
Grand Canyon Wildfires, New Weight Loss Technology, Cowgirls of Chandler Exhibition
Season 2025 Episode 138 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Grand Canyon Wildfires, "Breezing" Weight Loss Technology, Cowgirls of Chandler Exhibition
Insight into the Dragon Bravo and White Sage wildfires near the Grand Canyon, A new technology created by Arizona State University helps patients overcome their challenges in weight loss, A new exhibition at the Chandler Museum celebrates the role of women in shaping Chandler's cultural identity.
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Grand Canyon Wildfires, New Weight Loss Technology, Cowgirls of Chandler Exhibition
Season 2025 Episode 138 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
Insight into the Dragon Bravo and White Sage wildfires near the Grand Canyon, A new technology created by Arizona State University helps patients overcome their challenges in weight loss, A new exhibition at the Chandler Museum celebrates the role of women in shaping Chandler's cultural identity.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON:REMEMBERING THE GRAND CANYON LODGE, WHICH WAS RECENTLY DESTROYED BY A WILDFIRE.ALSO TONIGHT: NEW TECHNOLOGY IS HELPING DOCTORS AND THEIR PATIENTS OVERCOME WEIGHT-LOSS CHALLENGES.AND, A NEW EXHIBITION CELEBRATES THE WOMEN WHO HELPED SHAPE CHANDLER'S IDENTITY AS A MODERN WESTERN TOWN.
THOSE STORIES AND MORE, NEXT, ON ARIZONA HORIZON.
>> ARIZONA HORIZON MADE BY YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
I'M TED SIMONS.IN A HEADLINE OF SPECIAL NOTE TO OUR VIEWERS, CONGRESS TODAY IS CLOSING IN ON A VOTE TO RESCIND 1.
1- BILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROPRIATED TO THE CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING, WHICH DISTRIBUTES GRANTS TO PBS AND NPR STATIONS.
DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING UP AMENDMENTS TO CURTAIL THE CUTS, WITH ARIZONA SENATOR RUBEN GALLEGO TODAY SUBMITTING A MOTION TO PRESERVE C-P-B FUNDING FOR RURAL AND TRIBAL AREA STATIONS.
>> CUTTING FUNDING WOULD DEVASTATE LOCAL MEDIA.
ESPECIALLY TRIBAL FUNDS.
WHITE REVER RELY ON US FOR THREE QUARTERS OF THE FUNDING.
THAT'S IMPORTANT SINCE 80% OF THE CHILDREN DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO FORMAL PRE-SCHOOL, MEANING MANY FAMILIES, PUBLIC TELEVISION IS ONE OF THE ONLY EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TOOLS.
WE SHOULDN'T PULL THE RUG OUT FROM UNDER THE CHILDREN.
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN NEED.
>> THAT MOTION WAS VOTED DOWN.
AND BEFORE THE SENATE VOTED TO "CONSIDER" THE CUTS, SENATOR MARK KELLY SPOKE ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
>> THESE ARE THE STATIONS THAT AIR CHILDREN PROGRAM LIKE DANIEL TIGER AND SESAME STREET THAT HELP KIDS LEARN.
HOW TO COUNT, READ, AND SPELL.
IN AN ERA WHEN CABLE IS GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AND MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTIONS ADD UP.
FREE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING LIKE THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT'S HOW PARENTS IN ARIZONA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY, GIVE THEIR CHILDREN A HEAD START REGARDLESS OF THEIR ZIP CODE OR INCOME MOST "REPUBLICANS" IN THE SENATE ARE EXPECTED TO VOTE "FOR" THE FUNDING CUTS.
MOST, BUT NOT ALL.
>> THERE WAS NO SINGLE ISSUE DRAWN OUT MORE INTEREST THAN SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING.
I COME FROM A STATE THAT EXTRAORDINARILY RURAL AND A STATE WHERE ACCESS TO OTHER FORMS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION MIGHT BE LIMITED.
IT MIGHT BE EVERYTHING COMING BY WAY OF RADIO.
CALL IT OLD SCHOOL, THIS IS WHAT WE LIVE-IN MANY PARTS OF THE STATE.
NO VOTE AS YET AS OF THIS AFTERNOON'S RECORDING OF OUR SHOW.>> ONE MORE HEADLINE: ADELITA GRIJALVA HAS WON THE CHANCE TO SUCEED HER FATHER, THE LATE CONGRESSMAN RAUL GRIJALVA, IN ARIZONA'S 7TH- CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
ADELITA GRIJALVA DEFEATED DEJA FOXX, WHO WAS A DISTANT 2ND DESPITE A STRONG SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, AND FORMER STATE LAWMAKER DANIEL HERNANDEZ, WHO RAN AS MORE OF A CENTRIST.
GRIJALVA IS NOW SET FOR A "GENERAL" ELECTION MATCHUP WITH DANIEL BUTTERIEZ JR.
IN THE HEAVILY DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT.
HERE'S GRIJALVA LAST NIGHT AFTER THE RACE WAS CALLED.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> WE DID THIS.
AS DEMOCRATS WE WILL DO BETTER.
WE ARE NOT GOING AFTER PEOPLE'S PERSONALTIES.
WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR POLICIES ARE.
[ CHEERING AND APPLAUSE ] >> I'D LIKE TO THANK THE VOTERS OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR BEING INCREDIBLY INSIGHTFUL.
NOTICE TRACTED BY THE NOISE AND SAYING THIS IS WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
>> THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE SEAT IS SET FOR SEPTEMBER 23RD.>>> THE DRAGON-BRAVO FIRE, WHICH CONTINUES TO BURN AT THE NORTH RIM OF THE GRAND CANYON, HAS DESTROYED UP TO 80-STRUCTURES INSIDE THE NATIONAL PARK, INCLUDING THE HISTORIC GRAND CANYON LODGE.FOR MORE ON WHAT WAS LOST WHEN THE "LODGE" WAS DESTROYED, WE WELCOME TRAVEL-WRITER ROGER NAYLOR.
ROGER IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU.
NOT TONIGHT.
>> WE USUALLY CHAT ABOUT MORE FUN THINGS.
THIS WAS A HEARTBREAK.
WHEN I POSTED ON FACEBOOK, I GOT THE WORD EARLY FROM A FRIEND WHO HAD ACTUALLY WORKED AT THE NORTH RIM.
I KNEW SUNDAY MORNING IT HAPPENED.
I WAITED FOR VERIFICATION BEFORE I POSTED.
I COULD HEAR HEARTS BREAKING.
WE LOST A FRIEND.
>> HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE LODGE?
>> IT'D WAS A MAGICAL PLACE IT WAS PERFECT FOR THE NORTH RIM.
THE SOUTH RIM GIVES IT BACK.
THE PEACEFUL QUIET FORESTED LITTLE PLACE.
FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THE FIRST VIEW WAS INDOORS.
IF YOU WALK RIGHT INTO THE RIM AND, I MEAN INTO THE LODGE, THERE IS A WALL OF WINDOWS AND YOU KEEP GOING THROUGH.
OUT ON THE GREAT PATIO.
YOU SIT OUT AND YOU ARE GAZING.
IT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST ON THE PLANET.
YOU KNOW, NOW IT'S NO MORE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FINISHING RIM TO RIM HIKES ARE STARTING A RIM TO RIM HIKE OR ENJOYING A SUMMER DAY SITTING OUT ON THE PATIO.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS BUILT.
TO HARMONIZE WITH THE SETTING.
>> VERY MUCH SO.
THIS WAS THE SECOND.
THE FIRST WAS IN THE 1920s AND DIDN'T LAST LONG.
IT BURNED DOWN IN 1932 DUE TO A KITCHEN FIRE.
IT WAS BUILT-IN 1937.
USED A LOT OF NATIVE LIMESTONE.
YOU ARE RIGHT, IT WAS VERY HARMONIOUS WITH THE SETTING.
IT JETTED OUT AND SURROUNDED BY FOREST.
THE LAST COUNT WAS 114 CABINS THAT WE WERE SPREAD OUT.
THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD STAY.
INCLUDING THE RESTAURANT AND STATUTE THAT WAS VERY BELOVED.
ONE OF T THINGS AFTER I POSTED ON FACEBOOK.
SO MANY ASKING HAD YOU HEARD WHAT HAPPENED.
SO, I MEAN SO MUCH IS GONE.
>> THIS IS THE LAST SURVIVING COMPLEX IN THE NATIONAL COMPLEX.
>> THAT COULD BE.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE REST OF THE STATE.
I DON'T WANT TO SAY YES.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED.
IT LASTED ALMOST 90 YEARS.
>> GIVE US THE HISTORY OF THE LODGE.
WHY WAS THIS SPOT DECIDED?
WHO DECIDED ON THAT SPOT.
>> THE NATURAL SETTING.
ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS WE WALK-OFF THE BACK PATIO ON THIS LITTLE SHORT TRAIL OUT TO BRIGHT ANGEL POINT.
IT DIPPED AND WAS PAVEED YOU ARE JUST STANDING OUT ON THE CANYON.
IT EMBRACED YOU.
ONE THING WITH THE NORTH RIM.
IT'D WILL JOLT YOU.
IT'S A THUNDERBOLT.
IT'S SO MASSIVE THE NORTH RIM IS THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT.
THE ANGELS AND VIEWPOINTS ARE DIFFERENT.
YOU ARE RIGHT THERE.
PEOPLE FEEL CONNECTED TO THE NORTH RIM.
A LOT OF TRAVELERS, THAT'S THE ONLY RIM THEY GO TO.
>> AS FAR AS CABINS ARE CONCERNED, WERE THEY A RIDGENALLY -- ORIGINALLY WITH THE LODGE AND MOVED OUT.
>> THEY WERE ALWAYS BUILT BUT EXPANDED.
THEY WENT BACK TO THE EARLY 1900s THEY WERE RIGHT OFF THE LODGE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY SURVIVED.
I KNOW SOME DID BUT MOST ARE GONE.
I SAW THE PHOTOS OF THAT TOO.
I KNOW MORE THAN 80 STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED.
THAT INCLUDES STORAGE AND ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS.
THE HOUSING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED THERE.
THE RANGERS AND OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE NORTH RIM NOT ONLY JOBLESS BUT HOMELESS.
IT'S VERY HARD TIMES WHAT ABOUT THE HIKING TRAILS.
>> YOU CAN'T ACCESS THEM FROM THE SOUTH RIM.
THE MAIN CORRIDOR TRAIL AND THAT WILL SURVIVE.
MIGHT BE DAMAGE ON TOP BUT WILL BE REPLACED.
OTHER BEAUTIFUL I HAVE A FEELING IT'S BEEN DEVASTATING WHO KNOWS.
>> MY LAST QUESTION, THIS WAS REBUILT AFTER THE ORIGINAL FIRST FIRE.
THE FIRST FIRE BACK IN 202823.
IT WAS MINT TO MIRROR WHAT WAS LOST.
CAN THAT HAPPEN AGAIN THEY WILL TRY.
IT'S BEEN A BELOVED STRUCTURE FOR SO LONG.
CONSIDER THIS AS A REMINDER.
DUPONT WAIT.
NO ONE GETS A PEAK AT THE COSMIC CALENDAR.
>> ROGER, WE ENJOY HAVING YOU ON.
IT'S GOOD INSIGHT AND MEMORIES OF THE LODGE WE WILL TALK TO YOU SOON.
>> I LOOK FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>>> A DEVICE CALLED BREEZING IS HELPING PEOPLE OVERCOME WEIGHT LOSS CHALLENGES.
THEY CAN COME UP WITH A MORE PERSONALIZED PLAN.
ERICA IS FROM ASU SCHOOL FOR ENGINEER, MATTER, TRANSPORT, AND ENGINEERING.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
>> IS THAT CALLED BREEZING.
>> IT IS AND IT'S REALLY BREATHTAKING DEVICE.
AFTER 10 MINUTES INTO EACH EVEN AT SITTING YOU DON'T NEED TO EXERCISE OR DO ANYTHING.
JUT BREAST AND WE WILL KNOW HOW MANY CALORIES PER DAY YOU COULD EAT MAINTAIN, LOSE, OR GAIN WEIGHT.
WE CAN PERSONALIZE CALORIE INTAKE BASED ON THE MEASUREMENTS OF METABOLISM.
PALL NARY NUMBERS IN THERE AS WELL?
>> YES, ALSO INFORMED ABOUT THE POL NARY OF THE PERSON.
>> DESCRIBE THE PROCESS.
YOU COME IN AND SAY I'D LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE MO METABOLISM.
YOU STRAP THAT ON THEIR FACE?
>> YES YOU GET AN IDEA IF IT'S HIGH, LOW, OR NORMAL.
BASED ON THE METRIC.
THE DOCTOR OR DIETITIAN THEY CAN DESCRIBE HOW MANY CALORIES PER DAY YOU SHOULD BE EATING TO REACH YOUR TARGET WEIGHT.
>> I FIND IT INTERESTING THIS IS AT REST.
IT REALLY ISN'T.
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
THE RESTING THE TOLD EXPENDITURE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
99% OF THE POPULATION ISN'T ACTIVE.
THE RESTING ENERGY EXPENDITURE WE OBTAIN WHILE SITTING CAN EXTRAPOLATE WITH A TOTAL EXPENDITURE.
IF YOU DO EXERCISE THERE ARE WAYS TO WEIGHT IT THROUGH YOUR RESTING METABOLIC RATE.
TO THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THAT WAS COMPILED.
>> RIGHT.
IT'S LIKE.
YOU CAN CLIMB A HILL MOST OF THE DAY THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOU CAN ALSO, LEARN WHAT IS THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF ENERGY THIS IS ALSO A PREDICT TOR ON HOW GOOD YOU WOULD BE DOWN THE ROAD.
FOR PEOPLE WITH GOOD SICKNESS.
TYPICALLY THEY PROVIDE FAT BURNING AND CAR SHALL BURNING.
THEY HAVE CERTAIN DIFFICULTIES FOR BURNING FAT AND THAT'S SHOWN IN THESE MEASUREMENTS.
THEY CAN TAKE ACTIONS IN WHAT TO PRESCRIBE BASED ON THAT SIGNATURE.
WE CAN COMPARE THE METABOLIC MEASUREMENTS SIMILARLY TO MEASURING HOW MUCH ENERGY IS BURNING.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
IN THIS CASE IT 'BURNING THIS KIND OF FUEL.
>> I HEARD ABOUT THE WEIGHT LOSS PLATEAU.
THIS HAS TO HELP THAT.
>> EXACTLY IT HAPPENS.
IT HELPS THE PERSON, FIRST OF ALL WHEN THEY GET THE MEASUREMENTS MANY GO TO THE PROFESSIONALS BECAUSE THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED.
AFTER SO MANY TRIES THEY SEEK THE HELP.
FIRST IS THE MOMENT WHERE THEY REALIZE THE METABOLIC RATE IS LOW AND CAN'T POSSIBLY BURN ALL OFFENSE THE CALORIES THEY HAVE EATEN.
THE SECOND MOMENT WHEN THEY COME BACK IN A MONITOR TO SEE HOW THEY ARE DOING.
FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS THE METABOLIC RATE ADAPTS.
THEY SPEND NOR.
IN THIS POINT, WE CALL THIS POINT A ADAPTATION.
WE ALLOW TIME TO HELP AND MAYBE EMPHASIZING MORE EXERCISE COMPONENTS.
TO MAINTAIN THE CALORIE DEFICIT NECESSARY FOR THE WEIGHT LOST.
>> I'M SURE MEDICATION IS INVOLVED HERE AS WELL.
>> DEFINITELY, MANY PROFESSIONALS, WE HAVE THE MAYO CLINIC.
>> IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR.
WE HAVE FDA APPROVAL.
>> IT'S BEEN RECENTLY 35 FOR BEING THIS IS WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY.
AUTO GREAT TOOL GENERATED IN ARIZONA.
WE ARE VERY PROUD TO BE HERE IN ARIZONA.
>> YOU SHOULD BE.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>>> "PONY UP!
COWGIRLS OF CHANDLER" IS A NEW EXHIBIT AT THE CHANDLER MUSUEM THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE WOMEN AND GIRLS WHO HELPED SHAPE CHANDLER'S IDENTITY.TO LEARN MORE, WE WELCOME SARAH BIGGERSTAFF, A MUSEUM STORYTELLING COORDINATOR AT THE CHANDLER MUSEUM.
WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE.
THIS IS CALLED PONY UP COWGIRLS OF CHANDLER.
>> WE ARE TALKING WOMEN AND GIRLS THAT HELPED CHANDLER.
IT'S FEATURE WOMEN THAT WORKED ON RANCHES AND VISITING HERE IN THE WINTERTIME PARK TAKING IN WESTERN TRADITIONS.
>> HOW DO YOU DO AN EXHIBITION OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
WHAT DO YOU USE TO EXHIBIT.
>> WE USE WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT RESEARCH AND STORIES ABOUT THE WOMEN ON THE WALLS AND WONDERFUL OBJECTS.
>> PERSONAL STORIES CAN YOU SHARE THEM?
>> WE HAD THREE QUEENS.
RUTH AND BER NIECE.
THEY CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE NAME.
>> THEY HADN'T, I REMEMBER BACK IN THE DAY FELT LIKE YOU HAD TO DRIVE IT WAS SMALL AND A LOT OF LAND.
THE POPULATION HAS EXPLODED.
>> THE COMMUNITY IS STILL THERE THEY HELP THE CITIES DEVELOPMENT.
HOW DID THEY DEVELOP HOW DID IT GET HERE.
IT JUST EXPLODED IT'S THE FOUNDATION OF THE TOWN.
BEFORE DR.CHANDLER CAME IN THE 1880s.
THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ON THE LAND HAD ESTABLISHED SOPHISTICATED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS.
THEY CAME WITH WEALTH INVESTORS AND BUILT MODERN CANALS SO, THEY DREW A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE WITH THE PROMISE A LOT OF CROPS COULD GROW HERE.
WONDERFUL IMMIGRANTS AND FAMILIES HERE THRIVING.
>> YOU MENTIONED THEM COMING OUT HERE EVEN THE VISITORS HELPED THEM DEVELOP HAVING PICNICS OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS.
THEY WERE USED TO PSYCHIATRY SCRAPERS THEY ENJOYED IT THEY BUILT HOUSES WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE.
>> WOMEN HAD JUST AS MUCH AS A PART AS MALES.
>> AND YOUR REACTION SO FAR.
>> PEOPLE RELATED TO THE WOMEN IN THE SHOW COME TO SEE IT AND BE HAPPY.
THAT'S ALL I CARE ABOUT.
THE PEOPLE RELATED TO THOSE WOMEN FEEL PROUD.
>> VERY GOOD.
SARAH BIGGERSTAFF FROM CHANDLER MUSEUM.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> YOU BET.
>> I'M TED SIMONS.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GREAT
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