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The 2011 Country Fair White Elephant Parade & Festivities Guide
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— 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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Parade judges are Jane Burns, with the Amado,
Sahuarita and Green Valley Adult Learning
program; Marcela Chavez, Rebuilding Together
program coordinator based in Santa Cruz County
and Dolores Lawrie-Higgins, president of the Pima
County Child Abuse Prevention Council.
Parade emcees are Joey Lessa of the local KGVY
1080 radio station, and Regina Ford of the Green Val-
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-
guage (ESL classes), General Educational
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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and also taught catechism for seven years.
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Cruz County, as well as the Rebuilding Together Program coordina-
tor. She serves as secretary for the Nogales Debutante Cotillion Ball,
a group which raises money each year to be distributed directly
back into the community, and also serves on the FEMA board
with the organization’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program.
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The Country Fair White Elephant Parade
PARADE JUDGES 2011Dolores Lawrie-Higgins
As president of the Pima County Child Abuse
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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.
A really big sale kicks off Country Fair White Elephant days...
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CHECK GIVE-AWAY
The Country Fair White Elephant
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:
Country Fair White Elephant,
601 N. La Canada, Green Valley, 520-625-4119
Website: gvwhiteelephant.org
STORE HOURS: Monday—Saturday, 9:00 a.m. until Noon
OPEN FOR DONATIONS: Monday —Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
LOCAL PICKUP AND DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE
Monday—Saturday, 7 a.m. until Noon
Call: 520-625-4119 to schedule
DONATION HOURS
Monday—Saturday, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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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.”
The Country Fair White Elephant
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
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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
will assist in an upcom-
ing change in account-
ing systems.Davis, who has direct-
ly overseen district fi-
nances, gave notice two
years ago by signing up
for the state’s Deferred
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
www.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 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
www.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
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
(Continued)
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%
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Green Valley is celebrating
with an END-OF-THE MONTH SALE
Preview and test drive the New 2012 Ford and Hyundai model lines, along with many pre-owned vehicles.
Top dollar trade allowances and fantastic deals!
So bring yourself, friends and family. Refreshments will be available.
Celebrate Country Fair Days!
Friday, October 28th and Saturday, October 29th
1Must have valid drivers license. No purchase necessary.
COUNTRY FAIR DAYS
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