The PRT Newsletter for the Week of November 30, 2022

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Breaking News

Arson Suspect Cunningham in Pre-Indictment Plea Negotiations With Feds

By PRT Staff Reporters Robert I. Cunningham, Jr. of Patagonia, has been released on his own recognizance after a hearing held in U.S. District Court on Nov. 21. Cunningham had been arrested near the international border in Nogales on Nov. 7 in connection with the May 2017 fire that destroyed Cunningham’s Ranch House Restaurant, the Sonoita family business he co-owned with his two sisters. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) conducted the investigation leading to the arrest. To read this full article, click here.

File photo by Marion Vendituoli The bar at the Ranch House Restaurant, shown here after the fire on May, 2017, had been a popular watering hole for locals in Sonoita and Patagonia.

Border Wall Protest Stops Construction

Photo By Jenny Wrenn A backhoe operator working to install containers along the border in the San Rafael Valley waits as protesters blocked work on the wall on Tuesday, Nov. 29. For more coverage of the protest, click here. A full report on the container wall controversy will be published in the Dec. issue of the PRT, available in newsstands on Dec. 2.

PVFR First Annual Classic Car Show

Contributed Photo Patagonia Volunteer Fire and Rescue hosted the first annual Classic Car Show along 4th Ave. in Patagonia on Sat., Nov. 26, 2022. Classic cars, vehicles, trucks, tractors and bikes were invited to participate in the show. The event was well attended with participants and spectators. The Southern Arizona Mustang club was a huge hit and took home four awards.

Patagonia Schools Come Through for Annual Canned Food Drive

Contributed Photo The Food Bank would like to thank the scholars of the Patagonia School system who donated more than 500 cans of food to the food bank from their annual canned food drive. THANK YOU!! Your generosity is amazing!

Nominate your Neighbor

Let’s give our good neighbors a SHOUT OUT! Please send an email including your name and contact info, along with the name and contact info of the nominated neighbor. Please specify if they are a adult or youth and your reason for nominating them. Click here to fill out your submission with your nomination.

Pianist Wanted

Patagonia Community UMC seeks an accomplished pianist or pianist/organist to accompany Sunday worship, including prelude/postlude, meditation, offertory, hymns, and SATB choir anthems, as well as provide occasional special music/accompany soloists. This is a part-time, paid position, approx. 3 hrs/week. Position requires availability 1-2 Sundays/month, with prior Tuesday choir rehearsals. The position may expand to include additional Sundays in future.

Applicants must read multi-part music and must sight-read well. The position includes Tuesday choir rehearsal (4:45-6pm), Sunday choir warm-up (9:30am), and Sunday worship (10-10:45 am), along with paid special services such as Christmas Eve, Good Friday, and Easter Sunrise. Salary is commensurate with education/experience; mileage is available upon request, as applicable.

To apply, please send a resume w/cover letter to Kay.Pitt@nau.edu. The position will remain open until filled. Thank you!

Upcoming Community Events

Remember to check out and add any upcoming events to our NEW community calendar!

PRAC (Patagonia Pool) will be having a booth at Christmas in Elgin December 3rd from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (located at Elgin Community Club).  If you have crafts you would like to donate, please contact Erin Botz at botzfam@yahoo.com

SCFPA Holiday Events

The Patagonia Museum will host a highway cleanup on Thursday, December 22, at 10 am. Please meet at the ramadas on Beaty Lane and Highway 82 for a brief safety meeting.

The Patagonia Museum will host the annual meeting on Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 10:30 am in the Patagonia Library. Officers will be elected and the budget will be presented during the annual meeting. Dr. Thomas Sheridan will be the guest speaker who will speak on the struggle to keep the Empire Ranch from being subdivided in the 1970s.

Community School Information

A Note from the Patagonia Public Schools – WE’RE AT IT AGAIN! Another Canned Food Drive for our community! This time it will be a competition between the Elementary, Middle, and High School! Boxes will be provided to collect the cans and they will be distributed to the free pantry in Patagonia and the Patagonia Community Food Bank. The Food Drive starts Dec. 1 and ends Tuesday, December 13 at noon. Please help our community and families have enough food for a wonderful holiday season! Contact Journee Hayes or Kate Peake with questions.

Elgin Schools – Calling all actors! The Missoula Children’s Theatre residency will take place December 12-17! A special performance will be held on Saturday, December 17 – 6:00 PM. All Elgin School students in grades K-8 are eligible to audition. Permission slips were sent home with students today and are due back by Wednesday, December 7. If you have a homeschool student that resides in the Sonoita District boundaries interested in participating, please contact Ms. Paul at mpaul@elgink12.com or (520) 455-5514, ext 300 for more information.

Items of Interest in Our Community

A Note from Patagonia Volunteer Fire and Resucue – Thanks everyone for supporting Patagonia Volunteer Fire and Rescue at the Fall Festival Burger Burn. We appreciate the relationship between us and the community! We’ve got some leftover frozen beef patties for sale at under market value, it’s patty time. Patties are 1/3 lb and come 18 to a sleeve. Each sleeve is walking out of the freezer at $20. If you’d like 1 or 100, contact Eric at 602.635.0117 or eric.herman@atozec.com. Thanks again Patagonia and surrounding community!

The Patagonia Community United Methodist Church Thrift Store will be having extended hours during the Art Walk on November 25 and 26. We will be open 10 – 4 both days and will have holiday items and winter clothing for purchase.

Updated Hours: Regular shop hours are now 10 – 1p.m. Friday and Saturdays.

MEDICARE OPEN ENROLLMENT, 10/17 THRU 12/7

It’s that time of year when you can change your Medicare Advantage Plan, or if you’re on traditional Medicare, Parts A & B, you can change your Medicare, Part D, prescription drug plan. Either of these changes would become effective 1/1/2023.

For those who would like it, SEAGO is offering personal help with this from 1:30 to 3:45 on 11/18, and 12/2 at the Senior Center. Please call 520-432-5301, ext 222 for an appointment.”

New Date For Tutoring at Sonoita Hills Church

Sonoita has a very small “billiards club”. We generally try to get together to play pool every two weeks, but it’s pretty informal and sometimes we’ll skip a week and pick up again on an off week. We have a few spots left if anyone is interested. Email Bill at bill.bruyn@gmail.com or call him at (480) 236-7632

Farmers’ Market Schedule

Patagonia Flower Farm’s Monthly Artisan and Farmers Market – Last Thurs. of the month 9am – 3pm by the gazebo in the park. Call Aishah for more info 520-335-7384 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 Calendar

The Patagonia Regional Times is pleased to offer our new Calendar of Community Events on our website. See online form here. Your text, photos and fliers all can be posted on the calendar. Click here to read our guidelines.

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