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By Mayor Sam Hosler, Town of Kearny
The General Election is this coming Tuesday, Nov. 8. With the noisy presidential campaign taking so much attention, please remember that there are lots of other offices and proposals for us to vote on (including two people running for Mayor of Kearny).
Mayor Sam Hosler, Town of Kearny
I hope for Kearny’s sake that we will vote for having the Ray Unified School District go with the Cobre Valley Institute of Technology (CVIT) program. The schools in Superior, Hayden/Winkelman, San Carlos, Miami and Globe are already enrolled. For a property tax increase that amounts to $5 a year for a single family with a $100,000 home, our students will have multiple technical subjects and special programs made available, such as construction technology, fire science, nursing, information technology, welding, and graphic design. This will entitle our school to additional funding through the State of Arizona for equipment for programs old and new.
There’s good news on the medical front. Mike Smith is the new Physician Assistant (PA) at the clinic. Mike is well known in Kearny, because he studied here a while back with Brad Chambers (who had to move to Utah, darn it!). Dr. Charles continues here, and there will be regular visits by a gynecologist. Then, to top it all off, ASARCO, Native Air, the Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center, the Community Health Center Volunteers (think “Hand Me Up”), and the Kearny Rotary Club have joined together to fund the paving of the medical center lot. The project has already begun, and will be finished by the middle of November. We owe thanks to Dave Orzell and our own board of the health center for coordinating this extensive work.
There are four great events scheduled in the Copper Basin this Saturday, Nov. 5. The K-Town Car Show and Fall Festival, sponsored by our chamber and Rip Vache’s NAPA Store, will feature cars, music, special raffles and many other things on Alden Road. This event keeps getting bigger and better. Saturday morning all sees the launch of two benefit golf tournaments, one at the Kearny Golf Club and one at the golf course in Hayden. The first is sponsored by the Kearny Rotary Club to benefit its scholarship program, and the second is a benefit for St. Joseph’s Church. Topping off the day, the Kearny Rotary Club invites the public to a benefit steak fry at the General Kearny Inn from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Enjoy large and tender steaks with all the fixings at available for $25 a person, which gives you a pleasantly full stomach and the good feeling of making a contribution to the Rotary Scholarship Fund.
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