Heather Rankin Lake Powell Real Estate

Once again it's time for the annual fall festivals to begin in the Lake Powell area. First off is the Big Water Fall Festival which will be held October 11th. The festival has a new location this year and will be at the Big Water School. This is our annual Open Air Market and Crafts Fair.

Crafters, Artisans, Produce, Yard Sale Booths, Food, Entertainment, Games and Contest Galore! Booth Fee is $10.00 and the deadline is October 6th.

There will be

• Jump Rope Contest
• Hula Hoop Contest
• Bike Races for ages 7 and up
• Kids Games for 5 and under
• Lipsync contest for all ages including solo and group entries
• Costume Race
• Pumpkin Decorating Contest (not carved) (bring a painted or decorated pumpkin)

Also on the Homemade Side

• Garden Produce Contest
• Home Arts Contest
• Canning, Baking and Candy Making Contest

For the Homemade Side entries must be at Big Water School before 11 a.m. Arizona time or 12:00 noon Utah Time.

Lipsync Contest begins at 1:00 p.m. Arizona and 2:00 p.m. Utah time.

The Big Water Fall Festival runs from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Utah time which is 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Arizona time. (yes the time difference is interesting to live with in the Lake Powell Arizona Utah area!)

Thanks goes out to Jennie and Peggy for the effort it takes to put on these events every year. They are much appreciated by the community. All proceeds will benefit the Big Water School.

Fall is one of the fun things about living in the Lake Powell area.

I'm going to preface this by saying

#1 - I am not a mortgage broker and

#2 - this is just plain confusing even to those in the business of explaining to the rest of us.

That said....

The Page Lake Powell area has always had a rather insular real estate market. ie. people come here on purpose. Most don't just wake up one morning and say "hey, lets move to Lake Powell". Our housing market has remained stable through the up's and down's as people who choose to come here know Lake Powell and know our industries, ie. the power plant and the tourism.

Doing a search this morning I can find two bank owned properties in Page for sale. I am sure there are more, but it give you a feel for the idea we did not hit a huge "boom" here. The market was brisk for a couple of years but not crazy. And yet we are all involved in the bailout.

Rather than try to explain this, I am going to offer a couple of links to the experts, who have clearly written, informative posts. Tom Vanderwell, who has Straight Talk About Mortgages is always an excellent source to follow. Bookmark it now as he can help decipher whatever the terms of the bailout end up being.

From his post "to bail or not to bail" a couple of things really struck me

• I think that the American people are getting fed up with Wall Street. They are getting sick of Wall Street playing fast and lose with their and our money and then crying to Washington, “Save us!” I heard one congressman yesterday say that the calls to his office (and the phones were ringing non stop) were running 150 to 1 against the bailout. That’s not a small majority, that’s a pretty convincing majority if you ask me and right before an election, that speaks loudly.

and in another section of the post from Friday

• The Biggie (so far): Last night, the FDIC came in and finally shut down Washington Mutual. They are the largest bank failure in the history of our country. The interesting thing is that they did the shut down in a way that isn’t going to cost the FDIC any money (Whew - that could have been a big one!). No word that I’ve heard of yet on what happens to their loan portfolio.

The post to Bail or Not To Bail is well worth the read.

Another post making waves in the blogosphere this weekend is An Alternative Plan for Fixing Credit and Housing on Barry Ritholz blog, The Big Picture. Tom V. who I read most everyday, thought the post was important enough to repost it on his blog. That is a statement.The comments section of the above post has great information in it as well.

With the rush in congress to get this bailout, all 700 billion dollars of it, passed by Sunday night, Monday morning should prove interesting. Stay tuned........

This area was pretty well teaming with human life since about the year 400. There was no lake but the Colorado River was nearby. The bay in the photo is Wahweap Bay. Wahweap means "bitter water". The Colorado, before the dams, was either raging in the spring with the snow melt, or 90 degrees and a wall of moving mud in the late summer, early fall.

The native Americans built some villages on the shores of tributaries of the Colorado, but not on the river itself. Wahweap only had water flowing in it during spring run off, or during the monsoon season in the summer. The water would stagnate in pools and become unsafe to use. It is thought they named it Wahweap as a warning to their own children and to other's passing through of the danger of the stagnant water.

The Mormon Pioneers got to this area about the same time as John Wesley Powell, the 1860's. I plan on doing posts on Lee's Ferry - one heck of a story there with the graveyard and the only crossing of the Colorado for hundreds of miles. It's also one of my favorite places to hang out today.

Art Greene was one of the next really influential people in the area leading tours not only down the Colorado river, but opening a trading post and leading folks to Rainbow Bridge. Greenehaven, Arizona is named after him.

The Glen Canyon Dam was started in 1956 and finished in 1966. Waweap creek then filled up and became Wahweap Bay on Lake Powell! Greenehaven now boasts the closest place to own land next to Lake Powell.

This is an awesome event that the residents of the Page Lake Powell area work very hard on every year with amazing results. ***********************

American Cancer Society- Relay For Life of Page

September 12-13

Page Sports Complex

Fundraisers benefiting Relay For Life Kathy’s Angels - Rick Parsons Flight for 2 over Grand Canyon, donated by Monte Parsons, Grand Canyon Airlines Value: $ 276.00 Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00 OLD QUILTS of all sizes to be sold, all proceeds to ACS

Relay for Life Drawing

• 1ST Prize: Aramark 59’ Discovery Houseboat – 7 days/6 nights, sleeps 12 plus, must be used 10-1-08 to 5-1-09 or 10-1-09 to 12-31-09 Value: $5,000

• 2nd Prize: 2 nights Lodging @ Lake Powell Resort and Rainbow Bridge Cruise for 2 Must be used 9-15-08 to 5-15-09 Value: $500

• 3rd Prize: 2 day rental of 22’ Bayliner from Outdoor Sports Value: $600

Tickets for the drawing are $25.00 each or 5 for $100

Curves

• 1. 3 day/2 night accommodations in Las Vegas plus $500. guest check booklet good all over Vegas Value: $700

• 2. Afghan

• 3. 10 drawings for $10. giftcard for Ranch House Grill

• Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00

Page Quilters Drawing for Ribbon Quilt size 57x69” Value: $350. Auctioning a Ribbon Quilt Selling kits including instructions for Ribbon Quilt Selling lap quilts and assorted other design quilts Value: $45 Possible special prices the night of Relay Selling raffle tickets at the rummage sale on 8-16 Tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.

GARAGE SALE Sat. Aug 16 8 am to noon Page Community United Methodist Church All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life If you would like to participate or have items to donate, please contact Dick Buck at (928) 645-5384. We will be having a SILENT AUCTION at Relay. Currently our items include:

• 2 day boat rental for 22’ Bayliner from Outdoor Sports,
• 8 day Grand Canyon River trip for 2 from Diamond River Adventures,
• 4 day/3 night 59’ houseboat from Antelope Marina,
• a recliner from Lake Powell Furniture,
• 2 day jet ski rental or 2 jet ski’s for one day from Wildcat Water Sports

If you have items you would like to donate, please contact Casey Middleton at (928) 526-2896. We have many volunteer opportunities available such as joining the committee, becoming a team captain, helping out at Relay.

If you are interested in helping us Fight Back Against Cancer, please contact Casey Middleton at (928) 526-2896. If you are interested in sponsoring our event, please contact Dick Buck at (928) 645-5384.

Donations to Relay For Life of Page can be mailed to :

American Cancer Society

Relay For Life of Page

724 E. Lakin Drive Ste 9 Flagstaff, AZ 86004

ERA is a huge Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) research supporter nationwide. ERA's program Home in on a Cure has been very successful since 1997 raising over 30 million dollars.

ERA Utah Properties, at 7 West Center in Kanab, Utah on May 5th is hosting our annual "Day in May" to raise funds for MDA.

We will have a "bounce house" for the kids, balloons, lots of food and drinks, a raffle, clowns and other fun stuff. A good time to come visit your neighbors and find out what's going on in the community and, of course, chat about real estate!

Festivities start at noon and go till 6:00 pm.

Pictures will follow .....

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