TOWN OF
DEWEY-HUMBOLDT
P.O. BOX 69
HUMBOLDT, AZ
86329
www.dhaz.gov
(928) 632-7362

The Dewey-Humboldt
Newsletter
Vol. 11 Issue 12
December 2016

NEWS FROM TOWN HALL
By Yvonne Kimball, Town Manager

Town offers Financial assistance to improve water quality:

IN THIS ISSUE:
Activity Center
American Legion
Area Christmas Events
Blood Donor Thank You
Christmas Tree Permits
Coffee With Town Mgr
Cranberry Bread
Dec Holidays/Events
DH Library Book Sale
DH Library News
DH Town Meetings
Permits
PV Farmers Market

ANNUAL
CHRISTMAS
CRAFT FAIR

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The Dewey-Humboldt
Historical Society is having their Annual Christmas
Craft Fair on December 3rd
from 10 until 3 at the DHHS
Museum, 12925 E Main St,
Humboldt.
There will be
crafters,
bakery
goods,
Christmas items and Santa
will arrive at 11am! Kids can
have a FREE picture with
Santa and
can make a
free Christmas ornament!

The Town of Dewey-Humboldt is offering
to Residents of the Town, an opportunity to
access grant funding from the Town, to
implement solutions* aimed at improving
water quality. The Town is not a public
utility provider, however, we recognize the
concerns of our citizens and wish to provide assistance.
Grant applicants will be required to
complete an application, demonstrating the
implementation of a solution with a reasonable connection to the improvement of the
quality of the water from their wells. Copies of the receipts indicating that the applicants have invested a minimum of $100
towards that solution are required as part
of the grant application.
Grant funds will be first come-first
served and limited to $100 per household.
Town Council has allocated a total of
$10,000 for this program. The application
period is available from December 1 to
December 30, 2016.
All DeweyHumboldt residents can apply for this reimbursement grant. Grant will be awarded in
late January and early February in 2017.
An application form for the Grant
can be obtained from: Steven Brown at
(928) 632-7362 or by email at: stevenbrown@dhaz.gov
*Through this financial assistance
program, the Town intends to promote
public health and encourages residents
who are concerned with their drinking water quality to make necessary improvement
measures. Town is not a water provider
and does not have the expertise to verify
the adequacy nor the effectiveness of any
chosen solution by grant applicants.

Winter snow removal plan:
Winter is upon us. In the event we receive
heavy snow in the coming months, Town
Public Works Department has made sure
the snow plow is ready to go in preparation
for the cold weather.
The snow removal plan is as follows:
Staff will start with the main collector/
feeder roads throughout town, then work
into the smaller neighborhood roads. We
will get to all the town-owned roads as

quickly as possible. The snow plow blade
is wide and the truck has to move slowly in
order to effectively remove the snow.
When snow removal is in process, there
may be traffic delays on town-owned
roads. Your patience would be appreciated.
During a snow storm, we also ask our
residents to avoid parking your vehicle on
the roads because your vehicle parked on
the streets may become an obstacle for
town’s truck to remove snow.
If you have any questions about snow
removal or just want to take a look at the
snow plow, please call Ed Hanks, Public
Works Supervisor at 928-632-7362.
Town Staff wishes you a safe and
joyful Holiday Season.

Annexation of the 200-foot strip
along the town’s north-western
boundary line:
In June 2016, Council directed Staff to
move forward with proposed annexation of
33 parcels of land which would be intended
to align the northern boundary of the Town
of Dewey-Humboldt along the north line of
Sections 4 and 5, Township 13 North,
Range 1 East. Presently, the properties
within this northern Town Limit area are
split between the Town’s incorporated area
and a 200-foot strip of unincorporated area
of Yavapai County. The area to be annexed (200-foot strip) is approximately
three miles wide, continuously adjacent to
the existing Town Limits, and two hundred
feet in depth, northerly from the existing
Town Limits.
Each parcel in the 200-foot strip of
county land is split by the Town boundary
leaving property owners with one part of
their parcel in the County and the other
part in the Town, and this situation often
presents severe hardship for the owners of
those split parcels. The owners of these
parcels receive two tax bills from the County each year, and in order to do a land
split, lot combination, re-zone or any other
adjustment to their properties, they are
compelled to duplicate the process in the
Town and in the County. Those property
owners in the annexation area who have
their homes in the 200-foot strip, cannot
vote in Town elections. The Town recently
had property owners inquiring about doing
land splits and combinations of some of

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these parcels, and it seems that they
were experiencing extreme difficulty in
accomplishing those.
To alleviate the problem posed
by this situation, the Town decided to
undertake the annexation of the 200
foot strip into the incorporated Town.
In order to accomplish the annexation, petitions were needed to be
signed by a minimum of 51 percent of
the owners of property in the annexation area, as well as 51 percent of the
property valuation in the area.
To date (mid-November), the
Town has received signed petitions
from almost 70 percent of the property
owners, representing almost 78 percent of the valuation in the annexation
area.
On November 15, 2016, the
Town Council adopted an ordinance
that extended the corporate limits to
include the 200 foot strip.
The annexation will become effective 30 days after the adoption by
the Council of the ordinance. This annexation action has resolved a decade-long jurisdiction confusion for the
residents in the 200-foot area, the
Town and the County. We wish to
welcome our newest residents of the
Town of Dewey-Humboldt. If you
wish to know about the annexation
and its impact, please feel free to call
the Town Manager at 632-7362.

Free Brush Chipping:

The Firewise Board for DeweyHumboldt will be offering free brush
chipping for residents of DeweyHumboldt only, on Saturday, December 17, 2016. BRUSH ONLY, NO
HOUSEHOLD DEBRIS. Anyone interested in having brush chipped at their
property should place the brush on
their property, at the edge of the road,
and out of the traveled way. We will
also be accepting brush for chipping
at the Town vacant property across
from the Historical Museum. In order
to participate, and in order for us to
plan the crews, please RSVP to Steven Brown at the Town of DeweyHumboldt at 928-632-7362 or at stevenbrown@dhaz.gov

Permits Issued:

The Town’s Building Department
issued the following permits in October. This information is to indicate
growth in the community.
 Single Family Residents—2
 Manufactured Home—2
 Other—13

ELECTION UPDATE
Yavapai County Elections had a
record turnout for the November 8th
General Election (over 84%, reported
to date). Official final results for the DH Candidate election should be in by
the first week in December with the
swearing in of new Council scheduled
at the December 6th Council meeting.
To check on the most current results
go to www.yavapai.us/electionsvr/.

DEWEY-HUMBOLDT
TOWN LIBRARY NEWS
2735 Corral St, Humboldt, 632-5049 ·
yavapailibrary.org/deweyhumboldt.asp
Tues, Wed, & Fri: 10 to 5 (closed for
lunch 12 to 12:30), Thurs 12:30 to 7,
Sat 10 to 2
FANS OF CULTDOM will be doing a variety of things in Dec on Saturdays at 1 pm. On Dec 3, we will view
three episodes of the sixth season of
The X-Files including the two-part
story “Two Fathers” and “One Son”,
plus a festive X-File, “How the Ghosts
Stole Christmas”. On Dec 10, we will
watch the newest Star Trek film, the
2016 film: Star Trek Beyond. Finally,
on Dec 17, we will view the Doctor
Who story of the lost, first Patrick
Troughton serial “The Power of the
Daleks”, the first story to have a brand
new actor in the lead role of the Doctor.
We will have light refreshments! We
will not have Fans of Cultdom on Dec
24 or Dec 31.
The Dewey-Humboldt IONS will
hold a meeting on Tues, Dec 6: 10:30
to 2:30 pm. The group is discussing
the topic of “Consciousness and Spirituality” and will be viewing a video by
Bentinho Massaro to enhance the discussion. The IONS meetings are open
to everyone with all points of view.
Visitors are welcome! Light refreshments will be served.
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP
will meet on Tues, Dec 13: 9:30 to
10:45 am. The group has a Christmas theme this month. Each member
will read a book with a Christmas setting and will then lead a short discussion about the book they chose to read
at the meeting. We will have light refreshments. The library has several
Christmas books to borrow or participants can choose their own Christmas
book.

The library will be closed Sat, Dec
24 and Sat, Dec 31.
The library wants to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season!

POST 78
HUMBOLDT, AZ 86329
928-632-5185
DECEMBER 2016
The Post with a View
HOURS: Noon to 7pm Daily

Dec 1: S.A.L. meeting 5pm
Dec 4: 40 & 8 meeting 1pm
Dec 7: Monthly Meetings: Auxiliary
4pm/Post Meeting 5pm/ QUEEN OF
HEARTS 5pm
Dec 10: Karaoke with Stan: 4pm to
7pm - Auxiliary Christmas Party bring
toys for ages up thru 12
Dec 15: Veteran’s Luncheon 11am
Dec 17: ALR meeting 9am/Auxiliary
pack Christmas Boxes 9am/Box pickup
from 2pm – 5pm
Dec 18: Pick up Christmas Boxes
11am to 3pm
DEC 24: CHRISTMAS EVE
DEC
25:
POST
CLOSED—
CHRISTMAS DAY
COMING EVENTS:
Sun, Jan 1, 2017: New Year’s Day
Monday’s: 8 Ball Tournament 4:30 p
Wednesday’s: Hamburgers noon –
2pm. $5.00 Public Welcome/ QUEEN
OF HEARTS drawing 5pm
Friday Fish Fry: 5pm. to 7pm, Public
Welcome! (Cod, Catfish, Shrimp plus
Chef’s Special) $10 per person
Chef’s choice:
Dec 2: Oven Baked Chicken;
Dec 9 TBA;
Dec 16 Country Fried Steak;
Dec 23 Beef Stew w/Biscuits;
Dec 30 Pork Chops w/Scallop Potatoes
Fish Fry Music: 2nd TBA; 9th Peggy
Evans; 16th TBA; 23rd TBA; 30th
TBA

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2016 CHRISTMAS TREE
PERMITS

MEETING DATES AND
EXPECTED AGENDA ITEMS

Prescott National Forest will be
selling a limited number of Christmas
Tree Permits to the public beginning
Saturday, Nov. 19 that will be good for
cutting in specific areas of the forest.
Prescott NF will
have a total 500
permits available
at $15 each,
which can be
paid for by cash,
credit card or
personal check
over-the-counter
(sorry, no phone
or mail orders
will be accepted). Payments
in cash (exact change) are preferred to
keep the lines moving.
Unlike previous years, only one
permit will be issued per household;
however, one person may purchase
permits for two other people not living
in his or her household. Permits are
first-come, first-served until sold out,
and will be sold at the Bradshaw Ranger Station: (928) 443-8000 (300 total
permits available starting 8am to noon
on Saturday, November 19)
You may cut outside of the
“Recommended Christmas Tree Cutting Area” shown on the map, but you
cannot cut in Wilderness areas, private
land areas, or areas marked “No Cutting Allowed." Instructions (143 KB
PDF) and a map (692 KB PDF) will be
provided with each permit, and the
deadline for cutting will be Dec. 24.

(Subject to change. Check website or
call Town Hall to confirm.)

CRANBERRY BREAD
Christmas 1959, Home Service Bureau,
Wisconsin Electric Power Company

2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp. melted shortening
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup orange juice
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp. hot water
1/2 tsp soda
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 cup sugar
1 cup cut cranberries
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp. grated orange rind
Sift dry ingredients
.
beaten egg, shortening, orange
and hot water. Combine only
dry ingredients are moistened.

Town Council Chambers
2735 S. Hwy. 69, Humboldt
(unless otherwise posted)
Council Meetings 6:30pm
Dec 6: 1) Outgoing/Incoming
Council events; 2) Re-appt. of
Commissioner(s); 3) Mayor Annual
Activity Report.
Dec 20: 1)Vice Mayor Appt.2)
DHHS AF Festival Report; 3)
Council Regional Org. Appts.
Council Work Sessions and
Special Meetings 2:00pm
Dec 13 1) Discussion of a
Council Retreat
P & Z Meetings 6:00pm
Dec 8: 1) TBD

To receive Meeting Notifications
and Agendas by email contact: Agenda
List@dhaz.gov and put “subscribe” in the
subject line.
Citizens may have an item placed
on the agenda by contacting a Council
Member or filling out a form available at
Town Hall.

Thank you Blood Donors:
United Blood Services wants to thank
all of our donors for making 2016 a
great year!. Our last drive of 2016,
(October 18th), ended the year with a
bang. We had 31 donations, which
enabled United Blood Services to help/
save 52 lives. Also, congratulations to
Judy Burroughs, a first time donor, who
won the drawing for the $25.00 Maverick gas card. Our first blood drive for
2017 will be in February. Be on the
look-out for more details in the January
2017 Dewey-Humboldt newsletter.
We want to wish everyone a happy holiday and look forward to seeing
you all next year.

in nuts, cranberries and orange rind.
Pour into greased 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 2
1/2 inch loaf pan. Bake at 325 about
1 hr 10 min.

Add
juice
until
Fold

This has
been a Christmas staple in
my family for
years. Easy.
Yummy. Double the recipe.
You’ll be glad
you did! dr

ACTIVITY CENTER
Tuesday through Friday, 10 to 2, 13000
Prescott Street, Humboldt, (928) 632-0699
Mission: To provide adult, youth and
family services to strengthen the family
unit and to provide recreational, event
and meeting space.

AA FOR MEN: Thursdays at 7pm.
COFFEE TIME: Tuesdays, 10am
to ? Goodies, conversation, fun!
BINGO: Tuesdays, 11am to noon.
Bring a $2 prize (can
include nonperishable
foods). Player with the
highest number of wins
each 4 weeks wins
lunch for two at a local
area restaurant.
COMMUNITY CUPBOARD: The Center
collects and distributes
nonperishable
food items locally
THRIFT STORE: Offering a good
variety of items, and accepting donations (but not electric appliances,
clothing, shoes or opened toiletries).
SERVICES:
AHCCCS & DES APPLICATIONS:
Food Stamps, Medical Ins., etc.
HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE
INFORMATION:
For more information call: 211 or (877) 211-8661 or
visit www.211arizona.org.
LEGAL ADVOCACY:
Call Amy
Lansa: 775-9993, ext 4271.
MEDICARE ASSISTANCE:
Call
Nancy Coman: 775-9993 ext 3.
APS & UNS GAS DISCOUNTS:
Handouts available.

DECEMBER EVENTS
& HOLIDAYS

Dec 7: Pearl Harbor Day
Dec 21: Winter Solstice
Dec 23-26: Town Offices Closed
Dec 25: Chanukah—1st day
Dec 25: Christmas
Day
Dec 26: Kwanzaa,
First Day
Dec 31: New Year’s
Eve
Dec 30-Jan 2: Town
Offices Closed
Birthstone: Turquoise
Flower: Narcissus

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AREA CHRISTMAS EVENTS
December 2nd: Civic Center Festival of Lights, Holiday Parade & Pictures
with Santa. 4 to 8 pm, Prescott Valley Civic Center.
December 3rd: 34th Annual Christmas Parade. 1 pm, Downtown Prescott on
streets surrounding the Yavapai
County Courthouse.
December 3rd:
62nd Annual
Courthouse Lighting Ceremony. 5
to 7 pm on the Courthouse Plaza,
Prescott.
December 21st through 24th:
Christmas with Santa & Mrs.
Clause. Free event. Take your
own photos with Santa. 1 to 4 pm,
Whiskey Row, 150 S Montezuma
St, Prescott.

PRESCOTT VALLEY
FARMERS MARKET

Articles welcome from and
provided by Citizens, Organizations, Committees, Staff, and
Partners of the Town of
Dewey-Humboldt.
Published Monthly by the
Town of Dewey-Humboldt
Denise Rogers, Editor

Please submit articles
by the 15th on-line at:
newsletter@dhaz.gov
or in person at Town Hall.

The D-H Library Mini
Sales

Tuesdays, 3-6pm
Nov 15 through April 25
Harkins Theatres Parking
Lot (NW corner), Glassford
Hill Road & Park Avenue

are returning in December, on
Thursdays December 1, 8,
and 15: 1:00 – 5:00 pm,
downstairs in the JW Mitchell
Room at the library.
Come down to do some
holiday shopping!

FREE BRUSH
CHIPPING
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER 17, 2016
For details see
article on page 2

Town of Dewey-Humboldt
P.O. Box 69
Humboldt, AZ 86329

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