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Mayor Sam Hosler, Town of Kearny
By Mayor Sam Hosler, Town of Kearny
It won’t be long before the return of many of our wonderful snowbirds, the people who make a choice each year to live in Kearny. And why? The weather, of course, and undoubtedly the beauty of the desert, not to mention lower living costs than in most of Arizona.
A good golf course doesn’t hurt, either. The course is really looking good right now. The golf club members have taken advantage of the multi-use backhoe they were awarded for a year.
Personally, I think the snowbirds just like us. They enjoy the “instant family effect” of small town life, where a trip to the post office is a social occasion. They enjoy the amenities our businesses offer, especially Norm’s IGA, the Ace Hardware store, the NAPA store, and our HealthMart Pharmacy.
And we love them. They are our friends, and they love to support our school sport events. We meet them in our churches and clubs. It’s a good match.
One treasure we have which could use a little publicity is our Senior Citizens group, which meets at Constitution Hall on the fourth Wednesday of every month (the 28th of September this month) at 10 a.m. This is a busy bunch. At the regular meeting, which is a potluck, time is taken to plan various trips around Arizona. There are four trips a month, taken at various times. If you are a senior citizen, consider visiting this group.
Southwest Gas continues to work on its gas mains in the upper portion of our residential area. This has necessitated digging up the streets. The crews have worked quickly to replace the mains and fill in the streets, but right now the streets are pretty rough. Please be especially careful coming down Upton and Tilbury.
Southwest Gas is facing the same situation as the Town of Kearny: crumbling infrastructure. I prefer a patch on our streets to a leak in the gas line! The streets will be repaved, but be careful until then.
Our town crew will soon be busy elevating the manholes in the street to the new level of the paving. We have 25 of them, so keep a watch out for the next few weeks.
The background checks on the two candidates for a shared police chief are yet to be completed, necessitating a delay in a decision.
The regular meeting of Kearny’s Town Council will be Monday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall. The agenda will be on the bulletin board at the post office.
Finally, I give you a repeat of something I have written before: When streetlight bulbs go out, no one notices until the sun sets! So don’t wait to call Town Hall. Instead, call the Customer Care Center at Arizona Public Service ((800) 253-9409 to report the outage. Each light pole is numbered, so either give the number or the nearest street address to bright about a quick repair. Thank you!
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