October 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Male Elks make a haunting, high pitched scream that is commonly misunderstood by newcomers to Arizona’s high country and the States city dwellers. The call is called Bugling and male Elks make this sound to attract females during mating season.
I guess it’s not surprising that some people might mistake this odd sound as that of humans in distress. One woman in Mesa Del ended up calling the Gila County Sheriff’s Office recently to report a fight with a lot of screaming which of course turned out to be a male Elk just trying to attract a female.
I’m sure the woman was relieved when she learned it was just the wildlife having a bit of fun!
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May 2nd, 2007 at 9:02 pm
What would you do if you couldn’t drive and you had pets but wanted to move to an area far far away? Why you’d take a cab wouldn’t you?
That’s what Betty and Bob Matas, neither of whom drive, did when they wanted to spare their cats an airplane trip as they moved from New York to a retirement home 90 miles north of Phoenix.
They left their Queen’s New York neighborhood on April 10th in a canary yellow ford SUV cab and traveled about 10 hours a day for a flat rate of $3000 plus gas, meals and lodging. Luckily the SUV was a hybrid-electric vehicle and that lessened the cost of buying gas.
“It was pretty tiring, for my wife especially,” said Bob Matas, 72, a former audio and video engineer for advertising agencies. “We’re happy where we are. We’re happy and that’s it.”
Matas said he was “flabbergasted” by the attention surrounding the couple’s trip. Passers-by recognized them when they saw the New York cab, he said.
“Every state that we hit, people would say, ‘Are you the ones?’ and we would say, ‘Yes, we are the ones,’” Matas said.
The Mayor of Sedona welcomed them as they arrived with a noontime ceremony a couple of weeks ago. They were presented with a bag of Sedona souvenirs. Their real estate agent met them at the ceremony and gave them the keys to their new Village of Oak Creek home.
The couple stayed in a hotel for a few days while their belongings were moved into their new house. Their belongings were transported by a friend in a rental truck who drove behind the cab on the long journey.
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January 3rd, 2007 at 1:58 am
Hmmm the San Francisco Giants are part of the spring training Cactus Leagues. Now I’ve got some thinking to do. Earlier I’d been thinking of going to see another team play during spring training but now that I know that the San Francisco Giants are part of the same training league I might change my plans and watch a few of their games instead.
See, we’ve been planning a trip for the new year. We might get together with my brother and Tricia’s brother- they are both huge baseball fans, so what better way to get together for a vacation than to go to Arizona and watch some of the spring training games? I think it’s a fantastic idea.
Ah ha! I’ve just discovered that they are actually playing against the Chicago cubs in Hohokam Park, Mesa Arizona on March 1st. We can see both of the teams that we’re interested in watching play against each other if we plan our trip for early March. This is fantastic. I must see about getting the Giants Spring Training tickets soon. I’ve already planned to try to get tickets in section 116 Row A because those seats are in the first row just past third base. Otherwise we’ll try for seats in section 115, row A as those are in the first row as well, just past first base on the Cubs side. Either would be great considering we’re going with both Cubs and Giants fans.
I must go and make plans!
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