FYI more snow to come!

Mingus Mountain Road Update for Sunday, February 7, 2010:

Upper Mingus Mountain received 8” to 10” of snowfall on Saturday night & early Sunday morning.  The 104A Forest Service road has been snowplowed from Hwy 89A up to the Forest Service Day Use/Picnic area ¼ mile beyond the Mingus Mountain Camp.  The road has become restricted to single lane passage with this additional snow on most of the areas beyond the Forest Service gate.  Pull-off’s are limited.  Currently (5:30pm we are receiving mountain hail-snow but I don’t expect to receive much more new accumulation tonight.  Next storm with precipitation is expected on Wednesday.

The FS road up to the South sites continues to be plugged with heavy snow.  An unsuccessful attempt was made by someone yesterday in a vehicle & it appears to have bogged down within the first 10 yards & made a nice mess of things while backing out.  Sorry, but the additional new snow will just make it worse Southsiders…………L

Please drive safe up here, have a full tank of gas & keep those cell phones charged up!!!

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From Verde Independent

Even though it was widely rumored that this massage parlor was famous for it’s “happy endings” it still took four agencies to end the happiness. The investigation took a  year – to make sure it was a thorough and complete look into what was going on.

From the Verde Independent:

Shortly after noon, 15 to 20 members of Cottonwood Police, the Yavapai County Special Crimes Unit, the PANT drug enforcement unit and federal agents of Immigration and Customs Enforcement served a search warrant at the Chinese Massage in the two-story Cottonwood Professional plaza at 830 S. Main St..

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James Ray Sweat Lodge Killer?

James Ray was arrested today (Wednesday Feb 3rd) by Yavapai County Sheriff’s at his attorney’s office in Prescott on three counts of manslaughter in the deaths of three participants at an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony he organized last year.

Ray is charged with the deaths of Kirby Brown, James Shore and Liz Neuman.

Ray’s attorney, Luis Li, said that the charges were unjust and that Ray would be exonerated in court.

Wondering what 2nd Degree Murder is? Second-degree murder is ordinarily defined as 1) an intentional killing that is not premeditated or planned, nor committed in a reasonable “heat of passion” or 2) a killing caused by dangerous conduct and the offender’s obvious lack of concern for human life. Second-degree murder may best be viewed as the middle ground between first-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter. (From FindLaw)

Update Feb 4th: James Ray, through his lawyers, accepted responsibility for the deaths in Sedona. However, that doesn’t make it a crime they say.

Link to CNN

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The flood of 2010 in Cottonwood, Arizona didn’t meet the predictions that was forecast. The NWS predicted the river to crest at 25 feet. Still, the river did rise 10 feet. This video was shot near Cottonwood, AZ by the Verde River. http://openskymedia.com

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Found out today that a tree fell on hunters sleeping in their tent last night by milepost 245 on highway 260. One was a tempe firefighter who was killed by the tree falling. It took 1.5 to 2 hours for a passerby to see the survivor and rescue him. Where was the snow plow driver that was maintaining the road – that area is supposed to be maintained. normally the driver goes by every 30 minutes plowing.

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Sedona resident Shawna Bowen, who was at the sweat lodge ceremony last week, discusses the event with 3TV’s Jared Dillingham. Until now we haven’t had a first-hand account of what happened at the sweat lodge tragedy and what role James Arthur Ray may have played when participants began passing out.

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If an explorer named Java Bob says it’s true then I have to believe!

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Shawna Bowen, Motivational Speaker and Therapist

Shawna Bowen interviews with Harry Smith of the CBS Early Show about what she saw at the James Ray Sweat Lodge in Sedona, Arizona where two people died. Shawna Bowen is a Therapist, Author, and Motivational Speaker. You can find out more about her at FromRockStarToTherapist.com.

Here’s her radio show where she talks about the James Ray Sweat Lodge incident:

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The Jordan World Circus came to Cottonwood, Monday night, before moving on to Flagstaff for a Tuesday performance. There was a large number of area residents in attendance for the event. We saw many friends and neighbors in the audience to spend a night out under the stars and watch the performers.

The performers were from all over the world and included trapeze artists, acrobats, a guy walking in a giant wheel, motorcycle death ball riders, and of course a lion tamer. It was quite a performance and the girls had a great time.

All photos taken by Stephanie Shultz.

All photos taken by Stephanie Shultz.

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Photo of Tlaquepaque via Tea With A Mouse on Flickr

The Sedona area was hit by freak flash flooding on Thursday, Sept 10, 2009. Residents and stores near Thunder Mountain were shocked that afternoon to see the flood waters washing through parking lots and into people’s homes.

This video shows at 2:30 p.m. a flash flood hit Tlaquepaque. It washed a few cars into a debris-laded culvert which caused the entire parking lot to flood.

Tlaqupaque flood

More Photos from Tea With A Mouse

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