learned Reiki or another modality of healing. Each participant will give and receive a healing session. RSVPs accepted.

Community Events

Eric Quade photoAddressing the masses — Retired Admiral Vernon E. Clark was on hand Monday at the Anthem Veterans Memorial, giving a fiery speech about the military’s role in a post-9/11 world. The Veterans Day ceremony also included a fly-over, flag raising, performances by the Musical Theatre of Anthem and more.


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NSA fishing expedition keeps getting bigger

FARAH

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Three weeks ago we learned that the National Security Agency has been spying on the chancellor of Germany and on the president of the United States. Two weeks we learned that it has spied on the pope and on the conclave that

elected him last March. Last week we learned that it also has spied on the secretary general of the United Na-tions and has hacked into

the computer servers at Google and Yahoo.

What’s going on?President Obama, who has yet

to address these outrages to seri-ous questioners, must know of them because apparently he has gotten into the habit of wanting to know in advance what is on the minds of those with whom he is scheduled to meet. The New York Times reported recently that it learned from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden that the NSA happily told Obama what U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon was planning to ask him well in advance of when he asked it. The NSA could have learned that only from its surveillance of the secre-

tary general’s personal cell phone calls, emails and texts. It seems the NSA is providing this service to its clients, and chief among them is the president.

Also among them are other parts of the government, such as the Department of Justice, the IRS, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. This is where we find even more dan-gers to personal freedom than the constitutional violations and personal privacy outrages visited on all Americans and on foreign officials.

The NSA claims it can oper-ate outside the restraints of the Fourth Amendment. The NSA and its congressional apologists have argued that because its task is essentially to gather foreign intelligence for national secu-rity purposes only, and because the Fourth Amendment, which requires detailed language in search warrants particularly de-scribing the person or place to be searched and the person or thing to be seized, only restrains the government when it is engaged in criminal prosecutions and not when it is on a fishing expedi-tion for intelligence purposes, the Fourth Amendment does not re-strain the NSA.

Yet, the plain language of the Fourth Amendment protects ev-

eryone in America from govern-ment intrusion in their persons, houses, papers and effects, wheth-er the government is looking for evidence of crimes or of evidence of sophistry. The NSA’s argument that the Fourth Amendment only regulates criminal prosecutions is nonsense. It never has seriously been made to or accepted by the Supreme Court, and it defies what we now know about the client list of the NSA. Its clients consist surely of the 15 or so other intelli-gence agencies in the federal gov-ernment. But its clients are also the premiere federal agencies that decide whom to prosecute. In or-der to decide whom to prosecute, these agencies need to examine evidence. And if the evidence they are examining has come through extra-constitutional means, these agencies are destroying the fab-ric of liberty they have sworn to uphold, which includes the use of only lawfully and constitution-ally gathered evidence.

The NSA’s own behavior de-fies its argument that so long as it is not involved in obtaining evi-dence for criminal prosecutions, it is free to use extra-constitution-al means to gather data.

The whole purpose of the

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Journalists losing sight of their role

My friends in the media are fond of quoting Thomas Jeffer-son—selectively, that is—with regard to the responsibility and sanctity of the free press.

“(W)ere it left to me to decide whether we should have a gove r n -ment with-out news-pape r s o r newspapers w it hout a government, I should not hesitate a mo-ment to pre-

fer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.”

That’s the quote they like the most. Jefferson said it in 1787.

In all my years in journalism, I have never seen any of my col-leagues quote what Jefferson said a mere 27 years later in 1814: “I deplore ... the putrid state into which our newspapers have passed and the malignity, the vulgarity and mendacious spirit of those who write for them. ... These ordures are rapidly deprav-ing the public taste and lessen-ing its relish for sound food. As vehicles of information and a curb on our functionaries, they have rendered themselves useless by forfeiting all title to belief. ... This has, in a great degree, been produced by the violence and ma-lignity of party spirit.”

What went so wrong in one generation?

As I have pointed out many times, including in a book I wrote some years ago, “Stop the Presses! The Inside Story of the New Me-dia Revolution,” America’s colo-nial founding fathers did some-thing unique in the history of the world when they embraced as part of the Constitution protections for press freedom—a concept that had no precedent at the time and hasn’t had one equal to it since.

They did it with one thing in mind—restricting the expansion of the federal government beyond its intended limited functions. But, according to the free press’ greatest champion, the central role of a free press in a free society had been betrayed — badly — in one lifetime.

Less than 200 years later, the state of the media is such that

most journalists could not even articulate what that role is. For instance, the Society of Profes-sional Journalists is a respected organization that has established the internal code of conduct and ethics for reporters and editors. Here’s what the preamble to the code of ethics says: “Members of the Society of Professional Journalists believe that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of Democracy. The duty of the journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and comprehensive account of events and issues. Conscien-tious journalists from all media and specialties strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty.

Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility.”

What’s wrong with that? Several things:

“Democracy”—with a capital D or not—was anathema to Jef-ferson and his 18th-century coun-terparts who drafted and ratified the First Amendment. They hated democracy. They chose not to pat-tern their new government on the principles of democracy. Instead they chose the form of a consti-tutionally limited republic—a far cry from democracy.

The preamble says nothing about the central role of a free press in maintaining a free so-ciety. It is conspicuously absent. There’s more to the duty of a journalist than “seeking truth” and playing fair. The role of pre-serving liberty is all but forgotten.

So what is the central role of a free press in a free society?

First and foremost it is to serve as a watchdog on fraud, waste, abuse and corruption in govern-ment. That’s why, even to this day, the press is known as “the fourth estate.” There are three branches of government that are to serve as checks and bal-ance on each other. And then there is a fourth, independent in-stitution, whose primary role is to serve as an external, outside, autonomous watchdog.

I find it pathetic that so few journalists in what we euphe-mistically call “the mainstream media” know this, care about

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The presidency, the Congress and the Supreme Court are rarely at odds with each other in any meaningful way. Government grows way beyond its constitu-tional limits—daily—despite the checks and balances that were ingeniously put in place by our founders to prevent that tendency. And, worse yet, the media don’t expose this lawlessness. Rather, they cheerlead it.

When was the last time you

heard, read or saw someone in the press—outside of WND, an insti-tution specifically established to serve with conviction the central role of a free press in a free so-ciety—expose unconstitutional growth and power grabs by the federal government?

It’s hard to remember, isn’t it? How did journalism lose its way?

Like most other cultural insti-tutions in America, it was taken over, subverted, undermined and sabotaged by an ideology that simply doesn’t believe in a con-stitutionally limited government, that simply doesn’t believe people are endowed by their Creator with

certain inalienable rights, that simply doesn’t believe in life, liberty and the pursuit of happi-ness, that simply doesn’t believe in self-government.

You can seek national salva-tion in politics for the next 100 years, but it won’t come unless you comprehend the full picture of what went wrong in Ameri-ca—and how its enviable vision was betrayed.

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Fourth Amendment is to pre-vent the government from going house to house without probable cause until it finds evidence of a crime—as British soldiers did to the colonists—and then using that evidence in criminal pros-ecutions. But if the NSA can go from computer to computer without probable cause until it finds what it wants—and turn some of that evidence over to law enforcement—the Constitution’s protections effectively have been short-circuited.

Why does the government, which has sworn an oath to up-hold the Constitution, find ways to short-circuit it? The answer goes to the nature of government. Even in a free society, government always grows, always expands and always wants to control more human behavior. But government that operates in secrecy, where no one can see it and criticize it,

will do whatever it can get away with—like spy on the pope, share unconstitutionally acquired evi-dence with law enforcement or sate the president’s curiosity.

As if all of this were not bad enough, we learned just recently that the NSA has hacked into the enormous computer servers of Google and Yahoo. These two companies, which have been co-erced into and rewarded for their cooperation with the NSA, have now been betrayed by their spying partners in the government. They must have been gullible enough to believe that all NSA access to their hardware had been by con-sent or at least by court order and with their knowledge. It is almost inconceivable that any judge of the FISA court ordered hacking , as that is expressly prohibited by federal statute. Hacking is criminal no matter who orders it.

Even some of the president’s congressional supporters now acknowledge that the NSA is out of control and destroys more

liberty than it protects.Why would the NSA do all of

this? Because in secret it can cut constitutional corners with impu-nity. And it no doubt believes it is easier to tap into the telephones and computers of all 330 million of us who live in the United States in order to monitor the few dozen among us whom it really wants to watch than to develop prob-able cause against its true targets as the Framers intended and the Constitution expressly requires. And as well, who knows what teasing cute morsel its agents can deliver to the president before his next Oval Office visitor arrives?

Is this the government the Framers gave us? Is this the gov-ernment to which we consented? Is this the government most con-ducive to personal liberty in a free society? The answers are obvious.

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