[ADEQ Media] ADEQ To Participate in Numerous Events Throughout State in Celebration of Earth Day 2009

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ADEQ To Participate in Numerous Events Throughout State in Celebration
of Earth Day 2009 

PHOENIX (April 15, 2009) - The Arizona Department of Environmental
Quality today announced plans to host and participate in numerous events
around the 
state in celebration of Earth Day 2009.

Among the highlighted events will be the Valley Forward Earth Day
Luncheon at which Arizona Governor Jan Brewer will speak. The luncheon
will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, April 22 at the Hyatt Regency
Phoenix, 122 N. Second Street.

Gov. Brewer will be joined at the luncheon by her newly appointed
Environmental Policy Advisor, Benjamin H. Grumbles, who will transition
into the role of Director of ADEQ on June 22.  Also joining the Governor
will be ADEQ Deputy Director Patrick J. Cunningham.

ADEQ staff will be present with educational activities at these April
Earth Month events around the state:

*	April 16, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Annual Earth Day Event, Arizona Army
National Guard, Phoenix.
*	April 18, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Earth Day Celebration, Posse Grounds
Park, Sedona.
*	April 18, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Earth Day Celebration, Arizona
Science Center, Phoenix.
*	April 19, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Earth Day Party for the Planet,
Phoenix Zoo. 
*	April 22 (Earth Day): Walk to School for Earth Day,
Springerville. 
*	April 22 (Earth Day), all day: Today and Every Day environmental
event, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Phoenix. 
*	April 22 (Earth Day): 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Earth Day Event, Pima
Community College Northwest Campus, Tucson.
*	April 25, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Arizona Earth Day 2009, North
Phoenix Baptist Church.

Other Earth Month events throughout Arizona:

Apache County
*	April 27, 6 p.m.-7 p.m.: Recycling in the White Mountains, Tall
Pines Care and Rehab, 2401 E. Hunt St., Show Low. 

Cochise County
*	April 18, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Earth Day, Sierra Vista Farmers
Market, Sierra Vista.
*	April 25, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Bisbee's Annual Earth Day Festival,
Vista Park, Bisbee. 

Coconino County
*	April 18, 11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Earth Day 2009, Flagstaff City
Hall.
*	April 22-23, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.: Earth Day Celebrations, Market
Plaza, Grand Canyon National Park.  
*	April 23, 12:45 p.m.: Earth Day Parade, Grand Canyon School, 1
Boulder Street, Grand Canyon National Park.
*	April 25, 7 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.: Page Attacks Trash, Townhouse on
South Navajo Drive, Page.

Maricopa County
*	April 18, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community 5th Annual Earth Day, Salt River High School.
*	April 18, Noon - 4 p.m.: Earth Day Festival, Arizona State
University Polytechnic, Mesa.
*	April 19, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Earth Day Event, Desert Botanical
Garden, Phoenix.
*	April 20, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Speaker Forum, Scottsdale Community
College.
*	April 21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Green House cleanup and sneaker drive,
Scottsdale Community College.
*	April 22, 8 a.m. - noon: Earth Day dumpster dive to separate
recyclables from trash, Scottsdale Community College.
*	April 22, 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.: Tempe Earth Day 5K and Green Expo,
Art Park, Tempe.

Mohave County
*	April 18, 8:30 a.m.: Annual City Earth Day Clean-up, Justice
Complex, Bullhead City

Pinal County
*	April 18, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: Electronics recycling, OfficeMax, 1314
E. Florence Blvd., Casa Grande. 
*	April 19, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.: Aldo Leopold Earth Day Celebration,
Oracle State Park, Oracle.

Yavapai County
*	April 18, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.: Community Earth Day Celebration,
Granite Creek Park, Prescott.
*	April 18, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Earth Day Celebration, Posse Grounds
Park, 525 Posse Grounds Road, Sedona.
*	April 22, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Earth Day at Prescott College,
Prescott

Yuma County
*	April 22, 9:30 a.m.: Earth Day tree planting, Arbor Tech, 4451
W. 28th Street, Yuma.

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News media interested in additional information on this or any other
topic concerning the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality should
contact the Office of Communications at (602) 771-2215 or via email at
communications@azdeq.gov.

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