Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man Cottonwood AZ – With a sweep of his hand, Folksville USA Mayor Gary Chamberlain indicated Arizona SR 260 highway shoulders littered with broken glass and blowing paper. Exasperated he said, “The time has come again to remove trash from our highways. We must keep this “Third World” cancer out of the Verde Valley.” Chamberlain, the decorated... 

Abandoned political signs litter Arizona highways Dear Verde Valley residents, Americans and taxpayers,   PC, also known as political correctness, isn’t part of my vocabulary – so hang on tight.   When I was young, 65 years ago, the nearest adult could reshape the attitude of any young person out of control, without hesitation or beating-around-the-bush trying to be PC. What... 

Arizona Veterans Highway I-17 litter Dear Sedona Eye Editor, Every day should be Veterans Day. All men and women in our Armed Forces serve the citizens of our country. Sometimes these men and women die for our country. Some of these men and women suffer life-changing injuries, again, serving the citizens of our country. “Rick” Stone, USMC, paid the ultimate price when he served our country... 

Les Mickle vs Tao Fellowship? This is in response to Mr. Les Mickle’s editorial in the Cottonwood Verde Independent on April 14, 2011. Mr. Mickle states some concern that the Tao Fellowship and their “Settlement” may damage the National Forest and Wilderness. He may be correct but look around at the other developments, in the same area, that have been built and ask yourself what’s the difference... 

As of this weekend, our group recovered 149 bags of someone else’s Trash on our 15 mile section of Scenic Highway 89A between Cottonwood and Sedona. We cleaned the garbage from that area in mid-November 2010. Four months of trash divided into 149 bags — do the trash math!   I had ADOT Supervisor reporting the recovery of a hand grenade on the highway (not on our highway as far... 

Verde River winds through Arizona’s Verde Valley Sedona AZ (January 24, 2011) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor: I am responding to this question and the Cornville Community Association Presidents email sent to residents of Verde Santa Fe on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at 3:55 PM. Deanna King, President Cornville Community Association (CCA) states “we” (the CCA)... 

SedonaEye.com Guest Columnist Gary Chamberlain Sedona AZ (January 15, 2011) – The following story was sent to me and whether it’s true or not, it’s believable and doable. It brought a tear to my eye reading it as I would imagine it would to all soldiers, veterans, and especially Vietnam era veterans of which I am one. God bless the man who took this action and to all who follow... 

***Folksville News*** PO Box 1138, Cornville, AZ 86325 Folksville, USA (Population/Readership 1358) October 28, 2010 Road runner feasts on aluminum and other metals. Chuck Turnquist in the owner of RoadRunner Recycling, 1044 North Main, Cottonwood, AZ, and is open for business and willing to pay you for scrap copper, steel, brass and aluminum. The RoadRunner will pick up scrap at commercial and industrial... 

Sedona AZ (February 23, 2010)- Opinions and Gripes by Hollywood Jim. Litter Anyone? Are you as tired as I am of seeing litter on the side of the road? Does it ever end? With recycling on everyone’s mind you would think there would be less and less litter to see, but not so. How can anyone be as selfish as to throw something out a car window and leave it for someone else to pick up? When I... 

On February 13, 2010 many people including the Boy Scouts will be out on Scenic Highway 89A and Hwy 260. I need $400-$500 in pledges for the Cottonwood LDS Boy Scout Troop who embark on their second trip to recover and recycle litter. Read the attached story to see what they did. ADOT wasn’t required to lift a finger and I even received a itemized count of all contents from the Scouts which...