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The whole Copper Basin is blessed with a number of winter residents who enter fully into the lives of our communities. I mention this now because (gosh darn it!) the lengthening days of Spring are beginning to call some of them away. By the end of April, I suspect most of them will be in cooler climes. To them I say, “Thank you and hurry back.”
Sam Hosler
After some apprehension regarding the changes in sanitary services in Kearny, I think most people thought the changeover went well. This is a higher level of recycling than we are used to, but it puts us on par with other towns and cities.
Captain Tamatha Villar, now serving as the Bureau Commander for Criminal Investigations for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, will be serving as Interim Chief of Police for Hayden and Mammoth and, by agreement, in the Town of Winkelman. She will begin as Interim Chief on April 2 and will assume the full office of Chief of Police on June 1.
Originally from Marana, she served in the Eloy Police Department for three years, then began work with Pinal County and has served in a variety of positions and places throughout the county. In 2012, she was selected to attend the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
The Church of the Good Shepherd is holding a rummage sale in Ray Hall next to the church building in Kearny on Friday, March 31, beginning at 9 a.m. There should be lots of nice items.
Ray Hall will also be the site of the ArtUS Exhibition on Palm Sunday, April 9, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Come meet the artists, who are displaying not only current work but favorites from past years.
The delicatessen at Norm’s IGA in Kearny is expending hours on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. I’ve been in twice now to take personal advantage, and I recommend it highly.
I missed having a column last week owing to illness. I’m doing better now, and I’m looking forward to serving the Copper Basin.
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