
Will Humble, Senior Snowbird Healthcare, Naylor New Book
Season 2023 Episode 35 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
COVID update, health care assistance and new book about Arizona
AN UPDATE ON COVID IN ARIZONA. WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED. EFFORTS TO HELP WITH HEALTH-CARE ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS NEW TO ARIZONA. TRAVEL WRITER ROGER NAYLOR HAS A NEW BOOK OUT THAT COLLECTS ALL SORTS OF FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT ARIZONA. THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
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Will Humble, Senior Snowbird Healthcare, Naylor New Book
Season 2023 Episode 35 | 27m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
AN UPDATE ON COVID IN ARIZONA. WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE'RE HEADED. EFFORTS TO HELP WITH HEALTH-CARE ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS NEW TO ARIZONA. TRAVEL WRITER ROGER NAYLOR HAS A NEW BOOK OUT THAT COLLECTS ALL SORTS OF FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT ARIZONA. THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship[MUSIC] [MUSIC] COMING UP ON ARIZONA HORIZON A FORMER STATE HEALING DIRECTOR OFFERS AN UPDATE ON COVID WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND ARE AND HEADED.
EFFORTS TO HELP WITH HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS.
NEW TO ARIZONA.
AND TRAVEL WRITE ARE ROGER NAYLOR COLLECTS FACTS ABOUT ARIZONA THAT AND MORE NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
>> HOW IS EVERYBODY DOING?
>> GOOD EVENING IT WOULD BEING ARIZONA HORIZON I'M TED SIMONS PRESIDENT BIDEN MED A SURPRISE VISIT TO UKRAINE IT WAS HIS FIRST SINCE RUSH WHY INVADED THE COUNTRY A YEAR AGO.
PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY VISITS THE GOLDEN DOME CATHEDRAL AFTER THE PALACE WHERE BIDEN REAFFIRMED TO UKRAINE'S FIGHT AGAINST THE RUSSIAN INVASION AND VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY EMPHASIZED GRATITUDE FOR THAT SUPPORT.
>> FREEDOM IS PRICENESS.
IT IS WORTH FIGHTING FOR FOR AS LONG AS IT TAKE AND THAT'S HOW LONG WE'LL BE WITH YOU, MR. PRESIDENCY.
AS LONG AS IT TAKES.
[APPLAUSE].
THIS WILL WE WILL BE REMEMBERED ETERNALLY AND UKRAINE IS GRILL TO YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, IN ALL THAT YOU U.S. CITIZENS TO THOSE WHO CHERRIC FREEDOM AS WE CHERRIC THEM.
>> THE HOUR LONG VISIT INCLUDE BIDEN ANNOUNCING 500 MILLION DOLLARS IN MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE.
AND A HEALTH NOTE A STUDY SHOWS MANY PARENTS GIVING FEVER REDUCING MEDICINE TO KIDS TOO QUICKLY.
1300 PARENTS WITH KIDS UNDER 12 AND FOUND ONE IN 3 PARENTS GAVE KIDS MEDICINE FOR LOW GRADE FEVERS BELOW 100 AND 1 IN 2 PARENTS GAVE MEDICATION FOR UP TO 102.
PEDIATRICIANS WARN AGAINST USING THE MEDICINE THIS WAY, BECAUSE IT IS HIDE THE CAUSE OF THE FEVERMENT STUDY CONDUCTED BY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.
>> WE GOT THE THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRST DETECTED CASE OF COVID-19 IN ARIZONA AND GOVERNMENT REACTION TO COVID PLAY A PART IN SENATE REPUBLICANS REJECTING GOVERNOR HOBBS NOMINEE FOR STATE HEALTH DREFRJT HERE IS WILL HUMBLE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ARIZONA HEALTH ASSOCIATION.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
STAR WITH THE DOCTOR COLIN WE TALKED ABOUT HIM IN A VARIETY OF WAY AND FOREUPS.
YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE SENATE AS A WHOLE SAYING, WE DON'T WANT HER.
WHY A BIG MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
THERE ARE MANY MEMBERS OF LEGISLATOR THE HOUSE AND SENATE FRUSTRATED WITH THE LACK OF ACCOUNT ACTED OF THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT EVIDENCED BY, I THINK WE TALKED.
THE AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT ABOUT WHAT NOT FOLLOWING UP ON INSPECTIONS AT NURSING HOMES AND A HOST OF PROBLEMS IN THE AGENCY.
AND DOCTOR COALIN WOULD HAVE BEEN IDEAL TO REALLY BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THE ORGANIZATION AND -- SO, THE BIG THING IS IT IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY.
SHE'S RUN VERY LARGE ORGANIZATIONS.
SHE INSISTS ON ACCOUNTABILITY.
USED TO HAVING BIG BUDGETS AND LOTS OF STAFF AND UNDERSTANDS PUBLIC HEALTH.
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT?
>> SOUNDED CRITICISM FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE VOTING HER DOWN SHE LIED IN THE TESTIMONY.
THAT HER ACTIONS IN THE COUNTY CLOUDED THAT RÉÉSUMÉÉ YOU TALKED ABOUT.
WHY I WAS THERE THE WHOLE 4 HOURS, TED.
SHE WAS HONEST THE ENTIRE TIME SHE WAS SELF REFLECTIVE STOIMS THEY ASKED HER QUESTION THIS IS SHE WOULD REFLECT AND THAT'S HOW YOU GET BETTER AS A PERSON.
SELF REFLECTION IS HOW YOU IMPROVE YOURSELF.
I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING RESEMBLING A LIE.
I SAW THE PRESS RELEASE CALLING THAT.
I THINK THERE WAS A POLITICAL TEST FOR THE JOB.
THEY WANTED TO SEND A MESSAGE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.
IT IS SAD THEY MISSED OUT ON A GREAT CANDIDATE WHO WOULD HAVE BROUGHT ACOUNSELANT TO THE ORGANIZATION.
>> THERE WAS CONCERN FROM THE REPUBLICAN SIDE TO THE HEALTH DIRECTOR LABEL TODAY SHAMING BUSINESS THIS IS DID NOT FOLLOW MASKING PROSECUTE COLS AND THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
WHY THOSE ARE DECISIONS MADE BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WELL AND FORMER ADD ADMINISTRATOR HUBBINGELBERRY 3 LAYERS BETWEEN HERSELF AND THE BOARD.
THE BOARD IS MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND SHE IS WRITING MEMOS.
THEY HAD A PROBLEM WITH AMONG OTHER THINGS.
ABOUT THE WEBSITE SAYING WHICH BUSINESSES WERE NOT DOING DISTANCING AND THAT STUFF.
MY ATTITUDE IS, HEY, YOU KNOW, THEY CALLED HIM OUT.
THESE ARE PLACES THAT REALLY WEREASM FIGHTING THE VIRUS THE WORSE TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC DECEMBER AND JANUARY 2020 AND 2021FUL HOSPITALS WERE PACKED AND FULL.
68% OF THE BEDS WERE FULL OF COVID PATIENTS.
PEOPLE WERE DIE NOTHING BODY BAGS DAILY.
AND WE KNEW THAT IN YOU HAD SENSIBLE CONTROLLED MEASURES IN THE ENVIRONMENTS YOU COULD SLOW DOWN THE VIRUS THEY DISAGREE THAT YOU SHOULD PROVIDE IN CARROTS AND STICKS TO GET BUSINESSES TO DOT RIGHT THING.
WHY TALK ABOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF POINTSES, HER -- HOW SHE RESPONDED TO THE PANDEMIC IN PENALA COUNTY COMPARED TO HOW THE STATE OVER ALL RESPONDED.
>> LOOK AT PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THE COUNTSYS DID THE BEST AFTER LOOKING AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS FOR AGE.
THE 2 COUNTIES DID THE VERY BEST AND WERE THE COUNTY THIS IS HAD THE MOST RIGOROUS CONTROL MEASURES.
LOOK, THOSE MEASURES THEY TOOK DOWN THERE SAVED LIVES.
>> COMMITTEE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
>> OKAY WATCH THIS IN MINDS, IS WELL A CHILLING AFFECT AS FAR AS FINDING SOMEONE ELSE IN THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT?
>> YES AND NO.
I STILL SEE IT AS AN ATTRACTIVE JOB.
PUBLIC HEALING PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO WORK IN ADMINISTRATION LIKE THIS THE QUESTION IS, IF YOU HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH POLICY MAKING DURING COVID, CAN YOU MAKE IT THROUGH THE HAZING?
THAT'S THE QUESTION.
>> THE WITNESS.
>> YES.
>> ALL RIGHT TALK ABOUT COVID.
WHAT IS THE LATEST IN ARIZONA.
>> MUCH BETTER THAN LAST TIME I WAS HERE.
[LAUGHTER] LAST TIME I WAS HERE INFLUENZA, RSC AND COVID WERE PEEKING AND FACE THE SUPERBOWL PEOPLE COMING AND GOING FOR THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
WE TALKED, WILL WE SEE A SECOND SURGE I SAID, I DON'T KNOWS, THAT SELDOM HAPPENED WE ARE ON THE DOWN SIDE OF ALL 3.
DROPPED MASK REQUIREMENTS FOR VISITORS.
YOU KNOW IF YOU VISIT I MEAN, UNITS YOU NEED TO WEAR A MASK.
OVER ALL, THAT IS HOW MUCH BETTER THINGS ARE.
WHY IN ARIZONA THINGS HAPPEN LATE.
FLU HAPPENS LATE.
ARE WE OUT OF THE WOODS AS FAR AS COVID.
>> FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME THERE IS A 6 MONT PATTERN, INFECTION WAVE AND 6 MONTHS LATER ANOTHER.
HAS BEEN THAT WAY THE WHOLE TIME I SUSPECT ANOTHER THIS SUMMER Y.
BOOSTERS AGAIN, CALLED FOR.
WHY EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THEIR BOOSTER BUT FEW DID.
REALLY.
IT IT IS IN THE 30% RANGE >> MY GOOD KNOWS.
IF YOU DID YOU WAIT ANOTHER 6 MONTHS OR IS IT A YEARLY OR SICK MONTH THING.
I THINK THEY WILL DO IT EVERY FALL.
THIS THE LATEST FDA WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU ARE -- KINDS OF -- YOU TRACKING LONG WITH THE INFLUENZA VACCINE WITH THE FALL.
>> MAY BE YEARLY >> NOT IN THE SAME SHOT WILL BE SEPARATE.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.
I WOULD NOT DO IT IN THE SAME SHOT.
BEFORE YOU GO, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS SUPPOSED TO INVESTIGATE WHERE CORID STARTED.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE ARE IN CHIEN THAT IS WHERE IT POPPED UP AND THINK WUHAN.
IS THIS INVESTIGATION GOING?
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS?
>> THE WHO, THEY FINISHED THEIR PHASE ONE REPORT BACK IN MARCH OF 2021.
THEY CONCLUDED THERE WERE 4 POSSIBILITIES FOR HOW THAT VIRUS CAME TO BE.
MOST LIKELY THAT IT STARTED IN BATS.
MOVED TO IN THE WILDLIFE.
MOVED TO A MAMMAL AND HUMANS THAT'S WHAT CREATE THIRD DEGREE COVID-19 VIRUS.
>> THEY MENTIONED IN THIS PHASE ONE REPORT THAT LABORATORY ESCAPE OR BAD LABORATORY PRACTICES OF HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
FACT THEY MENTIONED LABS IN THE REPORT MADE THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MAD.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT THE PHASE 2 REPORT SUPPOSED TO START NOW, WAS GOING TO -- YOU KNOW TAKE A LOOK AT LAB STUFF.
THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT SAID, LOOK.
WE ARE NOT COOPERATING ANYMORE.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL SEE A PHASE 2 REPORT THE WAY IT STANDS NOW.
>> WITH THAT IN MINDS, ARE WE EVER GOING TO TRULY KNOW?
>> I DON'T NOT UNLESS THE CHIEN EEDZ GOVERNMENT COOPERATES AND ALLOWS YOU KNOW MORE INVESTIGATIONS WITHOUT YOU KNOW WITHOUT DIVING IN THE DETAILS AND HAVING ACCESS TO THE THINGS YOU NEED ACCESS TO IT IS UNLIKELY WE WILL HAVE AN ANSWER.
BUT BUT IT MAKES SENSE OF THE BAT MAMMAL, HUMAN TRACK.
THAT IS A COMMON THEME THROUGH DISEASES >> NOT BAT TO HUMAN NOT BUT -- >> LIKE THE FLU START IN DUCKS, PIGS THEN HUMANS.
>> HOLY SMOKES.
BARN YARD OUT THERE.
>> GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE THANK YOU.
>> TAKE CARE >> UP NEXT, AN EFFORT TO OFFER HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE TO SENIORS NEW TO ARIZONA.
>> 300,000 VISITORS EXPECT TOED COME TO ARIZONA THIS WIRNLTS MANY ARE SENIORS THAT NEED NEW HEALTH CARE TEAMS WHICH CAN BE DIFFICULT.
ART OF THE AARP SEGMENT THAT HIGHLIGHTS ISSUES IMPORTANT TO SENIOR IN ARIZONA WE HEAR ABOUT A PHOENIX COMPANY OFFERING GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT TO SENIORS NEW TO ARIZONA.
>> JOINING US NOW IS JONI DALRYMPLE FOUNDER OF YOUR PATIENTS ADVOCATES.
>> THANK YOU.
>> GIVE ME A SDEF NIGZ OF YOUR PATIENT ADVOCATE.
AFTERNOON INSPECT ADVOCACY COMPANY THAT HELPED PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE HEALTH CARE JOURNEY >> HOW DO YOU DO IT DM >> WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING HERE.
OLDER INDIVIDUALS, MEN THEY MOVED TO THE STATE.
OR MAY BE WE HAVE THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ADULT CHILDREN WHO CAN'T BE HERE.
AND THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE AND MAY BE DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT WE TO APPROACH IT WITH THEIR MEDICAL TEAM OF PHYSICIAN AND THIS THING.
WE ARE THE LIAON WITH THEM AND THE TEAM TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
>> SAY I'M FROM IOWA AND I COME DOWN FOR SPRING TRAINING I CONTACT YOU, WHAT DO YOU DO?
>> ONE THING WE WOULD ASK IS HOW LONG WILL YOU BE HERE?
A LOT OF PEOPLE LOVE OUR STATE AND SO THEY TRAVEL HERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AT A TIME AND NEVER ANTICIPATE THAT THEY WILL GET SICK.
WHEN THEY GO ON A STRIP OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO, PATIENT ADVOCATE IS HANDY IN AN UNFAMILIAR PLACE.
A NEW PROVIDER MAY BE YOU DON'T KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED AND DON'T KNOW THE QUESTIONS TO ASK TO GET THIS BEST HEALTH CARE YOU FEEL IS IMPORTANT TO YOU >> IF YOU ARE HERE FOR A TIME ANYBODY WATCHING GETTING A DOCTOR APPOINT IN THE A VARIETY OF FIELDS IT IS DIFFICULT ESPECIALLY WITHIN AN AMONG OR SOMETHING.
HOW DO YOU BREAK THROUGH IN >> IT DEPENSDZ.
WE HAVE CONTACTS WITH REFERRAL SOURCES TO HELP GET THE APPOINTMENTS.
BUT ALSO IT IS DOING BACKGROUND INFORMATION, TOOCHLT IF WE THAN A CLIENT IS COMING HERE EVEN FOR AN EXTENDED STAY OR ASKING THEM TO GET THIS INFORMATION FROM THEIR PROVIDER.
HAVE A GOOD MEDICAL CHECK BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR HOME STATE.
BRING THE MEDICAL RECORDS WITH YOU THE LAST COUPLE OF PROGRESS NOTES WHAT THE DOCTORS DONE WITH YOU.
AN UPDATED MEDICATION LIST.
AND THEN SOMETIMES YOUR DOCTOR WILL KNOW CONTACTS IN THE AREA WHERE YOU TRAVEL, WE CAN START THAT BALL ROLLING BEFORE THEY GET IN THE STATE.
>> I WAS GOING TO SAY THE FIRST THING FOR ME FIDID THIS AND I HAD DOCTORS AND NEEDED CARE.
I WOULD ASK THE DOCTOR'S HERE TO SAY WHO DO YOU KNOW THERE?
>> THERE ARE LOTS OF CONTACTS.
WE HAVE NETWORKING THEY HAVE NETWORK WILLING IS ALWAYS THOSE KINDS OF CALLS THAT CAN BE MADE.
ALSO WHEN YOU DPET A REFERRAL IT HELPS YOU GET IN THE DOOR QUICKER.
>> YES.
>> YOU ARE NOT CALLING YOU KNOW RANDOMLY AND TAKES MONTHS GET IN.
DO YOU ATTENDS DOCTOR VISITS AND LOOK AT MINGCASION AND THAT, HOW DOES THAT WORK >> PATIENT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE A MEDICAL PERSON, HOWEVER FOR MY COMPANY ALL OF OUR PATIENT ADVOCATES ARE NURSE.
THEY HAVE A MEDICAL BACKGROUND.
GIVES THEM AN ADVANTAGE ON HOW TO TALK TO PHYSICIANS AND MEDICAL TEAMS THAT THING.
WE ATTENDS THOSE APPOINTMENTS WITH CLIENTS AND HELP ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS.
MAY BE THE CLOINLTVILLE A COUPLE QUESTIONS CONCERNING THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE.
BUT WE MAY PROMPT THEM FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS THEY NEVER THOUGHT TO ASK THAT DOCTOR.
AND TAKE NOTES WHILE WE ARE THERE.
THE CLIENT DID NOT HAVE TO REMEMBER EVERYTHING.
>> IS THERE AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
ARE THERE PATIENTS OR PEOPLE YOU DON'T THINK IS BEST FOR TO YOU TAKE.
WHY IT DEPENDSES.
WE ARE VERY SPECIALIZED WITH OUR NURSING STAFF THAT WE HAVE.
WE WANT TO TAKE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE ONLYING THEIR DIAGNOSE OR DISEASE PROCESS AND APPROXIMATE WE CAN HELP THEM.
WE START WITH A FREE PHONE CALL TO FIND OUT CAN WE HELP YOU WHAT IS YOUR NEED.
>> TALK TO ABOUT HOW YOU STARTED THE COMPANY.
JOY START IN THE 2018.
I ACTUALLY HAD A LEGAL NURSE CERT SXIFKZ THOUGHT I WOULD DO THAT.
AND MY MOM GOT ILL. SHE WAS ALWAYS SICK BUT, CUTELY ILL.
LIVED IN INDIANASM I TRAVELED BACK WELL AND WHEN I GOT TO THE HOSPITAL ROOM, THE FIRST THING THAT THE NURSE ASKED HER ARE YOU IN PAIN?
MY MOM'S CONDITION SHOES ON A VENTILATOR COULD NOT SPEAK.
NURSE NEVER BOTHERED LOOK TO SEE IF SHE WAS NODDING YES OR NO.
AND LEFT THE ROOM WITHOUT AN ANSWER I KNEW I NEEDED ADVOCATE FOR MY MOM.
AFTER THAT I CAME BACK TO ARIZONA AND SAID I NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR EVERYONE.
>> WHAT DO YOU HEAR MOST FROM PEOPLE WHO SIGN UP WITH YOUR COMPANY.
>> EVERYBODY NEEDS ONE OF YOU.
>> INTERESTING.
>> IT IS IRRELEVANT FISTINATING HOW MANY DON'T REALIZE THAT THEY JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE QUESTIONS TO ASK AND SOMETIMES THEY FEEL THEY GET PUSHED THROUGH THE DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT QUICKLY WHEN THEY LEAVE THEY SAY, I FORGOT TO ASK THE DOCTOR THIS QUESTION.
WE HELPED TRY TO STREAM LINE THAT MEDICAL APPOINTMENT.
SO THEY GET THE MOST OUT OF THE BEST BANK FOR THEIR BUCK.
IS THERE NONMEDICAL HELP AS WELL?
>> CERTAINLY.
WE DO HAVE NONMEDICAL HELP ALSO.
IT DEPENDSOS WHAT THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF CLIENT ARE >> THIS IS IN THE A FREE SERVICE.
.
IT IS NOT A FREE SERVICE A DE FEO FOR SERVICE.
SELF PAY NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE.
I TELL CLINES YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU MOTIVE NOT WANT MOW TO WORK FOR YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY THEN I'M BOUND BY WHAT I CAN'T OFFER YOU.
WHEN YOU PIFOR THE SERVICES YOU SAY AS LITTLE OR AS MUCH AS YOU WANT.
IF YOU HAVE A NEW DIAGNOSE AND DON'T CONTINUED AND YOU NEED AN HOUR TO EXPLAIN IT, THAT'S WHEN WE DO.
>> WHERE CAN THEY FIND MORE INFORMATION Y. WEER INSTAGRAM AND TWITTER.
AND YOU CAN LOOK US UP ON THE WEB.
>> YOURPATIENTSADVOCATE.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
[MUSIC].
[MUSIC] >> I'M ON THE NEWS HOUR.
PRESIDENT BIDEN MAKES A VISIT TO UKRAINE.
PLEDGING FURTHER MILITARY SUPPORTFUL COMING UP AT 6:00 ON ARIZONA PBS.
>> NEW BOOK BY TRAVEL WRITE ARE ROGER NAYLOR COMPILED INFORMATION IN ARIZONA.
THE BOOK IS TITLED AWE SOME ARIZONA 200 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE GRAND CANYON STRAIGHT WE WELCOME ROGER NAYLOR BACK.
GOOD TO SEE YOU >> A PLEASURE AS ALWAYS >> TALK ABOUT THIS 200 FACTS ON ARIZONA.
HOW DID YOU CHOOSE HATO PICK?
>> THOT THE HARD PART WHASHGS TO LEAVE OUT THERE IS SO MUCH BUT I FELT SOMEBODY NEEDED TO SAY IT ARIZONA IS AWE SOME.
I DO A MIX OF BIG FACT AND FACTS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
INFORMATION THAT THEY MIGHT FIND TO GET THEM OUT TO EXPLORE MORE.
HISTORIC TILDE BITS.
IT IT IS A COMBINATION ENCYCLOPEDIA LOVE LETTER TO ARIZONA.
>> WHEN YOU DO THIS, ARE YOU SURPRISED BY WHAT YOU FINDS?
SOMETHING NEW YOU DID NOT KNOW?
>> I'M ALWAYS UNCOVERING NEW THINGS I DID NOT KNOW THAT GETS ME EXCITED.
AND DIG OUT MORE FACTS.
EVER SINCE THE BOOK COME OUT I GOT A LIST.
I SHOULD PUT THIS IN.
>> LET'S LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS AND THE ITEMS HAVE YOU INCLUDING A MULE CARRYING THE MAIL IN ARIZONA.
>> WELL IS ONE ACCOMPLICE IN THE UNITED STATES WHERE MAIL IS STILL DELIVERED BY MULE.
AND THAT IS HERE IN ARIZONA.
THE VILLAGE OF SUPAI IN THE CANYON.
>> BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS LOOKS LIKE OUT OF A TROPICAL ISLAND.
IT IS SPECTACULAR MAIL IS DELIVERED BY MULE THERE THE ONLY PLACE IN THE UNITED STATES.
JOT ONLY PLACE?
>> MAIL IS ALWAYS DELIVERED TO PHANTOM RANK IN THE GRAND CANYON.
>> INTERESTING IF YOU NEAR PHANTOM RANCH YOU CAN MAIL AND STAMPED SENT BY MULE.
>> A MULE WILL GET IT THERE.
WHY NEXT ONE IS ARIZONA CITY THAT HAS LIGHT HOUSE.
HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN.
>> YOU WIN BAR BETS NO ONE WILL DO THIS.
ONE ARIZONA CITY HAS THE MOST LIGHT HOUSES OF ANY TOWN IN AMERICA.
THEY HAVE 28 LIGHT HOUSES.
THEY ARE SCALED DOWN VERSIONS OF FAMOUS LIGHT HOUSES XUP DOWN.
THE WEST COAST.
BUT FULLY FUNCTIONAL.
NAVIGATIONAL AIDS ALONG THE SHORE AND THE ISLANDS OF THE LAKE.
SOME YOU SEE AS YOU WALK ON THE SHORE LINE THERE.
OTHERS YOU NEED TO VISIT BY BOAT.
YOU CAN GO TO THE VISITOR CENTER AND GET A MAP AND EXPLORE.
THE LONDON BRIDGE AND NOW LIGHT HOUSES.
THIS IS INTERESTING.
WE TALKED ABOUT NATIONAL MONUMENTS ON THE SHOW.
YOU GOT A LOT.
>> WE DO.
WE HAVE MORE NATIONAL MONUMENTS THAN ANY OTHER STATE.
WE ARE KNOWN AS THE GRAND CANYON STATE WE HAVE 3 NATIONAL PARKS.
THEY REQUIRE AN ACT OF CONGRESS FOR A NATIONAL PARK.
NATIONAL MONUMENTS CAN BE DONE BY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE AND WE HAVE 18.
THEY COVER OUR SPECTACULAR SCENE EASIER THE CLIFFS, CANYONS, GRAND CANYON.
AND DOWN IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AND INCLUDES INCREDIBLE HISTORIC AND CULTURAL CITES.
ALL THOSE YOU KNOW PROTECT AND PRESERVE CHAPTERS OF OUR HISTORY.
>> YEA.
MORE SO THAN ANY OTHER STATE.
TALK POKER.
LONGEST POKER GAME IN HISTORY?
>> PLAYED THE LONGSEST POKER GAME IN HISTORY IN TOMBSTONE.
IT IS KNOWN FOR OBVIOUSLY THE FAMOUS GUN FIGHT IN THE OLD WEST HISTORY I COVER THAT AS WELL.
THE OTHER END OF ALLEN STREET THE BIRD CAGE THEATRE THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLED THE MOST WICKED NIGHT SPOT WITH BASIN AND THE BARBARI COAST OPENED IN 1881.
NONSTOP POKER GAME WAS PLAYED.
DESPITE A THOUSAND DOLLAR BUY IN REPUBLICAN NONSTANDPOINT FOR 8 YEARS, 5 MONTES AND 3 DAYS.
WHY HOW DOES IT GO.
YOU GOTTA EAT.
>> NEW PEOPLE COMING IN.
>> APPROXIMATE YEA.
NEW PEOPLE LIKE DOC HOLIDAY.
DEMAND JIM BRADY.
ADOLPH BUSH.
GEORGE HURST THEY SAT IN DIFFERENT TIMES.
THE BIRD CAGE IS AN AMAZING PLACE ONCE THE MINUS CLOSED, THEY SHUT DOWN AND LEFT EVERYTHING AS IT IS.
AND IT REOPENED DEMOCRACIEDS LATER SO IT IS EVERYTHING IS ORIGINAL.
>> THERE WAS MORE THAN 140 BULLET HOLES IN THE WALLS AT THE BIRD CAGE.
26 MEN DIED ON THE BIRD CAGE FLOOR.
A LOT OF GHOSTS.
THEY DO GHOST TOURS YOU GO IN AND VISIT AND SEE A REALLY NICE PIECE OF HISTORY Y.
THE LEFT IS A PAINTING ON A CANYON TO THE NORTH.
A LITTLE MIXED FEELINGS I DON'T WANT TO SEE ROCKS PAINTED.
>> THIS IT IS ROADWAY PERSEL AN ART STUDENT IN PART TIME MINOR IN THE TOWN OF CHLORIDE, ARIZONA OLDSEST OCCUPIED TOWN.
HE DECIDED TO AND.ED TRY SOMETHING BIG AND DRAMATIC.
HE PAINTED THE MURAL, JOURNEY OF 2,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE CANYON AND CAME BACK 40 YEARS LATER AND TOUCH TODAY UP T. IS BEAUTIFUL YOOCHL THERE IT IS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
ROGER NAYLOR YOU ARE A BUSY MAN THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME FOR US.
>> AULGSZ.
ANY TIME >> THAT'S IT FOR NOW I'M TED SIMON THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

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