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SUNDAY September 3, 2006 Joe Ferguson, business reporter THE MOTLEY FOOL D2 e-mail: phone: 556-2256 CONTACT US: BUSINESS INSIDE Prices Flagstaff regular unleaded gasoline Taking Stock Dow Jones NASDAQ 500 NYSE at the This week Vs. last week A year ago Market movement for week ending Sept. 1 pump $2.790 cents $2.707 11,464.15 83.00 2,193.16 9.41 1,311.01 7.19 8,435.75 47.19 AAA Arizona Local Briefcase Flag doc offers Saturday hours Dr. Emmalee Kennedy will move her practice to the offices of doctors Martin and Martin on Tuesday. At the new site, Kennedy will accept new patients, as well as see patients on Saturdays in addition to her weekday hours.

For more information, call (928) 779-2497. 2006 TeenWorks program honored The Coconino County 2006 Teen Works Program was recently selected at the 2006 Governor's Rural Development Conference for an Excellence in Rural Development Award, in the Youth Leadership category. TeenWorks funds teen summer job crews to work on improvement projects in their neighborhood and community. The award was accepted by Coconino County Supervisors Carl Taylor and Matt Ryan as well as several members of the TeenWorks program. NASA to visit Meteor Crater NASA is coming to Meteor Crater for two weeks, part of its annual visit to conduct tests on various equipment.

NASA has come to Meteor Crater nearly every year since to test and prepare for its next exploration into the universe, the Mars Rover is another example of the unique opportunity NASA sees in the crater. NASA scientists will be available to the public from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept. 15 at Meteor Crater's Astronaut Park.

They will demonstrate some of the various space equipment as well as answer questions from the public. www.meteorcrater.com Route 66 Days wins AzTEC Award The Flagstaff Route 66 Days committee recently received an Arizona Talent in Event Concepts Award for its event poster from the inaugural celebration last year. The local chapter of the International Festival and Events Association and Arizona Public Service recognized the Flagstaff Route 66 Days poster as an outstanding example of festival and event production and promotion in the state of Arizona. The poster, which was designed by Flagstaff artist Roberta Rogers, will be available to purchase at this year's event, Sept. 8 to 10.

www.flagstaffroute66days.com Weekly Planner Sunday, Sept. 3 GED ONLINE AT THE LIBRARY: Monday-Thursday, 10-9; Friday, 10-7, Saturday, 9-1; Sunday, 1-5. GED online preparation is now available at the East Flagstaff Community Library. To register for this free adult education program, call 526-2968 in Flagstaff or 635-4905 in Coconino County. Free.

East Flagstaff Community Library, 3000 N. Fourth Suite 5, southeast comer of Cedar and Fourth in the CCC building. 526-2968. FLAGSTAFF COMMUNITY MARKET: 8 a.m. The 6th season of the Flagstaff Community Market features fruits, vegetables, eggs, baked goods, jams, cheeses, salsas, soaps, plants and more from local For more information, contact Ann, at or (928)380-6825.

Free. West Phoenix See PLANNER, D4 To order this photo go to http://photos.azdailysun.com Michelle Arizona Daily Sun SHARON MILLER AND ANDY FORD enjoy the grand opening of Cuvee 928, a tapas restuarant in Flagstaff. Miller came all the way from Palm Desert for the opening. TAPPING INTO TAPAS Cuvee 928 brings European-style dining to Heritage Square BY J. FERGUSON Sun Staff Reporter he on Cuvee newest Heritage 928 Wine restaurant Square, Bar is not likely to compete with the lunch and dinner crowd hungry for a large meal in downtown Flagstaff.

The focus of the new restaurant is to attract those folks interested in an intimate locale to talk with friends and family. Taryn Beveridge, one of the co-owners of Cuvee 928, said their reason for renovating the former Kokopelli Winery and Bistro was to make the restaurant a unique destination in Flagstaff. "We wanted to do something different," said Beveridge. Take just one step into the wine Cuvee offers several tapas plates, bar and it becomes apparent that including the House Charcuterie the ambiance is important. Trio, which included three samSoft lighting and small tables plings of cured meats (including a allow patrons to share a quiet, delicious pate), pickled vegetables intimate dinner inside and larger and a dried cherry mustard.

tables outside covered in thick Beveridge admits the new reswhite linen can accommodate big- taurant is still experimenting with ger parties. its offerings, striving find tasty Part of what distinguishes Cuvee gourmet staples while rotating the 928 is its menu, a blending of selections to entice their customers restaurant staples like hot and cold into trying something new. sandwiches on panini bread with a She said the tapas-style food is wide selection of tapas-style food here to stay, as it lends itself to the the trendy nibbles meant to be experience Beveridge is striving shared with friends or family. for a casual, upscale experience For the uninitiated, tapas is where a friends can enjoy a few a dining experience best shared glasses of wine while sampling a among a few people. The term has light selection of food.

evolved over the years, originally A trip to Cuvee 928 would not be referring to Spanish appetizers, but complete without tasting their wide now it refers to a dining experience selection of appealing wines. best served when a small group Beveridge said she strives to find orders several plates and mixes inexpensive wines, allowing her them. customers the ability to afford to ALASKA GLACIAL MUD CO. President Lauren Padawer poses along the Copper River in southcentral Alaska. Padawer's idea for a skincare product using glacial mud was inspired by rafting down the Copper River.

Steve Moffitt, Alaska Glacial Mud Co. (AP) Turning Alaska mud into gold Entrepreneur looks to Washing herself in the river's town at the southeastern end of glacial pools, Padawer looked Prince William Sound. offer a glacial facial. down at the mud swirling around Padawer got an idea. With her feet and saw opportunity.

more than 20 glaciers depositing BY MARY PEMBERTON "You would just lather yourself 100 million tons of glacial silt a Associated Press Writer with this stuff," said Padawer. "It year on the Copis about as luscious mud bath per River delta practically in her ANCHORAGE, Alaska quality as you can find anywhere back yard, why not market the Lauren Padawer's inspiration for in the world," silky mud? a beauty product made of glacial The experience of a mud bath She was equipped with mud struck during a grungy raft- in one of the most beautiful, wild little more than an idea and big ing trip down the Copper River. spots on the planet was better dreams when she began develAfter days of paddling in south than any spa, and the mud was oping the Alaska Glacial Mud central Alaska, Padawer and her better, too, said Padawer, a 28- companions needed to get clean. year-old from Cordova, a fishing See MUD, D3 try new labels and if the customer truly cherishes their glass of wine at Cuvee, they could also afford to buy a bottle to take home. For those uninterested in a great glass of wine, Cuvee offers mixed drinks, a selection of coffee drinks and several beers on tap for its guests.

J. Ferguson can be reached at or 556-2253. CUVEE 928 INFO Starting Tuesday, the restaurant will open for lunch, extending its hours to 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Cuvee may stay open later as the business grows.

Cuvee 928 is located at 6 E. Aspen on Heritage Square. The phone number is (928) 214-9463. Innkeepers question rezoning for new hotel he Flagstaff Innkeepers The ad reminds readers Association is raising that the 165-room hotel concerns that a rezon- proposed by Marriott at ing for a new Marriott hotel the "gateway to Flagstaff" might negatively affect the next to the Olive Garden new hotel and conference restaurant is the same site center at NAU in which the where nearly 300 ponderosa city has invested $2 million. pines stood 2h years ago, "Why does the city want before former owner George to jeopardize the success of Nackard hired an illegal imthis invest- migrant to cut them down.

ment by Business Nackard had hoped to allowing this remove the trees to speed re-zoning up the development of the to occur?" property. He pleaded no the associa- contest and paid a fine of tion asked $9,000 for violating the in a quar- city's land development ter-page ad code, and whoever develops last Sunday it will have to replant trees in the Ari- JOE in accordance with the city zona Daily FERGUSON resource protection guideSun. lines. The ad Reporter Flagstaff Innkeepers Aswent on to sociation President Mark urge readers to write letters Ross said he wants the to the City Council and the community to have its voice Planning and Zoning Depart- heard before the city decides ment about its concerns whether to allow the Marabout the proposed hotel riott to rezone the property. on the site of the infamous "chainsaw massacre." See PULSE, D3 Report: Job market in Arizona still strong and growing BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services PHOENIX Arizona is expected to add 124,000 jobs this year and nearly 104,000 in 2007 according to new projections from the state Department of Economic Security.

Don Wehbey, senior economist for DES, said Thursday the state's growth is cooling slightly. He said the growth over 2005 amounts to 4.9 percent, down from the 5.3 increase in jobs between 2004 and 2005. And employment will go up just another 4.0 percent in 2007. Wehbey said the lion's share of the growth 78 percent will occur in the service sector, particularly professional and business services, with the balance in the goods-producing indus- necessarily low-wage positions. tries.

But Wehbey said that won't neces- "There's a lot of high pay jobs in the sarily translate to depressed wages. service sector," he said. Reports from several prior years have The somewhat cooling economy can shown that average wages in Arizona be traced to several factors. are below the national average. And the Wehbey said he expects a slowdown rate of increase in pay has not always in consumer spending and buying.

kept pace with the rest of the nation. "We've had roughly three years' Wehbey said, though, that many of the service jobs being created are not See JOBS, D3.