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Bashas'
fate in
limbo
By Michael Maresh
LARSON NEWSPAPERS
The future of the grocery store
chain Bashas' and its store in
Sedona is still in limbo, and it
likely will not be decided until
next month at the earliest.
While one grocery chain main-
tains it is in the negotiation stages
to purchase Bashas', execu-
tives of Bashas' disagree. Both
chains admit Boise, Idaho-based
Albertsons Food and Drug Center
offered to purchase Bashas' stores,
including the one that has been in
Sedona for decades.
Bashas' spokesman Robert
Johnson said Albertsons officials
sent Bashas' Chairman Eddie
Basha a letter in February with an
offer to buy the company for $260
million to $290 million•
Johnson said the offer was not
cash on hand, and added Bashas'
quickly rejected the offer•
Complicating the process is that
Chandler-based Bashes' has filed
for bankruptcy organization, and
Johnson said what happens will
be decided by the court.
If the Bashas' chain were to
sell to another company, creditors
would likely receive the money
owed to them sooner.
Albertsons spokeswoman
Christine Wilcox, speaking from
Boise, called the offer generous,
but added the Bashas' family has
yet to respond to the offer.
She declined to comment on
what the merger would mean to
the smaller Bashes' stores, like the
one in Sedona, ifAlbertsons did
acquire the chain.
"It's far too soon to speculate,"
she said. "We simply want the
opportunity to see what the two
businesses will look like."
Wilcox said Bashas' acknowl-
edged it had received Albertsons'
proposal and its plans if the merger
were to happen.
Johnson, though, said
Albertsons knows Bashes' stance
on the offer, which was not solic-
ited or asked for in any way.
"The gist is the CEO [of
Albertsons] sent an offer to us
in February, and we read it and
declined it," he said•
He said the letter detailing the
offer later surfaced somehow and
was publicized in media outlets
after the offer had been rejected.
He acknowledged the company
did review Albertsons' offer.
Johnson said Bashas' is now
concentrating on its Tuesday,
April 6, bankruptcy reorganiza-
tion date before Bankruptcy Judge
James Marlar.
"We submitted a plan with us
paying off our creditors within
five years," he said.
He' added Bashes' has been
around for 78 years, and plans on
continuing the business for many
more years.
Preaching the Good News for 50 years
The Church of the
Red Rocks marks
golden anniversary
By Lu Stitt
LARSON NEWSPAPERS
Sedona's Church x)f the Red
Rocks is celebrating two anni-
versaries in 2010. The church
is having its Golden Jubilee
and the Rev. George Ault is
marking his silver anniversary
as the church's pastor.
"By June, I'll have been here
longer than any other pastor. I
get a set of steak knives," Ault
said and laughed as he and
church members John Moore
and Judith Glenn conducted a
tour of the church recently.
In 1960, 20 Sedonans estab-
lished The Church of the Red
Rocks. About half of them came
from Wayside Chapel.
"Only two of the original 20
are still here. Ann Jackson was
a Jordan and she came with her
husband, Bob, and Patty Fox is
still very active," Moore said.
The congregation will cele-
brate its 50th anniversary with
concerts, special events and
speakers throughout the year.
"All of our anniversary events
will be free to the public as a
gift to Sedona," Moore said.
As part of the celebrations,
the church commissioned a
Jubilee Quilt from nationally-
known quilter Eunice Hill. It
was dedicated Dee. 6 and hangs
in the large meeting hall. In
the center is a depigtion of the
wooden cross that adorns the
altar in the sanctuary.
"Someone found that piece
of wood while hiking on this
property. It's been here nearly
as long as the church," Moore
said.
The first full-time pastor,
Rev. Paul Babbitt, challenged
the congregation with, "It is
an awesome thing to build a
JUBILEE CHAIRWOMAN JUDY GLENN, left, and Church of the Red
Rocks Pastor Dr. George Ault are planning events throughout the
church, but let us expect great
things from God." Construction
began in December 1963.
In the early 1970s the Rev.
Perry Avery led the groul and
encouraged them to "live with
their diversities in love."
From 1973 until 1983, the
Rev; Alice Snow began her
ministry during which the
congregation grew to nearly
500 members.
The congregation today
has more than 500 members,
a church with a sanctuary,
meeting rooms, offices and a
large kitchen on top of a hill
overlooking Oak Creek.
"Since Rev. Ault has been
here we've seen our community
outreach increase, our programs
expanded and a long-range plan
Tom Hood/Larson Ngwspapers
year celebrating the church's BOth anniversary in Sedona. Ault is
also celebrating 25 years at the church's pulpit.
for our future," Glenn said.
The Church of the Red Rocks
built a music program through
support and a venue for many
artists.
"Our church has always been
a great supporter of the arts,"
Glenn said.
Continuing to grow, the
church dedicated a new Life
Long Learning and Leadership
Center in 2008.
Ault's anniversary will
be honored at a Sunday of
Appreciation in June. His path
to the ministry began through a
church camp program.
Ault first served as an intern
to the Rev. Roy Grazier for one
year, while he finished seminary.
Please see PREACHING, 13A
Streets congested but [,uses run empty
Tom Hood/Larson Newspapers
TRARFIC BACKS UP heading into Sedona on State Route 89A at the intersection of Upper Red Rock
Loop Road on Tuesday morning, March 9. An officia with the Northern Arizona Intergovernmental
Public Transit Authority says the Verde Lynxbus service in Cottonwood and Sedona wasnever intended
to lessen congestion on local streets and highways.
By Michael Maresh
LARSON NEWSPAPERS
The success of the Verde Lynx
has been called into question by
residents seeing the bus running
with almost no one onboard.
Jeff Meibeck, general
manager of the Northern Arizona
Intergovernmental Public
Transportation Authority said
the bus never was intended to
lessen the congestion on Sedona
or Cottonwood streets.
He said the reason for the
eight trips per day is for people
needing to get back and forth,
and added it makes little sense
to not have return trips for
people needing to get back
home, regardless of the ridership
levels.
He said even if the bus ran at
full capacity with 23 riders it
would not decrease congestion
in any way.
Jim Wagner, senior manager
operations for NAIPTA, said
ridership for February was the
most it ever had with 1,607
passengers, though a round-trip
counts as two trips.
Meibeck said there certainly
are going to be times when the
buses have very few passengers,
but added the service still needs
to available.
"Clearly, sometimes the buses
are not full," he said.
The most common afternoon
trip on the Verde Lynx is the
4 to 5:15 p.m. trip with 318 riders
for the month of February, most
who are returning from work.
Wagner said the busiest times
are in the mornings with 513
riders taking the shuttle between
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