2. News Advisory
Media Contacts:
Pete Valadez Elaina Boudreau Roger Hoadley
Managing Principal President VP, Director of Communications
Waddell & Reed, Scottsdale BELA Communications Waddell & Reed/Ivy Funds
(480) 222-6700, x101 (913) 660-0548 (913) 236-1993
Waddell & Reed's Traveling World War I Exhibition Rolls into Mesa, Arizona,
at the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum
to Honor Veterans, Raise Funds & Awareness for National Treasures
Custom “big rig" traveling exhibit – developed in partnership with National World War I Museum –
makes 75-city tour to preserve cultural history during Waddell & Reed's 75th anniversary
Waddell & Reed Traveling WWI Exhibition and the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation
Museum open free to public on Wednesday, January 18.
WHAT: Waddell & Reed – one of the country’s oldest mutual fund and financial planning companies –
will kick off an ambitious and unconventional acknowledgement of its 75th anniversary. In
partnership with Ivy Funds and the National World War I Museum, a custom 18-wheel “big rig”
truck has been transformed into a traveling World War I exhibition. Dubbed the “Honoring Our
History Tour,” the exhibition will visit 75 Waddell & Reed communities across the country –
stopping at local museums and cultural institutions to raise funds and awareness. Mesa,
Arizona, is the 29th stop on the 75-city tour.
This unique traveling exhibition offers a free, interactive and educational experience designed
by the National World War I Museum – the first and only American museum solely dedicated to
preserving the artifacts, history and personal experiences of World War I. The Waddell & Reed
Traveling World War I Exhibition features 66 artifacts, such as weapons, uniforms, posters and
flags. In addition, visitors will experience the tight conditions of trench warfare, see the
relatively primitive tools, weapons, equipment and uniforms, amid sounds and sights of war 100
years ago. The year-long tour honors the men and women who served in World War I – and
those who have since bravely served our country and protected our freedom.
WHEN/WHERE: The Waddell & Reed Traveling World War I Exhibition and the Commemorative Air Force
Arizona Wing Aviation Museum are open free to the public:
• Wednesday, January 18 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Located in the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum, 2017 N.
Greenfield Road, Mesa, Arizona (Falcon Field Airport at the intersection of Greenfield and
McKellips Road).
3. • Admission is free to both museums on Wednesday, Jan. 18.
Waddell & Reed kicked off this exhibition tour in July 2011.
WHY: “The stories of our past can’t help but influence our future. For that reason, we cannot take our
cultural institutions for granted.” – Kevin Costner, Honorary Board Member, National World
War I Museum
In times when state and municipal budgets are tight, Waddell & Reed and Ivy Funds recognized
the need to support museums and cultural institutions across the country. To celebrate the
company’s 75th anniversary, Waddell & Reed created the Waddell & Reed Traveling WWI
Exhibition. The exhibition’s mission is to raise awareness and funding for these national
treasures. By traveling to 75 cities in nearly every state, Waddell & Reed hopes to raise $500,000
in donations over the course of the year. Funds raised at each stop will be divided equally
between the local museum and the National World War I Museum, based in Kansas City, Mo.
The two founders of Waddell & Reed, Chauncey Waddell and Cameron Reed, were veterans of
World War I who formed a partnership in 1937 to create one of the longest-standing mutual
fund and financial planning companies in the country. The exhibit includes founder Chauncey
Waddell’s flight gear, his flight suit and log book.
The Waddell & Reed Traveling WWI Exhibition will stop at museums of all classifications — including
those focused on art, history, local culture, education and sports. A schedule for the tour, which will
travel coast to coast in 2011/2012, can be found at www.honoringourhistory.com.
WHO: Waddell & Reed, founded in 1937 and one of the oldest mutual fund and financial planning companies
in the country, in partnership with the National World War I Museum, the only American museum
solely dedicated to preserving the objects, history and personal experiences of a war whose impact still
echoes today. Ivy Funds, an affiliate of Waddell & Reed, offers a range of investment strategies to help
investors best meet their long-term goals, all designed with a disciplined approach and global
perspective. The Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum is a non-profit 501(c)(3)
organization dedicated to celebrating our heritage of freedom through flight, education, exhibition and
remembrance. The museum consists of both operational warbirds and numerous static exhibits
dedicated to our military aviation veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam.
MORE: Every visitor has the opportunity to make a financial donation to support the non-profit museum via
electronic or cash donations. For more information or to make a donation, visit
www.honoringourhistory.com.
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7. Join us for the
12th Annual Historic Home Tour
and so much more
Our featured district is the Sherwood Neighborhood, a 1950s and
1960s custom home development. We will also have a few houses in the
West Second Street District, our Special Stops and a couple of
surprises. All proceeds will benefit the Mesa Historical Museum.
Date: January 28, 2012
Time: 10am – 4pm
Cost: $15.00 per person
For information please call: Mesa Historical Museum: 480.835.7358
or visit us on our website at: www.mesahistoricalmuseum.org
8. Pueblo Grande Museum Calendar of Events
January 2012
CLOSED Sunday, January 1, 2012 for New Year’s Holiday
Docent (Tour Guide) Training #80884 - Thursdays, January 12, 2012 – February 23, 2012
Time: 9:00am to 12:00pm; Cost: One time fee of $25.00 for a 7-week course, Museum membership included.
Become a Docent (Tour Guide) at Pueblo Grande Museum and share your knowledge with others! This training course is the
first training course needed before advancing on to specific areas such as education, tour guide, collections, exhibits, library,
store, etc and will provide you with an introduction to the Hohokam people, archaeology and cultural interpretation. Advance
registration is required.
Petroglyph Discovery Hike #80879 - Saturday, January 14, 2012
Location: Mormon Trail, South Mountain; Difficulty: Difficult; Time: 8am – 11am; Cost: $8
An experienced Pueblo Grande Museum guide will lead participants on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike. Pueblo
Grande Museum offers various hikes to South Mountain Park, the Superstition Mountains located in the East Valley, and the
White Tank Regional Park in the West Valley. Come join us on our hikes! Advance registration is required.
CLOSED Monday, January 16, 2010 for MLK Day
Ethnobotany of the Sonoran Desert - Saturday and Sunday, January 21 – 22, 2012
Time: 9am to 5pm; Cost: $215/person (discount for PGM members & City of Phx. employees will be 15%)**
Join Raven’s Way Wild Journeys & Pueblo Grande Museum for an unforgettable venture into the fascinating world of
Ethnobotany. Naturalist, Wildlife Biologist, and Ethnobotanist Vincent Pinto will guide you in how to find, identify, collect, and
use a wide variety of local, Native Desert Plants for a myriad of wonderful uses. You will soon discover plants that yield: food,
fibers (for rope-making), medicines, tools, shelter materials, musical Instruments, hunting Implements, containers, basketry
materials, aboriginal arts & crafts, fire-making materials, & more! Not only will you make many new plant friends, you’ll also
discover new & exciting qualities for old acquaintances. Vincent will demonstrate various stone-age & survival skills using
plants that you’ll encounter on short walks in the desert. Back at Pueblo Grande you’ll also try your own hand at a number of
ancient skills employed by the Huhugam and other native people from around the world at there Ancient Technology Day
event March 10, 2012!
**To register for this program visit Raven’s Way website at www.ravensnatureschool.com. Go to the When tab and click on
registration! For more information on this program or questions on registration please contact Vincent Pinto at 520-425-6425
or via email at nature-journeys@hotmail.com.**
Park of Four Waters Tour #80882 - Friday, January 27, 2012
Time: 10:00am to 11:00am; Cost: General admission prices apply
The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from approximately 450 AD to 1450 AD. They were an agricultural society,
growing corn, beans, squash and cotton. In order to support their extensive agricultural system, the Hohokam people
constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from the Salt River to their fields. The Park of Four Waters tour will take
you on a tour through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal systems.
February 2012
Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary Presentation - Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Time: 7:30pm to 9:00pm; Guest Speaker: Mr. Allen Dart; Topic: Set in Stone but Not in Meaning: Southwestern Indian Rock
Art
Please join the Pueblo Grande Museum Auxiliary and Dr. Alan Dart of EcoPlan Associates Inc. and the Executive Director of
Tucson’s nonprofit Old Pueblo Archaeology Center. Dr. Dart will discuss Southwestern Indian rock art. The presentation will
illustrate southwestern petroglyphs and pictographs and discuss how even the same rock art symbol may be interpreted
differently from popular, scientific, and modern Native American perspectives.
This program is being funded by the Arizona Humanities Council, a nonprofit organization that defines the humanities as a
group of disciplines that describe and explore the human story. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Archaeology for Kids #80878 - Saturday, February 4, 2012
Time: 9:30am – 12:30pm; Cost: $15; Ages: 7-12
Behind the Scenes Tour with Curator - Wednesday, February 8, 2011 & Wednesday, February 22, 2011
Time: 2pm – 2:30pm
9. Join Curator of Collections Holly Young for a “behind the scenes” tour of the museum. This tour is open to walk in visitors with
paid admissions. This is an opportunity to learn about the artifacts that are not on display on the museum and see how
museums care for their collections. This is a first come, first serve tour. Space is limited.
Petroglyph Discovery Hike #80880 - Saturday, February 11, 2012
Location: Javalina/Beverly Canyon, South Mountain; Difficulty: moderate to difficult; Time: 8am – 11am ; Cost: $8
An experienced Pueblo Grande Museum guide will lead participants on a three-mile, three-hour interpretive hike. Pueblo
Grande Museum offers various hikes to South Mountain Park, the Superstition Mountains located in the East Valley, and the
White Tank Regional Park in the West Valley. Come join us on our hikes! Advance registration is required.
Park of Four Waters Tour #80883 - Friday, February 24, 2012
Time: 10:00am to 11:00am; Cost: General Admission prices apply.
The Hohokam people lived in the Salt River Area from approximately 450AD to 1450AD. They were an agricultural society,
growing corn, beans, squash and cotton. In order to support their extensive agricultural system, the Hohokam people
constructed miles of canals in order to direct water from the Salt River to their fields. The Park of Four Waters tour will take
you on a tour through undeveloped, natural desert to the ruins of some of these canal systems.
Arizona Scitech Festival Lecture Series: Pueblo Grande Museum will be hosting a brown bag lunch lecture series as
part of the Arizona Scitech Festival. Join us for one or all three lectures on February 6, 8, 15 and 29, 2012 from noon until
1:30pm. The lectures will feature various topics on museum studies, archaeology and research. These lectures are free and
open to the public.
**February 6, 2012
Wayne Ranney - "Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau"
Author and geologist, Wayne Ranney, will take participants on an incredible landscape tour of the desert Southwest through
millions of years of earth history in his presentation, “Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau”. Arizona used to be the site
of giant mountain ranges, long sandy beaches, warm tropical seas and Sahara-like deserts and the evidence for these long-
lost scenes are preserved in Arizona's rocks. True-to-life maps have been created that show the sequential changes through
time and Ranney will take listeners on a fantastic journey through time. He is the co-author of the book, "Ancient Landscapes
of the Colorado Plateau," and will be signing copies of his book after the lecture.
**February 8, 2012
Stephen Reichardt, ASU, Museum Studies - “Development and Integration of Cultural Resource Data in a Geographic
Information System: An Innovative Model for Museum Collection Management”
Stephen Reichardt, in his project on “Development and Integration of Cultural Resource Data in a GIS system”, seeks to
preserve and maintain multiple GIS layers of contextual information derived from archaeological investigations within an easy-
to-use digital artifact collection management system and also to provide collection specialists, researchers, and students with
a visual mode of spatial data interaction. This example builds upon records for the Schoolhouse Point Mound site from the
Roosevelt Lake area. Mr. Reichardt is an archaeologist, GIS specialist, and physical anthropologist (MA). He currently works
for the Archaeological Research Institute and the Institute of Human Origins at Arizona State University and is pursuing a
Certificate in Museum Studies.
**February 15, 2012
Christopher Caseldine, ASU, Archaeology - “A Fort on a Hill: Evidence of Yavapai Presence in the Perry Mesa Area”
Christopher Caseldine will focus his talk on the archaeology of the Perry Mesa region of Central Arizona. In particular, how
current research conducted through the ASU Archaeological Research Institute is reinterpreting our understanding of the
region's use by Native American groups. Mr. Caseldine is a graduate associate of the Archaeological Research Institute in
the ASU School of Human Evolution & Social Change. His research focus is Hohokam archaeology with a specific interest in
the management of their vast prehistoric irrigation systems. He also has research interests in the archaeological past of the
Perry Mesa region of central Arizona.
**February 29, 2012
Dr. Arleyn Simon, ASU, Archaeological Research Institute - “Many Communities: The Archaeology of the ASU Campus”
Arleyn Simon summarizes excavation evidence of many prehistoric and historic communities within the ASU campus in her
talk, “Many Communities: The Archaeology of the ASU Campus”. When preparing for new construction, glimpses of the past
history of the campus emerge including Hohokam villages, Hispanic barrios, and an early Mormon settlement. Dr. Simon is
Director of the Archaeological Research Institute in the ASU School of Human Evolution & Social Change. She specializes
in central Arizona prehistory, particularly studies of regional community relations based on ceramic compositional
studies.
Pueblo Grande Museum
4619 E. Washington St.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
(602) 495-0901
www.pueblogrande.com
Hours of Operation: Monday through Saturday 9:00 am to 4:45 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm to 4:45 pm
Children 17 & under are Free on Sundays
10. Arizona Museum of Natural History:
February, Special Events
During the month of February, the AzMNH is the place to be! We are opening our
new exhibit "Rulers of the Prehistoric Skies", the much anticipated Pterosaurs exhibit
that everyone has been talking about, but that's not the only thing happening in
February. Take a look at these events...
February 23, 2012
10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Meet the Author - Conrad Storad
Admission: AzMNH members = Free; Non – members = Special
discount admission fee - $4.00 for all students and their adult
chaperones. Adults = $7.00 from 10:00 am – 11:00 am on day of
event.
No discounts or passes accepted for this event.
Arizona Museum of Natural History (AzMNH) is thrilled to host
Conrad J. Storad as part of the AZ Scitech Festival. Storad writes
informative and entertaining science and nature books for children and young adults. He is the author of more
than 30 books such as Rattlesnake Rules and Desert Night Shift: a Pack Rat Story. He is a celebrated children’s
author who has won numerous literary awards, and we are honored to have him at the museum. Along with
Conrad Storad, AzMNH will also be hosting JR and Big Mama! Be prepared to have fun, fun, fun!
February 24, 2012
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Jurassic Park- Movie viewing and discussion with Paleontologist
Admission: AzMNH Members = Free; Non – members = Special discount
admission fee - $4.00 for children under 18 years and students. All other adults
= $7.00.
No discounts or passes will be accepted for this event.
Jurassic Park –See the movie like never before, with an AzMNH paleontologist! Ever wonder if the dinosaurs in
the movie looked, or moved that way in real life? Well now is your chance to find out! Following the showing
there will be a lively discussion including a question and answer session that YOU can be a part of!
February 26, 2012
1:30 – 3:30 p.m
Sid the Science Kid, Dinosaur Dig!
Admission: Members = Free; Non-members = regular museum admission
fees for all others
Meet Sid the Science Kid, learn how paleontologists dig for dinosaurs, visit
the Paleo Dig Pit, see Dinosaur bones, hear stories and participate in crafts!
Fun for budding Paleontologists of all ages!
Seating is limited for these events so remember to reserve your spot early.
Arizona Museum of Natural History: 53 N. Macdonald, Mesa, AZ 85201
(480) 644-2230 • www.azmnh.org
