The PRT Newsletter for the Week of May 31, 2023
Breaking News in Our Community
Patagonia Town Attorney Sworn In
PVFD Puts New Tender to Good Use
Santa Cruz County Resident Survey – Deadline Extended to June 9!
Santa Cruz County has kicked off its strategic planning process for its Three-Year Economic Development Strategy. As part of this exercise, we have prepared a survey to gather feedback about the business and community environment in Santa Cruz County. Your answers will inform the development of the strategy and recommendations. As a resident in Santa Cruz County, we would like to hear from you! This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. The results of this survey will be confidential, remain anonymous, and be presented in consolidated form. Consolidated results will be available for distribution to respondents. Please complete the survey on or before Friday, June 9, 2023
Links for easy access:
English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NW7H6FR
Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NWLWHYX
If you do not have access to a digital version, please feel welcome to stop by the county office and we will provide you with a printed copy to complete. Santa Cruz County Complex, Community Development Department – 2nd Floor
2150 North Congress Drive, Nogales, AZ
Bees
By Anu Krys Africanized killer bees are dangerous, resilient, and invasive. Killer bees have become common in our area now, and after a decent winter rainy season they have been swarming in many places while enjoying the spring blossoms. They make both elevated and in-ground hives, and they are aggressive, especially in the hot afternoons. In an effort to preserve these feisty friends while keeping our community safe, Volunteer Fire & Rescue (PVFR), has initiated a program to remove and relocate swarms to more appropriate spaces. To accomplish this, PVFR has recently purchased a professional bee vacuum and has already effectively relocated four swarms this Spring. As a community, we can help this process in a number of ways. Primarily, to discourage their lodging in dangerous places, PVFR recommends that roof eve openings, as well as irrigation box openings be sealed. And as happy bees are less aggressive bees, providing water in a shallow saucer of partially submerged pebbles as well as planting more flowers helps. If a swarm is spotted in an unsafe location, immediately contact a PVFR member or call 911 to support everyone’s safety. If you have a space on your property to keep bees and are interested in providing a home for a swarm, please contact Anu Krzys @ (520) 604-6028 for more information. Finally, if you find multiple bees becoming aggressive with you, then run far away from them. Swatting will only make matters worse. Call 911 and a PVFR will come to investigate where the swarm is lodging. Thank you for your cooperation in keeping our community safe and well-pollinated.
Remember When???
The PRT has been hard at work placing online over 2,000 articles, photographs, artworks and poems from past years’ print editions of the PRT. Take a walk down memory lane with this 2015 article…
For the Love of Making Music
By Ann Katzenbach
May 1, 2015
Every Wednesday night, a ragtag group of local musicians gather in Dick and Phyllis Klosterman’s living room for an evening of musical adventures.
A Note From The Patagonia Museum
The Patagonia Community Cemetery Project is a collaboration between the Patagonia Museum and Doug Gann, a 3D Digital Archaeologist, to utilize a process of three dimensional (3D) digital modeling, digital photography, and oral histories to create an interactive resource of the Patagonia Cemetery and those interred there that can be shared via the internet and the Patagonia Museum. The primary guiding principle for this effort can be summed up in the word “respect.” Respect for the persons interred, respect for the lives these people have led, and respect for the descendants alive today. This effort will not entail any financial liability to the Town of Patagonia and will include a drone survey by Doug Gann over the Patagonia Cemetery with markers embedded in the soil to create coordinates for accuracy and orientation. The Patagonia Museum will coordinate the oral history portion of the project. This effort has been made possible by generous support from Prestamos CDFI and the SCC Forgivable Loan Program. The Patagonia Museum is seeking volunteers to help with this project. If you are interested contact German at 520-343-5641 patagoniamuseumpresident@gmail.com
Upcoming Community Events
Music at the Cafe in Sonoita –
Kevin Pakulis
June 1 – 5:00 pm – June 1 – 7:00 pm Kevin joins Jim Koweek for original tunes and some fine guitar work.
The James Murphy Band!
June 24 @ 5:00 pm – June 24 @ 7:00 pm Rana Murphy, The Grasslands Songbird, and Jim Koweek have rebranded and are now the James Murphy Band.
Community Youth Summer Opportunities
Community Interest Items
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Sonoita Produce on Wheels (POWWOW) JUNE 17th! Sorting and packing fresh produce and assisting participants as they go through our farmer’s market style site. The shifts are 5:30 – 8:30 AM AND/OR 8:30 – 11:30 AM. *Those who volunteer for a shift will receive a complimentary unit of produce.
If you’d like to give back to your community in this way, please call/text Gardenia at 602.292.1616 and let us know which dates and shifts you’re able to volunteer. Thank you all in advance!
BARN HELP WANTED – 2 days per week, approx. 2 hr shifts, days negotiable. Pick up manure for 3 horses. $30 dollars/day. .5 mls from Sonoita on lower Elgin Rd. Possibility for more ranch work if you are a hard worker
Call: 858-805-5357
The Pool is Now Open!
2023 Pool Schedule
May 30 – Aug. 2nd
Monday through Saturday 8:30 – 9:45 Lap Swim
10:00 – 11:30 Water Aerobics
11:30 – 1:00 Summer School Program (06/05-06/29)
Swim lessons (07/05- 07/28)
1:00 – 5:00 Open Swim
5:00 – 6:30 Open Swim/Lap Swim
New Time for Bike Ride
Community Farmers’ Market Schedule Patagonia Farmers and Crafts Market -Thursdays 9am-12pm by Red Mountain Foods. Sonoita Farmers Market – Saturday Mornings 9am-12pm at the Sonoita Post Office parking lot (NW corner of Hwy 82/83) Sierra Vista Farmers Market – Thursday 10am-2pm at Veteran’s Memorial Park. Click here for more info. Nogales “Little” Mercado – Fridays 4-7pm 163 Morley Ave, Nogales. Click here for more info.
Gratitude Drum Circle
Meets at Patagonia Town Park by the gazebo Tuesdays 4-6pm, no experience necessary. Call 520-490-4991 for more info.
Community School Information
Patagonia High School is currently recruiting a High School Soccer Coach. Interested individuals can contact Nate Porter at the school for details.
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