The PRT Newsletter for the Week of December 28, 2022
Last year, your donation was essential to helping us reach our goal to qualify for matching funds and enable us to provide the only local source of news in eastern Santa Cruz County, free of charge to all our readers. Just this week we heard from one of the many nonprofits in our community telling us why the PRT is so vital to their mission. Anna Coleman, director of the Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center, shared the important role the PRT plays for her local nonprofit organization, one of many that rely on the PRT to share their stories: “I love how the PRT has always embraced and encouraged us here at the Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center (PYEC). I depend on the PRT to share the news about what is going on here, whether it’s events taking place at the Youth Center, or highlighting the positive work that the youth are involved in. It gives us a way to let people know what’s happening here who are not necessarily coming into the PYEC. I can depend on the PRT to get the news out so people know what we’re doing and know how amazing our youth are. So often we hear about the high-achieving athletic and academic students, who are wonderful, but it’s great to share the positive stories of the kids at the Youth Center that otherwise would fly under the radar. The PRT puts a spotlight on the things that they’re doing when it might seem to them that nobody’s really watching. Showcasing these kids is helping to build their self esteem.”
The PRT is proud to help the Youth Center, and so many other local organizations share their stories. Your gift to the PRT not only supports us, but it benefits all the local organizations that depend on us. We need your help before December 31, and would be ecstatic if you would partner with us again. With your gift, we can continue our mission to serve our community, which depends on the PRT to provide the information and news that they need in their daily lives.
Community News
Christmas Calf
A Note from the PCUMC
The PCUMC THRIFT SHOP Would like to thank you for your support in 2022! Through your generous donations of time, goods, and money we have been able to support many organizations in our community. Wishing you all a healthy and happy 2023. The Thrift Store accepts donations of gently used clothing for children, women, and men. As well as small household goods, games, and sports equipment. The store is open for donations on Thursdays 9:30-12p.m., as well as when the store is open on Fridays and Saturdays from 10 – 1pm. Donations may be dropped off at the thrift store, located adjacent to the PCUMC 387 McKeown Ave, Patagonia. Now is a good time to donate extra Christmas decorations, etc. and get a head start on your spring cleaning!
Santa Cruz County Continuing Education Program
Beginning in the fall of 2022, the Santa Cruz County School Superintendent’s Office began offering adult education classes through the Santa Cruz County Continuing Education Program (SCCCE). The program includes classes to improve basic skills for adults preparing to take the Arizona High School Equivalency Exam. The Adult Secondary Education (ASE) classes provided by SCCCE offer instruction in content areas of the Arizona High School Equivalency exam: Language Arts, Reading and Writing, Social Studies, Science and Mathematics. Adult classes are offered four days per week for 9 weeks at the Santa Cruz County Provisional Community College District, and are free to eligible residents. For more information please call (520) 375-7670 or visit the website. College campus and main office are located in Nogales.
Remember When???
The PRT has been hard at work placing online hundreds of articles, photographs, artwork and poems from past years’ print editions of the PRT. Take a walk down memory lane with this 2019 piece from the PRT archives …
Assology 101
By Pat McNamara
January 4, 2019
Why have some equine enthusiasts made the decision to use mules and/or donkeys instead of the more beautiful, malleable and popular horse? Perhaps a look into the animal’s behavior will help.
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!
Services at Santa Rita Abbey
New Year’s Day Mass, Sunday, Jan 1, 2023, 8:00-9:00 a.m.
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.
Items of Interest in Our Community
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.
PRT 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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