ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA OF TUESDAY’S AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS THE COMMISSIONING OF A STATUE FOR ERNEST A. LOVE, THE MAN FOR WHOM THE PRESCOTT REGIONAL AIRPORT WAS NAMED AFTER.

RAISED IN PRESCOTT, LOVE WAS A WORLD WAR ONE PILOT WHO WAS SHOT DOWN OVER VERDUN, FRANCE IN 1918. THE AIRPORT WAS NAMED IN HIS HONOR IN 1928.

A STATUE OF LOVE IS BEING SUPPORTED BY THE PRESCOTT ART IN PUBLIC PLACES COMMITTEE AND IS SCHEDULED TO GO BEFORE THE PRESCOTT CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION AT AN UPCOMING MEETING.

IF PASSED, THE CITY WOULD SPEND $125,000 FOR THE SCULPTURE, IT’S DELIVERY AND INSTALLATION. LOCAL FAMED COWBOY ARTIST BILL NEBEKER IS SLATED TO CREATE THE SCULPTURE, WHICH WOULD TAKE ABOUT A YEAR TO COMPLETE AND INSTALL.