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Why Newspapers?Ten Reasons Newspapers Deliver for Political Campaigns

A diversified marketplace of ideas demands a targeted mix of media to get a campaign message across efficiently and effectively. But to be successful, consultants also have to employ other time-tested advertising mediums like newspapers. Here are 10 reasons why newspapers should be part of the cam-paign media mix. Use this information to help strengthen you position with political consultants.

1. Newspaper readers are voters

In the 2004 presidential election, 9 out of 10 newspaper readers cast a ballot. In the 2006 mid-term elections, when voting is typically much lighter, newspaper readers still delivered the vote, with more than 8 out of 10 news-paper readers going to the polls.

2. Newspapers are credible

Voters look to newspapers for the information they need to make up their minds about candidates and issues. Newspapers rank second only to television among voters when it comes to providing the most helpful information about state & local elec-tions. Newspaper advertising gives a campaign an aura of credibility and respectability that’s unmatched.

3. Newspapers are reliable

Nobody reads the newspaper to escape from reality, as is often the case with television and radio. And unlike annoying telephone calls, people actually enjoy reading newspapers. Newspaper readers seek out in-depth, detailed political information. With newspaper in your media mix, you can be sure your ad dollars have been well spent.

4. Newspapers coNsisteNtly reach voters

Voters consistently look to news-papers to help make up their minds about how they’ll vote. While the per-ceived usefulness of other media rises

and falls as the campaign progresses, newspapers maintain their strength for influencing voter opinion. Voters count on newspapers to deliver the whole story about the candidates and issues, from the earliest moments of the cam-paign right up until Election Day.

5. Newspapers provide more iNformatioN to voters Use newspapers to highlight endorse-ments, issue clarification, and can-didate comparisons. Candidates can also use a compelling newspaper ad to generate interest from the press and garner valuable earned media oppor-tunities.

6. Newspapers reach crucial uNdecided voters

The conventional wisdom among consultants says that only 10-15% of the electorate is typically up for grabs at the end of any campaign. But in reality, that number is much higher. That’s because while only 10-15% of voters may be truly “undecided,” many more are far from certain about their vote. Among those who say they experience some indecision, three out of four are regular

newspaper readers. Newspapers can put your message in the hands of this crucial constituency.

7. Newspapers make targetiNg easy

Today’s newspapers can deliver the message right to the doorsteps of the voters you need to reach. Most major metropolitan newspapers have estab-lished sections based on geographic zones and can target a pre-printed flier or brochure for insertion and delivery within a specific zip code. Many can target delivery down to the census tract, block, or even house by house. You can

have your message delivered in a flyer or brochure, on a “Post-it” note placed on the front page, or even on the poly/delivery bag in which the newspaper arrives. Poly/delivery bags are especially useful for getting out the vote on Elec-tion Day.

8. it’s easy to advertise iN Newspapers

Placing political ads in newspa-pers has never been easier. Typically, the media buy can be completed with a single order and check. The Arizona Newspapers Association can help you with all of your planning and buying needs. And you can always call news-papers directly. Most have their own trained political sales staff.

9. all politics is localVoters know newspapers are the

place to go to find out what’s going on in their communities. They know that unlike television or radio news pro-grams, newspapers cover local issues every day of the week. And they know with a newspaper, they’ll get real, in-depth coverage of the local issues most important to them. The same issues that often determine how they’ll vote on Election Day.

10. Newspapers are aN esseNtial part of a successful media mix

Broadcast, direct mail, and phone calls are all still important, but you also have to put money into other proven and effective advertising mediums like newspaper. In fact, newspaper ranks second only to television among voters when it comes to providing the most helpful information about state & local elections.

Source: Newspaper Association of America

“Newspapers rank second only to television among voters when it comes to providing the most helpful information about state and local elections.”

“Use newspapers to highlight endorsements, issue clarification, and candidate comparisons.”

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Barbara McGuire represented District 23 in the Arizona State House of Representatives from 2006 to 2010

and plans on running once again in 2012.

McGuire credits her success to ads she placed in community news-papers.

“Newspapers are the all-time proven tried and true reliable hard copy media source,” said McGuire.

Over the past few years, there has been an increase in the number of registered voters in Arizona, and that number continues to grow. Advertis-

Arizona representative has campaign success with newspaper ads

In 2002, Mike Rounds was run-ning a distant third in the race for

“Newspapers are the all-time proven tried and true reliable hard copy media source.”

- Barb McGuire

ing in Arizona newspapers creates an eff ective and effi cient way for candi-dates and campaigns to communicate to these voters.

According to McGuire, many of her consitutents prefer reading news-papers over surfi ng the web.

“When there is no internet access, the newspaper is always there and avail-able,” she said.

Advertising in a local newspaper ensures your ad will be seen by people

in your target market. Online advertis-ing is harder to target locally because of the global nature of the internet.

A study by the University of Oregon School (2011) found that print readers remember “signifi cantly more” than those who read news sto-ries online.

McGuire agrees.“Th e papers are around for days

while internet delivery is out of sight and out of mind shortly aft er it is read,” said McGuire.

In a recent survey, 56% of adults would rather look at advertising in the newspaper than watch an ad on TV (NNA Community Newspaper Readership Survey, 2011).

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Political candidate ads appearing in local newspapers are rated as annoy-ing by just 18% of registered voters, while ads appearing on local TV are seen as annoying by 54%, according to results of a survey released in February 2012 by the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Network TV (50%), cable TV (43%), and radio (39%) ads are also rated annoying by a signifi cant proportion of registered voters, though political ads on the internet (27%)

garner the frustration of far fewer.Meanwhile, local newspapers top

the list of sources for accurate, in-depth coverage of political or civic issues with an impact on voters’ specifi c locality, rated reliable by 57% of respondents. Local TV stations (55%) closely follow, ahead of local radio stations (43%) and local websites (39%). Just 14% believe social media websites to be reliable sources of accurate and in-depth infor-mation about local civic issues.

Political ads least annoying when in newspapersWhen asked about the reliability

of websites for the same kind of accu-rate information on local political or civic issues, voters chose their local newspaper’s website (51%) as the most reliable, edging their local TV station’s website (50%). Th ere was a signifi cant drop-off to the local radio station’s web-site (36%), followed by other types of websites (23%), and a candidate’s web-site (22%). Once again, social media websites were at the bott om of the list,

rated reliable by just 14%.Republicans, Independents, and

Democrats all share similar levels of contact with newspaper media, both in print and online. Voters appear to connect with newspaper media: 84% of respondents who voted in the 2008 presidential election, 86% of those who voted in their last statewide election, and 86% of those who voted in their last local election read newspapers in print or online at least once a week.


“Newspapers are highly effective and highly cost-effective.”

-Jordan Lieberman.

Newspapers deliver voters in print and online

Newspapers deliver consistency over broadcastIn a fragmented media environment with

channel proliferation, consumer control of media messages and advertiser demand for account-ability, the most effective marketing vehicle may surprise you: newspaper media—in print, online and combined.

With over 114 million TV households nationwide, television has the potential to reach the vast majority of adults in the U.S. But, only 45 percent of adults ages 18-49 are watching television during primetime—the peak hours of viewership. Also, the number of available channels per home has increased ten fold from 10 in 1980 to 119 in 2008, significantly fragmenting the TV landscape. In addition, the popularity of DVRs and online video have contributed to the decline of TV view-ing time.

The TV audience continues to be more elusive for advertisers, as they have to spread media dollars

across more channels to reach their targets.To newspaper readers, the advertising in

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In a world where consumers are tuning out advertising right and left, independent research shows that newspapers are a destination for adver-tising content.

In a world of thousands of messages a day, advertising in newspapers is one sure thing when it comes to producing results.

Sources:Nielsen Consumer Media Usage Report, 2012Nielsen Cross-Platform Report, 2011NNA Community Newspaper Readership Survey, 2011MORI Research, 2010

Political consultant Cathy Allen isn’t yet certain which issues will define the upcoming elections. But she’s already decided that the campaigns she manages will make heavy use of an old-fashioned advertising vehicle: newspapers.

“Newspapers are back ,” says Allen, a political consultant in Seattle. Like Allen, a growing number of politi-cal consultants say newspapers can offer distinct advantages over television and other media.

“Recognition is growing that newspapers are highly effective and highly cost-effective,” says Jordan Lie-berman, publisher of Campaigns & Elections magazine, which conducts seminars for candidates, consultants and other political professionals.

Newspaper readers vote at above-average rates.

Newspapers also allow for more sophisticated arguments than are deliv-ered in the typical 30-second television campaign.

More than 163 million U.S. adults read a newspaper in print or online in the past week (Scarborough Research, 2011).

Of adults w ith a household income of $250,000 or more, 80% read

all sources for trustworthiness, cred-ibility, and being the most informative place to find local content. Consumers also consider local newspaper websites to be the most trusted source of online advertising, because the advertising on these sites is perceived to be more current, credible, and relevant to them (comScore, 2009).

Voters also perceive political ads in newspapers to be the least offensive (Pulse/MPA, 2011).

Advertising on local newspaper Web sites is considered more trustwor-thy because the ads are more current, with credibility and local relevance also important factors.

Newspapers provide a powerful platform for local candidates to con-nect with voters.

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§ 16-912. candidates and independent expenditures; campaign literature and advertisement sponsors; identification; civil penalty

a. A political committee that makes an expenditure for campaign literature or advertisements that expressly advocate the election or defeat of any candidate or that make any solicitation of contributions to any political committee shall be registered pursuant to this chapter at the time of distribution, placement or solicitation and shall include on the literature or advertisement the following words “paid for by” followed by the name of the committee that appears on its statement of organization or five hundred dollar exemption statement.

b. If the expenditure for the campaign literature or advertisements by a political committee is an independent expenditure, the political committee, in addition to the disclosures required by subsection A of this section, shall include on the literature or advertisement the names and telephone numbers of the three political committees making the largest contributions to the politi-cal committee making the independent expenditure. If an acronym is used to name any political committee outlined in this section, the name of any spon-soring organization of the political committee shall also be printed or spoken. For purposes of determin-ing the three contributors to be disclosed, the contributions of each political committee to the political committee making the independent expenditure during the one year period before the election being af-fected are aggregated.

c. The provisions of subsection A of this section do not apply to bumper stickers, pins, buttons, pens and simi-lar small items on which the state-ments required in subsection A of this section cannot be conveniently printed or to signs paid for by a can-didate with campaign monies or by a candidate’s campaign committee or to a solicitation of contributions by a separate segregated fund from those persons it may solicit pursuant to sections 16-920 and 16-921.

d. The disclosures required pursuant to this section shall be printed clearly and legibly in a conspicuous manner or, if the advertisement is broadcast on a telecommunications system, the disclosure shall be spoken.

e. A person who violates this section is subject to a civil penalty of up to three times the cost of producing and distributing the literature or advertisement. This civil penalty shall be imposed as prescribed in section 16-924.

§ 16-912.01. ballot measure committees; campaign literature and adver-tising funding; identification; disclosure; civil penalty; definition

a. A political committee that makes an expenditure in connection with any literature or advertisement to support or oppose a ballot proposition shall disclose in such literature or advertisement the four largest of its major fund-ing sources as of the time the literature or advertisement is printed, recorded or otherwise produced for dissemination. If a political committee has fewer than four major funding sources, the committee shall disclose all major fund-ing sources.

b. For purposes of this section, a major funding source of a political com-mittee is any contributor that is not an individual person and that has made cumulative contributions of either: 1. Ten thousand dollars or more for an expenditure in support of or opposition to a statewide ballot proposition or a ballot proposition of a political subdivision with a population of one hundred thousand persons or more.

2. Five thousand dollars or more for an expenditure in support of or opposi-tion to a ballot proposition of a political subdivision with a population of less than one hundred thousand persons.

c. If an out-of-state contributor or group of out-of-state contributors is a ma-jor funding source to a political committee disclosed pursuant to subsection A, the political committee shall state the contributor is an out-of-state contribu-tor on its literature or advertisement in support of or in opposition to a ballot proposition.

d. Contributors that make contributions to more than one political committee that supports or opposes the same ballot proposition shall notify each political committee of the cumulative total of these contributions. Cumulative totals must be disclosed by each political committee that received contributions from the same contributor if the cumulative totals qualify as a major funding source to be disclosed pursuant to subsection A.

e. Any disclosure statement required by this section shall be printed clearly and legibly in a conspicuous manner in type at least as large as the major-ity of the printed text. If the com-munication is broadcast on radio, the information shall be spoken at the end of the communication. If the communication is broadcast on a telecommunications system, the in-formation shall be both written and spoken at the end of the communi-cation, except that if the disclosure statement is written for at least five seconds of a thirty second advertise-ment broadcast or ten seconds of a sixty second advertisement broad-cast, a spoken disclosure statement is not required. If the communication is broadcast on a telecommunica-tions system, the written disclosure statement shall be printed in letters equal to or larger than four per cent of the vertical picture height.

f. Subsection A does not apply to bumper stickers, pins, buttons, pens and similar small items on which the statements required in subsection A cannot be conveniently printed or to a communication by an organization solely to its members.

g. A committee shall change future literature and advertisements to reflect any change in funding sources that must be disclosed pursuant to subsection A.

h. This section only applies to advertisements the contents of which are more than fifty per cent devoted to one or more ballot propositions or proposed measures on the same subject.

i. Any committee that violates this section is liable in a civil action brought by the attorney general, county attorney or city or town attorney, as appropriate, or by any other person for a civil penalty of three times the total cost of the advertisement. A donor who does not accurately disclose its contributions is liable for a civil penalty of three times the amount donated.

J. For purposes of this section “Advertisement” means general public advertis-ing through the print and electronic media, signs, billboards and direct mail.

For the complete Campaign Contributions and Expenses, Arizona Revised Statutes, Title 16, Chapter 6 visit: http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/Campaign_Contributions.pdf

Arizona Laws: Political Advertising GuidelinesArizona Revised Statutes, Title 16, Chapter 6


what disclaimers must appear iN political ads?Political committees must include a clear and conspicuous disclaimer on all “public communications” (e.g., TV and radio ads, newspaper, magazine or out-door advertising, and mass mailings or telephone banks to the general public). Public communications financed by individuals or other organizations must include a disclaimer if the communication expressly advocates a candidate’s elec-tion or defeat or solicits funds. The disclaimers must indicate who paid for the communication and whether or not it was authorized by a candidate. Unauthor-ized ads must also include contact information for the sponsoring organization.

political committees must include a disclaimer on (1) all "public communica-tions" (defined below), (2) bulk electronic email (defined as electronic mail with more than 500 substantially similar communications) and (3) websites available to the general public, regardless of whether the communication expressly advo-cates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate, or solicits funds in connection with a federal election (i.e., contributions for a federal candidate or federal political committee).

public communications as defined in FEC regulations, the term “public communication” includes: Broadcast, cable or satellite transmission; Newspaper; Magazine; Out-door advertising facility (e.g., billboard); Mass mailing (de-fined as more than 500 pieces of mail matter of an identical or substantially similar nature within any 30-day period); Telephone banks (defined as more than 500 telephone calls of an identical or substantially similar nature within any 30-day period); or Any other general public political advertis-ing. General public political advertising does not include Internet ads, except for communications placed for a fee on another person’s website 11 CFR 110.11(a).

individuals and other persons A disclaimer must appear on any "electioneering communication" (defined below) and on any public communication by any person that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identi-fied candidate or solicits funds in connection with a federal election.

specific examples of public communications that would require a disclaimer include: Public communications coor-dinated with a federal candidate (i.e., in-kind contributions or coordinated party expenditures) that are paid for by a political committee or that contain express advocacy or a solicitation; Independent expenditures; Elec-tioneering communications; A communication that solicits funds for a federal candidate or a federal political committee or that contains express advocacy; and Political committees’ Web sites.

independent expenditure is an expenditure for a communication that expressly advocates the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate and is not made in cooperation, consultation, or concert with, or at the request or suggestion of, any candidate, authorized committee or their agents, or a political party commit-tee or its agents. 11 CFR 100.16.

what must the disclaimer say?The actual wording of the disclaimer depends on the type of communication, as explained below. In each example, it is presumed that the ad qualifies as a “public communication” in connection with a federal election.

messages authorized and financed by a candidate On a public communica-tion that is authorized and paid for by a candidate or his/her campaign commit-tee, the disclaimer notice must identify who paid for the message.11 CFR 110.11(b)(1).

example: "Paid for by the Sheridan for Congress Committee." 2

messages authorized but Not financed by a candidate On a public commu-nication that is authorized by a candidate or his/her campaign committee, but is paid for by another person, the disclaimer notice must identify who paid for the communication and indicate that the candidate authorized the message. 11 CFR 110.11(b)(2).

example: "Paid for by the XYZ State Party Committee and authorized by the Sheridan for Congress Committee." 3

messages Not authorized by a candidate On a public communication that is not authorized by a candidate or his/her campaign committee, the disclaimer notice must identify who paid for the message, state that it was not authorized

by any candidate or candidate's committee and list the permanent street address, telephone number or World Wide Web address of the person who paid for the communication. 11 CFR 110.11(b)(3).

example: "Paid for by the QRS Committee (www.QRScommittee.org) and not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee."

coordinated party expenditures - pre-nomination period On a public com-munication that is made as a coordinated party expenditure before a nominee is chosen, the disclaimer notice must identify the committee that paid for the mes-sage, but need not state whether the communication was authorized. 11 CFR 110.11(d)(1).

example: "Paid for by XYZ State Party Committee."

post-nomination period Once a candidate has been nominated for the general election, the disclaimer notice must also state who authorized the communica-tion.

example: "Paid for by the XYZ State Party Committee and authorized by the Sheridan for Congress Committee."

The committee that actually makes the expenditure is con-sidered to be the person who paid for the public communi-cation even when the committee is acting as the designated agent of a different party committee.

exempt party activities On exempt activity communica-tions (for example, campaign materials) the disclaimer no-tice must identify the committee that paid for the message. 11 CFR 110.11(e).

example: "Paid for by the XYZ State Party Committee."

how aNd where must the disclaimer appear?In order to give the reader sufficient notice about the person(s) paying for or authorizing a public communica-tion regardless of its medium, the disclaimer notice must be "clear and conspicuous" on the committee's communi-cations, solicitations and response materials. The notice

will not be considered to be "clear and conspicuous" if: It is difficult to read or hear; or The notification is placed where it can be easily overlooked. 11 CFR 110.11(c)(1).

additioNal requiremeNts: printed materials On printed materials, the disclaimer notice must appear within a printed box set apart from the other contents in the communication. The print must be of a sufficient type-size to be clearly readable by the recipi-ent of the communication, and the print must have a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. 11 CFR 110.11(c)(2)(i), (ii) and (iii).

example: Paid for by the Save the Seahorses Committee and authorized by the McKay for Senate Committee. As long as the disclaimer appears somewhere within the communication it does not have to appear on the front page or cover of multiple-paged documents. However, in the case of single-sided documents and billboards, the disclaimer must appear on the front. 11 CFR 110.11(c)(2)(iv).

safe harbor for "clearly readable"

The regulations contain a safe harbor that establishes a fixed, 12-point type size as a sufficient type size for disclaimer text in newspapers, magazines, flyers, signs and other printed communications that are no larger than the common poster size of 24 inches by 36 inches. 11 CFR 110.11(c)(2)(i). Please note, disclaimers for larger communications will be judged on a case by case basis.

safe harbor for "reasonable degree of color contrast"The regulations additionally provide two safe harbor examples that would com-ply with color contrast requirement:

The disclaimer is printed in black on a white background; or The degree of contrast between the background color and the disclaimer text color is at least as great as the degree of contrast between the background color and the color of the largest text in the communication. 11 CFR 110.11(c)(2)(iii). 4

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Hispanic voters: Arizona’s sleeping giantby valeria fernandez

Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, with 51 million people. Yet, this electorate’s potential is often compared to that of a “sleeping giant.”

According to James Garcia with the Arizona Latino Research Enterprise, there are nearly 500,000 registered Latino voters in the state, with an increase of 90,000 over the past year.

Nationwide, the enormous efforts to get out the Latino vote coupled with citizenship registration drives are show-ing indications of promising Hispanic voter participation.

Although Latinos have had lower voting rates compared to Whites and African Americans, their registration and voting rates are growing at a faster pace than other ethnic groups, according to a report issued in February by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR). Between 1990, and 2000, the number of Latinos registered to vote grew by 70% compared to 4% for Whites, and 27% for African Americans.

Arizona has experienced a similar phenomenon over the last decade. The state ranked fifth among states with increased numbers of registered Latino voters. Latinos are now one-third of the state population. In Phoenix, the fifth

largest city in the nation, they represent 42% of the people.

Historically, Latinos have not turn out to vote in large numbers in the state. Yet, there has been an increase trend in voter registration. In 2000, only 49.4% of voting-age Latinos were registered to vote, while the number jumped to 56.3% in 2004 and 83.6% in 2008, based on census data collected by WCVI. And those number are expected to continue rising.

Many Latino vote advocates expect a large number of newly naturalized citizens will join the voting rolls in 2012. This fiscal year, the Office of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is processing thousands new applications in Arizona and a large number of them are expected to be from Latin American countries. Although naturalized citizens make up a small portion of those Latinos eligible to vote, several studies show they

exhibit higher voting rates than those of natives.

And where will they get their politi-cal news?

Often times, where voters get their news determines how their views are shaped. Spanish-language media plays a significant part in shaping voter attitudes towards issues and candidates.

A 2009 survey by Alloy Access shows that Hispanic newspapers are clearly an integral part of the Hispanic

population’s daily activity. Overall, a considerable 82% of those surveyed read Hispanic publications and in fact, the same number of readers report sharing their copy with at least one other person. Over one-quarter (26%) of readers share their paper with at least four others.

Hispanic consumers are frequent readers of Hispanic publications. Sev-enty-four percent (74%) of Hispanic newspaper readers have read three or more of the last five issues.

Ever since her first

trip to Arizona in 1992,

Angelika Haeber knew

she wanted to moveto

theGrandCanyonState.

“Iwasjustblownaway

with (Arizona),” said

Haeber, 65, a retiredGer-

man teacherwho is orig-

inally from Germany

and now lives in Green

Valley. To remember her

experience, Haeber ulti-

mately made a quilt that

reflects her imagesof

Arizona.And now that quilt,

“Arizona Dreaming,”

and quilts made by peo-

ple around the state, will

be featured in an exhibit

called “100 Years, 100

Quilts” to celebrate Ari-

zona’s centennial next

year.Organizersbelieve the

“100 Years, 100 Quilts”

exhibitwillbethelargest

centennial commemora-

tion using quilts in the

country. The Arizona

Centennial Quilt Project

and the Arizona Histori-

cal Society are working

together to organize the

exhibit, which is funded

through grants and do-

nations.The idea for the exhib-

it came out of a conver-

sation about Arizona’s

centennial among mem-

bersof theArizonaQuilt

Study Group, a group

that explores the history

of quilting.The 100 quilts will be

ondisplayat theArizona

Historical Society’s Ari-

zonaHistoryMuseumat

949 E. Second St. in Tuc-

sonfromFebruarytoDe-

cember 2012.

BUSINESS NEWS

Tax firm is Rio Rico’s best of the month

AleathaMoyerof A.M.Tax&Ac-

counting has been recognizedwith

the Business of the Month Award

from the Rio Rico Chamber of

Commerce.“I am very delighted and

hon-

ored to receive this award,” Moyer

said after received the award from

chamber president Dean Davis on

Sept. 8.Moyer started her b

usiness in

September 2009 and currently

works alongside senior bookkeep-

er Lucy Foster and office manager

Peggy Borgstrom.

“What we offer is that we care

about the people. We really like

dealing with those inthe commu-

nity and we are part of the com-

munity,” she said.

“Weworkwith non-profit organ-

izations as well as small business-

es in the area and tryto keep them

out of trouble.Wewant to see them

prosperandseemorebusinesses in

the area so that, as they grow, our

children will have options and

won’t have to moveaway to find

jobs,” Moyer said.

Moyer says her bookkeeping

clients have doubledover the past

two years and tax-preparation

clients have grown byone-third.

A new cookbook

draws together deli-

cious contemporary

recipes, but finds its

foundationin foodthat’s

historically been grown

and enjoyed in Santa

CruzCounty.The recipe compila-

tion is dedicated to Don

Garate, an interpreter

andhistorianfortheNa-

tional Park Serviceat

Tumacácori National

Historic Park. He was

best known for depict-

ingJuanBautistadeAn-

za II, the Spanish Army

captain who led a group

of soldiersandcolonists

in 1775 from Tubac to

open a new overland

route to foundSanFran-

cisco, Calif.Garate, aRioRicores-

ident,diedinSeptember

2010at theageof 59 from

brain cancer.Heworked

as chief of interpreta-

tion andhistorianat the

Tumacácori National

Historic Park since Sep-

tember 1990.

New cookbookhonors historiclocal interpreter

SEE BOOK / PAGE 4

The Rio Rico High School Junior

ROTC program first teaches cadets

to be good citizens, Battalion Com-

mander Lt. Col. EdgarSawada told

students,parentsandguestsduring

the units’ inaugural opening cere-

mony Sept. 28 at Rio Rico High

School.“The primary missio

n of ROTC

is to motivate students to become

better citizens and for all cadets to

become successful inschool and in

life,” he said duringhis remarks,

adding that the program is fun, too.

“Of course this programhasmil-

itary aspects to it, such as drill and

ceremony, marksmanship and dis-

cipline,but there isalso loadsof fun

in theprogram,suchasafter-school

training and camps,”he said.

The opening ceremony included

introduction of the cadet battalion

staff, ExecutiveOfficer Jorge Padil-

la, Sgt. Major PatrickPenniston, S-

1 (administration)AndreaLopez,S-

2 (intelligence) BenNoriega, S-3

(operations) MauricioQuijada, S-4

(supply) Jackie Martinez and S-5

(publicaffairs)DanitzaHiguera; re-

marks by instructorCWO5 David

Koch; the cadet creedby principal

Shelly Vroegh; and aperformance

of the armed and unarmed drill

team. A potluck chow call for

cadets, parents and guests followed

the ceremony.Theprogramis in its secondyear

at Rio Rico and is doing well, Koch

said.The battalions’ other

instructor,

1st. Sgt. Larry Brown, who was un-

able to attend the ceremony due to

illness, spent $47,000in contribu-

tions and funds on uniforms and

equipment – in about two hours,

Koch said.Equipment included

air rifles,

rappelling ropes andoutdoor ad-

venture gear.“What we intend to d

o is expand

ourobstacle course eachyear, aswe

have time andmoney,” Koch said.

Part of that was dueto a grant

from Friends of the National Rifle

Association, Koch said.

“What would be really great

would be some parental volun-

teers,” Koch told the audience. “We

love parental volunteers. If you all

would get together and form a

booster club or support group, that

would be great because you all can

do thingswe can’t do.”

(Above) The Rio Rico High School Junior ROTC members stand in ranks for the nationa

l anthem during the unit’sopen-

ing ceremony Sept. 28. (Below) Drill team member Francisco Coron

ado spins his rifle duringthe unit’s opening ceremo

ny.

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

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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, suchas

drill and ceremony, marks-

manship and discipline,but there is

also loads of fun in the program,

such as after-school training 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 to the memory of Don Garate.

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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,

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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 Bottemillerwww.sahuaritasun.com

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 JohnsonSpecial 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 Bottemillerwww.sahuaritasun.com

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

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TYLER JOHNSON | SPECIAL TO THE SAHUARITA SUNStudents and district staff gather for prayer Sept. 28 around the flag pole at Sahuarita High School.

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The Nogales International and Green Valley NewsAlfonso 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 NEWSIt gets betterThe new park near the Interstate 19 East Frontage Road and Continental Road was in bad shape last week. Then the county received

a 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?E very 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 lossof 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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Many newspapers older than Arizona itselfArizona turned 100 years old on Feb. 14, 2012. Many newspapers watched

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There are 21 newspapers in Arizona that have been continuously publishing for over a century -- long before Arizona became the 48th state.

Most newspapers began as family operations, providing a much needed service in a place where getting news was no easy matter.

Through fires and flood, depression, recessions and booms, newspapers have remained a vital part Arizona’s communities.

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These newspapers have preserved Arizona’s rich heritage in their pages. From providing information to miners working in Morenci, Jerome and Globe-Miami to covering the construction of the Hoover Dam to chronicling historic gunfights, newspapers have been an integral part of Arizona’s past, present and future.

Throughout the years, newspapers have been instrumental in helping transform Arizona from a frontier territory to a thriving part of the southwest. Newspapers have grown and metamorphosed alongside the Grand Canyon State, changing names, focuses, formats along the way, but always providing a voice to their respective com-munities.

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Newspaper Date foundedYuma Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1872Arizona Daily Star . . . . . . . .1877Arizona Silver Belt . . . . . . . .1878The Daily Courier . . . . . . . . .1880Arizona Business Gazette . . .1880Kingman Daily Miner . . . . . .1882Arizona Daily Sun. . . . . . . . .1883Florence Reminder and Blade-Tribune . . . . . . . . . .1883Arizona Range News. . . . . . .1884White Mountain Independent . . . . . . . . . . .1888The Arizona Republic. . . . . .1890The State Press (ASU) . . . . . .1890Tombstone Epitaph . . . . . . .1890East Valley Tribune . . . . . . . 1891Bisbee Daily Review. . . . . . .1898The Copper Era . . . . . . . . . .1899Arizona Daily Wildcat. . . . . .1899San Pedro Valley News-Sun . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1900Douglas Dispatch . . . . . . . . .1902Tribune-News. . . . . . . . . . . .1909Casa Grande Dispatch. . . . . . 1912

Arizona’s first newspaper press was purchased in 1858 and the first issue of The Arizonian was printed in 1859 and served the town of Tubac. The original printing press is on display at the Tubac Presidio Museum in the Tubac Presidio Historic State Park, the oldest state park in Arizona.

“I have this morning signed the proclamation declaring Arizona to be a state of the Union. I congratulate the people of this, our newest commonwealth, upon the realization of their long-cherished ambition. Best wishes to the retiring and the incoming officials,” said the official telegraph of then-President William Howard Taft. Newspapers like the Bisbee Daily Review proclaimed Arizona’s statehood the next day across the front pages of their publica-tions, celebrating with 48-point headlines splashed across the front page.


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