>> Ted: NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, THE IMPACT OF NEW NORTH-SOUTH INTERSTATE FREEWAY IN ARIZONA.

AND DETAILS ON THE 20th ANNUAL RAINBOW'S FESTIVAL IN PHOENIX AND THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM.

THAT'S NEXT ON "ARIZONA HORIZON."

>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

GOVERNOR HOBBS VETOED TWO BILLS FROM THE LEGISLATURE AND ONE WOULD HAVE BEENED CITIES AND TOWNS FROM CITIES GROCERIES.

SHE SAID THE LOSS OF REVENUE FROM LOSING THE TAX WOULD RESULT IN CUTS CITY SERVICES ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN PROPERTY TAXES.

THE OTHER VETO EJECTED REJECTED BANKS TO DO BUSINESSES WITH FIREARM'S BUSINESSES.

SHE WROTE THE BILL IS, QUOTE, UNNECESSARY AND IF ENACTED COULD LEAVE ARIZONA'S MARKETED AND SHE VETOED 18 BILLS THIS SESSION.

>>> THE SITE OF YESTERDAY'S MASS SHOOTING KILLING THREE CHILDREN AND THREE ADULTS AND STILL NO CLEAR MOTIVE AND PIECING TOGETHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECT, A 28-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO WAS A FORMER STUDENT AT THE SCHOOL.

>> SHE WAS UNDER CARE, DOCTOR'S CARE FOR AN EMOTIONAL DISORDER, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE TREATMENT SHE WAS RECEIVING, BUT HER PARENTS FELT SHE SHOULD NOT OWN WEAPONS.

THEY WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION WHEN SHE SOLD THE ONE WEAPON, SHE DID NOT OWN ANYMORE.

WE ALSO DON'T HAVE A MOTIVE AT THIS TIME.

WE FEEL THAT THESE STUDENTS THAT WERE TARGETED WERE RANDOMLY TARGETED AND THERE WAS NOT ANY PARTICULAR STUDENT THAT SHE WAS LOOKING FOR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

>> Ted: POLICE SAID THE SHOOTER LEGALLY PURCHASED SEVEN FIREARMS FROM FIVE DIFFERENT NASHVILLE AREA GUN STORES IN RECENT YEARS.

THREE OF THE GUNS WERE USED IN YESTERDAY'S KILLINGS.

>>> A FIRE IN THE IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTER IN CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO AND A FIRE BROKE OUT WHEN THEY SET FIRE TO MATTRESSES AFTER LEARNING THE MIGRANTS WOULD BE DEPORTED FROM CENTRAL DIDN'T SOUTH AMERICA.

>>> CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE U.S. IS UP.

THE LATEST CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SHOWS THE NUMBERS FOR MARCH WERE UP FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH AND HIGHER THAN ANALYSTS EXPECTED.

THETHEY FEEL JOBS ARE PLENTIFUL AND CONCERN ABOUT INFLATION.

ROBERTSTHEY SPENT LESS ON TRAVEL AND ENTERTAINMENT.

>>> THE I-11 COALITION IS ON UP TO LAS VEGAS WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF CONNECTING MEXICO AND CANADA.

JOINING US NOW IS A FORMER MARICOPA MAYOR, CHRISTIAN PRICE, OF THE I-11 AND GOOD TO HAVE YOU.

GIVE ME A BETTER DEFINITION.

I-11 SOUNDS LIKE IT'S BETWEEN AN IDEA AND A DONE DEAL.

>> IT IS.

SO IN MAP 21, CONGRESS DESIGNATED IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE POWER AND BASICALLY SAID, WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO MAJOR CITIES LIKE LAS VEGAS AND PHOENIX SHOULD BE CONNECTED TOGETHER.

IN FACT, THEY'RE THE ONLY TWO MAJOR CITIES IN THE COUNTRY OVER A MILLION PEOPLE WITHOUT A DIRECT CONNECTION FREEWAY.

THEY DID AND THE PROBLEM IS IT LEFT THE REST OF IT TO SAY WANT WHAT DO YOU DO AND YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, DO WE TAKE THIS TO NOGALES OR BEYOND LAS VEGAS AND INTO CANADA SOMETIME TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC AND WE NEED MORE FREEWAYS IN THE WEST.

>> Ted: FROM LAS VEGAS TO NOGALES, TRUE IN.

>> THE TIER 1 EIS.

>> CONGRESS DESIGNATED.

WHEN THEY GET INVOLVED, NO STUDIES AND THEY POINT THEIR FINGER AND THAT'S A DONE DEAL.

WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REMAINER, YES, THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY.

>> Ted: WHERE IS THAT STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE DO WE STAND IN.

>> THE TIER 1, EIS, OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY IS COMPLETE AND THEY GO OUT FOR MANY, MANY STUDIES, AS WELL AS ENGINEERING AND THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE, RIGHT?

SO THEY OPEN IT UP AND ALLOW LOTS OF TRANSPARENCY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE TO COME AND SAY, I LIKE THIS AND I DON'T LIKE THAT.

BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST ROUTE TO TAKE?

AND ONCE THEY ESTABLISH THAT ROUTE AND THINK, HEY, WE'VE LOOKED AT FIVE FINGERLING IDEAS OF HERE AND THERE, THEY TAKE THE BIGGEST CONSENSUS AND DESIGN A 2000 SQUARE FOOT CORRIDOR THAT RUNS THAT LENGTH.

>> Ted: WE HAVE A MAP HERE OF THE TIER TWO STUDY FOR GAL NOGALES TO WICKENBURG AND WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT?

>> THIS IS THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND IT'S SMALL AT MOMENT BUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT.

BASICALLY, IT'S SHOWING, HEY, THESE ARE ALTERNATIVES THAT IT COULD TAKE IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA BECAUSE IT'S VERY UNDEFINED AT THE MOMENT.

AS IT ENTERS INTO WICKENBURG, IT'S DEFINED.

>> Ted: IT RUNS THROUGH NATIONAL PARKS AND MONUMENTS, DOES IT NOT?

>> YOU'LL NEVER BULLDOZE THROUGH A PARK OR MONUMENT, BUT IT'S SEPARATED AND IT GOES THROUGH AND DOESN'T CONNECT.

>> Ted: IF IT'S GOING THROUGH IT, IT'S GOING THROUGH IT.

>> BETWEEN THE MIDDLE OF THEM AND NOT ON ANY DESIGNATED LAND.

SO, IN OTHER WORDS, THE LAND BETWEEN THEM, IT'S NOT DESIGNATED.

>> Ted: THE NATIONAL PARK AND IRON FOREST NATIONAL MONUMENT.

>> CORRECT.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE AARONWOODIRONWOODIS THE BIGGEST CONCERN.

>> EVERYBODY HAS A DIFFERENT WAY OF PRESENTING, BUT THAT'S THE PURPOSE EFFORT STUDIES, RIGHT.

IT'S TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION SO THAT IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT ROUTE, WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

>> Ted: YOU'RE BUILDING THROUGH REALLY, REALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.

YOU HAVE TO GET THERE FROM A TO B.

BUT CAN YOU GET FROM A TO B EXPANDING WHAT'S THERE AND HOW DO YOU DO THIS?

>> THERE ARE SOME ROADS THEY'RE UTILIZEUTILIZING AND SMALL PORTIONS UTILIZED BECAUSE THEY EXIST.

BUT THE END ALL, BE ALL IS THAT ARIZONA WON'T STOP GROWING ANY TIME SOON.

YOU CAN'T RELY ON THE EXISTING FREEWAYS THERE TODAY TO BE ABLE TO HAND ALL OF THE TRAFFIC AND CORRIDORS THAT ARE NEEDED AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW.

AND I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK LIKE BACK EAST DOES, BUT THE REALITY IS, BACK EAST HAS MORE ALTERNATIVES THAN IN THE WEST.

>> Ted: THEY'VE FILED SUIT, HAVE THEY NOT?

>> ONE THING THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE CAN SAY I DON'T LIKE THIS OR THAT, BUT REALLY, BECAUSE CAN FILE SUIT AGAINST IS THE ACTUAL PROCESS ITSELF.

YOU CAN'T JUST SAY, I DISLIKE THIS, BUT THE PROCESS WASN'T FOLDFOLLOWED AND ADOT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORK IN HAND.

THERE ARE CONCERNS BECAUSE IT'S NEAR THEIR TRIBE AND IT'S THROUGH THE CITY OF MARICOPA AND IT'S A GOOD THING.

I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE TRIBE AND HOW CLOSE IT IS TO THEIR LAND.

>> Ted: A QUOTE FROM ONE OF THE LEADERS, KEEP IT AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE AND CAN YOU DO THAT IN.

>> THAT'S THE GOAL, TO KEEP IT AWAY AND THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.

JUST BECAUSE THIS IS A LINE ON A MAP, IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL.

IT'S TO GET PEOPLE'S INPUT.

>> Ted: INPUT ON YOUR TOWN, GOODYEAR, WICKENBURG.

>> I'VE HEARD PEOPLE TESTIFYING SAYING THIS COULD PRESENT 35 TO 65 DOLLARS$65 IN REVENUE AND THAT'S HUGE.

IF YOU CAN MOVE GOODS AND SERVICES AND BRING TAX REVENUE AND EXPAND GROWTH, THAT WILL HELP THE CITIES AND TOWNS, THE COUNTIES AND ULTIMATELY THE STATE BE MORE SUCCESSFUL.

>> Ted: ALL CITIES AND TOWNS AND FEW TUCSON?

>> SOME PARTS THEY HIKE AND LIKE AND DON'T LIKE AND YOU SEE A SPLIT BECAUSE THEY'VE NOT REACHED AN AGREEMENT.

THAT WILL BE DECIPHERED THROUGH THE TIER 2 EIS.

>> Ted: I SEE AN AQUIFER AND YOU'RE RUNNING THROUGH THAT?

>> TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH CHOICES MOVING FORWARD AND THE FACT THAT WILE WE WANT THISWHILEWE WANT THIS TO BE A SMART FREEWAY, IT WILL START SMALL AND PIECES THAT WILL BE NOTHING MORE THAN TWO-WAY ROADS.

>> Ted: I KEEP SEEING A SMART FREEWAY AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

>> SO MANY DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES AND IT CAN BE WHERE YOU DRIVE OVER IT AND CHARGES YOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE OR COMMUNICATE WITH OTHER CARS IN FRONT OR BEHIND YOU.

SO MANY DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES TO EVOLVE BECAUSE AS YOU AND I WERE TALKING, THESE FREEWAYS CAN TAKE 20 OR 30 YEARS BEFORE THEY COME ABOUT.

>> Ted: WHAT TIMETABLE BECAUSE THIS SOUNDS FAR OUT IN THE DISTANCE BECAUSE IT REALLY IS, ISN'T IT?

>> IT IS, AND AGAIN THAT'S PART OF TRANSPARENCY OF THE PROCESS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND ALL CONCERNS ARE TAKEN INTO EFFECT SO THEY CAN PLAN THE ABSOLUTE BEST FREEWAY POSSIBLE AND IT COULD BE TEN, 20 OR 30 YEARS OUT.

>> Ted: THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION, I LIED.

CRITICS ARE SAYING, WHY NOT RAIL?

AND WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH CARS IN.

>> RAIL IS POPULAR AND AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S NOT POPULAR IN THE WEST OR UNITED STATES.

SO RAIL IS ASTRONOMICALLY EXPENSIVE AND THREE OR FOUR TIMES EXPENSIVE THAN BUILDING A ROADWAY AND THAT'S WHY RAIL HAS BEEN KIND OF PUT TO THE SIDE IN ARIZONA, ESPECIALLY WITH ADOT AND THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.

>> Ted: CHRISTIAN PRICE, THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, A LOOK AT THE RAINBOW ACTIVELY IN DOWNTOWN PHOENIX.

>> THE 20th AM 20th ANNUAL RAINBOW'S FESTIVAL AS THE LEGISLATURE CONTINUES DRAG PERFORMANCES IN THE STATE AND FOR MORE IN THE POLITICAL CLIMATE, WE WELCOME JEREMYJEREMY HELGOT.

>> IT'S 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING AND WE'RE EXPECTING MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE DOWNTOWN THIS WEEKEND.

>> Ted: HOW DID THIS FESTIVAL GET STARTED?

>> THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ORGANIZED BY A PRIVATE GROUP.

PHOENIX PRIDE CAME IN AND TOOK IT OVER IN THE 2012 PRODUCTION AND HELMING IT EVER SINCE.

LIKE ALL THINGS IN THE PRIDE MOVEMENT, THIS FINDS IT WITH THE GAY RIGHT'S MOVEMENT AND THE LGBT IS A WELCOMING AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND JUST US.

>> Ted: THOSE ARE MESSAGES THAT YOU WANT THE ARIZONA LEGISLATURE TO BE FAMILIAR WITH AND THE LEGISLATURE SEEMS OBSESSED WITH DRAG PERFORMANCES THIS YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

>> THIS YEAR'S RAINBOW FESTIVAL IS MORE THAN AN EVENT AND A STATEMENT.

WE HAVE SEEN THE TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY, THE DRAG CULTURE UNDER SEVERE ATTACK IN PUBLIC POLICY.

HERE IN ARIZONA AND AROUND THE COUNTRY.

THE QUESTION IS WHY?

I WOULD VENTURE TO GUESS THAT MOST OF THE LAWMAKERS WHO ARE PUSHING THESE PROPOSALS FALL INTO ONE OF TWO CATEGORIES.

THEY HAVE EITHER THEMSELVES MANY TIMES WHETHER SOME LIKE IT HOT OR TOOTSIE OR Mrs. DOUBTFIRE OR BUGS BUNNY BEEN ENTERTAINED BY DRAG PERFORMANCE OR EXTREME CASES MAYBE HAVE NEVER BEEN EXPOSED TO OR FIRSTHAN EXPERIENCEFIRSTHANDEXPERIENCE WITH DRAG.

IF IT'S THE FORMER, WHY NOT IF IT'S BEEN OK UNTIL NOW AND THE LATTER, WHERE ARE YOU LEGISLATING SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH.

>> Ted: DID YOU SEE THIS COMING?

>> THERE WERE HINNING HINTS THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING.

GOVERNOR HOBBS MADE CLEAR, SHE WILL VETO ANY OF THESE BILLS.

WHY?

UNLESS THE AGENDA IS ONE OF SIMPLE HATE AND MARGINALIZATION.

>> Ted: IT'S NOT ABOUT HATE BUT PROTECTING KIDS.

DOES HE HAVE A POINT?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

DRAG PERFORMANCE IN AND OF ITSELF IS BEING CAST AS PERVERSE OR SEXUALIZED EXIT'S AND AND IT'S NOT THOSE THINGS.

ARE THOSE ADULT PERFORMANCES AND DO THEY TAKE PLACE IN APPROPRIATE VENUES?

ABSOLUTELY.

WE'LL HAVE TWO DAYS OF OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, FAMILY-FRIENDLY DRAG PERFORMERS IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN FEEDBACK AT THE RAINBOW'S FESTIVAL AND THERE WILL BE YOUNGER AUDIENCES THERE.

THESE PERFORMERS KNOW WHO THEY'RE PERFORMING FOR AND HOW TO MEET THOSE AUDIENCES.

>> Ted: THESE LAWS ARE TRYING TO KEEP MINORS PROTECTED IN SOME WAY AND THEY DON'T WANT STATE MONEY FOR THOUGHS OR ENTERTAINMENT OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

FOR THESE KINDS OF EVENTS THAT TARGET MINORS, CAN YOU SEE THEIR POINT?

>> I WOULD LOVE WHY IT'S GOING.

>> Ted: THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING.

>> BUT DRAG CULTURE, GOING BACK TO ANCIENT ATHENS AND SHAKESPEARE'S TIME AND THE FIRST JULIET WAS TRANSFORMED BY A MALE PERFORMER.

THIS IS NOTHING NEW AND SOCIETY HAS SURVIVED IN THE MAINSTREAM AND UNLESS IT'S TO RILE UP THE BASE AND STOKE VIOLENCE IN THE THREAT OF VIOLENCE WHICH WE'VE SEEN RECENTLY, THE QUESTION IS, WHY NOW AND WHY THIS?

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A GOOD ANSWER.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED FAMILY FORMS OF EXPRESSION AND ENTERTAINMENT.

GIVE ME A DEFINITION THERE.

>> I THINK WE NEED TO DRAW THE DISTINCTION AGAIN BETWEEN ADULT ORIENTED PERFORMANCE.

LIKE ANY FORM OF DANCE, MUSIC, THERE ARE ADULT APPROPRIATE TAKES ON HOW DRAG CAN BE PERFORMED.

IT CAN BE ENTIRELY FAMILY FRIENDLY.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE SINGING, LIP SYNCING IN VERY VI VIBRANT ATTIRE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISPEL THE MYTH THAT ALL DRAG INVOLVES CROSS-GENDER PERFORMERS AND PERFORMERS WHO ARE MALE PERFORMING IN FEMALE AND VICE VERSA.

THERE ARE MANY SISGENDER UNDER THE DRAG UMBRELLA.

THEY WOULD KNOW AND UNDERSTAND AND HAVE A BETTER FEELING FOR IT IF THEY TAKE THE TIME.

>> Ted: GIVES US DATES AND TIMES AND ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.

>> WE'RE IN THE HERITAGE SQUARE HISTORIC DISTRICT DOWNTOWN AND THE FIRST AND SECOND OF APRIL FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 6:00 P.M.

BOTH DAYS AND OVER 130 LOCAL VENDORS, EXHIBITERS AND MORE THAN A DOZEN FOOD BOTHS AND FAIR BOOTH, SO GET READY FOR THE FRIED.

SOME WONDERFUL PERFORMANCES AND THE NEW PHOENIX PRIDE ROYALTY AND MISS PHOENIX PRIDE AND VERONICA SAVAGE ROAD AND Mr. PHOENIX PRIDE WILL BE THERE.

IT WILL BE A PHENOMENAL WEEKEND, A COLORFUL CROWD AND MORE THAN 20,000 PEOPLE.

THE RAINBOWS WILL BE OUT AND COLORS WILL BE OUT.

MOSTLY WHAT YOU'LL FIND IS A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT.

IT IS INCLUSIVE AND OPEN AND A PLACE WHERE EVERYBODY CAN FEEL SAFE TO BE WHO THEY ARE AND WE'RE PROUD OF THAT NOW.

>> Ted: JEREMY HELGOT, THANK YOU AND GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

GLAD TO BE WITH YOU.

>> Ted: THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA IS THE STATE'S FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM.

RETIRED EDUCATOR BEVERLY ELLIOTT BASED ON A REQUEST FROM HER GRANDSON AND WE WELCOME BEVERLY ELLIOTT.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: WERE YOU SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT THERE WAS NO AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY MUSEUM IN ARIZONA BEFORE YOU CAME ALONG?

>> I WAS STUNNED.

I AM A MUSEUM GOER AND I USUALLY TRAVEL AND WHEN I TRAVEL, I WOULD ALWAYS TRY TO FIND WHAT TYPE OF MUSEUMS WERE CLOSE BY.

SINCE I LIVED HERE, IT WASN'T ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S DOWN THE STREET AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN MY OWN BACKYARD.

>> Ted: YOU GOT THIS STARTED AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR GRANDSON AND HOW HE KICK THIS OFF.

>> MY DAUGHTER AND HUSBAND ASKED TO COME BY, AND HELP WITH A KINDERGARTENER AND THIRD GRADER IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER FOR HOURS, TRYING TO GET THEM CORRALLED.

WENT FROM KINDERGARTEN TO FIRST GRADE.

THE PANDEMIC IS STILL HERE AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH ROLLS AROUND AND HIS TREE SAYS TO TEACHER SAYS TO DO A REPORT ON A FAMOUS BLACK AMERICAN.

I'M ON THE BOARD IN MICHIGAN AND I HAD TO IDEA MY GRANDSON WAS LISTEN ASKING HE STARTSLISTENING AND STARTS TO DO HIS REPORT AND BY THAT VICTIM, HE'S TIME, HE'S A PRO.

YOU KIND OF FIND THE HISTORY OF PEOPLE, RIGHT.

I'M LOOKING AT HIM AND WELL, THERE'S A MUSEUM THERE AND IT TELLS ME ALL ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN PEOPLE.

YES.

WELL, WHERE IS THE MUSEUM HERE?

AND I HAD TO REFER TO A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WERE ON THE EAST COAST AND SOME CONNECTED AND THERE'S A SMITHSONIAN AND ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT A MUSEUM IN ARIZONA AND WHEN I TOLD HIM, HE WAS, LIKE, WHERE ARE THE BLACK PEOPLE AT?

DID THEY NOT DO ANYTHING?

I HAD TO ASSURE HIM THAT WAS NOT THE CASE AND THE NO ONE HAD PUT TOGETHER A MUSEUM.

I'LL HELP YOU.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE BOTH THINGS HAPPENED HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS.

YOU'RE A RETIRED EDUCATOR.

WHO DID YOU TALK TO AND HOW DID YOU GET THIS DONE IN?

>> I'M NOT A HISTORIAN OR DOCENT OR WORDS THAT YOU WOULD PUT TOGETHER, I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH THAT AT ALL AND I'M AN ORGANIZED PERSON.

I HAVE A PRETTY RESOURCEFUL PERSON AND I GO OUT AND FIND THE EXPERTS AND THAT'S WHAT I DID AND HOW TO START MUSEUMS AND THEY PUT ME ON THE PATH AND I JUST FOLLOWED THE RULES.

>> Ted: YOU COLLECTED THINGS FROM PEOPLE IN ARIZONA.

I SAW EVERYTHING FROM BUFFALO SOLDIERS TO THE COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH AT U OF A.

WAS THERE A LOT AND WERE YOU SURPRISED AT HOW MUCH OR INITIAL HI YOU COLLECTED?

>> WELL, I'M PRIZED SURPRISED OUT MUCH AND PEOPLE ARE STILL CALLING SAYING I HAVE OR THAT OR I HAVE A STORE FOR YOU AND IT HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING.

[ Laughter ] >> BUT ONE OF THOSE GOOD THINGS AND IT'S SUCH A FEEL-GOOD PLACE EXI'M TOAND I'M SO EXCITED TO PROVIDE THIS.

I'M A TRANSPLANT FROM MICHIGAN AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 40 YEARS AND IT'S HOME.

I'M NOT IN THAT MUSEUM BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY STORIES THAT GO BACK TO THE 1800S AND WELL BEFORE THEN.

SO WORRY JUST FINDING SO MANY ARE HELPING US FROM THE CAMPUS OF ARIZONA AND MUCH A TREMENDOUS HELP.

ARIZONA STATE, JESSICA FELL FELLOW, SHE WAS ONE OF MY FIRST CONTACTS AND SHE'S RIGHT THERE AT ASU.

I JUST CONSIDERWE'VE BEEN GETTING CALLS ALL OVER THE STATE AND WORLD.

FROM PARIS, MY GREAT GRANDFATHER WAS A MUSICIAN AND A BUFFALO SOLDIER AND PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> Ted: FANTASTIC!

AND I LOVE THE COOPERATION AND YOU DON'T SEE THAT ALL OF THE TIME.

QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF THE TIME, BUT HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT GOES IN AND DOESN'T GO IN?

>> WE HAVE AN AMAZING BOARD OF DIRECTORS ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND, TO FIND PEOPLE EXPERTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS.

A FORMER CEO OF THE ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ONE THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED WITH DECIDING ON COLLECTIONS.

SO IT'S NOT ME.

I GOT THE EXPERTS.

IF YOU NEED A FUNDRAISER, WE HAVE LISA AVALO AND TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER AND PEOPLE ON OUR BOARD THAT WE NEW WERE EXPERTS IN SPECIFIC AREAS TO HELP US.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS.

BEVERLY ELLIOTT, CONGRATULATIONS AND CONTINUED SUCCESS.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH VERY.

>> Ted: THANK YOU.

AND THAT IS IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!