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Copper Basin News
This ‘N That
• COPPER BASIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 2012 THEME The theme for the Copper Basin Chamber of Commerce’s activities for 2012 is “Celebrating Statehood, 100 Years, With Rails and Trails.” If you have favorite stories of the rails and trails of the Copper Basin area contact the Copper Basin News and they will assign their reporters to write your story or you can contact Rosalind Padilla through the Chamber office. • DUDLEYVILLE NO BURNING BAN LIFTED The Dudleyville Fire Department has lifted the no burning ban, effective until May 1. Permits can be purchased at the Board of Supervisors office in Mammoth. Permit holders please follow all rules on permits and observe all red flag (windy) days. • WINTER SPORTS FAMILY PASSES Ray High School Principal-Athletic Director, James Simmons, has announced Winter Sports Family Passes for all regular season home basketball games, both boys and girls, are available for $80. They can be purchased at the high school office. • ROTC TOY DRIVE The primary goal of Toys for Tots is to deliver, and help less fortunate children throughout the Copper Basin Area through a new toy at Christmas, a message of hope to less fortunate youngsters that will assist them in becoming responsible, productive, patriotic citizens. Boxes will be in stores throughout the areas. Please Donate. • GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP MEETING Need help in turning your mourning to joy? Join the Grief Support group meeting on Tuesday evenings, from 6 to 8 p.m., Nov. 15 – Feb. 7, at Church of the Good Shepherd, 617 Senator Chastain Street in Kearny. You may start attending on any Tuesday. For more information, contact Pastor Nina at 602-315-2070 or visit www. griefshare.org. • FRIENDS OF KEARNY LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP DRIVE The Friends of the Kearny Library are having their annual membership drive and invite everyone to join who appreciates what this facility does for our community. For as little as $5 for single members and $10 for a family, you can help the Friends in the many programs they sponsor. • SECOND ANNUAL RESIDENTIAL LIGHTING CONTEST The second annual residential lighting contest in Kearny is again being sponsored by the Friends of the Kearny Library. Judging will be Dec. 17 and 18 with the winner being announced in the Copper Basin News on Dec. 21. Prizes will be awarded for first, second and third places. • NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE The Hayden Fire Department is doing a benefit New Year’s Eve dance at the Frank Verdugo Hall. Tickets will be available soon. • CANCER SURVIVORS JOIN IN The Hayden Fire Department is doing a Cancer Survivors Magical Fire Truck for the light parade. Anyone wanting to put your ribbon on the truck can take them to the Town of Hayden or the Hayden Police Department. • ANGEL TREE APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED NOW Attention Needy Families: The Salvation Army Angel Tree application is now available for pick-up at the Kearny Police Department and Gordon’s IGA. Ask for Barbara McGuire or Lora Snow or call 520-363-5202 for more information.
• RAY HS BAND/CHORUS CONCERT There will be a Ray High School Band and Chorus Concert on Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Ray High School Auditorium. • NEED A SANTA SUIT? The Santa Claus suit owned by the Friends of the Kearny Library is available by contacting the library from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday – Thursday. • PINAL COUNTY OPEN SPACE AND TRAILS REGION 3 MEETING On Dec. 8, from 6 to 8 p.m., Pinal County Open Space and Trails, Region 3 Meeting will be held at Central Arizona College, Aravaipa Campus and is open to the public. For more information, contact Celeste at 520-609-3420. • ROTC ANNUAL CANNED FOOD DRIVE The ROTC Annual Canned Food Drive is set for Dec. 8 with pick up from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. • HAYDEN SENIOR CENTER CHRISTMAS PARTY Celebrate the season with the Hayden Senior Center Christmas Party, Dec. 9, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Call 356-7035 if you need a ride. • KEARNY CLEAN UP Kearny’s free dump day is held on the second Saturday of every month at the old transfer station. The next free dump day is set for Dec. 10. • DUDLEYVILLE LIGHT PARADE The Dudleyville Light Parade sponsored by the Dudleyville Fire Department and the Crafty Ladies of Dudleyville, will be Saturday, Dec. 10, at 6 p.m. The parade will start at Montano Acres and end at the Fire Department Community Room. Santa will be handing out candy bags. • VIRGEN DE GUADALUPE CELEBRATION Braulio and Joann Amavica will be opening their home at 419 West Quarelli Street in Winkelman on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 1 p.m. to celebrate Virgen de Guadalupe with prayers, singing and food. Come and enjoy a beautiful winter day with them! • LIONS CLUB BENEFIT BREAKFAST The San Pedro Valley Lions Club in Mammoth will be serving a Benefit Breakfast on Sunday, Dec. 11, at the Lions Building, 115 Main Street, from 7 a.m. – noon, including menudo and regular breakfasts. Proceeds will benefit the community. • FOOD BANK DISTRIBUTION The Copper Basin Food Bank will distribute food on the third Thursday of every month at 1:30 p.m. at Hubbard Park in Kearny. The next distribution date is Dec. 15. Please bring your own box. Donations are accepted. The CBFB is assisted by the Florence Food Bank. Food distribution times may vary each month. Numbers for the distribution will always be given out starting at 11:30 a.m. • CHRISTMAS IN DECEMBER Come shop for gifts at the Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center Auxiliary Gift Shop’s Christmas in December celebration and help fund scholarships through your purchases. All items, except candy (See’s Candy in particular), will be discounted 20 percent off on Thursday, Dec. 15, and Friday, Dec. 16, from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. • LOVE LIGHTS CEREMONY The Love Lights Ceremony will be held Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Lights are $3 each, luminaros are $2 and memorial fireworks are $20. Contact the Chamber or Joan McAlister for more information. Memorial luminarias will also be displayed on this date.
• SUPERIOR ARBORETUM BINGO Superior Arboretum Residents Association BINGO will be held Tuesday nights at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at 199 West Gray Drive. • KEARNY ELKS LODGE # 2478 Kearny Elks Lodge # 2478 meetings are held the first and third Tuesdays of the month at 7 p.m. The club is open daily at 5 p.m., except for Tuesdays, for members and their guests. Club hours are 5 – 11 p.m., Sunday – Thursday; 5 p.m. – midnight Friday- Saturday. • MASONS TO MEET Ray-Winkelman Masons Lodge #24 will hold its regular meeting at 318 Fairhaven Road, Kearny, on the second Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. All Masons are invited. A potluck meal will be held prior to the meeting at 6:30 p.m. The public is invited to the pot luck. The Order of the Eastern Star meets the second Thursday of each month. • PREGNANCY CARE CENTER HOURS The Pregnancy Care Center in Winkelman, located at Fourth and Thorne Avenues in Winkelman, is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. You can call (520) 356-6015 for a confidential appointment.
• COPPER BASIN SPORTSMEN’S CLUB The Copper Basin Sportsmen’s Club provides a shooting and archery range that is ideal for family use. The club meetings are on the third Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Constitution Hall. The third Saturday the club holds a practice shooting match, supervised by Ralph Munoz (363-7239) or Brian Young (363-9746). • KEARNY SENIOR CITIZENS The Kearny Senior Citizen’s group meets every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Constitution Hall. The group talks about trips to different places in Arizona as well as other subjects. A potluck dinner is held after the social hour. New members are needed. Come down and join the group. • ST. MARY’S FOOD BANK St. Mary’s Food Bank will be in front of the Court House, on the first Friday of each month. • BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK The Gila County Health Department will check blood pressures and glucose levels on the first Friday of the month at the Hayden Senior Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, call the Gila County Health Department at 928-402-8811. • LOBO BOOSTERS For Lobo Booster Club membership and information, please call Rhonda Cooper at 356-7108. • THE HAND-ME-UP SHOP The Hand-Me-Up Shop hours are Tuesday- Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Clubs & Meetings
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December 7, 2011
Lobos
Continued from Page 5 The Lobos settled down, began to play their game scoring and playing great defense, to take a 3828 lead after the third quarter ended. The Lobos continued to pour it on in the fourth period playing with high intensity on the defensive side of the court and turned it on the offensive side to win the third game of the tournament with a 59-36 score. All the Lobo players that made the trip got some playing time with most of the scoring coming
Winter
Continued from Page 10 When ever there is a Chamber activity you will see a group of Hayden and Ray High School students working. Many arrived at 8 a.m. to start decorating Pioneer Park and were with us as we made our decision to go ahead and move to the Ray cafeteria structure. They cleaned the floors, decorated, helped serve food and some in their elf outfits were freezing as they assisted Santa and Mrs. Claus. These teenagers will be our future leaders and we applaud their actions in leadership. Also saving the day were RSC Rentals with the loan of their generator; Dub’s Plumbing who brought in Porta Potties on a moment’s notice; and the Chamber food booth was operated by Connie Hillian, her children and grandchildren. It goes with out saying, “Through rain, sleet and hail the Macy’s parade will go on.” All the Phoenix TV stations said the same for the Phoenix Electric light Parade. So it also goes in Kearny. Winners were: Most Creative, Escalante Family; Best of Show, Hayden Fire Department; Individual, Bob Goodridge; Group, ROTC (if these individuals go
from the starting unit. Julian Gomez again led the scoring with 23 points followed by Adrian Ochoa with 18 points. Roman Padilla had seven points with six points from Matthew Manriquez and five points from Gabriel Ramos. The Lobos lack of players would be very evident in the next game taking on a very tall – eight of their 12 players were well over six feet tall – and very talented team and very intense team in the Tempe Preparatory Academy Knights. The Tempe Prep team just ran the Lobos into submission See Lobos, Page 13 on to serve in the Armed Forces this is not the worst storm they will have to be in. Accolades have been sent to us from the public for their marching in the rain. That was their decision to do so); Judge’s Choice, Mr. and Mr. Claus. The parade followed a different route ending up at the Cafeteria and was followed by the Fire Dancers whose dance movements were spectacular with the fire, background music, and costuming all set to put us in the Christmas spirit. We promised luminarias and you will get them. The Memorial Love Light Ceremony is Monday, Dec. 19, in front of the Pinal County Building. At that time the luminarias will line Alden Street. There were many beautiful ones submitted and this is one activity we won’t let the rain dampen. For those who spent the day with us we hope you have finally warmed up and are cozy and comfortable. Editor’s Note: Because of the rain (and a huge fear of ruining a camera), there were no photos taken of the electric light parade save the lone photo on the front page of this newspaper that was taken by James Carnes. He said he didn’t think it would come out at all, but we’re so glad he was wrong.