Country Fair White Elephant 2011

— You Give We Serve —2011

WHITE ELEPHANTCountry Fair

The 2011 Country Fair White Elephant Parade & FestivitiesGuide

Parade Line Up | Grand Marshall | Parade Judges | Midnight Madness | Festivities Around Town

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COUNTRY FAIRBy Regina Ford 2011

Excitement reigns on our parade!Y

es, the Country Fair White Elephant

Parade belongs to us —the commu-

nity. This annual event is the White

Elephant’s gift to everyone who do-

nates, buys, volunteers and supports

Southern Arizona’s most generous

thrift store.

This year’s parade marks the 47th year that the

White Elephant folks thank the area residents for

donating and buying the gently used (and some-

times brand-spankin’ new) goods and adding to the

thrift store’s coffer.

White Elephant generosity doesn’t stop there.

They turn around and each year give the store’s

proceeds away to social service agencies, youth

groups and local charities, school districts and other

entities.

Who could ask for anything more?

The only thing you have to do is enjoy the parade

and soak in all the good

feelings the event radiates.

All over the area, from

Sahuarita to Nogales and

even as far away as Tucson

and beyond, participating

marching bands are practic-

ing, float construction is

underway and clowns are

getting their silly wigs and

face paint ready in prepara-

tion for the 47th Annual Country Fair White El-

ephant Parade in Green Valley on Saturday, Oct. 29.

According to Dee Weaver, this year’s parade

chair, approximately 100 entries are signed up to

travel down La Canada Drive, south of Esperanza

Boulevard to Paseo del Parado, just north of Conti-

nental Road, where the parade ends.

This year’s parade lineup even boasts 20 new

entries—groups that have signed up to be included

for the very first time, including the Walden Grove

High School Red Wolf Regiment from Sahuarita’s

new high school.

Each year the parade highlights a theme and this

year’s slogan is “You Give —We Serve,” submitted by

Dee Weaver

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Volunteer comes up with parade theme

Mary Ann Sherman

20-year volunteer Mary Ann Sherman.

“The parade takes a great deal of organizing, but

the parade committee and many other volunteers

have worked together to make it happen,” Weaver

says. “We are on track to have the best parade ever.”

Weaver’s 2011 Parade Committee includes Sid

Ammon, Karen Morales, Fred Wray, Jim Fitzsim-

mons, Judy Oestreich, Alan Cram, Judy Barkley,

Regina Ford, Tom Kelley, Larry Pisacka, Ralph Som-

mer and Tom Varnell.

Each year a parade grand marshal is selected and

the top spot for 2011 is Vicki Barden, an 18-year

employee for the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz

County.

This year the parade committee thought that by

selecting a grand marshal and judges from outside

the Green Valley area, it would help bring aware-

ness of some of the other organizations who also re-

ceive donations from the White Elephant on check

distribution day held each December.

“The White Elephant helps many groups from

outside our immediate community, and the panel

of judges and the grand marshal represent just a few

of those groups,” Weaver adds. “The list of outside

Longtime volunteer Mary Ann

Sherman came up with several sug-

gestions including, ”You Give ... We

Serve.”

That was the slogan eventually se-

lected for the 47th annual parade by a

committee chaired by Delores Weaver.

Sherman, 87, who has been volun-

teering at the thrift store for about 20

years, said she was surprised that her

theme slogan was chosen.

“I submitted a few, so I wasn’t

quite sure which one they picked,

but now that I know, I thought they

made the right choice,” she said.

Sherman’s theme was chosen from

125 slogans submitted by store volun-

teers. Sherman’s prize was a $50 gift

certificate for the thrift store, which

she said “will go a long way.”

The Country Fair White Elephant

Parade theme was chosen back in

April and the Parade Committee

agreed it wasn’t easy.

This year, White Elephant volun-

teers were asked to submit a slogan

they thought best represents the thrift

store and the communities that sup-

port it.

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and Dolores Lawrie-Higgins, president of the Pima

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Parade emcees are Joey Lessa of the local KGVY

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ley News and Sun.

This year’s parade entrants includes some of the

viewer’s favorites like the Santa Cruz Valley Car

Nuts and the American Legion Post No. 66

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Thrift store reaches a milestone

The Country Fair White

Elephant set a record

last Christmas Eve 2010,

breaking the $2 million

mark for the year’s sales.

“ Yahoo!” said J im

Fitzsimmons, CFWE facilities manager.

“This is a great day.”

“It is a milestone,” echoed Judy Bark-

ley, CFWE treasurer. “It feels so good to

say that we did it — and on Christmas

Eve.” The record piggybacks on the White

Elephant’s check distribution day Dec. 16,

when thrift store volunteers handed out

$1,406,500 in checks to 127 groups.

Since its inception 47 years ago, the

CFWE is approaching the $22,000,000

mark —that’s money donated right back to

the community from the sale of donated

goods to the thrift store. This figure in-

cludes the money earmarked for the Hol-

lace G. Roberts Educational Foundation.

According to Nola Scott, CFWE histori-

an and author of the “History of the Coun-

try Fair White Elephant,” what started as a

community country fair transformed into

Green Valley’s most popular thrift store.

The Country Fair was organized in 1964

by a small group of local leaders. The fair’s

format included a small parade led by a

Tucson high school marching band, arts

and crafts exhibits and entertainment.

“The total income from the 1964 fair

was $2,000,” Scott said. “The first recorded

organization to receive money from the

White Elephant sale was the library that

was in desperate need of a typewriter, table

and chairs.”

A permanent organization was cre-

ated in October 1965, and after a series of

growth spurts and the need for more room,

the thrift store now does business Monday

through Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon, at

601 N. La Canada.

A series of expansions and improve-

ments have taken place over the decades.

In October 2009, nearly 500 shoppers

waited in line to be the first through the

doors of the new 17,200-square-foot ex-

pansion.

with its coloful American flag display carried by

dozens of volunteers.

Many veterans groups will be represented as well

as the colorful school marching bands from Rio

Rico, Nogales and Sahuarita.

The parade always draws large crowds, many

arriving early with their own chairs to secure a

place near the judges’ stand on La Canada Drive

near the Green Valley Inn, just south of Esperanza

Boulevard.

Closing of the northbound lanes on La Cañada

from Continental Road to Camino Casa Verde will

be at 8:30 a.m. Staging of entries begins after 8:30

a.m. with the assistance of the parade marshals.

The parade itself gets under way at 10 a.m. and

will last until about noon, when the last entry turns

off La Cañada onto Paseo del Parado, near the West

Center.

The southbound lanes of La Cañada will remain

open to traffic during the parade.

fin

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Since its inception 47 years ago, the CFWE is approaching the

$22,000,000 mark —that’s money donated right back to the

community from the sale of donated goods to the thrift store.

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GRAND MARSHAL 2011The Country Fair White Elephant Parade

Each year the Country Fair White

Elephant selects a parade theme that

best reflects how residents feel about

the community where they live, work

and volunteer. This year’s theme, “You

Give—We Serve,” sums up career path

of this year’s grand marshal, Vicki Barden, execu-

tive director of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz

County in Nogales.

Barden has worked for the Nogales Boys & Girls

organization for the past 18 years and has headed

the staff for nearly 10 years. She is also a member of

the Boys & Girls Club of America Academy of Youth

Development Professionals.

Barden says the club opened in 1993 to offer No-

gales youth a safe place to learn and grow.

According to its mission, Boys & Girls Clubs pro-

vide ongoing relationships with caring, adult profes-

sionals and life-enhancing programs and character

development experiences.

Last December the White Elephant donated

$20,000 to the organization in Nogales.

“That’s why being the grand marshal is so excit-

ing,” Barden said. “It’s a great way to say thanks to the

White Elephant too.”

Besides her work with Boys & Girls, Barden

serves as a regional council member for First Things

First and volunteers for the Rio Rico Little League.

She was named Zonta Woman of Achievement in

2006 by the Zonta Club of Nogales, a chartered club

of Zonta International made up of executives and

professionals working together to advance the status

of women worldwide through service and advocacy.

Barden is married to husband, Daniel, and is the

mother of four children and proud grandmother of

six.

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PARADE JUDGES 2011The Country Fair White Elephant Parade

Each year a panel of judges

has the task of deciding the

winning entries in Green

Valley’s favorite parade as

each vie for the top winning

prize of a ceramic White

Elephant trophy. From marching bands

and equestrians to costumed clowns and

colorful floats, participants in the annual

Country Fair White Elephant Parade can

win recognition in a variety of divisions.

The eight entry

categories are:

• Church and social groups

• Commercial

• Equestrian

• Marching bands

• Marching units

• Service and charitable

organizations

• Special interest groups

• Youth groups

The three are:

• Jane Burns: Amado, Sahuarita, Green

Valley Adult Learning Program

• Marcela Chavez: Santa Cruz County

Rebuilding Together program coor-

dinator and United Way director for

Santa Cruz County

• Dolores Lawrie-Higgins: Pima County

Child Abuse Prevention Council

president

Jane Burns Burns heads up the Amado, Sahuarita,

Green Valley Adult Learning Program.

She worked as an adult education pro-

gram administrator in Texas for 15 years

before moving to Sahuarita in 2001. After

volunteering with adults at Sopori School

in Amado, she approached the Sahuarita

Unified School District’s Educational En-

richment Foundation about sponsoring

the expansion of English as a Second Lan-

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Development (GED) preparation and

citizenship classes throughout the com-

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munity. Currently, 35 volunteer tutors from the Sahuarita and Green

Valley area offer classes free of charge to adults at various evening and

daytime locations.

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BARGAINS GALORE!

A shopping-lovers dream mixed with

special entertainment will kick-off

the start of Country Fair White El-

ephant Days this year. The popular

Midnight Madness Green Valley

Style runs Thursday, Oct. 27, from

3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Green Valley’s White Elephant

shop, 601 N. La Cañada Drive.

CFWE historian and The White Elephant Trum-

pet newsletter editor Nola Scott came up with this

year’s Midnight Madness theme of “You Give-We

Serve...Something for Everybody,” an expanded

version of the parade’s theme.

As if there aren’t enough great bargains all year

at the White Elephant thrift store, the public is

invited to buy even more at this special 8th annual

event full of outstanding shopping with goods set

aside especially for those who know a deal when

they see one.

Heading up this year’s Midnight Madness are

Joyce Barber and Shirley Tincher, a team that

knows a bargain when they see one.

“We realize the economy has hit people in the

wallet, so we will have reasonable prices on every-

thing,” Tincher says.

The sale will feature many racks of moderately

priced clothing in all sizes, approximately 200 pairs

of shoes and loads of handbags.

Shoppers will find brand name clothing, as well

as fur coats and cruise wear, dress coats, seasonal at-

tire and handbags and hats.

“We’ll have higher quality clothes too, for the

shopper who appreciates finer fashions,” Barber

adds. “There will be casual to elegant.”

All departments in the store will be open for

shopping.

In addition to the fashions, several items have

been saved for the collectible and jewelry depart-

ments.

The store that day will be open its regular hours,

9 a.m. to noon, then close until 3 p.m. so volunteers

can bring in the special clothing and prepare for

the busy afternoon ahead.

Lines of shoppers start long before the official

3 p.m. opening and store manager Karen Morales

estimates that several hundred shoppers were wait-

ing in line at the start of the event last year.

The thrift store will also have inhouse entertain-

ment provided by Fletcher Organ Studio so shop-

pers can enjoy some background music as they

clamor for bargains and door prizes too.

In addition, the Continental Shopping Plaza in

Green Valley and the Green Valley Village will host

Country Fair Days, Thursday through Saturday,

Oct. 27-29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Some highlights in Continental Shopping Plaza

include free coffee, donuts and juice on Thursday

from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the courtyard next to True

Value. Also in Continental will be a juried art show

hosted by Running Bear Productions all three

days, the Country Comfort band from 1:30 p.m. to

2:30 p.m. on Thursday, the Bavarian Brass Band on

Friday starting at 10 a.m. and the always popular

Rotarian cookout featuring tasty brats on Saturday

from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the courtyard.

At the Green Valley Village, you’ll be treated

to music by the Sahuarita High School Band and

String Orchestra on Thursday from 11:30 a.m.

to 2 p.m.. On Friday at the Village, you can hear

music by the Green Valley Stage Band from noon

until 1 p.m., when Amber Norgaard takes the

microphone until 2 p.m. follow by the Big Band

Sounds of Green Valley. Saturday events at the

Green Valley Village will include the Green Val-

ley Aires Barbershop Chorus and Green Valley

Concert Band.

Also featured will be art, crafts, merchant sales

and food all three days at both shopping locations.

The Oktoberfest Beer Garden and barbecue

hosted by the American Legion Post No. 131 will be

open to the public both Friday and Saturday from

10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the post’s headquarters at 249,

W. Esperanza Blvd.

Check out all the times and details for all the

Country Fair Days activities in Green Valley News,

Oct. 26 edition.

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CHECK GIVE-AWAY


handed out $1,406,500 in checks

last December to make the holiday

season a lot jollier for 127 social

service agencies, youth groups, local

charities, school districts and other

entities whose representatives filled the West Cen-

ter in Green Valley.

Four of the 127 groups were getting checks for

the first time.

“This is the highlight of our year — to give away

more than $1.4 million dollars,” said Judy Barkley,

treasurer of the thrift store. “We would not be able

to do this without the help of our hundreds of vol-

unteers.”

She also introduced former CFWE Board Presi-

dent Jay St. John, who retired in June as Sahuarita

Unified School District superintendent and who

now weekly volunteers at the White Elephant.

Barkley then announced the names of the recipi-

ents. Each came up to collect a check but not before

publicly thanking the CFWE board of directors

and the dozens of CFWE thrift store volunteers

who came to witness the grateful testimonies of the

recipients.

Many became emotional in their accolades for

the thrift store.

$1.4 million giveaway

Karen MoralesCFWE General Manager

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“Because of the generosity of the White Ele-

phant, it will definitely be a white Christmas for the

Nogales Community Food Bank,” said Arthur Espi-

noza, food bank manager, who collected a $25,000

check for his organization. His was one of the four

new groups getting their first donation this year.

Other groups presented the CFWE board with

cards and Christmas goodies.

Amado Community Food Bank Executive

Director Mildred Lopez Feliciano and two board

members, Arturo Lopez, president, and Aida Dorr,

presented the board with an original painting of the

new White Elephant building.

Topping the list of large check recipients were

the Green Valley-Sahuarita Community Food Bank,

Borderland Food Bank and Valley Assistance Ser-

vices, each collecting $55,000.

Public schools received checks totaling $315,000

and adult and child assistance programs received

checks totaling $778,600. Since its inception 47

years ago, the CFWE has given back to the com-

munity more than $18 million. An additional

$100,000, not included in the annual total, goes to

the Hollace G. Roberts Foundation, an affiliate of

the CFWE that funds college scholarships for local

students.

The CFWE thrift store, 601 N. La Canada Drive,

boasts more than 500 volunteers who sort, price

and sell donated clothing, furniture, appliances,

art, jewelry, collectibles, housewares, linens, books

and records, building supplies, televisions, stereos,

computers and more.

Proceeds are distributed each December.

“This is the highlight of our year —

to give away more than $1.4 million dollars.”

generosity

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THE WHITE ELEPHANT GOES EBAY WITH IMPRESSIVE PROFITS

As the Country Fair White Elephant

grows with the times, volunteer

positions are added to fill those

specialized slots. It’s no secret that

technology has changed the way

people buy and sell—and there is

no doubt about it, the Internet has changed every-

thing.

The CFWE eBay account was launched online in

February 2003.

According to historian Nola Scott, former volun-

teer Alex Pavlin had the idea to sell items on eBay

that could not be sold for what some considered

“fair market value” in the thrift store and set up the

eBay account.

The White Elephant eBay team in the early days

involved Pavin, Joyce Barber and Judy Barkley, who

later became the CFWE treasurer.

The first year eBay sales amounted to $5,051 in

sales.

In 2010, eBay sales skyrocketed to $31,957 and

so far this year, according to the records through

August 2011, the White Elephant boasts a whop-

ping $33,622 so far, with record eBay sales in the

month of August of $7,500.

The latest team of eBay CFWE volunteers are

Barber and Jean Cram, who both admit they “really

enjoy it.”

“Alex knew what he was doing when he encour-

aged us to go with eBay,” Barber says. “People come

to the White Elephant looking for thrift store

prices, and many of the items we list on eBay bring

greater prices in the larger market offered by eBay,

which in the end means even more money for us to

give away.”

Both Barber, a 13-year volunteer, and Cram,

who started with the thrift store in 2007, say they

research the donated goods before listing them

on eBay. They also seek advice about pricing items

from Debbie Liedtke, a volunteer who works in the

collectibles department of the thrift store.

When another department gives an item to the

eBay team, the volunteers research it and then de-

cide if it’s a candidate for the eBay site.

Just recently, 17 volumes of books that had been

stored in the White Elephant eBay storage cage

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for more than a year, sold for $416. A box of eight

antique wooden planes produced between 1750 and

1775 that were used to do molding, turned out to be

very rare and sold for $282.

Other items the eBay team listed and sold were

a Bose iPod for $150, a Waterford crystal vase for

$127, Tiffany spoons for $150, a vintage Christmas

train set for $170 and Civil War ribbons for $322.

“The guy that was interested in the train set said

the caboose by itself was the most valuable piece,”

Cram said. “It’s amazing what people buy. I thought

we’d only get about $30 or $40 for it. It went for a

lot more.”

The team continues to list items as they sell.

“We start the prices low so we give the customer

a chance to get in there and bid,” Barber said. “And

since Jean came on, we can be even more efficient.”

Cram says they put about 20 to 25 hours a week

on the eBay site listing items and monitoring sales.

CFWE manger Karen Morales says the eBay

team often attempts to try to sell some of these

collectible items in the thrift store first—in order

to see if there are any buyers right here in the com-

munity.

“If they don’t sell in the store, then the team lists

them on eBay,” Morales says.

Since its inception in 2003, eBay sales have con-

tributed $193,215 to the White Elephant till.

“The money that we raise to give back to the

community is our ultimate goal,” Barber adds.

To visit the CFWE eBay site go to the White El-

ephant web site: gvwhiteelephant.org and click on

the eBay link on the home page or visit: cfwe1234

to go right to the White Elepahnt eBay site.

Joyce Barber & Jean CramCFWE eBay Specialists

LOCATION:

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601 N. La Canada, Green Valley, 520-625-4119

Website: gvwhiteelephant.org

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Monday—Saturday, 7 a.m. until Noon

Call: 520-625-4119 to schedule

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LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE

Volunteers make a difference. More

than 500 volunteers donate their

time and services to the Country

Fair White Elephant thrift store

each year, united in one mission—

to give back to the community.

These volunteers come from all kinds of

backgrounds. Some are retired—others still

working. The volunteer age scale runs

from high school kids to seniors in

their late 80s and 90s—men and

women who work tirelessly and

for many hours because they

know their volunteer time and

energy will help a social service

agency, or a Cub Scout troop,

or even help pay for school

supplies. The fruits of

their labors can be

seen on the faces

of the groups who

collect checks

every December

when the CFWE

board distributes

checks from the proceeds

of sales of gently-used (and often

brand new) donated goods.

Bill McNarie has been a CFWE volunteer for 16

years, “by no means a record either,” he admits.

He has twice served as president of the board,

as well as served twice as parade chair—two of the

most demanding jobs as a thrift store volunteer.

He also served as a volunteer general manager and

on the Hollace G. Roberts Educational Foundation

Board.

What has kept McNarie a longtime active vol-

unteer?

“As a former principal of Sahuarita High School,

the White Elephant helped the school with dona-

tions. When I retired, I thought that I would like

to give back to them,” McNarie recalls. “Years ago

when we were collecting our checks for the school

on distribution day, I made it public that I would

volunteer at the White Elephant once I retired.

Board member Bill Fritz heard me and made me

stick to my word.”

McNarie says serving as parade chair is “chal-

lenging.”

“When you are working on the parade line-up,

you’ll soon find out that no one wants to be behind

the horses, and the horses don’t want to be near the

band,” he said. “In the end, we always work it out

and almost everybody is happy—except for maybe

Volunteers!Richard Beaubien

20-Year CFWE Volunteer

“It may sound corny, but I really

consider it a privilege to

volunteer at the White

Elephant.”

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the horses, who really can’t argue either way.”

Another longtime volunteer, Richard Beaubien,

hit the 20-year milestone on June 1 when he cel-

ebrated along other volunteers at the 2011 summer

volunteer appreciation party at Desert Diamond

Casino. Beaubien collected his ceramic White El-

ephant statue from CFWE general manager Karen

Morales.

Beaubien says he started as a substitute volunteer

driver on the truck, which he says “soon became a

full-time position.”

He later took over as truck manager.

Beaubien is also credited with hiring Erlinda

Cordova to answer the phones and schedule pick-

ups and deliveries.

“I hate to use the word ‘indispensable,’ because

we all are in the end, but I think Erlinda is as close

as it gets to being indispensable in the White El-

ephant,” Beaubien says. “She knows what’s going on

and who to ask if she doesn’t.”

Beaubien has also served on the CFWE board,

was a manager-of-the-day and was instrumental in

the planning and construction of the three-phase

major building expansion and remodeling project

in 2000-01.

He currently serves as assistant manager-of-the-

day on Fridays.

“It may sound corny, but I really consider it a

privilege to volunteer at the White Elephant,” Beau-

bian adds.

Newcomer Leya Johnson has just jumped on

board the volunteer express at the White Elephant.

A Sahuarita resident, Johnson became interested in

photography and enrolled in a photography class at

Pima Community College’s west campus in Tucson

where she studies with professional photographer

Steven Meckler on her way to getting her associate’s

degree in visual arts.

One of her assignments is do do a pictoral docu-

mentary of something or someone. Johnson chose

to photograph volunteers at the White Elephant, in-

cluding photos of the upcoming parade on Oct. 29.

Using her digital camera, she intends to capture

as many aspects of the White Elephant as she can.

“This is a great opportunity for me to get to know

just what goes on here,” Johnson says. “It’s a won-

derful place.”


V O L U N T E E R S

Bill McNarie2-Time CFWE Board President

Leya JohnsonNew CFWE Volunteer

520-625-551118705 S. I-19 Frontage Rd., Suite #125P.O. Box 567, Green Valley, AZ 85622

Ever sinceher first

trip to Arizona in 199

2,

Angelika Haeber knew

she wanted to move

to

theGrandCanyonState

.

“Iwasjustblownaway

with (Arizona),” said

Haeber, 65,a retiredGe

r-

man teacherwho is ori

g-

inally from Germany

and now lives in Green

Valley. To remember h

er

experience,Haeber ult

i-

mately made a quilt tha

t

reflects her images o

f

Arizona.And now

that quilt,

“ArizonaDreaming

,”

and quiltsmade by pe

o-

ple aroundthe state, w

ill

be featuredin an exhib

it

called “100 Years, 100

Quilts” to celebrate Ar

i-

zona’s centennial ne

xt

year.Organizers

believe the

“100 Years, 100 Quilt

s”

exhibitwillbethelarge

st

centennialcommemor

a-

tion usingquilts in th

e

country. The Arizona

CentennialQuilt Proje

ct

and the Arizona Histor

i-

cal Societyare workin

g

together toorganize th

e

exhibit, which is funde

d

through grants and d

o-

nations.The idea for

the exhib-

it came outof a conver

-

sation about Arizona

’s

centennialamong mem

-

bersof theArizonaQuil

t

Study Group, a grou

p

that explores the histor

y

of quilting.

The 100 quilts will be

ondisplayat theArizon

a

Historical Society’s Ar

i-

zonaHistoryMuseum

at

949 E. Second St. in Tu

c-

son fromFebruarytoD

e-

cember 2012.

BUSINESS NEWS

Tax firm is Rio Rico’s best of the month

AleathaMoyerof A.M

.Tax&Ac-

counting has been rec

ognizedwith

the Business of the M

onth Award

from the Rio Rico Cham

ber of

Commerce.

“I am very delighted and h

on-

ored to receive this aw

ard,” Moyer

said after received the

award from

chamber president D

ean Davison

Sept. 8.Moyer sta

rted her business in

September 2009 and currently

works alongside senio

r bookkeep-

er Lucy Foster and of

fice manager

Peggy Borgstrom.

“What weoffer is th

at we care

about thepeople. W

e really like

dealing with those in

the commu-

nity and we are part

of the com-

munity,” she said.

“Weworkwith non-pro

fit organ-

izations aswell as sm

all business-

es in the area and try

to keep them

out of trouble.Wewan

t to see them

prosperandseemore

businessesin

the area sothat, as the

y grow, our

children will haveoptions an

d

won’t have to move

away to find

jobs,” Moyer said.

Moyer says her boo

kkeeping

clients have doubled o

ver the past

two years andtax-prepa

ration

clients have grown by

one-third.

A new cookbook

draws togetherdeli-

cious contemporary

recipes, but finds i

ts

foundationin foodthat

’s

historicallybeen grown

and enjoyed in Santa

CruzCounty.

The recipecompila-

tion is dedicated to Do

n

Garate, aninterprete

r

andhistorianfortheN

a-

tional Park Service

at

Tumacácori Nationa

l

Historic Park. He wa

s

best known for depic

t-

ingJuanBautistadeAn

-

za II, the Spanish Arm

y

captain who led a grou

p

of soldiersandcolonis

ts

in 1775 from Tubac to

open a new overland

route to foundSanFran

-

cisco, Calif.

Garate, aRioRicores-

ident,diedinSeptembe

r

2010at theageof 59 from

brain cancer.Heworke

d

as chief ofinterpreta

-

tion andhistorianat th

e

Tumacácori Nationa

l

Historic Park since Se

p-

tember 1990.

New cookbook

honors historic

local interpreter

SEE BOOK / PAGE 4

The Rio Rico High Sch

ool Junior

ROTC program first teache

s cadets

to be goodcitizens, Ba

ttalion Com-

mander Lt.Col. Edgar

Sawada told

students,parentsandg

uestsduring

the units’ inaugural o

pening cere-

mony Sept. 28 at Ri

o Rico High

School.“The prim

ary mission of ROTC

is to motivate studen

ts to become

better citizens and for

all cadets to

become successful in s

chool and in

life,” he said during h

is remarks,

adding thatthe program

is fun, too.

“Of coursethis progra

mhasmil-

itary aspects to it, suc

h as drill and

ceremony,marksman

ship and dis-

cipline,butthere isalso

loadsof fun

in theprogram,suchas

after-school

training and camps,” h

e said.

The opening ceremony

included

introduction of the ca

det battalion

staff, ExecutiveOfficer

Jorge Padil-

la, Sgt. Major Patrick P

enniston, S-

1 (administration)And

reaLopez,S-

2 (intelligence) Ben N

oriega, S-3

(operations) Mauricio

Quijada, S-4

(supply) Jackie Marti

nez and S-5

(publicaffairs)Danitza

Higuera; re-

marks by instructor C

WO5 David

Koch; the cadet creed

by principal

Shelly Vroegh; and a

performance

of the armed and un

armed drill

team. A potluck chow call for

cadets, parents and gu

ests followed

the ceremony.

Theprogramis in its seco

ndyear

at Rio Ricoand is doin

g well, Koch

said.The battali

ons’ otherinstructor,

1st. Sgt. Larry Brown,

who was un-

able to attend the cere

mony due to

illness, spent $47,000

in contribu-

tions and funds on un

iforms and

equipment – in abou

t two hours,

Koch said.

Equipment included

air rifles,

rappellingropes and

outdoor ad-

venture gear.

“What we intend to do

is expand

ourobstacle course ea

chyear, aswe

have time andmoney,”

Koch said.

Part of that was due t

o a grant

from Friends ofthe Nation

al Rifle

Association, Koch said

.

“What would be really

great

would be some parental vo

lun-

teers,” Koch told the a

udience. “We

love parental voluntee

rs. If you all

would get together and form a

booster club or suppor

t group, that

would be great becaus

e you all can

do thingswe can’t do.”

(Above) The Rio Rico High School Junior ROTCmembers sta

nd in ranks for the nationa

l anthem during the unit’s open-

ing ceremony Sept. 28. (

Below) Drill team member Fran

cisco Coronado spins his

rifle during the unit’s ope

ning ceremony.

SEE BUSINESS / PAGE 3

‘100 Years, 100 Quilts’

honors AZ’s centennial

PHOTOS / ROGER CONROY

POISED FOR ‘LOADS OF FUN’

DON GARATE

RRHS Junior ROTC cadets ...

By Marissa Freireich

Arizona-Sonora News Service

SEE ARIZONA / PAGE 4

By Jonathan Clark

Santa Cruz Valley Sun

By Kathleen Vandervoet

For the Santa Cruz Valley Sun

Of course this program has

military aspects to it, such

as

drill and ceremony, marks-

manship and discipline, but there is

also loads of fun in the program,

such as after-schooltraining and

camps.”

LT. COL. EDGAR SAWADA, BATTALION COMMANDER

“

Rio Rico Chamber of Commerce president Dean

Davis presents Aleatha Moyer with the Business of the

Month Award.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Carol Richardson holds a new cookbook inspired

by and dedicated tothe memory

of Don Garate.

PHOTO/KATHLEEN VANDERVOET

By Roger Conroy

For the Santa Cruz Valley Sun

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When Green Valley

Fire Chief Simon Davis

retires in 2104, he will

take some financial ex-

pertise with him and the

fire board last Wednes-

day approved hiring a

new financial services

consultant to ease the

transition.The new financial con-

sultant is The James Vin-

cent Group of Scottsdale,

which will replace Keith

Vincent, no relation, a

former district employee

who has remained a con-

sultant since he retired

last spring. The new firm

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PHOTOS BY SCOTT A. TARAS | SPECIAL TO THE SAHUARITA SUN

Come on in!About a thousand people showed up Sept. 27 as Walden Grove

High School staged an open house and dedication. Clockwise from

top, Damion Clay, sophomore, plays classical music as people enter

the new gym. Principal Teresa Hill steps to the podium. NJROTC

Color Guard cadets Gunnar Johnson, freshman, Alex Rosas, sopho-

more, Austin Brady, freshman, and David Stevens, sophomore, post

the colors. Below, Dick Walden, whose family is the school’s name-

sake, addresses the crowd. The school opened in August. By Kitty Bottemiller


Saguaro National Park

is about to undergo a

massive “strike” involv-

ing thousands of visitors

who will converge Oct.

21-22 to count everything

that lives there, from the

minutest microbe to the

tallest trees. Teams of experts,

school kids and public

volunteers will explore

the park’s mountains, val-

leys, forests, drainages

and tinajas (water pock-

ets) to identify as many

species as possible in 24

hours. The invaders are

being told to tread lightly

through the park’s ten-

der ecosystems, in some

spots involving trained

scientists only.

The count is part of a

two-day “BioBlitz” cel-

ebration of biodiversity,

underscoring the im-

portance of protecting it

for generations into the

future. While the term

bioblitz generically refers

to an intense period of

surveying and recording

all life within a designat-

ed area, SNP’s BioBlitz

By Tyler Johnson

Special to the Sahuarita Sun

A small group of students gath-

ered around the flag pole at Sa-

huarita High School last Wednes-

day, some wearing neon-green T-

shirts with Proverbs 3:5-6 written

on the back. As the group congregated before

school, Colton Kruezer opened

with a short prayer that set the

tone for the morning. There was

a pause after he finished, then

somebody else chimed in with a

prayer, followed by another per-

son. Then another.

The solemn group of kids,

which grew as the prayer contin-

ued, carried on a tradition that

began locally in 2006: See You at

the Pole.

See You at the Pole is an in-

ternational student-led day of

prayer organized by school clubs.

It started in Texas in 1990, when

a group of high school students

gathered around their cam-

pus flag pole and prayed before

school. In the years following,

the movement took off and now

is held the fourth Wednesday in

September. Today, millions of

students across the world take

part. Fellowship of Christian Ath-

letes at Sahuarita High has made

See You at the Pole a reality lo-

cally. Kruezer said the students have

two adult sponsors, longtime

teacher Burton Tingle and dis-

trict employee Lori Carpenter,

and that it’s a great way to pub-

licize FCA, since everyone who

walks onto campus has to pass

the flagpole. As the event continued, the

circle that formed around the

flagpole grew. While it became

more difficult to hear the prayers

as students arrived on campus

for school, the participants were

unfazed. Finally, the bell rang for class

to begin and the group of 30 stu-

dents quietly dispersed. Kruezer

said 30 was a good number for this

event, and the fact that hundreds

of students took notice of their ef-

forts as they passed by made See

You at the Pole a success.

“If we can expose people to

what we do in the FCA by promot-

ing God’s glory, then we are doing

our job,” he said.

By Kitty Bottemiller


The cost to clean up destruction

by vandals is down compared to

2010, but repairs and prevention

still cost the town thousands of

dollars every year.

It has been a “relatively decent

year” for vandalism incidents,

but the number and severity of

incidents fluctuates over time,

said Brian De Breceny, Town of

Sahuarita Parks and Facilities

Manager. Vandalism is random but cases

often coincide with summer and

other school breaks, leading to

suspicion of offenders in their

teens or younger. But De Breceny

and police said not all offenders

are children, and while vandal-

ism is a difficult crime to solve,

some cases do get closed, arrests

made and restitution made.

“We have spurts every once in a

while which will decrease after an

arrest,” De Breceny said.

To date this year, destruction by

vandals has run about $4,200 in re-

pair costs. Last year’s bill — the

highest in the park department’s

10-year history — totaled about

$55,000. That included $14,000

in damage to North Santa Cruz

Park facilities caused by a heavy

tool, probably a large wrench or

sledgehammer, De Breceny said,

used to bash in restroom doors.

In that case, two water fountains

were damaged beyond use, light

fixtures broken, and hand dryers

and handicapped support grips

were dismantled.

Police logs generally reflect sev-

eral vandalism-related incidents

of varying degrees, mostly minor,

every week, although not all at

parks. About a half-dozen reports

a month involve park properties,

and so far this year, there have

been 36, De Breceny said.

Recent examples include a re-

port from a town parks employee

Sept. 24, the second time in as

many weeks involving restrooms

at Rancho Sahuarita Lake Park.

The latter incident involved graf-

fiti on a patch of wall of the park’s

southside facility, most likely ap-

plied with spray paint. A week

earlier, a parks employee noted

a broken light fixture that ap-

peared to have been smashed, at

the northside facility. The parks

department now locks the facili-

ties nightly, police noted.

“Many (offenses) are not really

Vandalism costs Sahuarita thousands

SEE VANDALISM, PAGE A10

TYLER JOHNSON | SPECIAL TO THE SAHUARITA SUN

Students and district staff gather for prayer Sept. 28 around the flag pole at

Sahuarita High School.

Local teenagers join international call to prayer

GV Fireworks ontransition

SEE FIRE, PAGE A10

‘BioBlitz’celebrates

science, park

SEE BIO, PAGE A9

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Alfonso Gaviño Neva-rez of Rio Rico, a long-time automobile sales-man in Green Valley, died early Saturday from injuries in a four-wheeler acci-dent on a remote beach in Sonora. He was 38.

According to the Sonora State Investigative Po-lice, Gaviño was riding a four-wheeler on the beach at Desemboque, about 60 miles west of Caborca, when he lost control of the vehicle while riding up a sand dune and it fell on top of him.

He was taken by am-bulance to a Red Cross clinic in Caborca, where

he died of internal inju-ries, the PEI said.

Gaviño’s wife, Martha, said motorbikes were her husband’s hobby, and he had gone to Desemboque for a weekend of beach riding. She said the trip

had become an annual tradition among Gaviño’s friends and fami-ly now in its third year.

“He died doing what he loved,” said Wil l iam Murphy, sales manager at the

Jim Click auto center in Green Valley, where Gaviño worked for al-most 14 years.

Gaviño was a role model for his coworkers and always achieved 100 percent in customer sat-

By Kitty Bottemillerwww.gvnews.com

Saguaro National Park is about to undergo a massive “strike” involving thou-sands of visitors who will converge Oct. 21-22 to count everything that lives there, from the minutest microbe to the tallest trees.

Teams of experts, school kids and public volunteers will explore the park’s moun-tains, valleys, forests, drain-ages and tinajas (water pock-ets) to identify as many spe-cies as possible in 24 hours. The invaders are being told to tread lightly through the park’s tender ecosystems, in some spots involving trained scientists only.

The count is part of a two-day “BioBlitz” celebration of biodiversity, underscor-ing the importance of pro-tecting it for generations into the future. While the term bioblitz generically refers to an intense period of surveying and record-

ing all life within a desig-nated area, SNP’s BioBlitz is fifth in a series of 10 events staged with the help of National Geographic at various public park lands around the United States — one per year — leading up to the National Park Service’s 100th birthday in 2016.

SNP’s involvement is sup-ported locally by Friends of SNP and Arizona-Sonora

Desert Museum, along with several corporations and charitable trusts.

Expected to be the largest yet in the series so far, and the first to be held in fall, SNP’s BioBlitz and festival is expected to draw 2,500 school kids from through-out Arizona, including sev-enth-graders from Sahua-rita’s Anza Trail School,

PHILIP FRANCHINE | GREEN VALLEY NEWS

It gets betterThe new park near the Interstate 19 East Frontage Road and Continental Road was in bad shape last week. Then the county receiveda phone call. Story, Page A3.

By Karen Walengawww.gvnews.com

Green Valley Recre-ation expects to help pay for a budget increase by bringing in 100 new members in 2012.

The GVR board of directors last week ap-proved a $7.49 million balanced budget for 2012, up 3 percent from $7.27 million this year.

Annual member dues will remain at $409 next year, while the nonprofit organization increases wages and benefits 2.9 percent, from $3.2 mil-lion to $3.3 million.

With more members, income from fees for guest cards and instruc-tional classes also are

expected rise, said Kim Woolley, GVR finance and HR director.

Guest card fees will re-main the same in 2012, at $25 for the first card with unlimited visits for a year and $15 for a second card. Daily guest passes will stay at $2 per guest per day.

Fees for instructional classes are set by the in-structors GVR contracts with. Some fees are as low as $19 for one two-hour class or even $100 for six three-hour classes, said Carolyn Hupp, GVR rec-reation supervisor.

The budgeted wage in-creases for 2012 are part of an equitable wage pro-

New district maps getting closerWHAT HAPPENED?

Every 10 years Arizona redraws its congressional and legisla-tive districts from scratch.

On Monday, the state’s redistrict-ing commission came up with a congressional draft map that would mean big changes in the political landscape for some incumbents. The map has nine districts, up from the current eight because Arizona picked up a seat in Congress follow-ing the 2010 Census.

What about Green Valley?Under the draft map, Green

Valley and Sahuarita would be in District 3. It covers Southern Arizona from Yuma on the west to Santa Cruz County on the east, and most of Pima County and much of Tucson. It is drawn to provide a district with a ma-jority of Hispanic voters and has a solid Democratic registra-tion edge. Follow the process at: www.azredistricting.org

What’s next? The commission now

works on the 30 state leg-islative districts, which it hopes to complete by the end of this week. Both draft maps undergo a 30-day public comment peri-od before the commission takes final votes. There will be hearings around the state this month; they have not been set.

Why is it important?Redistricting isn’t supposed to be political but it is.

Everybody’s looking at voter-registration numbers while the commission is supposed to consider such factors as equal population, compactness and contigu-ousness, and respect for “communities of interest.”

The panel, which has plenty of critics, said the proposed map has three districts touching Mexico to give border concerns a louder voice in Washington; it also has two largely rural districts to give rural residents a voice.

“No one got everything they wanted in this,” com-mission chairwoman Colleen Mathis said.

AlfonsoGaviño

Co-workersmourn loss

of friend

More details on new GVR budget

SEE GAVIÑO, PAGE A5

SEE GVR, PAGE A5

BioBlitz will put nature right

in your lapLEARN MORERobert Newtson, executive

director of the Friends of Saguaro National Park, will talk about BioBlitz at the Thursday meeting of Green Valley Gardeners. The talk begins at 9:30 at the East Social Center.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

PARTICIPANTS IN last year’s BioBlitz at Florida’s Biscayne National Park study a part of its ecosystem only visible through high magnification.

SEE BIOBLITZ, PAGE A9

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The Hollace G. Roberts Education-

al Foundation, an affiliate of the

Country Fair White Elephant, sets

aside $100,000 a year for student

scholarships. Formed in 1990, the

HGR Foundation operates with

its own president and officers

and oversees a four-year college

scholarship fund for local high

school seniors who demonstrate

exemplary academic achievement

and leadership skills.

JUST WHO WAS HOLLACE G. ROBERTS?

Hollace George Roberts was one of

the most highly respected educators

in the USA and an educator of influ-

ence. He felt higher education was

almost a necessity for a successful

life and should be within reach of all

young people.

Roberts was born in Hancock, Mich., the son

of George Henry Roberts and Ella Mary (Hollace)

Roberts. He had one older sister. His father was an

insurance salesman and his mother taught at Suo-

imi (Finlandia) College in Hancock. His mother

died when Hollace was only five years old. He did

his undergraduate work at Lawrence College in

Appleton, Wis., where he received his Bachelor of

Arts.

Roberts had social agencies employment in-

cluding public welfare in Ohio and Tennessee. In

Tennessee he started the first office for the Social

Security Program in Tennessee. (The Social Secu-

rity Act was signed by FDR on August 14, 1935 and

taxes collected for the first time in 1937.)

After three years in Tennessee, in 1938, he

moved to Cleveland where he became director of

admissions at Case Western Reserve University

and later an administrator as well. While at Case

Western, he earned his master of science in social

administration. He was president of NACAC (Na-

tional Association for College Admission Counsel-

ing) in 1957.

Roberts moved to Deerfield, Ill., in 1959 where

he opened and became the first Midwest regional

director of the College Entrance Examination

Board under the college board that administered

the SAT {Scholastic Aptitude Test) located on

Northwestern University Campus in Evanston, Ill.

He hired his good friend, Charles Gavin, to work

with him. (In Green Valley, both Roberts and Gavin

were White Elephant volunteers and served as

president of the board.)

In 1974, after 15 years in Illinois, Hollace and

Judy (Julia Ann) Roberts moved from Evanston to

Green Valley. Judy died in 1990.

In Green Valley, Hollace G. Roberts:

• was president of the Santa Rita Mountain Chap-

ter of the AARP in 1977.

• was the first chair of the Green Valley Commu-

nity Coordinating Council. This was at a time when

By Nola Scott CFWE Historian

Keeping the White Elephant

history alive

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the issue of incorporation

was dividing the community. One of the accomplishments

of the GVCCC, under the guidance of Roberts, was the con-

struction of bridges and culverts under La Cañada. Before

this time, La Cañada had been a series of dips with signs say-

ing, “Do not enter when flooded,” and flood it did! He urged

the GVCCC to obtain a long-range plan for Green

Valley development, resulting in the formation of the

Long Range Plans Committee of which he served as

chair for several years.

• was president of the Tucson Public Library Board

of Trustees and was an enthusiastic supporter of the

new Conrad Joyner Public Library in Green Valley.

According to Roberts, they did not call themselves the

Friends of the Library at that time, but rather were a

kind of a pressure group for the new library.

• was the Arizona delegate to the World Health Coun-

cil on Aging in 1981.

• was awarded the Paragon Award by the Interfaith

Council in November 1993. The Paragon is awarded

annually to a resident who has rendered especially exem-

plary volunteer service to a community.

• was president of the Country Fair Board (before it

became the Country Fair White Elephant Board), was an

active volunteer at the White Elephant. It is believed that

he was the driving force behind the establishment of the

White Elephant Scholarship Program in 1990.

• volunteered at the Green Valley Community Food

Bank.

• was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Green Valley.

• had numerous positions in organizations and adminis-

tration with the Green Valley Community Church where

both Hollace and Judy Roberts’ ashes are interred.

Hollace and Judy Roberts had one daughter also called,

Judy. They had three grandsons, Leland, John III and Darin

and two great granddaughters.

Roberts’ daughter and her husband, John Marshall, Jr, of

Pittsburgh, Pa., still own the Roberts’ property in Green Val-

ley and spend time here every year.

The name of the White Elephant Scholarship Program,

established in 1990, was changed in 1998 to honor this great

man. The foundation, although supported by the White Ele-

phant, operates independently with its own by-laws, officers

and treasury. The HGR Foundation is headed this year by

President Dee Weaver, who also serves as scholarship chair.

The work and dedication of Hollace G. Roberts goes for-

ward under the guidance of the White Elephant volunteers

through the Hollace G. Roberts Educational Foundation,

Inc.

Currently there are 20 students (six boys and 14 girls) attend-

ing college on HGR scholarships. The Foundation awards five

scholarships each year and they are renewable for four years.The

recipients receive up to $5,000 per year for each of their four years

of college. Of the 20 recipients, 14 attend the University of Arizona,

one attends Arizona State, three are enrolled at Northern Arizona

University, one is at Pima Community College and one attends

Wellesley College.

Hollace G. Roberts

April 14, 1909 – January 29, 1999

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Schools

Continental School ....................................................$30,000

Desert Shadows Middle School ............................... $7,000

Wade Carpenter Middle School .............................. $7,000

Pierson Voc. High School .......................................... $4,000

Calabasas Middle School .........................................$12,000

Mountain View Elem. School ................................$11,000

Pena Blanca Elem. School ........................................$10,000

Rio Rico High School ...............................................$24,000

San Cayetano Elem. School ....................................... $8,000

Aj Mitchell School .....................................................$10,500

Coatimudi Middle School .......................................$12,000

Robert Bracker Elementary School ........................ $3,500

Sahuarita High School ..............................................$40,000

Sahuarita Intermed. School ....................................$23,000

Sahuarita Middle School ..........................................$25,000

Sahuarita Primary School ........................................$17,000

Sahuarita District Superintendent .......................... $2,000

Sopori Elem. School ..................................................$25,000

Anza Trail School ........................................................$35,000

SUSD Early Childhood Center ................................ $1,000

Great Expectations Academy .................................... $8,000

Los Ninos De Valle .....................................................$15,000

St Andrews Pre School ............................................... $3,500

Lourdes Catholic School ............................................ $5,000

Total ..................................................................... $338,500

Youth Groups

American Legion Baseball ...................................... $2,000

Arivaca 4H ................................................................... $1,000

Ballet Continental ..................................................... $8,500

Boys & Girls Club — Santa Cruz ........................$20,000

BSA - Catalina Council ............................................ $9,000

Continental School Ptc ............................................ $5,000

Aj Mitchell Sch - Ptc ................................................. $4,500

Funhouse Movement Theatre ............................... $3,000

Sahuarita Music Boosters........................................ $6,000

Sahuarita / Gv Forty Niners ................................... $2,000

Wright Flight ............................................................$12,000

Link Program ...........................................................$14,500

Sahuaro Girl Scout Council ................................... $4,000

Rio Rico Rattlesnakes 4-H ..........................................$500

Sahuarita Stingrays Swim Team ............................ $1,500

Total ...................................................................... $93,500

National Disease Control

Alzheimers Assoc ...................................................... $8,000

American Cancer Assoc ........................................$10,000

American Heart Assoc ...........................................$10,000

American Red Cross ...............................................$12,500

Arthritis Found ........................................................$10,000

APDA Parkinsons Suport Group GV .................$10,000

Retinoblastoma of Az .............................................$10,000

National Disease Control

(Continued)

Sabbar Shrine Temple ...............................................$33,000

Casa Support Council PC ........................................... $3,000

TOTAL................................................................... $106,500

Adult/Children Assistance

Amado Community Food Bank .............................$45,000

Amado/sahuarita Adult Learning ........................... $3,500

American Heartline..................................................... $1,500

Arivaca Area Health Services .................................... $2,500

Arivaca Coord. Council/Human Res ...................$35,000

Ariz Childrens Assoc .................................................$15,000

Borderland Food Bank ..............................................$55,000

Carivaca Estates ............................................................ $3,000

Carondelet Foundation ............................................$30,000

Carondelet Found Burns/Trauma .........................$15,000

Casa De Esperanza Adult Serv ................................$37,000

Casa De Esperanza Behav. Health ..........................$26,000

Casa De Esperanza Community Ctr .....................$26,000

Christian Prison Ministries ....................................... $3,000

Crossroads Nogales Mission ...................................$15,000

Desert Dove Farm ........................................................ $1,500

GV Assist Services ......................................................$55,000

Green Valley Cert. Council ........................................ $2,000

Gv Community Food Bank .....................................$55,000

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GV Community Foundation .......................................................... $20,400

Green Valley Recreation .....................................................................$6,000

Green Valley Senior Games ...............................................................$1,250

Habitat For Humanity — Tucson ................................................. $20,000

Luthern Social Ministry .....................................................................$5,000

Military Order of WW’s ........................................................................ $750

Optimist Club Of Green Valley ........................................................$4,400

Arivaca Community Garden (PPEP ................................................$2,000

Arivaca Community Center (2 .........................................................$1,500

Arivaca Community Center (1 .........................................................$2,000

Rebuilding Together............................................................................$6,000

Ronald McDonald House ............................................................... $11,000

Sahuarita Police Citizens VIP ...........................................................$4,000

St. Andrews Clinic ............................................................................ $35,000

San Xavier Mission Xmas Toys .........................................................$5,000

Santa Cruz Sheriff D.A.R.E ...............................................................$4,500

Santa Cruz County Search & Rescue .............................................$2,000

Santa Cruz Training Program......................................................... $10,000

SAV ........................................................................................................ $11,800

Scottish Rite Child Language Center .............................................$8,000

So Az Va Health Care System ...........................................................$5,000

Sun Sounds of Ariz ..............................................................................$8,000

Teen Challenge .....................................................................................$7,500

The Salvation Army .......................................................................... $45,000

Tu Nidito Children & Family Services ..........................................$5,000

Tubac Health Care Foundation ..................................................... $10,000

Tucson Children’s Museum ...............................................................$5,000

Adult/Children Assistance

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United Community Health Center ............................................. $43,000

Woodworkers Of Green Valley ........................................................$1,000

SCC Young Audiences ........................................................................$6,000

Youth On Their Own ...........................................................................$9,500

Bag It ........................................................................................................$3,000

Santa Cruz Assoc. for Blind ...............................................................$2,000

Angels Purse ..........................................................................................$3,500

Sahuarita Police Youth Fund .............................................................$4,000

Hands Of A Friend ...............................................................................$3,000

Green Valley Lions Club (New .........................................................$4,000

Nogales Comm. Food Bank (New ................................................ $25,000

Pima Council On Aging (New .........................................................$2,500

TOTAL.........................................................................................$778,600

Community Art Support

Ariz. Aerospace Found. — Titan Missile .......................................$6,000

Big Band Sounds Of Green Valley ...................................................$1,700

Greater Gv Arts Council .....................................................................$1,500

Green Valley Concert Band ...............................................................$1,500

Green Valley Stage Band ....................................................................$1,500

Hilltop Art Gallery Nogales ..............................................................$1,500

Tubac Center Of The Arts ..................................................................$5,000

Green Valley String Ensemble .........................................................$1,000

Bavarian Brass Band.............................................................................$1,500

Community Performing Arts Ctr ....................................................$5,000

Arizona Choral Society .......................................................................... $500

Total .............................................................................................. $26,700

Area Nature Study/preservation

Friends Of Tumacacori .......................................................................$2,000

Green Valley Gardeners ......................................................................$2,500

Simpsons Wildlife Sanctuary ...........................................................$5,700

Friends Of Madera Canyon ...............................................................$4,000

Tubac Historical Society ....................................................................... $500

Median Green .......................................................................................$2,000

Paws Patrol (New ..................................................................................$1,000

Total .............................................................................................. $17,700

Rural Volunteer Fire Depts.

Arivaca Fire Dept ............................................................................... $15,000

Elephant Head Vol Fire Dept ......................................................... $15,000

Helmet Peak Vol Fire Dept ............................................................. $15,000

Total .............................................................................................. $45,000

Total Awards: 1,406,500

By Category Amount %

Public Schools ................................................................. $315,000 • 22.40%

Private Schools ..................................................................... $23,500 • 1.67%

Youth Organizations .......................................................... $93,500 • 6.65%

National Disease Control ................................................$106,500 • 7.57%

Adult And Child Assistance ........................................ $778,600 • 55.36%

Community Art Support................................................... $26,700 • 1.90%

Nature Study/preservation .............................................. $17,700 • 1.26%

Rural Volunteer Fire Depts ............................................... $45,000 • 3.20%

Roberts Educational Foundation ................................................ $100,000

*Grand Total .........................................................$1,506,500 • 100%

*Includes $100,000 for scholarships

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