The PRT Newsletter for the Week of May 10, 2023

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Photo By Marion Vendituoli Contestants in the Sonoita Races Derby Hat Contest model their hats in front of the judges.

Breaking News in Our Community

KPUP Annual Shirt Sale Fundraiser

Photo by Marion Vendituoli Customers check out the hawaiian shirts on sale in Patagonia. Sales help fund KPUP, the local radio station and shirts will be on sale up until 4pm on May 13.

Elgin School Community Showcase

Photo by Marion Vendituoli Students at the Elgin School point at their projects in the 4th grade classroom during the Community Showcase open house held at the school on May 5. Artwork, a book fair and the students’ science fair projects were all on display. Science Fair projects included a design for a stair climbing wheelchair, edible plastic bags and an experiment that tested the correlation between the age of a mascara and its effect on eye health.

Twisted Union Communion Wine Fest

Photo by Kat Crockett More than a dozen Arizona wineries, along with local food trucks, car show, vendors, and live music entertained festival goers at Twisted Union Wine Company in Elgin on April 29.
Photo by Kat Crockett James and Anna Callahan, owners of Rune Wines in Elgin, poured wine for festival attendees at Twisted Union Communion.

Remembering Our Veterans

Over the last few years, the PRT has been compiling a list of names of veterans who are buried in local cemeteries in Canelo, Duquesne, Elgin, Lochiel and Patagonia to recognize these men and women for their service and sacrifice for our freedom. Click here to read the full list. If you know of a veteran buried in a local cemetery, please contact us at prteditor@gmail.com.

Updates From the SEFD

Burn Restriction – We are currently restricting burning until further notice. Residents with current burn permits will not be authorized to burn and new burn permits will not be issues until further notice.

A Red Flag Warning has been issued for today, May 10, 2023 from 10am this morning until 8pm tonight.

USFS will be conducting a prescribed burn on the west side of the Huachuca Mountains. The burn will be taking place 5/11-5/13. Smoke will be visible. Click here to view a detailed map.

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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

SCC Economic Development Survey

Santa Cruz County has kicked off the strategic planning process for its Three-Year Economic Development Strategy. As part of this exercise, we have prepared a survey in both English and Spanish to gather feedback about the business and community environment in Santa Cruz County. Survey closes this Friday, May 12, 2023. Here are the links for both surveys: *   English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NW7H6FR
*   Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NWLWHYX

Remember When???

The PRT has been hard at work placing online over 2,000 articles, photographs, artwork and poems from past years’ print editions of the PRT. Take a walk down memory lane with this 2014 article…

The Day the Water Died

By Ann Katzenbach

June 5, 2014

My perspective on life changed when our well went dry. I’d never taken water for granted, but now it was an expensive commodity that affected my life day in and day out.

Continue reading…

Request for Support: Patagonia/Sonoita Train Track Trail (TTT)
Proposed Trail Expansion from Casa Blanca Canyon to Sonoita. Connecting People and Community to Nature Through Trails. Click here to read more and learn how to give your support.

Upcoming Community Events

The annual KPUP Hawaiian Shirt Sale is going now and will run daily from 10 – 4 until the luau on the 13th. 60 almost new, very high quality or really cool vintage shirts that will be on sale for $20 and the rest will be at $10. This is the number one source of income for KPUP and keeps us on the air year after year so we’re hoping you’ll come out and by a cool shirt to wear to this year’s luau!

Starting in May, the PRT will be sharing a new format for upcoming community events here, in our Wednesday E-Newsletter. We will no longer be using our website Community Calendar for event sharing. Please continue to send your events with date, time, and pertinent information to prtasted@gmail.com

Yard sale May 13 – 9am 490 Pennsylvania Ave. across from Paton Hummingbird Center

May 13 – SATURDAY 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
May Supplemental Food Bag Distribution
772 Harshaw Ave, Patagonia, AZ 85624, United States
In Nogales at the Oasis Cinema!
Empire Ranch Foundation Presents Movie Under The Stars Night – Saturday, May 20 – 7-10p.m.

May 25 5 – 7 pm – Music at the Cafe in Sonoita – Featuring Andy Hersey


Community Interest Items

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for Sonoita Produce on Wheels (POWWOW) MAY 20th & 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!

The pool will open May 30
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

A free audio driving tour of the Cienega Watershed is now available! To take the tour the first step is to download the TravelStorys.com App to your phone or other device. Open TravelStory and select “Tour the Cienega Watershed” to save the tour on your phone. Once you’ve downloaded the app and the tour, no Internet access is needed.

Accompanist WANTED for the Santa Cruz Singers. Paid position. Must be able to sightread music and have advanced piano skills. Please call/text 617-645-4239 or email scfpaexec@gmail.com

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

The Scholastic Book Fair at Elgin School will be open to the public during our Community Showcase on Friday, May 5 – 5:00-7:00 PM. 

Patagonia High School is currently recruiting a High School Soccer Coach. Interested individuals can contact Nate Porter at the school for details.

E-Newsletter

We do not post any notices in the PRT Newsletter for events that are more than three weeks away. Flyers for nonprofits, community organizations and fundraisers will be accepted. Submissions and or questions should be in email form or a word document to Nisa Talavera, Assistant Editor at prtasted@gmail.com. All submissions for the Wednesday e-newsletter must be submitted by Tuesday, 10 a.m. 

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