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| May 14, 2008 |
•
Desert Senita
Community Health Center received a grant with three other southern
Arizona health centers to build an interface for electronic medical
records and health information exchange. • Use of 88-CRIME (1-520-882-7463) is being encouraged to solve crimes committed in the Ajo area. • Pima Community College plans to offer a list of "starter" classes in Ajo, according to Dr. Louis Albert. Initial courses would be performing arts classes and speaker's bureau workshops. • The next in the An Evening in the Sonoran Desert series will be held May 17 at an archaeological site. The event is sponsored through a collaboration among the International Sonoran Desert Alliance, Bureau of Land Management, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. |
• Mary Hickman died May
11, 2008. She was a longtime Ajo resident. Memorial services will be
held 10 a.m. Friday, May 16, in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church
in Ajo. • Anne Adams Gibb, 74, died May 7, 2008, in Casa Grande. She was a winter visitor. Services will be held in Alaska. Sime Mortuaries Casa Grande Chapel. • Heriberto Lopez Felix, 42, died in Tucson on April 6, 2008. He was a native of Ajo. Services and burial were in Tucson. |
• Megan King will graduate from Dobson High School in Mesa on May 22. She has strong family ties to Ajo. |
| May 7, 2008 |
• Cinco de Mayo was
celebrated in the Plaza with lots of color, music, and fun. • College classes, law enforcement, recycling, the floodwater detention basin, Border Patrol activities, the school system, and an information & referral service were on the agenda at the Western Pima County Community Council meeting last Thursday. • The Pima County Sheriff's Department will be enforcing the bicycle helmet law. It requires all children under 18 wear an approved helmet. • Border Patrol incepted more than three tons of marijuana after a multiple-vehicle breach of the border vehicle barrier near Menager's Dam last Thursday. • Mothers will be honored at the Elks Lodge on Sunday. |
• John Lang died April
21 in Idaho. He was a former Ajo resident. Services have been held. • Belia H. Olea, 72, died may 2, 2008, in Tucson. She was an Ajo native and longtime resident. Mass will be celebrated May 9 in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. |
• Connor Flanary Taylor
was born April 20, 2008, in Chandler to Eric & Kathy Taylor. • Adeli Ella Hunter was born in Phoenix on March 3, 2008, to Cliff and Tara Hunter of Ajo. |
| April 30, 2008 |
• The Cinco de Mayo
fiesta will be held this Saturday, May 3, in the Plaza by the American
Citizens Social Club. • The virtual fence at the border is still a "go" despite media reports otherwise. • Sharon Bronson came to Ajo to announce she is running for re-election to the Pima County Board of Supervisors. She is being opposed by Donna Branch-Gilby. Democrats Alex Hingle and Jesse Baxter have announced they are running for the Arizona House of Representatives. |
• James John "Jim"
Wallis, died April 16, 2008, in a Phoenix hospice. He was a former Ajo
resident. Graveside services were held in the Ajo Cemetery. |
• Keshia Olea, Stephanie
Carrera, Savannah McCasland, Chanel Garcia, Ariel Fry, Aaron Sepulveda,
David Moreno, Andrew Maya, and Mandi Macias were inducted into
National Honor Society. Jose Sepulveda was named teacher of the year. |
| April 23, 2008 |
• The Ajo Copper News
was first published April 29, 1916, making the newspaper 92 years old
this year. • Shots were fired from the other side of the border near the Lukeville Port of Entry. A Mexican citizen who fed across the border was taken into custody by Border Patrol. • More than $84 in overdue book fines were paid off with donations to the Ajo Food Bank during Food for Fines Week at the Salazar-Ajo Branch Library. |
• Frances Mary Dunn, 92,
died April 15, 2008, in Flagstaff. She and her late husband, Donald
"Shorty" Dunn, lived in Ajo for many years. Norvell Owen Mortuary. |
• Allen Hernandez
received the Boy Scout medal of merit for heroism in stopping a moving
vehicle when his pregnant mother slipped and fell. • Koen Jackson Pfau was born in Tucson on March 19, 2008, to Zen & Leslie (Segura) Pfau. • Pastor Kelby Milgrim is coming to Ajo to minister at the Ajo Indian Assembly of God. |
| April 16, 2008 |
• Bee season has
started. Since many bees are Africanized, extra caution is advised when
dealing with swarms. • Many seasonal programs are winding down while others, especially those for youth, are just starting. • Was PD the benevolent employer or a cold corporation? Letters to the editor indicate differences in opinion. |
• George Tinnin, 76,
died April 9, 2008. He grew up in Ajo. No services are planned. Cole
& Maude Gardens Chapel of Casa Grande. • Horacio "Vito" Alvarez died April 12 2008 in a Prescott Hospital. Mass was celebrated in Prescott Valley on April 18. Wakelin Bradshaw Chapel. |
• Julia and Bob
Fulkerson received the yard of the month award from the Ajo Garden Club. • Elinor Luz B. Campion received the Academic Success Award and the Intel Scholars Scholarship from the School of Computing and Informatics at ASU. |
| April 9, 2008 |
• Local soil sampling by
Shaw Environmental for Freeport-McMoRan, Ajo school news, recycling
efforts, local law enforcement, summer youth employment programs, and
barking dogs were all on the Western Pima County Community Council
agenda. • The Pima County Board of Supervisors approved an application for acquisition of the Curley School gym by Pima County Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation. • April is Earth month and is being celebrated with a variety of activities in the Ajo area. |
• Glenn A. "Abie" Davis
jr., 89, died April 1, 2008, in the Arizona Pioneer's Home in Prescott.
He was a longtime resident of Ajo. Services were held in Ajo Federated
Church on April 7; burial was in Ajo Cemetery. Douglass Funeral Home. • Maria Luisa Caraveo Tonkin, 92, died in Marana on April 5, 2008. She lived in Ajo for 78 years. Rosary was recited in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church; burial was in Ajo Cemetery. Douglass Funeral Home. • William M. Snider, 64, died April 3, 2008. He was an Ajo native living in Bisbee. Services were held April 12 in Thatcher. Caldwell Funeral Chapel. |
• Christopher Dario
Favot was born in Glendale to Gary & Becky Favot. • Hop David's art is included in the recently released book "Eye Twisters" by Burkhard Polster. • Roger DiRosa is retiring as mamger of the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge. |
| April 2, 2008 |
• The Ajo Skate Park
opened with much fanfare. • A tribute to late Fire Chief Jim bush was held in the Ajo Community Center. The department and the Bush family were presented proclamations by Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson. • Is the virtual fence a success or not? It depends on whom is asked. Border Patrol says that needed improvements are being found as the virtual fence is tested. • APS is seeking an 8.1% rate hike for electricity. |
• Jo Dean Morrow, 78,
died March 25, 2008, in a Casa Grande hospital. He had lived in Ajo
since 1987. He requested there be no services. |
• Harold Wayne Ramsey
has opened Ajo's Hidden Treasures -- half store, half museum. • Eddie Smith is the new Elks Lodge exalted ruler. |
| March 26, 2008 |
• Freeport-McMoRan is establishing an Ajo
Community Partnership Panel with the purpose of more effectively
interacting with community members. • Applications are being taken for home repair assistance for county homeowners over the age 60; preference will be given to those with the greatest social and economic need. Information can be found on the Pima Council on Aging website. • The grand opening of the Ajo Skate Park will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. • Ajo District Chamber of Commerce cosponsored an discussion on sustainable growth with the Pima County Economic Development and Tourism Department last week. • The statue of John C. Greenway, the man who established modern mining operations in Ajo and who was responsible for the building of Ajo's Plaza and the two nearby churches, may soon be replaced in the National Statuary Hall in Washington DC. |
• Cordie Adella Davis,
95, died in a Phoenix hospice on March 18, 2008. She was a longtime Ajo
resident. Graveside services were held in the Ajo Cemetery on March 22.
Douglass Funeral Home. • Maria Imelda "Mela" Valadez died March 23, 2008, in Tucson Medical Center. Mass will be celebrated in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church at 10 a.m. on March 29. Douglass Funeral Home. |
• Happy birthday Chloe
Cowhig Krehbiel! • Happy birthday Sunni Cox! • Chelsie Renee Bigger was united in marriage with Donald James Francisco Peterson on March 15 in Arizona City. |
| March 19, 2009 |
Happy Easter!
• Easter Sunrise services will start at 6:30 a.m. in the
Plaza. The community celebration will be led by Pastor Gary Ramer and
other members of the Ajo Pastors’ Association.• Registration for free soil sampling in the Ajo area is underway. Testing will look for metals associated with mining and copper operations, especially arsenic, copper, and lead. Testing is being done by Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, a company contracted by Freeport-McMoRan. (Freeport-McMoRan acquired Phelps Dodge.) For more information, or to request soil sampling, call 387-3055. Absentee property owners may call 866-535-7006. • Library lectures, open artist studios, a jazz guitar concert, dance, food sales, and other events are keeping the calendar crowded. • Temperatures finally hit 90F on March 12. The low last week was a cool 55F, according to Phelps Dodge Mining. |
• Maggie
Lee Woolf Downey 95, died at her home in Mobile, Alabama, on March 8,
2008. She was a former Ajo resident. Services were held in Alabama on
March 10. Serenity Funeral Home. • Anita Aros Reyes, 83, died in a Tucson hospice on March 16, 2008. She was a lifelong Ajo resident. Mass is 10 a.m. Wednesday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Douglass Funeral Home. • Doris F. Odom died at her home in Talladega, Alabama, on February 28, 2008. She was a former Ajo resident. A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m. on March 21 in the Ajo Assembly of God; her Ajo burial will be private. • Patricia Lawand Cecil Mallonee, 77, died at her home in Ajo on March 12, 2008. She had lived in Ajo since 1993. Her ashes will be scattered at a lter date. Douglass Funeral Home. |
• Kristen
Robertson is the Ajo Elks teacher of the month for March and Francisco
Valdez is the student of the month. |
| March 12, 2008 |
• The Western Pima County Community Council
agenda last Thursday included
the possible transfer of the Curley School gym to Pima County,
recycling, the spa and restaurant projects of Barranca Del Cobra, law
enforcement news, streetlight complaints, and the new skatepark at
Walker Park. • The Ajo Community Players’ production of The Kitchen Witches has been postponed to early April. • Ajo Improvement Company is proposing a surcharge that would have a maximum of $1.05 for residential customers and a maximum of either $39 or $117 for non-residential customers, depending of usage. More information is available at www.azcc.gov online. • Warmer temperatures are here, though nights are nippy. Last week Phelps Dodge recorded a high of 78F and a low of 41F. |
• Lucy Bennett, 82, died
Marc 9, 2008, in a Tucson hospice. She was a longtime resident.
Services are pending through Douglass Funeral Home. |
• Alexandria Louise
LeMaster was born February 15, 2008, in Silver City, New Mexico, to
former Ajo residents Katie (Walters) and Frank LeMaster. • Edgar De Leon was the Ajo Rotary Club’s student of the month for March. • Happy birthday Joaquin Betancourt Jr. and Codi Ross. |
| March 5, 2008 |
• Saturday
will be busy with the annual Sonoran Shindig and an art show during the
day and a saddle roping Saturday evening. Other events during the
week include a rummage sale, flea market, dances, lectures, food sales,
and caregiver classes. The Shindig is sponsored by the Cabeza Prieta
Natural History Association, Pima County Natural Resources, Parks &
Recreation, and the Ajo District Chamber of Commerce. The roping, along
with a barbecue and dance, are sponsored by the Ajo Rotary Club. • The Curley School gym is on the agenda for the Thursday WPCCC meeting. • Spring break is expected to add to the already long weekend lines at the Lukeville Port of Entry. ASU's break is March 8-16; UofA is March 15-23; and NAU is March 17-25. Ajo High School's break, March 17-21, probably won't have much effect. |
• Robert
James Patmythes, 68, died in Ajo on February 29, 2008. He was a winter
resident. His ashes will be returned to his hometown in Wisconsin. |
• Bernie
Berry celebrated his 93rd birth on March 5. He has lived in Ajo since
1945. • The Ajo Masonic Lodge awards grants to three reaches: Tom Stidham, Julia Tiell, and Olivia Garcia. |
| February 27, 2008 |
• Ground
has been broken for a new recycling containment area donated by Kord's
AutoCare. The group Recycle Ajo! will meeting Tuesday, March 4, at the
Roadrunner Cafe. • The Tucson Symphony Orchestra will make its annual appearance at Dicus Auditorium on Saturday. The local sponsor is the Ajo Council for the Arts with support from the TSO and the Arizona Commission on the Arts. • Salsa & chili contests will fill the day, along with entertainment, at Chu Chu Club on Sunday. • The Sonoran Shindig is coming March 8 • Two new buildings are being built at the US Border Patrol station in Why. One is a vehicle maintenance facility and the other is an illegal alien processing facility. • Ajo students will compete against students from Baboquivari High School in a first-of-its-kind knowledge bowl on March 9 in Sells. Winners will receive an all-expense-paid trip to the National Native America Knowledge Bowl in North Dakota in March to watch 52 tribal colleges across the country compete. • The spring weather is being enjoyed by golfers at the Ajo Community Golf Course. |
• Evelyn
Leona Mills Davis, 85, died February 17, 2008. She was a longtime Ajo
resident. Services were held March 1 in the Ajo Federated Church;
burial was in the Ajo cemetery. • James A. Woodring, 78, died February 17, 2008. He was a former Ajo resident. Private services are being planned. • Barbara C. Tallant, 67, died February 9, 2008, in Safford. She was a former longtime Ajo resident. Memorial services were held in Virden, New Mexico. • Bruce G. Allen, 50, died February 21, 2008. He was a native of Ajo. Services were held February 18 at Tempe Mortuary. • Evan Mecham, 83, died February 21, 2008. He was a former Ajo resident and a former governor of Arizona. Services were planned for March 1 in Glendale. |
• Elizabeth
Zinky is the new adult probation officer in Ajo. |
| February 20, 2008 |
• The
Health Fair on Saturday at Desert Senita Community Health Center will
include health tests, refreshments, and prizes. • Ajo is USBP puzzle piece. While Arizona metropolitan newspapers claim the Secure Border Initiative virtual fence will soon be approved and SBI towers built, Business Week claimed the virtual fence isn't working. Local agent Alex Harper said both points of view have validity but the technology does work. • A marijuana bust near Menager's Dam was joint effort. Border Patrol agents called in local fire crews from Ajo and Why to use jaws of life to pry open a hidden compartment in a flatbed trailer, revealing 1400 pounds of of marijuana. • Lenten services start February 24 at the Full Gospel Fellowship. • The archaeology dig between Ajo and Why proved to be one of the most popular Evening in the Sonoran Desert events ever. Organized by International Sonoran Desert Museum, the series also involves many other local organizations as well as Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, and the Bureau of Land Management. |
• Arminda
L. Rodriguez, 75, died February 11, 1008. She was a former longtime Ajo resident. Services were held February 19 at Most
Holy Trinity Parish in Tucson. Hudgel's Swan Mortuary. • Amada Monreal Mota, 93, died in Tucson on February 16, 2008. She was a former longtime Ajo resident. Services were arraned by Douglass Funeral Home; burial was in Ajo Cemtery. • Jennie Ann Forcier, 90, died February 11, 2008, in Dawson, Minnesota. She was a resident of Ajo for several years. Services were held in Minnesota on February 16. Hanson & Dahl Funeral Home. |
• Sharon
Bargabos and Peggy Cole were feted as their respective chapters'
sweethearts at the annual Valentine party of the Xi Alpha Sigma and Xi
Gamma Pi Chapters of Beta Sigma Phi. |
| February 13, 2008 |
• The
Ajo Historical Society has had a new security system installed at the
museum. • The Pima County Sheriff's Department is advising residents to make sure they lock their doors before retiring for the night following multiple reports of a prowler. • The Western Pima County Community Council met last Thursday. Topics included Pima Community College educational opportunities; a letter from Judge Kearney about court in Ajo; the community garden consortium, updates about law enforcement, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, skatepark status, and a report from county supervisor Sharon Bronson's office. • Activities for the week include a Valentine's dance, rummage and food sales, Cabeza Prieta Natural History Association field trips, and lectures and storytime at the library. |
• Oscar
Perez, 49, died February 4, 2008, in a Phoenix hospital. The family is
asking for donations to pay for funeral arrangements through Douglass
Funeral Home. (Enough funds were raised.) |
• Happy
Birthday Hoppy & Moppy David! • Carmen Maya is celebrating her 85th birthday on Valentine's Day. |
| February 6, 2008 |
• A
fire on Thompson was determined to be arson. • The Desert Senita Community Health Center continues to search for a second physician. It is planning its annual health faire, expansion of its dental facilities, and possible addition of limited pharmacy services. • The local Sheriff's Auxiliary Volunteers have a new fingerprint machine and a new location. They now have offices in a building next to the Pima County Sheriff's Department building. • A new 15'x25' flag will be raised on the 50' flag pole in front of the Greenway house on Saturday morning. • There will be library lectures, programs through ISDA and the county parks & recreation, GED classes, a classical music program, food & rummage sales, and many other events over the next week. |
• Albert
G. "Sonny" Ramirez, 70, died February 3, 2008, in Phoenix. He was a
native of Ajo. Mass will be celebrated in Ajo on February 9, Douglass
Funeral Home. • Aurora Ramirez, 91, died December 4, 2007, in California. She was a former longtime Ajo resident. Services were held in Glendora, California. • Gail E. Shively died at a Phoenix hospice on January 29, 2008. She was a former Ajo resident. Memorial services have been held in Chandler. • Dora Casillas died February 2, 2008, in Tucson. Services are pending. |
• Gabriel
Antonio Sanchez was born in Phoenix on January 21, 2008, to Juan &
Kari Sanchez of Ajo. • Happy birthday Joseph Jaye Bejarano. • Sandra Martinez-Rivera has been named Best Nurse Practitioner in Planview, Texas. |
| January 30, 2008 |
• The
annual Old Time Fiddlers' Contest and the quilt show are held the
first weekend in February. The two shows draw people from all over the
southwest. They are joined this weekend by annual Vaudeville Show and
many other events. • The Presidential Preference election will be held Tuesday, February 5. • Hugs for Heroes, an ongoing program of the Ajo Piecemakers, sends quilts to troops stationed in Iraq. |
• Ruth
Nadine Bryant, 92, died January 20, 2008, in Sahuarita. She was a
longtime resident of Ajo who spent her last years in the Tucson area.
Services will be held in the Ajo Federated Church at 11 a.m. Thursday,
January 31. Burial was in Ajo Cemetery. Douglass Funeral Home. • Barbara Phillips, 65, died January 21, 2007, in a Phoenix Hospital. She had lived in Ajo since 1985. Services were held in Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church on January 26. Burial was in Ajo Cemetery. Douglass Funeral Home. • Josefina Martinez Miller, 85, died January 25, 2007, at a hospice in Mesa. She lived in Ajo from 1960 to 1976. Mass was celebrated in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church on February 1. Douglass Funeral Home. • Manuel "Pasy" Ballesteros, 39, died January 22, 2008, in Phoenix. He was a native of Ajo. Services have been held in Tempe. Tempe Mortuary Chapel. |
• Brad Grooms was the Ajo Rotary Club's
student guest for January. |
| January 23, 2008 |
• The
weekend will again be a busy one with the Ajo museum open house, a
performance by Ballet Folklorico El Cobre, the Knights of
Columbus hoop shoot, and other activities. • Water is flowing through the lines installed in phase one of the Ajo Improvement's upgrade program. Phase two is now being planned. • Pleasant daytime temperatures get chilly or downright cold at night. Next week we may have some rain . |
• There
were no obituaries in the January 23 issue of the Ajo Copper News. |
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| January 16, 2008 |
• The
grande finale celebration will bid farewell to the Smithsonian
Institute's traveling exhibit at Curley School. • Arizona's state balladeer, Dolan Ellis, will appear in concert at Dicus Auditorium this Saturday evening. Authors Emma Bull & Will Shetterly will speak at the library as part of a lecture series sponsored by the Friends of the Ajo Library. • Assaults on US Border Patrol agents in the southwest have nearly tripled over the past year. • New speed limit signs have been posted in town, though one set is causing confusion by indicating the speed limit is 25 mph northbound and 35 mph southbound between First Street and North Street. |
• Thomas Jose Celaya, 35, died January 10,
2008, in Ajo. He grew up here and recently returned to Ajo. Burial will
be at 11 a.m. on January 17, in Childs Cemetery. Douglass Funeral Home. • Heriberto L. "Milliones" Lopez died Tuesday, January 8, 2008, in Phoenix. He was an Ajo native. Services will be held at 10 a.m. on January 19 in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Douglass Funeral Home. |
• Don
Olsen has been chosen as president of the Arizona Food Marketing
Alliance. • Happy birthday Paula Krehbiel Call! |
| January 9, 2008 |
• The Western
Pima County Community Council met Thursday and discussed
recycling, the superior court system, Curley School artisan,
local law enforcement, streetlights, and other items. Ernie Green was
introduced as a new council member; he will assume duties as the
council secretary. • Ajo may face a streetlight crisis, especially in the area served by Arizona Public Service. Ajo Improvement received a grant and is gradually replacing old lights with new fixtures but APS has not yet started upgrading lights in their area, which is expected to cost $45,000 and involve the untangling of red tape. • Activities continue at Curley School and through the library, county parks and recreation, the public school, and organizations such as the VFW, American Legion, Elks Lodge, and American Citizens Social Club. The Ajo Community Players are presenting three one-act plays. |
• Emily
Frances Chiono Hughes, 86, died in Mesa on December 29, 2007. She was
a longtime Ajo resident before moving in 1996. Services were held
in Mesa. • Susanna Miranda-Antone, 65, died January 2, 2008, at her home in Hickiwan. She was buried January 9 at Darby Wells Cemetery. Douglass Funeral Home. • Stanley Joseph Ortiz died January 3, 208, in a Tucson hospital. He lived in Ajo as a youth and made his home at Menager's Dam where services were held January 12. MSC Burial. |
• Happy
101st birthday Mary Millsap! • Happy 2nd retirement, Toni Cubillas! |
| January 2, 2008 |
• Ajo
Ambulance has two new ambulances, thanks to a grant from the Tohono
O'odham Nation facilitated by Pima County. • The generous winter rains of December have filled wildflower lovers with hope for a spectacular spring bloom. • Much of the January 2 issue was filled with a recap of the news from 2007. • Though the holidays are over, activities haven't slowed much. Curley School and the International Sonoran Desert Alliance, along with the Salazar-Ajo Branch Library, the public school, Pima County Natural Resources, Parks & Recreation, and a host of clubs, churches, and organizations offer plenty to do. |
• There are no obituaries in the January 2 issue. | • Jose Castillo is recuperating well after a stroke and heart attack. |
| December 26, 2007 |
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
• Churches
celebrated, throngs filled the Plaza on Christmas Eve to watch Santa
light the square, and families and friends enjoyed time together.• Next up, New Year's Eve with dances, parties, and many other events. |
• Fr
Floyd Stomburg, 75, died December 22, 2007 in Tucson. Services
are set for January 2 at 1:30 p.m. at St.
Augustine Cathedral in Tucson • Theodore R. "Ted" Doran, died July 29, 2007, in Cottonwood. He was a native of Ajo. |
• Thelma
Schnell celebrated her 88th birthday on December 25. • Thelma Leatherwood celebrated her 83rd birthday on December 26. • Ava Eloise Hammett was born in Tucson on October 5, 2007, to Alison & Shawn Hammett of Tucson. |
