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Southwestern Arizona since 1916.
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2010 News |
Deaths,
Services |
Weddings, Births, Happy News |
| February 3, 2010 |
• Ajo's busiest weekend -- fiddlers'
contest, quilt show, vaudeville, food and craft sales, lectures, church
events, Bingo, WPCCC and school board meetings, and more. • The Ajo Parent Teacher Student Organization became the Parent Teacher Student Association. The group's next meeting will be Tuesday, February 9, in the school boardroom. • Residents attended a Freeport open house and learned about everything from soil testing and utility upgrades to the possibility of future mining in Ajo. • Though county budget cuts are in the 1 to 2% range, more severe cuts could be on the horizon. The count budget manager says annual cuts could add up to 10% over the next five years, a cumulative effect that would have definite affects on services offered in Ajo. |
• Marceline Marietti, 98, died January 25,
2010, at a Chandler facility. Visitation
Friday, February 5, 10 a.m. at Ajo Federated Church followed by
services at 11 a.m.
Douglass Funeral Home in Ajo • Marjorie Korolsky, 85, died January 25, 2010, in Casa Grande. Services will be in Casa Grande at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, at Calvary Southern Baptist Church. Simes Mortuaries - Casa Grande Chapel. • Albert Venables, 86, died January 27, 2010, in a Tucson hsopital. No services are planned. |
• Happy birthdays to Ian Nez, Brian Bissell, Hop & Margarita David, Stella Krznarich, Ken Kermode, Frank Estrella Sr., Jesus Espinoza Jr., Victoria Munoz, Father Peter Nwachukwu, Joe Rosalez, and Esperanza Rosalez. |
| January 27, 2010 |
• Rain and wind hit Ajo as three storms
passed through the state. Depending on the local area, 3 to 4.5 inches
of rain fell, possibly an Ajo record for January and about half the
area's yearly average. Winds toppled saguaros whose roots were
surrounded by moist soil, several sheds lost roofs, and homes and
businesses sustained both wind and water damage. The highest wind gust
in the region was reported to be 94mph in Ajo. • It's another busy week. Kristie Miller will be at the library to discuss “A Volume of Friendship: The Letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Isabella Greenway, 1904-1953” at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Desert Senita Community Health Center will hold its annual health fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday - included in the celebration is the newly opened on-site pharmacy. Other events include a Childs Mountain tour, a Fifth Sunday Sing, a day in the sonoran desert, food sales, meetings, and golf events. • The Community Response Committee is continuing work on emergency plans to cover a variety of situations in the Ajo area. |
• Ross Erickson, 69, died December 31,
2009, in Canada. He was a winter resident of Ajo. Services were private. • Christopher Strickland, 28, died December 10, 2009, in Alabama of injuries in a motorcycle accident. He was the son & grandson of former Ajo residents. A graveside service was held in Alabama. • Lupita Ruiz-Castillo Johnson, 71, died at her home in Alabama on December 11, 2009. She was a native of Ajo. Mass was celebrated in Alabama. Fuqua-Bankson Funeral Home. • Ramon Trejo, 74, died in Casa Grande on January 15. Mass will be celebrated in Ajo on February 13. Simes Mortuaries-Casa Grande Chapel. |
• EmmaRose Constance Antone was born in Chandler on January 15, 2010, to Carol Ann Guthrie and Gleason Antone of Ajo. |
| January 20, 2010 |
• John Byrnes is the new president of the
Ajo school board and Lisa Rossi the new clerk. Other board members are
Rose Cameron, H.J. “Hop” David, and Amy Runge. • The Ajo golf course has been reinstated in the county bond package, though at a decreased amount. • The International Sonoran Desert Alliance has been awarded the grand prize in the nationwide MetLife Innovative Space Awards. It will received $50,0000; five other winners will receive $10,000. • Events this week include a talk by author Rebecca McEldowney and other library programs, a cultural food festival, an ISDA meeting, a hike and a trek up Childs Mountain, food sales, and more. |
• Maria D. Rios, 87, died in a
Goodyear hospice on January 27, 2010. She was a longtime Ajo resident.
Mass was celebrated January 22 in
Tucson. Douglass Funeral Home. • Richard “Dick” Westbrook, 86, died November 25, 2009, in Iowa. He was a winter resident. Services were held in Iowa; a memorial service was held at the Ajo Senior Center on January 22. • Joseph Carter, 84, died in a Phoenix area hospital on January 17, 2010. He was an Ajo resident. Services were held at the Assembly of God on January 21. Douglass Funeral Home. |
• Congratulations Janae (Lewis) and Matthew
Thomas Anderson. • Happy birthday Lisa and Sandra. |
| January 13, 2010 |
• The
Western
Pima County Community Council met and
discussed the street lighting petition drive, community development
block grants, law enforcement issues, and Border Patrol activities. The
council's minutes are available on its website. • The best-selling mystery author JA Jance will give a talk at the Dicus Auditorium at 1 p.m. this Saturday, January 16, as part of the Friends of the Ajo Library author series. Tickets are required but are available for free at the library and at the Ajo Copper News. Books will be sold at the talk and the author says she will be happy to autograph them. • Closure of the Motor Vehicle Office in Ajo has been approved by federal authorities. People will have to handle transactions over the Internet or, when personal visits are required, at other state or third party offices. The office is one of twelve slated to close. For more information visit www.azdot.gov • Ajo is starting its busy season with lots to do. JA Jance will be followed by two other authors speaking here this month. Art shows, food sales, culture classes, scrabble club games, library programs, parties and dances, golf events, and more are open to the public. |
• Dorine Monica Francisco died January 7,
2010. She is a former Ajo resident. A celebration of life washed at her
home in Sells; mass was celebrated in Charco 27 with burial following.
Marcus Funeral Consulting. • Barry David Martin, 53, died at his home in Ajo on December 29, 2009. He was an Ajo native and lived here most of his life. Memorial Services are being held at the VFW at 2 p.m. n Saturday, January 16. • Theresa Flores, 75, died December 30, 2009, in a hospice. A wake was followed by mass at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church at Menager's Dam; burial was at Menager's Dam. Douglass Funeral Home. • Pauline Hightower died January 10, 2010, in a Glendale hospice. She was a longime Ao resident.Mass 10 a.m. Friday, January 15, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Douglass Funeral Home. |
• Happy Birthday JonJon Cameron. • Welcome home, erstwhile lost dog Marley. • Nicole Goodman and Michael Wendelgass were untied in marriage on September 19, 2009, in Avondale. |
| January 6, 2010 |
Happy New Year!
• The Western
Pima County Community Council will meet
Thursday; the agenda has not been announced. New officers will be
announced.• The Desert Senita Community Health Center pharmacy is expected to open later this month. • The community event calendar is fling up. Coming are book club meetings, WPCCC, library lectures, golf, the Second Sunday art show, art shows, and a talk by mystery author JA Jance. |
• Francisco “Shorty” Garcia, 92, died
January 1, 2020, in Archie Hendrick Skilled Nursing Facility. Services
will e held at the facility on January 8, burial will follow at Darby
Wells near Ajo. |
• Happy
birthday Paula Krehbiel Call, Cyndi Jones Sandoval, Helen Nelson, and
Lonnie D Guthrie III. |
| 2009 |
