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Cody Beecher
Cody Beecher, LA 1 teen at the Heritage Library, has been chosen as the Yuma County Library District’s employee of the month for July.
He received a mounted certificate, a name plate in the book of his choice, an employee of the month pin, and his photo will be hung in the Heritage Library during the month of July.
Michael Fila
Cocopah emergency manager Michael Fila was selected to serve as a member of the FEMA National Advisory Council (NAC) Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) subcommittee to represent the Cocopah Indian Tribe.
Fila joined the Cocopah Tribal government in February 2012. He is currently the chairman for the Arizona Tribal Executive Commission (AZTEC). He has served as president of the Yuma County Citizen Corps, and as president of the Arizona Local Public Health Emergency Response Association (ALPHERA).
Before joining the Cocopah Indian Tribe government, Fila worked in the fire service in New York state for many years.
Last year under Fila’s direction, Cocopah became the first Native American Tribe in Arizona and the country to join the IPAWS Collaborative Operating Group. IPAWS “is an internet-based capability federal, state, territorial, tribal, and local authorities can use to issue critical public alerts and warnings,” according to the FEMA website.