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TRI-COMMUNITY NEWS

February 2008

Volume 4 Issue 02

Rural Water Study 1

Zoning Reg Revisions 2

Neighborhood Briefs 2

District III BOS Candidate

3

Forest Access Dropped from New Las Cienegas Bill

3

Classifieds 5

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

NEWS STAFF

Editing Team:

Barbara Radzykewycz

586-1233

Nancy Upp

586-2106

Publisher:

Mary McCool

609-2738

J-6/Mescal Community

Development Organization

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U of A Letter to Rural Well Users Cochise County Extensions, U of A, is asking for your help. “As you know, there are more than 10,000 domestic wells like yours in Cochise County, but nobody really knows how much water they pump. Accurate pumpage infor-mation, including individual wells, is vital to understanding water resource conditions and planning for the future.”

The January 22 letter to County Well Owners continues, “Researchers from the U of A are conducting a study of individual domestic well water use in Cochise County. The success of the study depends on well owners like you to participate.

Participation is voluntary and steps have been taken to ensure that all re-sults are completely confidential. A representative sample of 250 wells will be selected for the study. If you agree to participate and your well is selected for the study, the University of Arizona will arrange for installation of a water meter onto the pipe from your well’s pressure tank, and a data logger that will electronically send the meter read-ing to the U of A. This means that after the initial installation, no one will come to your property unless the device fails, at which time someone will make arrangements to remove or replace the water meter.

To recognize your contribution to im-proving the understanding of our county domestic water well use, all par-ticipants will also have the opportunity to have an electronic tipping bucket rain gauge installed on their property.

Your individual water usage will remain strictly confidential. It will not be re-leased to Cochise County, the Arizona Department of Water Resources, or any other government agency or organization, or persons outside the data collection team.

Information collected from each well will be combined with those of other well owners who take part in this and ana-lyzed as a data set. The focus of the study is to develop statistics about totals, averages, and ranges of well pumping, not information that can be traced back to any well, individual, or specific property locations. In other words, the informa-tion we obtain from your well will not be released. The study will begin in Decem-ber and will last for 18 to 24 month. Study information and general results will be posted at:

www.sahra.arizona.edu/cochisewells/.”

In order to select a representative sample of wells in Cochise County, participants are asked to complete a nine-question form. For more information about the study, please call Susan Pater, Cochise County Extension Director at 520-766-3601, or Gary Woodard at 520-626-5399 or send an email to Susan at spat-ter@ag.arizona.edu.

Current land use decisions are based upon the following:

A family of 2.5 people on four acres uses 312 gallons per person per day -

or approximately 800 gallons per day per house.

2) Due to industrial appearance, mini-warehouses should be a special permit use in residential areas.

3) Reconsider golf course design standard that allows up to 5 acres of irrigated acres per golf hole.

4) Re-work suggested P & Z revi-sion to the Basic Requirements for Off-Street Parking so that whenever the use of an existing building is changed, only the newly required number of spaces and surface must be brought up to current standards - the grand-fathered clause should remain.

All suggestions will be considered; however P & Z Staff will make the final decision as to what is presented to the Board of Supervisors for final discussion. Judy Anderson, Director of P & Z, believes the revisions will be ready for a mid-March Public Hearing before the Board of Supervi-sors. Find the Regs. on the P & Z website.

Interested County residents met with Planning and Zoning Staff on Feb. 9th to continue discussing regulation revisions.

Some areas were quickly iden-tified as being beyond the scope of work for this commit-tee; therefore necessitating fu-ture meetings to specifically address possible topics such as planned development districts, outdoor storage limitations, and open range issues.

This second round of conversa-tions included the following suggestions:

1) Delete suggested P & Z revision that does not allow any billboards. Revert to previous special permit option in Light Industry, Heavy Industry, and Gen-eral Business Zoning Ar-eas.

REVISING PLANNING & ZONING REGS - Part 2

On Wed. Feb. 13th, the P & Z Com-mission took the first step in provid-ing Cochise County with a tool to consider water availability in land use decisions.

Commission members voted unani-mously to forward a resolution to amend the county subdivision regu-lations so that new development would be required to show a proven water supply that is continuously, legally and physically available for 100 years.

The Board of Supervisors will hear the Commissioners’ recommendation at a Public Hearing scheduled for March 18th. Senate Bill 1575 states that the BOS must have a unanimous vote to pass this resolution.

Once the County adopts the water adequacy standard, the County be-comes eligible for funding for water projects made possible by House Bill 2692.

UNANIMOUS VOTE BY

P & Z COMMISSION

NEWS BRIEFS CDO Waiting for Memo: The J-6/Mescal CDO Board met with Assistant Director of the Ari-zona Department of Water Re-sources to discuss documents from ADWR related to water impacts to wells within our area.

The November and December Tri-Community Newsletters provided extensive detail regarding this is-sue. The ADWR documents can be viewed in their entirety at:

CDOnewsletter.com.

The CDO Board requested that ADWR provide clarification to the statement that “ADWR stands be-hind the data mentioned in the

Kurtz Memo and Hydrologic Re-view.”

A phone call on the 19th revealed that the ADWR response letter will now be released from Direc-tor Herb Guenther. No target deadline was given.

Neighbors Questioning the Opening of a Commercial Roping Arena in Mescal: Neighbors in the Tequila Trail area are questioning the develop-ment of a roping arena which may be opening for events as early as March lst and 2nd.

A Cochise P & Z Inspector will notify Tommy Anderson, owner,

that a special permit will be re-quired. The roping areas is lo-cated east of Tequila Trail and approximately 1/4 mile north of the Freeway.

Pruning Workshop: By special request, the Commu-nity Watershed Alliance is sched-uling their second Tree Pruning Workshop in the J-6/ Mescal area.

Participants will learn strategies from a certified arborist, Carmen Miller, and will have the opportu-nity to practice with supervision!

MARCH 29TH 10:00 - 2:00

Call 586-2106 to register.

ACCESS TO FOREST DELETED IN NEW LAS CIENEGAS BILL

On Jan. 29, 2008, Congressman Grijalva introduced H.R.5177 . This Bill has NO provision for a right-of-way through the non-Federal land for motorized public road access to the boundary of the Coronado National Forest on the west side of the Whetstones. Also, Rep. Raul Grijalva does not want to move forward with the federal land-swap legislation that would pre-serve land owned currently by Diamond Ventures in the Cienega Corridor unless Tumamoc Hill is also preserved.

Since Grijalva is the Chair of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, his version may end up be-ing the House version instead of the Congressional Bill from Gifford’s with the access provision.

FREE DUMP DAY

SATURDAY, MARCH 1ST

Cochise County Solid Waste

Transfer Station

980 N. Madison St. accepting trash with no

charge from

7:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

No commercial dumping for this special event.

Only one individual is challenging incum-bent Board of Supervisor Richard Searle at this date. According to the Cochise County Website, Sharon Thomas has tossed her hat into the race in District III. Sharon is a registered Democrat.

Sharon is a sixth-generation St. David resident and has lived in the San Pedro Valley for twenty years. She is the de-scendant of original settlers who came to Cochise County to make their home.

Sharon holds a Bachelors degree in Edu-cation and has taught at the middle school, high school, and college levels.

Sharon is actively concerned with com-munity issues and was a founding mem-ber of St. Davids Residents for Rural Life, the organization which

fought to successfully defeat the incor-poration push in St. David in 2004. Sharon has two teenage children.

The filing period ends June 4, the Pri-mary is September 2, the General Elec-tion is November 4, 2008.

CDO will introduce candidates but not take a supporting position. A local resident is sponsoring the following:

Part One: BOS Candidates for District 3

MEET AND GREET

3369 W. Mohawk Place Exit 297 south to Navajo, left on Broken Arrow, left onto

Mohawk.

2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Feb. 24th

H.B. 5571 - (1/29/08)

Sponsored by Raul Grijalva

H.B. 3617- (9/20/07)

Sponsored by Gabrielle Giffords

S.B. 1341- (5/9/07)

Sponsored by Jon Kyl

Road -Access Provision to West Boundary of Forrest

No Yes Yes

Expands Las Cienegas National Conservation Area

To include Empirita-Simonson Property, excludes Elgin Landfill

Include Empirita-Simonson, exclude Elgin landfill

Same as 3617

Other Acquisition Bloom Property for Saguaro Na-tional Park

Tumamoc Hill to Pima County

Bloom Property for Saguaro National Park

Same as 3617

Water Rights Simonson relinquishes any right to withdraw water from lands owned by Pima County.

Simonson limits his reserved withdrawal right on Empirita-Simonson property to maximum of 550 Acre Feet per year

Simonson to convey to Pima County “well site” consisting of approximately 98 acres of land, depicted on map entitled ‘Las Cienegas Enhancement Act-Non -Federal Land” dated April 17, 2007

Same as 3617

Latest Action 1/31/08 Referred to Subcommit-tee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands

9/24/07 Referred to Subcom-mittee on NP, Forests, and Public Lands

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amend-ment in the nature of a substi-tute favorably.

NO SIGNS ON POWER POLES!

Power Poles are not the place to post your favorite candidate’s poster, your lost dog notice, or even your weekend yard sale.

“Nails, staples and tacks used to post them can pose a real hazard for line-men.” These fasteners can snag and tear protective materials used for “hot” (energized) line work.

Punctured rubber gloves are useless for high-voltage protection. When linemen are climbing poles, their hooks can hit a nail head or staple and “cut out” (let loose of the pole), causing falls that can seriously in-jure them. (SSVEC Currents Septem-ber 2006)

Although the following video clip was made in 1999, taking 30 sec-onds to view this important mes-sage could save your life.

KitchenOilFire.wmv

This dramatic video deals with a common kitchen fire - oil in a fry-ing plan and what NOT to use to put out a grease fire.

Water, being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it in-stantly becomes superheated. The explosive force of steam blows the burning oil up and out. Inside the confines of a kitchen, the fire ball hits the ceiling and fills the entire room.

Also, do not throw sugar or flour on a grease fire. One cup creates the explosive force of two sticks of dynamite.

What to do if grease fire starts:

1) Turn off stove.

2) Smother it with a lid or wrung-out wet cloth.

3) Don’t move pan. ….from eldoradofirerescue.org

I-10 BY-PASS UPDATES The Cascabel Working Group has up-dated their website to include a series of one page press releases to show that the San Pedro Valley ByPass Alternative:

Will not provide significant traffic relief

Has abysmal price tag

Will damage general ecology and animals and plants

The series of brief articles also chal-lenges the population growth forecasts, addresses land development and other conditions.

“In late 2006, a Phoenix/Tucson I-10 bypass was proposed by Si Schorr who represents Pima County on the State Transportation Board. The proposed by-pass would allow trucks and other traffic to avoid the Phoenix and Tucson metro areas. Schorr proposed that the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) study the feasibility of a bypass that would connect to I-10 near Willcox and run north of Tucson, connecting to I-10 west of Phoenix.”

The San Pedro Valley Alternative is one of four routes in the feasibility study presented to the State Board of Transportation.

Highlights from new press releases include:

1) ByPass routes around Tucson will help relieve congestion in Tucson with less than a 5% traffic reduc-tion.

2) Although current I-10 Phoenix traffic exceeds 300,000 vehicles per day, the Bypass would relieve I-10 by only 44,100 VPD in 2030.

3) Although it is felt that the budget for the Bypass Alternatives is overly optimistic, the cost would equate to $1,500 for every man, woman, and child in Arizona.

The CWG is continuing to attend meet-ings across the state and to monitor the ADOT website for the latest develop-ments. Their website is

http://i10bypassinfo.us

“Attachments pose a danger to linemen.”

- SSVEC

KITCHEN FIRE BALL!

DO NOT POUR WATER INTO

FLAMING OIL!!!!

COMMUNITY CALENDAR

Feb. 23rd - Solar Power Workhop at Cochise Col-lege-Sierra Vista, 10 - 3. Call Cochise College 586-1981 for details.

Feb. 26th - Community Wa-tershed Alliance Meeting at Senior Citizens Center 6:30. This month only.

Mar. lst - FREE DUMP DAY. See page 3.

Mar. 18th - Cochise Trails Association at Benson City Hall - 6:30 p.m.

March 29th - Pruning Workshop, J-6 Area, 10 - 2 Call 586-2106 to register.

Classified ads $ 8.00

( up to 30 words with no graphics)

Business Card ads $15.00

1/4 Page $25.00

1/2 Page $45.00

Full Page Ad $75.00

ASK ABOUT OUR DISCOUNT FOR PURCHASING YOUR AD FOR A THREE-MONTH BLOCK.

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33 years experience

100% guaranteed work

Small Engine and Golf Cart Repair

Tune ups to engine rebuilds-Welding and Custom Work

520-586-4403 J-Six Area 520-548-5956

Done-Rite Cycles Street & Off-Road Cycles

PROVIDING HIGH

QUALITY SERVICES SINCE 1993

Dr. Nancy Leverenz Dr. Debra Tibbitts

655 E. 4th St.

(520) 586-3777 or (520) 940-6101 after hrs.

Services for small and large animals

Equine Dentistry

Chiropractic

Osteopathy

Holistic Therapies

Boarding

Mobile Services

Ultrasound

Family owned

and operated

since 1961

639 E. 4th St. East of Underpass Benson, Az.

Benson Feed and Supply

Edward R. Fenn

586-3089

NOW OPEN

(520) 586-2634 150 W. 5th Street

(520) 586-2561 (H) Benson, Az

OPEN TUES. THRU SAT. 10 TO 4

MABOOKS@THERIVER.COM USGS MAPS

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M-S 4:30 a.m.—6:00 p.m. SUN 4:30 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

690 N. Ocotillo St. (520) 586-3966

At I-10 Exit 304

Deb’s Dog Grooming & Boarding

Groomer: Debra Ramsey

Grooming Since 1995

520-586-9402 Message Phone

520-586-3086

1710 E. Ramsey Rd.

Benson, Az. 85602

SUNDAY:

Sunday School 9:00 A.M.

Morning Worship10:00 A.M.

Evening Service 6:00 P.M.

ROTC Program 6:00 P.M.

WEDNESDAY:

Prayer and Bible Study 7 P.M. Teen Outreach 7 P.M.

2180 W. Darkstar Rd.

I-10 Exit 302 to north frontage road. 1/2 mile

west.

For more information Church Office:

586-4408

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C.C. KIKKERS

Pato Blanco RV Park

635 E. Pearl St.—Benson Call 520-609-2738

FREE Lessons from

7:00p.m. to 8:00p.m. Wednesdays

Gone Feb. 25-March 17

This could be your space reaching 1180

readers! Call 586-1233 to reserve.

Open Daily at 11 AM

EVERY THURSDAY 6-9 P.M.

AND SUNDAY 3-6 P.M.

ENTERTAINMENT

Texas Hold’em Poker— presented by The Poker Pub.com

It’s Fun!! It’s Free!!

NIGHTLY SPECIALS FROM 5:30 TIL 8 P.M. -

or until it’s gone!!!

Play with your friends for points, prizes, and trips!!!

Bobby Joe’s Irish Pub 3142 W. Meadowlark Lane

Mescal Enclosed Heated Patio 586-3027

All Food can be “TO GO” -

Just Call Ahead

Every Monday 50 CENT HOT DOGS -- 25 CENT WINGS

IN-HOUSE SPECIAL ONLY

HALF PRICE DOMESTIC PITCHERS $1.00 DOMESTIC DRAFT PINTS

Every Tuesday

LADIES NIGHT - Happy Hour Prices all night for all ladies.

Every Wednesday Taco Bar - All you can eat!

Just. $4.95

Every Thursday Bean Tostadas - $1.00

Beef and Bean Tostadas $2.00

Every Friday

Fish Fry—Shrimp and More

from $7.95 Every Sunday

Bloody Mary Days—Just $ 1.75—

FREE POOL ALL DAY AND NIGHT

Sat. Feb. 23rd - KARAOKE with Terrioke

Sat. March 8th - JEFF VALDEZ - Live

65th Birthday Party for Elly Mae

and Hal deGroen! 7:00 p.m. til ?

Sat. March 15th - HORSESHOE TOURNAMENT

Sign up at 12 Noon - 1 p.m. start

MONDAY MARCH 17TH

St. Patricks Day Party Lots of Corned Beef and Cabbage, and Irish Stew,

Green beer and Irish Whiskey specials.

HAPPY HOUR

MON - FRI 3 - 6 p.m.

50 cents off all drink prices!

PLANS FOR FULL

KITCHEN AND HOME-

MADE-PIZZA!

NEW

OWNERS!

Same great

Place!

Come

meet

the

Morrisons!

Elly Mae thanks all her loyal customers for 16 memorable years. She is retiring and plans to do

some traveling. Come meet the new owners - the Morrisons - Russell, John, Rusty and Misty

America’s Low Cost

Insurance Leader

Mon.—Fri.

9:00 to 5:30

Sat. by appt. only

Free Insurance Quotes

Estate/Retirement Planning

MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT NOW!

Why Worry About Adequate

Coverage?

MICHAEL GHERARDINI 16 years Certified Senior

Financial Planner

TAX PREPARATION

65 N. Oak Drive

PH: 586-0063 Mescal FAX: 586-0065

AMERICA INSURANCE AGENCY

Mon.—Sat. 8 A.M.– 3 P.M.

Catering Services Available

Daniel Reyes , Manager

811 W. Fourth Street (520) 586-9190

Breakfast

Starting from

$3.50

BOB EVERETT

As a real estate relocation specialist, licensed in California and Arizona, Bob Everett has access to all MLS listings in the Arizona southwest as well as neighboring communities.

“Call me anytime.”

has made a move to

Glenn Realty

298 E. 4th Street

(H) 586-6156 home (M) 221-0341

The Frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.

. . . . . . . . Native American Proverb

OPEN DAILY: Grill 11 a.m. - 9 p.m. Bar 11 a.m. - 2 a.m.

MESCAL BAR AND GRILL 70 N. Cherokee Trail

520-586-3905

BLUE LIGHT SPECIALS

CONGRATS TO

WINNERS!

Superbowl Winners ! Tonya Lee - Flatscreen TV Steve & Ron - Liquor Dispenser Betsy - Bottle of Liquor

Valentine Give-Away! Patty, Don, and Russ

HAPPY HOUR 4-6 P.M. $1.25 Draft $1.75 Domestic Bottles

SPECIAL EVENTS FEB 23 BBQ Steak by Dammit Don D.J. Diego 7 - 11 p.m.

MAR. 1 D.J. Diego 7 - 11 p.m.

MAR 8 Chili Cook-Off 12 - 4 p.m. (Contact Mescal Bar for Details)

Kenny Earl Bank & Open Mike 7 - 11 p.m. (Be the next Star of Mescal Bar!)

MAR 15 Featherweight MARQUEZ VS. PACQUIAO at 6:00 BBQ

MAR 22 Horseshoe Tournament Sign-up at 12:00 for tournament at 1:00 BBQ by Dammit Don 4 - 6 p.m. D.J. Diego 7 - 11 p.m.

Weekly Specials

Sun. 1/2 Price Bloody Marys, 3-D(Dollar Dog Day) plus $1.00 tacos

Wed. UFC Fights UNLEASHED on 9’x 11’ TV - Food Specials

Thurs. Ladies’ Night - Happy Hour prices for ladies from 6:00 p.m. FREE POOL

Fri. Cod Dinner Special $ 7.99

Sat. 4th Saturday of every month: Live Entertainment, BBQ AND Horseshoe Tournament

SPORTING EVENTS

* Peppermint Schnapps * Hotdamn * Sauza Gold

...when Bartender Plays

Margaritaville

NASCAR SCHEDULED EVENTS

FEB 24 NASCAR Fontana, CA MAR 2 NASCAR Las Vegas, NV MAR 9 NASCAR Atlanta, GO MAR 15 FEATHERWEIGHT FIGHT Marquez VS Pacquia 6:00 p.m. MAR 16 NASCAR Bristol, TN MAR 30 NASCAR Martinsville, VA

ALL WILL BE TELEVISED ON BIG SCREEN TV.

Drink Specials During Events

Tacos $ 1.00 Hot Dogs $ 1.00

3130 MEADOWLARK LANE BENSON AZ 85602 520-586-4650

ONE HOUR TRAIL RIDES

Peace in the Valley Lutheran Church

551 J-6 Ranch Road, Benson Az.85602

About our Pastor Jon:

Retired Police Commander, rides a Harley, has a great sense of humor, and gives a great Sermon.

If in need of Pastor or Elder, just give us a call.

Wed. Soup Supper 6:00 p.m. til Easter

Lenton Worship Service 7:00 p.m. til Easter

DRIVERS NEEDED

BENSON AREA VICAP

Can you and a friend or spouse spare a few hours a month to drive senior or disabled persons to needed medi-cal appointments in Sierra Vista or Tucson?

Mileage reimbursement is usually available AND you will earn the sin-cere thanks of those you serve!

Please call Judy at 586-2387.

ChevronTexaco

1040 W. 4th St. 520-586-4 OIL

OPEN

Tues.-Fri. 8-4:30

Sat 8– 1:00

Closed

Sun.—Mon. Over 20 Services Available

Check us out for all your fluid changes Buy a Discounted Carwash at Time of

Xpress Special Service

for Soft Cloth Automatic

J-SIX EQUESTRIAN CENTER

Fun in a Friendly, Pleasant Atmosphere!

Trainers/ Instructors All are great with youth and adults.

LANA KAUFMAN 586-7917

Champion Arabian show horses for school horses

Pleasure or Show rid-ing, English or West-ern

SONYA WEEKS 586-1052

Beginning Western , Showing & Trail Riding

Our school horses or yours

COLLEEN GARCIA 720-4234

USDF Bronze Medalist Instructor

English, Jumping, Basic Horsemanship, Western, Showing, Dressage

10 YEARS OF DOING IT RIGHT!

SHERRIE FRIGHETTI

586-7551 OR 409-3425

(Worked extensively with Ray Hunt)

Natural Horsemanship Clinics— Every 3rd Saturday

Private lessons available

RV 12’ FRIENDLY

Bring in coupon and $5 will be donated to the

J6/Mescal CDO Newsletter Fund

Quality Boarding - Quality Care

Large covered pens, Lighted arena,

Round pens, Trail Course and more

Riding Lessons - Private or Group Beginner to Advanced:

English, Hunter/Jumper, Dressage,

Western, Barrel Racing, Driving,

Clinics Natural Horsemanship Beginning Ranch Roping

Come visit us! 3036 Williams Road

586-7551

EnjoyHorses@J-SixEqCtr.com www.J-SixEqCtr.com - See our Photos!

I-RON DESIGNS

METAL ART FOR THE HOME AND YARD

Ornamental Iron

Screen Doors

Window Guards

Gates

Fences

Yard Sculptures

Over-sized doors

of all kinds

RON PEARO

586-2938

221-1589 3327 W. Maverick Pl.

Benson, Ariz. Bus. Lic. 02-023854R

FREE

ESTIMATES

DON’S YARD SERVICE Responsible

Reliable

Good References

20+ years of experience

Serving Mescal, J6 ,

Benson, Pomerene, St. David

(520) 586-3203

Silver Enchantments

688 W. 4th Street, Suite C

Benson, Az.

(520) 586-3314

Serving the International Beading & Jewelry-Making Community since 2000

HUGE VARIETY including:

Semi-precious Beads

Seed Beads

Delicas

Pearls

Czech Glass Beads

Swarovski Crystals

CHARMS, PENDANTS AND JEWELRY FINDINGS IN VARIETY OF METALS

GIFTS INCLUDING:

Necklaces, Bracelets, Earrings, Sterling Silver Charms, Pen-dants, Affirmations

LOOMS, NEEDLES, AND STRINGING SUPPLIES

CLASSES

“The Benson Bead Store”

All New Equipment

Revival Brokenness is the Key to Revival

Prayer Is a Major Key to Brokenness

Pastor Robert Barge, from Wherever Ministries will be holding a REVIVAL

at

SKYLINE BAPTIST CHURCH

Sunday Feb. 24 Services at 10:30 A.M. & 7:00 P.M.

Feb. 25, 26 and 27 Services start at 7:00 P.M.

** COME JOIN US **

2858 W. Skyline Road Ph. 586-2973 Pastors - Brian Kelly and Billy Galloska

Sunday Services - Bible School 9:00 a.m. Service 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday Services - Fellowship dessert 6:00 p.m. - Bible Study 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

CORNY CORNER CORN SOUFFLE

2 10 oz Pkgs Frozen Green Giant Corn with butter 8 oz Whipping Cream 4 oz Milk 2 T Sugar

Salt and Pepper to taste

Combine all in sauce pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add 3 T Cornstarch (mix with a little water). Stir gently until thick-ened. ENJOY!!! Have a CORNY Recipe? Send it to us.

COUPON

$20.00 OFF TAX RETURN

PREPARATION SERVICES

Limit 1 coupon per return

559 W. 4th Street

Benson

In Safeway

Shopping Center

(520) 586-3909

The firefighters of the Mescal Volunteer Fire Department wish to thank Mark and Marcia Lee of J-Six for their tremendous support. Mark, who runs the Rocking R Mercantile in Benson, recently custom-designed and constructed a steel hose rack for storing the new fire hose we purchased through a FEMA grant. This generous do-nation of time and materials saved Mescal Fire more than $2000 and will extend the life of our new hose by years. Last year Mark and Marcia donated a new 300 gal-lon water tank for our wildland brush truck.

IN APPRECIATION

To

Mark &Marcia Lee

CHRIS BERNAL - EMS person of the year!

Benson VFW recently awarded Chris Bernal, deputy chief of the MVFD, a Gold Medal award as the outstanding emergency medical provider in the greater Benson area.

Efforts for which he was recognized in-cluded saving the life of a 3-year-old boy found hanging from a tree, and rescuing an injured horse-back rider from a re-mote area.

Chris is a Benson High School graduate who served in the U.S. Army. He re-ceived his paramedic certification in July 2005 and was appointed Mescal Fire’s deputy chief in Nov. 2006. He is cur-rently a full time firefighter/paramedic with Fry Fire.

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FEBRUARY ISSUE

J-6/Mescal Community Development Organization

Membership Form - Calendar Year 2008

Name of members for given address:

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

_______________________________________

Physical Address:

_______________________________________ ____________________________ZIP________

Email Address:

_______________________________________

Phone: _________________________________

Bring to next meeting or mail to : Nancy Upp, 412 S. Many Winds Rd., Benson, Az 85602

All residents and property owners within the J-6, Mescal, Skyline and surrounding areas are eligible to join.

Households may have more than one member. Each member must be at least 18 years old.

Each membership is $ 10.00

Each member is entitled to cast 1 vote for meeting action items.

MEMBERSHIP DUES PAY FOR:

Operating expenses such as copies, postage, print-ing, phone bills, and office supplies

Production costs for Tri-Community Newsletter

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Contents Include: FREE DUMP DAY, Rural Water Study, Zoning Reg. Revisions, No access-Las Cienegas Bill, Safety Precautions, Pruning Workshop, Community Recognition, and Business Specials!