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

The Dewey-Humboldt
Newsletter
Vol. 13 Issue 1
January 2018

NEWS FROM TOWN HALL
DEWEY-HUMBOLDT HAS A
NEW TOWN MANAGER!

IN THIS ISSUE:
Activity Center
Am Legion Post 78
Blood Drive
Chocolate Cherry Cake
Community Research Proj
Cowboy Code
DH Town Meetings
Farmers Market
Firewise Meeting
Free Well Water Testing
January Holidays
Library News
New Business
Permits Issued

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D-H HISTORICAL
SOCIETY NEWS
The Historical Society is
holding a Yard Sale on January
20th (depending on the weather)
at the Tractor Supply Story on
Hwy 69 in Prescott Valley. You’ll
find great prices!
Call (928) 277-5609 for info
on time, donating goods, or alternate dates if weather is bad.
Also! Cowboy Poets and
Western Band on February
24th at 7pm at Little Dealer
Little Prices, Hwy 69 in Prescott
Valley. Tickets are $15/person &
$25/couple purchased by Feb
15th by mail: DHHS, PO Box 85,
Humboldt, AZ 86329.
Call (928) 277-5609 for info.

On November 14, 2017, at a Special Study Session the Dewey-Humboldt
Town Council approved unanimously to
approve a contract for the employment
of Thomas Wilson as Town Manager.
Mr. Wilson started his employment at
Dewey-Humboldt Town Hall on November 20, 2017.
Mr. Wilson was one of five candidates interviewed for the Town Manager position. The City of Palm Springs,
CA, where he served as Assistant City
Manager for eight years, most recently
employed Mr. Wilson. Prior to that, he
was City Manager for Milpitas, CA, and
previously City Manager at Oceanside,
CA. Mr. Wilson’s Arizona experience
was gained over nineteen years serving
as City Manager and Deputy City Manager of Tucson, AZ, and as the City
Attorney and Deputy City Attorney for
Scottsdale, AZ, and Tucson, AZ.
Mayor Terry Nolan stated that he is
impressed with Mr. Wilson’s demeanor
and communication skills expressing
that the Mayor, Council and Staff are
looking forward to working with Mr. Wilson.
Mayor Nolan also shared that an
Open House is being planned for January to welcome our new Town Manager.
Be sure to watch the website and postings for the “meet and greet” date.
Mr. Wilson stated, “I am excited

about being Dewey-Humboldt’s Town
Manager. The Mayor and Council and
Staff have a great partnership. I look
forward to helping the Town prosper as
Arizona’s “best” Country Town.”

A NEW WAY TO STAY IN
TOUCH WITH YOUR TOWN!

The Town of Dewey-Humboldt is
starting a new service to residents.
Using Constant Contact email marketing software, we will be providing
email notices of upcoming events and
news, links to important sources of assistance and information, as well as
links to the Town’s Newsletter pages.
We will keep you abreast of the happenings in the Town, accessible on the go,
on any of your devices.
We will be maintaining an email list
of residents who are interested in receiving these periodic updates. You
can
add your email by sending the town an
email request at info@dhaz.gov, or calling Town Hall @ 928-632-7362.
We hope you will enjoy this added
service, and look forward to hearing
from you about ways we can improve it.

PUBLIC WORKS NEWS

The Public Works Department applied 130 tons of hot patch this fall repairing potholes and road failures at
various locations throughout Town.
These repairs are part of the ongoing
maintenance that is needed to maintain
the integrity of the roads. Staff will resume this work in the spring when materials are available.
As we move into winter, Staff
would like to remind everyone that the
Town does have snow removal equipment. If snow removal is needed, we
will start and focus on the main collector/feeder roads throughout Town. Then
we will work into the smaller neighborhood roads, getting to all the roads as
quickly as possible. When we have advance warning, please keep vehicle
parking to a minimum on the roads for
the safety of all Town residents and
Staff.
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Please have patience and anticipate
minor delays, be alert for Staff, equipment and pedestrians while driving this
time of year.
Everyone have a safe and joyful
Holiday Season!

Drinking Water Testing Includes –
Copper, Lead, Arsenic.
RSVP Steven Brown or
Beth Evans at (928) 632
-7362 to reserve your
sample kit, indicating
the day you will pick up
the kit.

COMMUNITY SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH PROJECT
ADDRESSES FOOD SAFETY
AND SECURITY IN ARIZONA
What is Project Harvest?

THE TOWN OFFICES
WILL BE CLOSED
IN HONOR OF THE
MLK HOLIDAY
MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2018

COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT CORNER
FREE WELL
WATER TESTING IS
AVAILABLE AGAIN!
Responding to an overwhelming
demand following the first two rounds
of well water testing kit program, The
Town of Dewey-Humboldt is offering to
Residents of the Town, who have not
previously participated, free testing of
drinking water sampling from local
Residents’ well systems.
While they last (first come-first
served), sample bottles can reserved in
advance, for pickup at Town Hall from
8:00 am till 12:00 pm from Wednesday,
February 21, 2018 through Friday,
February 23, 2018. Residents are encouraged to return the filled bottles the
day they are picked up, but they must
be returned by 12:00 pm on Friday,
February 23, 2018 in order to be transported to Nortest Analytical Laboratories, in Flagstaff, for testing.
Nortest Laboratories will email the
results directly to participating Residents, when testing is completed.

Dr. Mónica Ramírez-Andreotta,
assistant professor in the University
of Arizona Department of Soil, Water
and Environmental Science (SWES),
is leading a study designed to work
alongside rural and urban gardeners
to analyze the safety and quality of
water collected through rainwater
harvesting systems. The project entitled, “Advancing Informal STEM Literacy & Learning: Co-Created Citizen
Science Rainwater Harvesting in Underserved Communities” will be funded for five years (2016–2021)
through the National Science Foundation. For short, the program is
called Project Harvest. Rainwater
harvesting is legal in Arizona and
known to prevent soil erosion in semi
-arid regions, control storm water
runoff, and is a form of water conservation and environmental stewardship. To the best of our knowledge,
this is one of the first comprehensive
studies in the state of Arizona investigating the quality of harvested rainwater and its potential effects on soil
and plants.
Project Harvest is a co-created
citizen science project! Together, we
will monitor the quality of harvested
water, soil, and plants while learning
more about our environmental health.
As a participant, you will:
1. Learn how to collect samples
from your garden for analyses.
2. Learn about potential pollutants
(microorganisms, inorganics/
metals, and organic compounds)
that might impact soil, plant and
human health.
3. Meet others in your community
who are interested in environmental and food quality.

How does
Project Harvest Work?
Using a peer-education model,
our University of Arizona research
team has trained local community
members in Tucson, DeweyHumboldt, Hayden-Winkelman, and
Globe/Miami. After completing the
20-hour training in environmental
monitoring and sustainability, these
educators are now ready to train
community members and provide
the materials needed to rigorously
sample water, soil, and plant samples. After you are trained, you will
work with traditional laboratory
(LAB) supplies and Do-It-Yourself
(DIY) gear to monitor your environment. Sample collection will begin
in Winter 2017 and run through Winter 2020. YOU and University of Arizona researchers will analyze samples! Data will be interpreted and
shared with all participants yearly.

What is my role in
Project Harvest?
You are part of the team! The
work you do, and the samples you
collect will be used in a rigorous scientific study to determine the quality
of your harvested water, soil, and
garden vegetables. As a participant,
you will be asked to collect a water
sample four times a year; soil and
plant samples once a year for three
years. Each sampling may take
around 30-60 minutes. Your participation will be kept private; every
effort will be made to keep your
study-related information confidential. Project Harvest is looking forward to sharing and discussing the
results with participants yearly. However, participants can decide that
they do NOT want their individual
results and still participate in the
study and receive the summary of
results, but not their individual data.

Want to learn more about
your harvested water, soil
and plant quality?
Join Project Harvest! Ron
Thibodeau is the Community Educator in Dewey-Humboldt and can be
reached at: ronthibo@gmail.com

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To see a list of all the
community educators, visit:
https://projectharvest.arizona.edu/
about#community-health-workers. For
more information about Project Harvest, contact: Monica RamirezAndreotta at 520-621-0091 or by
email mdramire@email.arizona.edu.

Also, congratulations to Kim
Floyd who won the drawing for the
$25.00 Maverick gas card. Jean
Crouch won the drawing for the
United Blood Services T-shirt, and
Lori Holton won the
hand-made quilt donated
by one of DeweyHumboldt’s
talented
citizens—Hazel Karctor.
Our first blood drive
for the New Year will be February
13, 2018, the Tuesday before Valentine’s Day. Once again we will
have a drawing for a $25.00 Maverick gas card.
All participating donors will be eligible to enter the
drawing.
To schedule a donation time, call
Stacey Blanchfield at 928 632-5872.
Or sign-up on-line at the United
Blood Services website (https://
www.unitedbloodservices.org).

A NEW BUSINESS

Sonora Environmental Research Institute’s 55-gallon barrels that are provided to communities under their discounted rain barrel program. Photo
credit of Sonora Environmental Research Institute.

The D-H Newsletter does not
accept advertising ,but we do like to
announce new businesses in the
Community.

COMMUNITY NEWS

HICKCENTRIC
HORSESHOEING SUPPLY

A Humboldt family has lost everything
in a house fire on December 6. This
was a total loss of their home and belongings. The family is a young couple
with two little boys, ages 1 and 2. If
you would like to donate to the family,
please use this link gf.me/u/fgzafu or
call Town Hall @ 928-632-7362 for
more information.

BLOOD DRIVE NEWS
To all of our donors, thanks for
making the November 14, 2017,
blood drive a big success. This was
our last blood drive for the year, and
we had 23 donations.
A special Thank You to the following donors who were able to donate in every one of the DeweyHumboldt blood drives for 2017: Lori
Holton, Mark Blanchfield and Richard Miller.

We are a horseshoeing supply
store that’s a little eccentric. On top
of supplying farriers with the products they need and the customer
service they deserve, we offer a variety of custom, handmade western
décor. From custom made pallet
furniture, to hand poured gel candles, metal image cutouts, horseshoe art, hand painted signs, customized turquoise jewelry, and consignment tack and saddles.
We have partnered with our great
friends at Cactus Creek Leathers,
for boot and shoe repair, tack repair
and custom leather orders.
A family owned and operated
business and, believe me, it takes
the whole family! My husband, Wylie
Preston, and I are the proud parents
of four beautiful children, one girl
and three boys.

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Wylie started shoeing horses with
his father when he was just a teenager. He loves horses and being his own
boss, so much that for 20 plus years
that is what he has continued to do.
He graduated from Westerns School
of Horseshoeing in Phoenix and has
built his clientele from the ground up.
He has spent years studying the latest
in horseshoeing supplies and techniques. Some are nothing more than a
gimmick and others are real breakthroughs in the art of horseshoeing.

Through the years of running our
own farrier business, we saw the need
for a supply store in our area that offered great customer service to the
guys and also had something the
wives . From that, HickCentric Horseshoeing Supply was born and here we
are living our dream!
Hours: Monday, by appointment,
Tuesday-Friday 8-5:30, Saturday 92:00,

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DEWEY-HUMBOLDT
TOWN LIBRARY NEWS

2735 Corral St., Humboldt 632-5049
Tue, Wed, & Fri: 10 to 5
(Closed from 12—12:30 for lunch)
Thur 12:30—7, Sat 10 to 2
(Closed Sunday & Monday)

January Grown-up Movie

ONLY THE BRAVE
6:00pm TUESDAY 1/23
The true story of the Granite
Mountain Hotshots who fought the
Yarnell Hill Fire in June 2013.
Starring Jeff Bridges & Josh Brolin.

Genealogy Tuesday
Stop by the D-H Library any Tuesday from 2:00pm—4:00pm for
help tracing your ancestors.

1st Tuesday @ 10:30am

IONS COMMUNITY
GROUP

Located across the globe, IONS
groups bring together a dynamic
collection of people dedicated to
exploring noetic topics. The essence of IONS is summarized as:
Science, Spirit, Curiosity, and
Community. All welcome.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
RIDDLE

What travels around the
world but stays in one
spot?
2nd Tuesday @ 9:30am
BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP

New Year Book Discussion on
Jan 9, 2018. Come in and discuss your favorites.
Light refreshments served.
If you have the correct answer to
our riddle, there’s a prize waiting
for you at the D-H Library.

Wednesdays @ 2:00pm
Wii GAMES & CRAFTS

Early Release FUN!
Join us in the J. W. Mitchell Activity Room for crafts, Wii games,
storytelling, and more.

Every Friday @ 2:00pm
TODDLER STORYTIME

Stories for Toddlers focusing on
learning and movement. Come
join us and meet other parents in
your community.
Call Connie
@ 632-5049
for more information

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ACTIVITY CENTER

MEETING DATES AND
EXPECTED AGENDA ITEMS

Tuesday through Friday, 10 to 2,
13000 Prescott Street, Humboldt,
(928) 632-0699

Town Council Chambers
2735 S. Hwy. 69, Humboldt
(unless otherwise posted)
(Subject to change. Check website or
call Town Hall to confirm.)

Council Meetings 6:30pm
Jan 2: Cancelled
Jan 16: 1) Safety Reports; 2) Firewise Report & Presentation on 501
(c) (3); 3) Public Hearing on
Mogollon Vineyards Use Permit
Council Work Sessions 6:30pm
Jan 9: 1) Update on Chapter 100
Animals other than Dogs
P & Z Meetings 6:00pm
Jan 4: 1) Site Plan Review Regulation; 2) Public Hearing for Mogollon
Vineyards Use Permit
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.

CHOCOLATE
CHERRY CAKE
From the DH Community Cook Book

Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 can cherry pie filling
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup milk 1/3 cup butter
6 oz. chocolate chips
Mix eggs, cake mix, vanilla and
pie filling and pour into a greased
9x13 pan. Bake 40 minutes at 350.
Combine butter, sugar and milk
in saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate
chips.
Poke holes in warm cake and
pour frosting mix over cake.

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POST 78
HUMBOLDT, AZ 86329
928-632-5185
The Post with a View
Noon to 7 pm
Sunday thru Saturday
JANUARY 2018
Jan 1: New Year’s Day - Open
Jan 3: Monthly Meetings: Auxiliary
Ex Com 3:15 pm; Regular Mtg 4 pm;
Post Mtg 5 pm
Jan 4: S.A.L. Meeting 5 pm
Jan 7: Football Burgers/Fries 11:302:30 $5; 40 & 8 at 1 pm
Jan 13: Riders Meeting 0900
Jan 14: Football Burgers/Fries 11:30
-2:30 $5
Jan 18: VA Lunch for Ft Whipple
Vets 11 am
Jan 20: Karaoke with Captain Stan
4-7 pm
Jan 21: Football Burgers/Fries 11:30
-2:30 $5
Jan 27: District 8 Meeting at the
VFW in Black Canyon City, AZ, 11 am
Jan 28: Football Burgers/Fries 11:30
-2:30 $5
COMING EVENTS: Valentine’s Day
2/14/18
Mondays: 8 Ball Tournament 4:30
pm
Wednesdays: Queen of Hearts
Drawing 5 pm
Friday Fish Fry: 5 - 7 pm – Public
Welcome! Cod, Catfish, Shrimp plus
Chef’s Special - $10 per person
Chef Special: 3rd) Beef Enchilada;
12th) Chicken Fried Steak; 19th) Meat
Loaf; 26th) Spaghetti (Menus subject
to change)
Fish Fry Music: 3rd) Greenwood Hill;
12th) Peggy Evans; 19th) Greenwood
Hill; 26th) Peggy Evans.

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.
BUNCO: Tuesdays, 12 noon to —-.
COMMUNITY CUPBOARD:
The Center collects
and distributes nonperishable food items
locally. FREE bread
on Thursdays.
THRIFT STORE:
Offering a good variety of items, and
accepting donations, including small
working appliances (but not 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 & MEDICARE
ASSISTANCE: Area Agency on Aging—NACOG: Toll Free: (877) 5213500. Services & Support.
APS & UNS GAS DISCOUNTS:
Handouts available.

JANUARY HOLIDAYS
Jan 1: New Year’s Day
Jan 15: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Jan 15: Civil Rights Day
Birthstone: Garnet
Flower: Carnation

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GENE AUTRY'S COWBOY CODE
1. The Cowboy must never shoot first, hit a smaller man, or take unfair advantage.
2. He must never go back on his word, or a trust confided in him.
3. He must always tell the truth.
4. He must be gentle with children, the
elderly, and animals.
5. He must not advocate or possess racially or religiously intolerant ideas.
6. He must help people in distress.
7. He must be a good worker.
8. He must keep himself clean in thought,
speech, action, and personal habits.
9. He must respect women, parents and
his nation's laws.
10. The Cowboy is a patriot.

WINTER PRESCOTT
FARMERS MARKET
Tuesdays from 10-1, Nov 14
thru Apr 24, in the Harkins
Theatre Parking Lot (NW corner), Glassford Hill Road & Park
Avenue, Prescott Valley; and
Saturdays from 10-1, Nov 11
thru Apr 28, at Yavapai Regional Medical Center, 930 Division St, Prescott.
Accepting
WIC and will
DOUBLE SNAP/
EBT purchases
up to $20!

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.

FIREWISE
MEETING

PERMITS ISSUED

The Town’s Building
Department issued the following
permits for November:
• Single Family Residence: 1

The Firewise group meets
on the 3rd Wednesday of
each month at 6:30 pm in
the Town Hall Meeting
Room. Join us!

• Manufactured Home: 1
• Other: 13
This information is an indicator
of growth in the Community.

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

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