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Greenlee CountyPast and Present by Ákos Kovach

In the year 1540 Spanish conquistador Coronado (Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján), blazed a trail through what is now Greenlee County, Arizona. Among the Ponderosa Pines, running rivers, lakes and bountiful wildlife Coronado found solitude and tranquility.

Today, over 500 years later, visitors from around the world travel to the White Mountains and follow the Coronado Trail south to the Black Hills. They pass through forests that dim the sun, alti-tudes that reach 8,600 feet and a chance to observe over 400 spe-cies of wildlife. Birding is an ever-growing past time in this region. Bicyclists and motorcyclists love the challenge, serpentine route and numerous op- portunities to stop, pull off the main road, and simply enjoy what nature has de-veloped.

As one travels fur- ther south they encounter a man- made wonder – the Morenci Min- ing operations, North America’s largest, deep-est and most pro- ductive mine. Morenci has served as a fulltime mine since 1873, the first smelter was built in 1874. To grasp the size and scope of this mine the best view is from an aircraft, but most choose to drive along the edge and marvel at the size of the equipment and con- stant orches-trated motion of the mine.

Then, as if trans- ported through space and time, you find yourself in the 21st Century re- naissance com-munity of Morenci, an unincorporated community that serves not only the mining community but also the entire county. From the state-of-the art fitness center, Olympic sized indoor and outdoor pools. The community center amenities include everything you would expect to find in a fully urban city – movies, entertainment, places to eat, best in state school system, shopping, healthy living and a welcoming community.

For more facts and details about the opportunities presented by doing business in Greenlee County – attend the April 25th Oppor-tunity Summit from 10 am to 3pm in Clifton at the Community Center located at 550 North Coronado Blvd. Register today to at-tend or be a vendor: www.growinggreenlee.org

A BORDERLESS SOLUTIONListen first, then act by Ákos Kovach

The first job of economic developers is to listen – listen to the constituency you are about to serve. The business community of-fers the perspective of profit oriented activities, and are quick to let you know what holds them back from being able to expand or be-come more successful. While the public sector reveals the tall tasks of infrastructure maintenance, public services, balancing budgets often cut by state and federal sources.

With the list of challenges and obstacles of both the private and public sec- tors clearly in mind, the next step is to identify short and long term solutions. And it must be added a ‘solution’ is not viable unless the resolu-tion is sustain- able.

In Green- lee County the private and public sectors work together, plan together and organize to- gether – a unique circumstance rarely encoun-tered by eco- nomic develop-ers. This is another reason why the whole ‘Growing Green-lee’ strategic plan has gained such wide ac- ceptance. The in-clusive nature of this strategy employs all the best features of collaboration and partnerships, which means everyone is wel-come and ev- eryone is seated at the same table.

On Friday April 25 everyone has an opportunity to witness his-tory in the making. Speakers, guests, vendors and participants from neighboring New Mexico, Sonora, Cochise and Graham Counties. Let us not forget those arriving from California – Texas and Nevada.

Where will you be on April 25? You should be in Clif-ton at the Greenlee Opportunity Summit, learn, grow, share and compare ~register here: www.growinggreenlee.org

The bottom line is: no town, no city, no county is an ‘island’. We are all joined together by high-ways, culture, art, and economies. To ignore these realities is tanta-mount to the ultimate ar-rogance ‘we can do this on our own’. Graham County, needs Greenlee as much as Cibola, Catron, Grant and Hidalgo in SW New Mex-ico. But the reverse is true as well - Greenlee needs their neighboring cities and towns to fill jobs. We all need one another to rebuild a vibrant tourist industry – which is why Cochise County will be at the table presenting on April 25.

Ultimately, when you join us on April 25th be pre-pared for the realization this event is intended to underscore the theme: a “borderless solution”. Too often developers overlook surrounding resources, as an example, Workforce in New Mexico, or the SW New Mexico Council of Governments for starters. Thankfully we have a very strong rapport with the Arizona Workforce Con-nection, Small Business Development Center and other groups in the area in order to fulfill the over-arching goal – to serve our constituencies. The unincorporated town site of Morenci has been transformed into a 21st Century community, which we will showcase as a model and yet anoth-er reason for the outside world to take notice and become part of the solution in Greenlee.

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Borderless solution defined by A’kos Kovach

To advance, or to make im-provements, one must make a conscious decision to take ac-tion. Action predicated on proper planning – which requires good fact checking, and affiliating with strategic partners who share common goals and agree to le-verage resources for the common good.

This precisely defines what has been going on in Greenlee Coun-ty for the past several months. In fact the process, locally titled Growing Greenlee, has been em-braced by the County, both incor-porated towns, neighboring com-munities in New Mexico, and an ever-growing cadre of public and private sector supporters.

With the Greenlee Opportu-nity Summit coming up Friday, April 25, it is worthy to note the enormous economic impact this remote location has on the county, region, state and across the border into New Mexico. The ever-widening geographic foot-print of this economic impact is realized through taxes and pay-roll. Take, for example, property, use taxes, payroll and sales tax revenues generated by the larg-est mining operation in North America, located in Morenci. Freeport McMoRan (FMI) is the #1 private sector taxpayer in Ari-zona.

Add to the above facts the sig-nificant multiplier effect of pay-roll paid to employees and con-tractors then the financial impact begins vividly to transcend coun-ty lines and state borders. With numerous jobs open and ready to be filled, the company (FMI) has transformed Morenci into a dy-namic 21st Century community complete with excellent schools, superior recreational facilities, sidewalks, shopping and a Star-bucks.

Greenlee County was recently crowned the fastest growing

Why attend April 25?Regardless of what one might think otherwise, inertia is painful. The atrophy associated with the lack of activity weighs heavily on any proposed departure from lethargy. Thus, any animated economic development effort within any city, town, county or region has the net effect of abating old habits and even more startling – causing change. No matter where you look in the SEAGO Region, history reveals ev-erything – the good and the not-so-good. The tipping point is ‘do we move forward, step up or fall backwards’?. What are the lessons we learned from the saga of elected and later imprisoned city officials, embezzlers, bad municipal choices, poor public sector investment de-cisions, strikes, disputes and major natural disasters? To be prepared, to strengthen our resolve and encourage us to move forward, to step up.With this background, every city, town and county has been review-ing their contingency plans, the near free fall of state and federal fund-ing levels and the resulting collapse of high wage jobs, which further drives down population. What happens when population goes down? The dimension of reduced tax collections of all types.Frankly speaking, by utilizing a boxing analogy, it is time to take off the gloves, get serious about regionalism, and resolve to find border-less solutions to our economic malaise, no matter what shape any lo-cal economic problem has taken - reach out, partner up and grow your economy as a team.

population base (by percentage) in Arizona. Both towns, Clif-ton and Duncan, are the fastest growing towns (by percentage). From north to south, east to west the public and private sector has joined to find new talent, attract new employees and pave the way for long-term economic stability and investment.

2014 Monsoon Outlook John Brost, Science and Operations Officer|Ntnl. Weather Svc-Tucson

Each year as southeast Ari-zona residents make the transi-tion from balmy winter weather into the increasing hot, dry and windy conditions of the spring, we set our collective sights on the monsoon for a welcomed return of our rainy season. These same southeast Arizona residents are searching for a glimmer of hope, that this monsoon will be wetter, cooler and otherwise more pleas-

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LEGISLATIVE NEWS President Obama Signs Flood Insurance

Bill into Law

FEDERAL NEWS AND NOTESFHWA to Hold Freight Analysis Frame-

work Webinar

Small Business Administration Issues Fi-nal Rule on 504 and 7(a) Loan Program

IMCP Competition Deadline Extended to April 14

New EPA Publication Highlights Smart Growth and Fiscal Health

Funding Opportunity: Defense Industry Adjustment Program

NEWS AND NOTESFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis to

Host Webinar Featuring Rural Tourism

FP for Rural Communities FacingCommunity

On March 21, President Obama signed the Homeowner Flood Insurance Afford-ability Act (P.L. 113-89) into law. The leg-

Please join the Federal Highway Admin-istration’s (FHWA) Office of Freight Man-

On March 21, the Small Business Ad-ministration issued a final rule to improve access to its two flagship lending programs: the 504 Loan Program and the 7(a) Loan Program.

The U.S. Economic Development Ad-ministration (EDA) and the International Economic Development Council held a webinar on February 19 for potential ap-plicants. Click here to view the slides from the webinar.

Smart growth strategies can help local governments build on existing assets and maximize the return on investment while helping to protect the environment and hu-man health.

Click here to view the Federal Funding Opportunity for this program. for info, contact Michael Gilroy at michael.p.gilroy3.civ@mail.mil or (703) 697-2081.

On Thursday, April 10 from 3-4:15 ET, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis will host a webinar “Off the Beaten Path: The Economic Impact of Rural Tourism.”

CIRD will offer two free pre-application conference calls for interested applicants on April 2 and April 24. Both calls will be from 3 –4 p.m. ET. Click here to register for one of these webinars.

For information about any of these NADO articles, CLICK HERE to visit our blog!

USDA Natural DisasterAssistance Program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has designated Cochise, Gila, Gra-ham, Maricopa, Pima and Pinal counties in Arizona as primary natural disaster areas due to the recent drought. Farmers and ranchers in the following con-tiguous counties in Arizona also qualify for natural disaster assistance. Those counties are: Apache, Coconino, Greenlee, La Paz, Navajo, Santa Cruz, Yavapai and Yuma. Interested farmers may contact their local USDA Ser-vice Centers for further information on eli-gibility requirements and application procedures for these and other programs. Additional information is also available online at http://disaster.fsa.usda.gov.

Economic Development by Motorcycle

Motorcycle loving Diane (Dee) Erwin never imagined her passion for the open road would help contribute to Sierra Vista’s economic development strategies.

But the grandmother-of-two finds herself firmly in the saddle as she leads an effort to bring additional visitors to the community to bolster flagging hotel occupancy rates.

Chrome Pony Rally is an ambitious five-day event that will see motorcyclists from far and wide flocking to the community from May 6-10 to enjoy music, dining, shopping, tourism attractions and the re-gion’s perfect riding weather.

Erwin’s goal is not only to provide a memorable experience for attendees, but to also showcase what Southeast Arizona has to offer the motorcycling community.

“It’s about putting heads in beds, mouths in restaurants and bodies in retail, while at-tracting riders to the amazing riding oppor-tunities we have in this area,” she explained.

Erwin was approached back in Septem-ber 2012 by two active community mem-bers – Tim Cervantes of The Cochise Water Project and Cerendipitees, and Pamela An-derson of The Landmark Café – about the possibility of organizing a motorcycle rally in Sierra Vista.

“They both knew about my passion for riding and my ability to plan events,” said Erwin, who has been the Sierra Vista Area Chamber of Commerce’s events coordina-tor for nearly eight years. “At the time, we were really feeling the effects of the eco-nomic downturn, especially in the hospital-ity industry. I had been to many rallies so I started making some calls, worked with the Small Business Development Center and the City of Sierra Vista, and decided there was no reason why I couldn’t do it.”

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Regional Calendar of Events

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GREENLEE COUNTY, AZ EVENTS

APRIL 11 & 12, 2014 - Spring Ram-page, Greenlee Co. Fairgrounds

APRIL 12, 2014 - Greenlee Co. Mud Drag Series

APRIL 12, 2014 -Javelina Chase Bicycle Event

APRIL 25 - The Second Annual Growing Greenlee Opportunity Summit will be held in Clifton

Apr. 1-3 - 2014 New Mexico Economic De-velopment Summit, Hobbs, NM. For info, visit nmural.org or call (575) 397-2030.

Apr. 10 - Career Fair, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm, Windemere Hotel & Conference Center, Sierra Vista. Register to participate.

Apr. 11 - Hiring Fair at Carl’s Jr. in Willcox. See page 5 for details.

April 11 - Renewable Energy Community Fo-rum - 9 to Noon, Valley Telecom, 752 E. Maley St., Willcox, AZ. Lunch provided with RSVP to Alan Baker at (520) 384-2272 or abaker@vtc.net.

Apr. 11-13 - Rose Tree Festival. Old-Fash-ioned lunch basket auction, the crowning of the Rose Queen and the ever popular Rose Parade on Saturday. Entertainment by Cochise Folk-loric Dancers and the Nogales Arizona Mariachi Apache Band.

Apr. 16 - Hiring Fair at Kindred in Sierra Vis-ta. See page 5 for details.

Apr. 17 - Beta Launch of the Community Springboard, 5 to 8 pm, Copper Queen Plaza in Bisbee. RSVP Mark Schmitt at the Small Busi-ness Development Center, schmittm@cochise.edu or (520) 515-5478.

Apr. 25 - The Second Annual Growing Green-lee Opportunity Summit will be held in Clifton

Apr. 26 - Patagonia EarthFest, Noon to 5 pm at Global Arts & Lillian’s Closet. Booksigning: “A Slow Road Home” by Lisa G. Sharp.

Apr. 30-May 2 - “All Roads Lead to AZ” – AAED Spring Conference (Loews Ventana Canyon, Tucson) (For more information on reg-istration, please go to: www.aaed.com tab on Events Calendar for info for events and many more economic development activi-ties across the state.)

May 1 - Douglas Youth Empowerment Fair at Douglas High School. If interested in participating, please fill ou the online regis-tration form. For info, aromero@cenpat ico.com or call (480) 273-7308

Rose Tree Festival April 11-13 - Old-Fashioned lunch basket auction, the crowning of the Rose Queen and the ever popular Rose Parade on Saturday. En-tertainment by Cochise Folkloric Danc-ers and the Nogales Arizona Mariachi Apache Band.

Wyatt Earp Days May 24-26 -In honor

of the West’s Famous lawman. Activi-ties: gunfights, chili cook-off, hangings and 1880’s fashion show, street entertain-ment, Wyatt look-alike contest and more.

Salute to the Buffalo Soldiers Days

June 28-29 -A celebration to salute the Buffalo Soldiers sponsored by the Wild West Detachment Marine Corps League and the Merchants of the City of Tomb-stone. Celebration includes street en-tertainment, a parade, and many other events to be announced starting at 10:00 AM each day and conclude at approxi-mately 4:00 PM.

TOMBSTONE EVENTS

growinggreenlee.org

2nd BinationalEconomic Forum

April 10-11, 2014 • Nogales, Sonora42 Mayors from the state of Sonora to be

in attendance at this event.

For more information visit:http://pronogales.com/Forum.aspx

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Keep updated on the latest policy and research, success stories, best practices, high-lights and event listings from the Economic Development Administration (EDA).

CLICK HERE to subscribe to the Innovate@EDA Monthly Update!

Early registration is encouraged. Please RSVP at least two days prior to workshop. To RSVP to attend a workshop, email your contact information to scraig@azwifa.gov. If there are less than five people registered to participate, the workshop will be can-

celed and a cancellation notice will be sent out to those who are registered.

For more information, please visit WI-

FA’s website at azwifa.gov.

The Water Infrastructure Finance Au-thority (WIFA) of Arizona is holding work-shops around the state to share information on the availability of financial assistance for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater projects. WIFA offers low-interest loans

and grants designed to ensure safe, reli-able drinking water and proper wastewater treatment. WIFA funds are available to po-litical subdivisions and ACC-regulated pri-vate drinking water companies.

Invitation to Attend WIFA’s Funding Workshops

Arizona Association for Economic De-velopment (AAED) Upcoming Economic Development offerings in Southern Ari-zona, open to all:

April 30 - May 2 –“All Roads Lead to AZ” – AAED Spring Conference (Loews Ven-tana Canyon, Tucson) Speakers: Marshall Trimble; Arizona State Historian; Grant Woods, Former AZ Atty. General; Floyd Roehnrich, ADOT, Tony Bradley, Arizona Trucking Assoc., LaTonya Finch, BNSF; Russ Yelton, NACET; Commander Colo-nel Nathan Mooney II, Luke AFB; Natalie Sayer, Blair David Company; and more…

May 28 – “Regional Economic Develop-ment Updates” – Southern Arizona Lun-cheon (Arizona Inn, Tucson)

Speakers: Joe Snell, Tucson Regional Economic Development Opportunities; Mignonne Hollis, Sierra Vista E.D. Foun-dation.

For more information on registration, please go to: http://www.aaed.com tab on Events Calendar for more information on these events and many more economic de-velopment activities across the state.

Dates to Remember - AZ Association for Economic Development

Upcoming NADO Webinar—Lessons from the Storm: Using Community and Economic Development Strategies to Build Disaster Resilient Economies

In the wake of natural disasters, local and regional economies are extremely vulner-able. Businesses can suffer costly damage, be cut off from supplies, lose sales, and experience disrupted operations. In some cases, they may even be forced to close per-manently. When businesses and industries fail or falter the communities they serve can feel serious impacts, ranging from a lack of access to goods and services to the loss of income and jobs.

Building the resilience of businesses and

regional economies to natural disasters calls for a creative mix of land use, hazard mitigation, capital improvement, economic development, and other approaches. Join the NADO Research Foundation on April 8 from 2:00-3:15 p.m. ET for a free webinar, Lessons from the Storm: Using Commu-nity and Economic Development Strate-gies to Build Disaster Resilient Economies.

Click here for information & to register.

Contact Megan McConville at mmccon-ville@nado.org with any questions.

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Manufacturing in U.S. Expands More Than Projected: Economy (Bloomberg)

Manufacturing expanded at a faster pace than projected in February, showing the U.S. economy is making headway in emerg-ing from the harsh winter weather that has slowed growth in early 2014.

The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index rose to 53.2 from 51.3 in January, the Tempe, Arizona-based group reported today. Readings above 50 signal expansion. Other figures showed consumer spending climbed more than projected in January as home-heating bills jumped and households began enrolling in the Obama administration’s health-care program.

The pickup in manufacturing would have been stronger if not for a slump in produc-tion caused by a shortage of parts, a sign orders will improve in coming months to replenish stockpiles. While households spent more on services such as utilities and health care in January, they cut back on goods, including autos, gasoline and cloth-ing, underscoring the importance of bigger job and income gains needed to spur the biggest part of the economy.

“Manufacturing remains a bright spot for the economy,” said Russell Price, senior

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NADO for rural communities This is an opportunity for all of you in Santa Cruz, Cochise, Graham and Greenlee Counties -

Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design Issues RFP for Rural Communities Facing Com-munity Design Challenges

The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) has issued a request for proposals to rural communities facing design chal-lenges – such as Main Street revitalization, how to manage and direct growth, design community-supportive transportation sys-tems, preserve natural and historic land-scapes and buildings, protect working ag-ricultural lands, and provide adequate and affordable housing – who are interested in hosting a local workshop in 2014 – 2015. Successful applicants will receive a $7,000 stipend and in-kind professional design

expertise and technical assistance valued at $35,000. The deadline for submitting a proposal is May 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET.

Click here for RFP and application guidelines. Selected communities will be announced this June and workshops will be held during the fall of 2014 and first quarter of 2015.

CIRD will offer two free pre-application conference calls for interested applicants on April 2 and April 24. Both calls will be from 3 –4 p.m. ET. Click here to register for one of these webinars.

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Az Workforce Connection - Open Postions

*Western Bank—Loan Assistant, Willcox*City of Bisbee—Groundskeeper, Bisbee*Vista Delivery—Newspaper Carrier, Sierra Vista and Willcox*Goodwill—Assistant Store Manager, Sierra Vista*Northwest Fire Department, Tucson*Chenega—F-16 Instructor, Kunsan Air Base, South Korea*Holiday Inn Express—Housekeeper, Willcox

There are a lot of opportunities to get hired!! Please share the below open positions. The full job descriptions are attached and the information can be found on the Career’s Tab of our Company’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/azworkforce/app_272394866107013

Hiring/Career Fairs!April 10 - Career Fair,

11 am to 3 pm, Winde-mere Hotel & Conference Center, 2047 S. Hwy. 92,

Sierra Vista, AZ. Over 50 companies at-tending with opportunities in Law Enforce-ment, Information Technology, Education, Finance, Healthcare and other General Openings. For assistance with writing your resume, call (520) 458-9309. Bring copies of your resume and dress for success.

April 11 - Carl’s Jr.-Willcox at the Elsie S.

Hogan Community Library. 10 am to 2 pm. Carl’s Jr. is opening April 15th and cur-rently hiring cooks. Training provided. No previous work experience required.

April 16 - Kindred Nursing and Rehabilita-tion-Sierra Vista at 1843

Paseo San Luis. 10 am to noon. Bring your resume to interview for Physical Therapist, Housekeeping, PRN LPN, PRN CNA. To apply in advance, please contact Cheryl Driver at cheryl.soelle@kindred.com or (520) 508-2110.

Community Springboard Beta Launch

Copper Queen Plaza, Bisbee, AZApril 17 from 5 to 8 pmFood • Entertainment

“Ted”-like PresentationsPrimary Purposes:

Create JobsInnovation

Leveraging ResourcesPrivate/Public/Partnerships

Creative WorkspaceRisk Taking Entrepreneurial

Training/Mentoring/EducationSupportive/Collaborative

RSVP: schmittm@cochise.edu or(520) 515-5478

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOREngaging the Next Generation

This morning, I issued a Secretarial Or-der that formalizes the goals of an exciting and ambitious youth initiative to inspire millions of young people to play, learn, serve and work in the outdoors.

I encourage you to watch this short video to see why this effort is so important.

In a new video, Secretary Sally Jewell lays out her vision for getting America’s youth to play, learn, serve and work outdoors. Check out http://www.doi.gov/youth for more details.

Hello, my name is Sarah Montoya, I am the executive director or Cochise County P.R.A.I.S.E. Prison Ministry. I am sending you this email to share with you a little bit about who we are, what we do and what we are working towards. I am also send-ing this email to invite you to join us at our 2nd annual “Chaning Lives, Changing Fu-tures” Banquet. P.R.A.I.S.E. is an aftercare (reentry) ministry for people who have been incarcerated and their families. Our ministry began in April of 2008, we assist

men and women upon release to find em-ployment, housing, support group, home churches, clothing, furniture and any other needs they might have while transitioning back into society. We are very community oriented and have worked with the City of Sierra Vista and the Sierra Vista Mall dur-ing yearly events. We give clothes out to our community once a year during the back to school clothing giveaway that serves any-where from 700-1200 people. Read more ...

“Changing Lives, Changing Futures” Banquet

Here’s what happened this week at Interior: the National Park Service says the Washington Monument will reopen to the public on May 12; an 81 million year old dinosaur is the star of an exhibit at the Bureau of Land Management; a family of Ha-waiian geese is spotted where none have been seen since the 1700’s; the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is dis-tributing $1.1 billion to states and territories to help fund conservation and recreation projects; a river in Colorado comes back to life, thanks to the work of a federal, state, and

local restoration team; and Secre-tary Jewell testifies on Capitol Hill n favor of the Obama Administra-tion’s FY 2015 budget proposal.

Click here to watch this week’s episode.

Visitor Guides deliver High Value Visitorsby John Hudak | Destination Marketing

Yes, it’s true that nearly 70% of all travel-ers do not even use an “official” visitor guide from a DMO, but the ones who do use them are money in the bank for destinations.

Two new major studies on the role and effectiveness of Official Visitor Guides have just been released, and the findings are en-lightening and insightful. One study, con-ducted by Temple University Laboratory for Tourism and eCommerce, includes 5 State and 5 City DMO’s from various parts of the United States, and the other commissioned by the Western Association of CVB’s and conducted by Destination Analysts samples 11 CVB’s in the Western US. Both studies included varying budget size DMO’s from large to small. Only one DMO participated in both studies. Madden Media helped un-derwrite the cost of both studies.

One finding consistent in both studies was that the OVG’s increased the number

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New Owner of Gleeson Jailby Luanne Mattson | Explore Cochise

On a lonesome road between Tombstone and Willcox is the town of Gleeson. Part of the Ghost Town Trail, this mini-museum, the town’s former jail house, is full of Native American artifacts, Western gear including old saddles, tack, an old bunk, mining and prospecting tools, ranching tools and other antiques.

Built of reinforced concrete in 1910, this jail replaced the former structure... a near-by tree. During the town’s mining heydays, marshals would handcuff prisoners to the READ MORE ...

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Success Notes - 3 Easy Ways to Stay Motivatedby Klaudia Kovacs | MySuccessConsultant.com

The Mid-Year Kiwanis Conference is over and our “On The Border” Southwest District was Honored in every category “and then some”!

Please see the attached Program of

Awards. These awards were presented for the 2012-2013 Kiwanis Year while Bob Barnes, Bisbee, was Lt. Governor. These outstanding achievements was the product of ALL the Clubs and some key individu-als. There are 2,747 members in the South-west District covering the cities and States of Arizona, New Mexico and part of Texas.

Of these many members Nancy Drouin

and Bob Barnes (Both of Division 8) were awarded the prestigious Governor’s Honor

Award. To be considered for this award the member must be nominated blindly by their piers in a nomination essay and se-lected above all others. In addition to the “listed” awards Barnes was awarded the Governor’s Trophy and Pepe Wise, Presi-dent of the Nogales Club was awarded the Chuck Nichols Growth Award for having the largest net Membership Growth of any club in the Southwest District.

As Lt. Governor Barnes was also awarded

the Kiwanis International Foundation An-nual Club Gift Award due our Division 8 contributions to the Kiwanis International Foundation (one of only two awarded in the SW District).

Kiwanis Conference, Laughlin, NV

Spring is ap-proaching and New Year reso-lutions are his-tory for many. Let’s face it: It’s not easy to stay self-motivated. Life happens and sometimes it’s easier to respond to whatever life

throws at you than to stay focused, regard-less of what happens. Below are three of my favorite methods to keep re-generating mo-

tivation on a daily basis. 1. In the morning, resist the urge to get

out of bed and immediately start on your daily tasks, like checking how many emails you got or what comments were made on your Facebook page. Instead, leave most of your electronic devices turned off. Stay in bed and after taking a few minutes to be grateful for the morning, listen to your pre-recorded goals for 2014. Pre-recording your goals for the year is a very effective and easy way to grab some inspiration in the morn-ing, or for that matter, any time of the day. I

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Stop Transportation Funding Raids

The quality of America’s transportation infrastructure, once the envy of the world, continues to deteriorate further every year as evidenced by our consistently descend-ing international rankings. Many states have not waited for federal action and have proactively increased their own level of transportation investment. While just a year ago, Arizona’s funding levels were av-erage, we now rank 42nd in the nation. Ari-zona and federal revenue sources have not been increased or adjusted for inflation in over 20 years. While modernizing how we pay for our infrastructure to include secur-ing adequate and sustainable funding levels is desperately needed, in the meantime, we need to insure that existing funding is used for its intended purposes. We cannot afford to slip further behind. As the state budget outlook continues to improve, now is the time to stop transferring Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF) revenues to the state general fund to pay for other govern-ment programs.

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Club 3000 is a 20,376 square foot mason-ry structure comprised of retail space, office space, a ballroom, two bars, two kitchens and seven rest rooms, located at 1703 East 9th Street in Douglas, Arizona. The famous Club 3000 closed its doors in 2011.

The colorful history of this building is the site of many fond memories by citizens of Douglas. Originally developed in 1962 as a

bowling alley, Club 3000 was later convert-ed to a special event facility, neighborhood bar and retail space. Over the past few de-cades, this building has been the location of countless weddings, fiesta de quinceañera, concerts, parties and meetings.

Just think how this impressive space could be used to create new jobs. A fact worthy of note, Tucson General Contractor, Henry K. Zipf, estimated the replacement cost of the masonry structure was approxi-mately $2,000,000. The structure is located on almost two acres of valuable commer-cially zoned land in the center of town, and is for sale.

An opportunity waiting for the right visionary ~ CLUB 3000 by John Soper

The present asking price of $149,000 is a bargain. The owner will consider all of-fers, including exchanges. Interested par-ties should contact real estate broker, John Soper, at (520) 293-5050.

by Kevin Adam