(Lyn's note: Please feel free to send us any pictures you'd like included. Here's the link to this week's Pictures of the Week.)
http://carefreeazbusinesses.com/pictures-of-the-week-31721.html
http://carefreeazbusinesses.com/pictures-of-the-week-31721.html
Yellowstone National Park
Photo by James Roth
Here are your bonus rounds from Herbert.
http://aneyeonyouproduction.com/122620-sunset.html
Photo by James Roth
Here are your bonus rounds from Herbert.
http://aneyeonyouproduction.com/122620-sunset.html
Photos by Herbert Hitchon
Here's your bonus video from Herbert: (Rod has a booth at the Art Expo.)
Here's your bonus video from Herbert: (Rod has a booth at the Art Expo.)
Artist: RODMAN from Herbert Hitchon on Vimeo.
Here is the link to the Maricopa County & Rural/Metro emergency
preparedness presentation from 6/27/19. This is good info to keep saved
on your computer.
Emergency Preparedness Presentation by R/M & County: 6/27/19
http://carefreetruth2.com/carefree-truth-763.html
preparedness presentation from 6/27/19. This is good info to keep saved
on your computer.
Emergency Preparedness Presentation by R/M & County: 6/27/19
http://carefreetruth2.com/carefree-truth-763.html
COINS:
CAREFREE AND CAVE CREEK REACH AGREEMENT TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH WATER ACQUISITION
CAREFREE AND CAVE CREEK REACH AGREEMENT TO
MOVE FORWARD WITH WATER ACQUISITION
Nearly 2-1/2 years after initial discussions began, an agreement has been reached between Carefree and Cave Creek which will pave the way for cooperation between the two communities. The agreement will facilitate Carefree’s plans to provide water service to those portions of Carefree currently served potable water by the Town of Cave Creek. These areas are shown as Neighborhoods A, B, and C on the following graphic.
I LIVE IN THIS AREA, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME?
It’s been a long process, and we thank you for your patience. According to Carefree Water Company General Manager Greg Crossman, “We’ve done a significant amount of planning and preliminary engineering to accomplish this transition, but our real work is ahead of us. We expect that at least 6 months of final engineering will be needed before we can start the construction effort for this transition. The construction project is large enough that it will likely be accomplished in phases over a period of about one year. Stay tuned for further updates as our planning and engineering start to gel into a constructible project.”
I’M A CURRENT CUSTOMER OF CAREFREE WATER, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME?
In 18 to 24 months, you’ll be joined by your neighbors in the western portions of Carefree under one “water umbrella” of the Carefree Water Company. For the most part, the transition will be transparent to our existing customers, but a lot of “behind the scenes” work will be taking place to facilitate what needs to happen. Very soon, the Board of the Carefree Water Company, which is the same as the Town Council, will need to finalize arrangements for financing the project. Financing will be done through Water Revenue Bonds.
Look for more “Water Fact Sheets” to be posted that will help you understand the evolution of this project and future steps. “Fact Sheet” topics may include; “Project Financing”, “Water Rates”, “Project Benefits”, and “The Arbitration Panel’s Decisions”.
Carefree – The Return of the Sundial Sunburst
It’s been a long process, and we thank you for your patience. According to Carefree Water Company General Manager Greg Crossman, “We’ve done a significant amount of planning and preliminary engineering to accomplish this transition, but our real work is ahead of us. We expect that at least 6 months of final engineering will be needed before we can start the construction effort for this transition. The construction project is large enough that it will likely be accomplished in phases over a period of about one year. Stay tuned for further updates as our planning and engineering start to gel into a constructible project.”
I’M A CURRENT CUSTOMER OF CAREFREE WATER, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME?
In 18 to 24 months, you’ll be joined by your neighbors in the western portions of Carefree under one “water umbrella” of the Carefree Water Company. For the most part, the transition will be transparent to our existing customers, but a lot of “behind the scenes” work will be taking place to facilitate what needs to happen. Very soon, the Board of the Carefree Water Company, which is the same as the Town Council, will need to finalize arrangements for financing the project. Financing will be done through Water Revenue Bonds.
Look for more “Water Fact Sheets” to be posted that will help you understand the evolution of this project and future steps. “Fact Sheet” topics may include; “Project Financing”, “Water Rates”, “Project Benefits”, and “The Arbitration Panel’s Decisions”.
Carefree – The Return of the Sundial Sunburst
‘Carefree - Where the Sun Marks Time’. Although Carefree was incorporated in 1984, the Carefree Sundial has served as a beacon and focal point since 1959. Town founders, K.T. Palmer and Tom Darlington enlisted architect Joe Wong and solar engineer John Yellot to design the Sundial. Far ahead of its time, the Sundial included a solar water heater providing heated water to the nearby Darlington-Palmer Building which now serves as the Carefree Town Hall.
A close examination of Sundial photos from its early years reveals a Sunburst hanging at the midway point of the gnomon (the vertical extension). The Sunburst handing from the Sundial is even captured in our town seal. Legend has it that the colored glass of the 7 feet wide, wrought iron Sunburst celebrated our desert sunshine and glowed beautifully in the morning and evening light above a pool of water, but the elements took a toll. The Joe Wong designed Sunburst enjoyed a short life. In 2004, when the Sunburst was determined to be beyond repair it was donated to the Cave Creek Museum where it resided outside for many years.
The impetus for change often comes from an unsuspecting source. A few years ago, after many years safeguarding the Sunburst, the Museum returned it to the Town of Carefree. Broken and battered, the Sunburst took up residence in a corner of a Town garage. Then in 2019 a Carefree resident, who prefers to remain anonymous, took it upon himself to return this misplaced, but not forgotten, historic and iconic art piece to its rightful place.
Design support was enlisted from architectural firm SRA 360, David Bixler & Associates Engineering, construction support from HarshCo Waterjet to precisely cut metal and glass, the Cave Creek Welding Company for the metal structural supports of the new Sunburst, and GM Hunt Builders and Remodelers to hang the Sunburst. In the same spirit of giving that motivated the Kiwanis Club of Carefree to donate the Sundial to the Town of Carefree many years ago, each of these supporters often donated their expertise, labor, and materials. Today a reincarnated Sunburst, dimensionally identical to the original Sunburst, but made with an improved design and modern materials, is poised to be installed after a nearly 20-year hiatus.
In mid-March, the unique and beautiful Sunburst will be returned to its rightful place, hanging from the Carefree Sundial gnomon, colorfully reflecting Sonoran Desert light. A formal dedication will be announced soon.
But in the meantime, come to Carefree and enjoy a resurrected piece of historic, reborn art along with the Carefree Desert Gardens, our walk-friendly streets, and our many restaurants, including the newly opened Greek-inspired, Mediterranean Athens on Easy Street as well as many fine art galleries and shops.
I hope to see you there.
John Crane
Vice Mayor, Town of Carefree
(Lyn's note: The Sunburst was installed last Thursday. It is a gorgeous addition to our lovely gardens. Thanks for pushing so hard for it and for organizing it, Anonymous Kevin. Your dream has finally been realized.)
A close examination of Sundial photos from its early years reveals a Sunburst hanging at the midway point of the gnomon (the vertical extension). The Sunburst handing from the Sundial is even captured in our town seal. Legend has it that the colored glass of the 7 feet wide, wrought iron Sunburst celebrated our desert sunshine and glowed beautifully in the morning and evening light above a pool of water, but the elements took a toll. The Joe Wong designed Sunburst enjoyed a short life. In 2004, when the Sunburst was determined to be beyond repair it was donated to the Cave Creek Museum where it resided outside for many years.
The impetus for change often comes from an unsuspecting source. A few years ago, after many years safeguarding the Sunburst, the Museum returned it to the Town of Carefree. Broken and battered, the Sunburst took up residence in a corner of a Town garage. Then in 2019 a Carefree resident, who prefers to remain anonymous, took it upon himself to return this misplaced, but not forgotten, historic and iconic art piece to its rightful place.
Design support was enlisted from architectural firm SRA 360, David Bixler & Associates Engineering, construction support from HarshCo Waterjet to precisely cut metal and glass, the Cave Creek Welding Company for the metal structural supports of the new Sunburst, and GM Hunt Builders and Remodelers to hang the Sunburst. In the same spirit of giving that motivated the Kiwanis Club of Carefree to donate the Sundial to the Town of Carefree many years ago, each of these supporters often donated their expertise, labor, and materials. Today a reincarnated Sunburst, dimensionally identical to the original Sunburst, but made with an improved design and modern materials, is poised to be installed after a nearly 20-year hiatus.
In mid-March, the unique and beautiful Sunburst will be returned to its rightful place, hanging from the Carefree Sundial gnomon, colorfully reflecting Sonoran Desert light. A formal dedication will be announced soon.
But in the meantime, come to Carefree and enjoy a resurrected piece of historic, reborn art along with the Carefree Desert Gardens, our walk-friendly streets, and our many restaurants, including the newly opened Greek-inspired, Mediterranean Athens on Easy Street as well as many fine art galleries and shops.
I hope to see you there.
John Crane
Vice Mayor, Town of Carefree
(Lyn's note: The Sunburst was installed last Thursday. It is a gorgeous addition to our lovely gardens. Thanks for pushing so hard for it and for organizing it, Anonymous Kevin. Your dream has finally been realized.)
Hi John:
Recently I read your letter in the City Sun Times about the sundial and the sunburst. Many moons ago, for the Arizona Centennial, I worked on burying a time capsule under the number 12. Inside the capsule, I wrote up a brief history, which included a reference to the copper tubes in the sundial's arm (gnomon) being used to heat water for the what was then called the Sales Office for Darlington and Palmer to meet with prospective buyers for home sites. Don’t ask me where I found it, but I vividly recall that the hot water was needed for the kitchen, which was used to prepare meals for prospects.
I also recall telling many others that the sundial was Carefree’s first demonstration of solar power. It cannot be claimed as a “municipal first” since it would be another 25 years, or so, that Carefree was incorporated.
Not being a member of the ‘cancel culture’ but one who believes that history (both good and bad) serves as lessons to mankind’s evolution. History is vital since it enables us to recognize our mistakes, so we do not have to repeat them. (Sad that we do not always learn!)
Years ago, when I was the marketing liaison council member, I started to do some research for a tourist guidebook, which I wanted to title “NO MORE ROAD and other street names in Carefree.” I still have an outline in one of my Word files, in which I had picked up some of what I thought were the most unusual names, which could be Kodak moments. Many visitors take pictures of Ho Road, Hum Road, Ho Hum Road, but very few know about This is it Circle, or Huff ‘n Puff Place, Never Mind Trail or Here to There Drive. It was about the same time as the Town agreed to change the street signs to brown instead of green and add the tab stating ‘Carefree’. This way, when visitors took their pictures and emailed them to friends and family, they would know where they were.
I was never able to find out how the street naming began. I joked about the founding fathers meeting late in the day in a saloon but have no idea if there were any nearby saloons! I am cc’ing Vince on this message, perhaps he can talk to Gerry Jones and learn how the funky street names got started.
Keep up the good work.
Kevin had called me to let me know it was currently being installed, but I could not get over there at the time. I will take a look next time I go to the post office.
Arthur Gimson
Hi Arthur, I spoke to Gerry about this several times and most recently this weekend. He said that both K.T. and Tom were convinced that the obscure street names would bring free publicity to the area, as much as he (Gerry) was against it. It turned out that Palmer and Darlington were both right, and publications far and wide (from as far as Europe) covered the community because of the weird street names. Genius marketing move!
Vince D'Aliesio
Thank you, Vince.
Arthur
Hi Arthur:
I definitely agree with your comments regarding history. If you wish to learn what cancel culture can bring, look no further than the Red Guards destroying historical relics and artifacts, ransacking cultural and religious sites and destroying concrete emblems at the doorways of homes. When I was in Beijing 15 years ago, I walked the streets and saw the scarred residential buildings.
Moving on to a more enjoyable topic, Frances Carlson’s “Cave Creek and Carefree Arizona, A History of the Desert Foothills” states: Jennings Morse, the first sales manager at Carefree, and his wife “gave a dinner party followed by a play at the Sombrero Theater in Phoenix. During the intermission the group adjourned to the theater’s bar where that ‘got to feeling quite jolly’ as she described it. K.T. Palmer mentioned that he was to present the plat for Carefree to the county officials the next day and he had not yet selected any street names. Everyone started thinking up hilarious names and Palmer jotted them down ……”
K.T. Palmer’s biography tells a different story. First came the Carefree Development Corporation, thinking they could arrive at a town name later. K.T. Palmer then writes, “For, almost at once, everyone began referring to the plat of Carefree,….. Finding that we had unwittingly named our model community, we decided to go whole hog. I began assembling a file of Carefree street names. With help from several of our friends the main business street became Easy Street intersected by the corner where the bank now sits by Wampum Way…… K.T. continues to list several more whimsical names with which we are now all familiar.
Arthur, to clarify, K.T. Palmer’s version of events come not from his biography, but his autobiography.
Best regards,
John Crane
Thanks Lyn,
Nice article. I think Robin is doing a great job. I like her.
Pam DiPietro
(Lyn's note: Robin Cochran is the new Executive Director of the Caring Corps. Pam is the recently retired ED of the Food Bank.)
I thought I received a drawing from you of what the water tank site would look like. It included a little circle drive in front of meters and a rendering of the covered tank. It showed that the fill would slant uphill from the Ryan’s home. Did you send such a drawing? Have you seen one? I liked it because it seemed more realistic than others. I can’t find mine. If you have such a drawing, I would be very happy if you would send or resend it to me.
Thank you for all you do!
I remember when Carefree Truth was an idea. Congratulations on making it the best news source for Carefree and Cave Creek.
Sincerely,
Sue Clement
(Lyn's note: I sent the link with that newsletter to Sue. FYI, everything is archived on our website at www.carefreetruth2.com if she ever needs to find something in the future.)
Lyn:
The Carefree Desert Garden Seminar Committee is pleased to provide the below March newsletter which includes links to interesting gardening articles and videos. With desert weeds about to beginning to grow, this newsletter includes a timely article regarding how to protect your home from wildfires.
Thank you for including this newsletter in your next Carefree Truth-Letters from Readers & Non-Profit Info edition. Reader feedback is always welcome.
Best regards,
John Crane
Recently I read your letter in the City Sun Times about the sundial and the sunburst. Many moons ago, for the Arizona Centennial, I worked on burying a time capsule under the number 12. Inside the capsule, I wrote up a brief history, which included a reference to the copper tubes in the sundial's arm (gnomon) being used to heat water for the what was then called the Sales Office for Darlington and Palmer to meet with prospective buyers for home sites. Don’t ask me where I found it, but I vividly recall that the hot water was needed for the kitchen, which was used to prepare meals for prospects.
I also recall telling many others that the sundial was Carefree’s first demonstration of solar power. It cannot be claimed as a “municipal first” since it would be another 25 years, or so, that Carefree was incorporated.
Not being a member of the ‘cancel culture’ but one who believes that history (both good and bad) serves as lessons to mankind’s evolution. History is vital since it enables us to recognize our mistakes, so we do not have to repeat them. (Sad that we do not always learn!)
Years ago, when I was the marketing liaison council member, I started to do some research for a tourist guidebook, which I wanted to title “NO MORE ROAD and other street names in Carefree.” I still have an outline in one of my Word files, in which I had picked up some of what I thought were the most unusual names, which could be Kodak moments. Many visitors take pictures of Ho Road, Hum Road, Ho Hum Road, but very few know about This is it Circle, or Huff ‘n Puff Place, Never Mind Trail or Here to There Drive. It was about the same time as the Town agreed to change the street signs to brown instead of green and add the tab stating ‘Carefree’. This way, when visitors took their pictures and emailed them to friends and family, they would know where they were.
I was never able to find out how the street naming began. I joked about the founding fathers meeting late in the day in a saloon but have no idea if there were any nearby saloons! I am cc’ing Vince on this message, perhaps he can talk to Gerry Jones and learn how the funky street names got started.
Keep up the good work.
Kevin had called me to let me know it was currently being installed, but I could not get over there at the time. I will take a look next time I go to the post office.
Arthur Gimson
Hi Arthur, I spoke to Gerry about this several times and most recently this weekend. He said that both K.T. and Tom were convinced that the obscure street names would bring free publicity to the area, as much as he (Gerry) was against it. It turned out that Palmer and Darlington were both right, and publications far and wide (from as far as Europe) covered the community because of the weird street names. Genius marketing move!
Vince D'Aliesio
Thank you, Vince.
Arthur
Hi Arthur:
I definitely agree with your comments regarding history. If you wish to learn what cancel culture can bring, look no further than the Red Guards destroying historical relics and artifacts, ransacking cultural and religious sites and destroying concrete emblems at the doorways of homes. When I was in Beijing 15 years ago, I walked the streets and saw the scarred residential buildings.
Moving on to a more enjoyable topic, Frances Carlson’s “Cave Creek and Carefree Arizona, A History of the Desert Foothills” states: Jennings Morse, the first sales manager at Carefree, and his wife “gave a dinner party followed by a play at the Sombrero Theater in Phoenix. During the intermission the group adjourned to the theater’s bar where that ‘got to feeling quite jolly’ as she described it. K.T. Palmer mentioned that he was to present the plat for Carefree to the county officials the next day and he had not yet selected any street names. Everyone started thinking up hilarious names and Palmer jotted them down ……”
K.T. Palmer’s biography tells a different story. First came the Carefree Development Corporation, thinking they could arrive at a town name later. K.T. Palmer then writes, “For, almost at once, everyone began referring to the plat of Carefree,….. Finding that we had unwittingly named our model community, we decided to go whole hog. I began assembling a file of Carefree street names. With help from several of our friends the main business street became Easy Street intersected by the corner where the bank now sits by Wampum Way…… K.T. continues to list several more whimsical names with which we are now all familiar.
Arthur, to clarify, K.T. Palmer’s version of events come not from his biography, but his autobiography.
Best regards,
John Crane
Thanks Lyn,
Nice article. I think Robin is doing a great job. I like her.
Pam DiPietro
(Lyn's note: Robin Cochran is the new Executive Director of the Caring Corps. Pam is the recently retired ED of the Food Bank.)
I thought I received a drawing from you of what the water tank site would look like. It included a little circle drive in front of meters and a rendering of the covered tank. It showed that the fill would slant uphill from the Ryan’s home. Did you send such a drawing? Have you seen one? I liked it because it seemed more realistic than others. I can’t find mine. If you have such a drawing, I would be very happy if you would send or resend it to me.
Thank you for all you do!
I remember when Carefree Truth was an idea. Congratulations on making it the best news source for Carefree and Cave Creek.
Sincerely,
Sue Clement
(Lyn's note: I sent the link with that newsletter to Sue. FYI, everything is archived on our website at www.carefreetruth2.com if she ever needs to find something in the future.)
Lyn:
The Carefree Desert Garden Seminar Committee is pleased to provide the below March newsletter which includes links to interesting gardening articles and videos. With desert weeds about to beginning to grow, this newsletter includes a timely article regarding how to protect your home from wildfires.
Thank you for including this newsletter in your next Carefree Truth-Letters from Readers & Non-Profit Info edition. Reader feedback is always welcome.
Best regards,
John Crane
Fellow Gardeners,
Hello and Happy March! March is a month of preparation and planting. This month's newsletter features one article jam-packed with information on Wildfire preparation and another on the What-and-How-To of some members of the "Cactus" family. For this edition's double feature videos we travel north to the magnificent Butchart Garden in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and, keeping a bit closer to home, the San Francisco Botanical Garden. You supply the popcorn. Sit back, relax and enjoy!
Your feedback on our newsletter is always appreciated and we look forward to hearing more. As always, keep well, keep safe and keep gardening!
Be Wise about Wildfires...how to protect your home:
https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Preparing-homes-for-wildfire
Growing Cactus, Agave, Yucca and Ocotillo:
https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1225.pdf
Public Garden Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=262KealkrCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bt3gFLjjYY
(Lyn's note: This is the latest addition to our great line-up of restaurants in Carefree. Herbert and I love it!)
Hello and Happy March! March is a month of preparation and planting. This month's newsletter features one article jam-packed with information on Wildfire preparation and another on the What-and-How-To of some members of the "Cactus" family. For this edition's double feature videos we travel north to the magnificent Butchart Garden in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and, keeping a bit closer to home, the San Francisco Botanical Garden. You supply the popcorn. Sit back, relax and enjoy!
Your feedback on our newsletter is always appreciated and we look forward to hearing more. As always, keep well, keep safe and keep gardening!
Be Wise about Wildfires...how to protect your home:
https://www.nfpa.org/Public-Education/Fire-causes-and-risks/Wildfire/Preparing-homes-for-wildfire
Growing Cactus, Agave, Yucca and Ocotillo:
https://extension.arizona.edu/sites/extension.arizona.edu/files/pubs/az1225.pdf
Public Garden Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=262KealkrCo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bt3gFLjjYY
(Lyn's note: This is the latest addition to our great line-up of restaurants in Carefree. Herbert and I love it!)
Non profit Info:
KIWANIS MARKETPLACE THRIFT STORE EXTENDS THEIR HOURS – NO FOOLING!
The Kiwanis Marketplace announces on April 1st, 2021 they will be extending their hours each day until 5:00 pm. You will be able to shop, donate, and volunteer from 9 am to 5pm, Tuesday through Saturday.
“We are delighted to announce our new hours of operation effective April 1st! We hope this change will help make shopping at the Kiwanis Marketplace as convenient as possible and accommodate our customers seeking that unique Treasure! The Kiwanis Marketplace is truly blessed to be in such a generous Community, one that is dedicated to offering such amazing donations while promoting our mission of supporting our local children in need,” shares Marketplace General Manager Sandra Carrier. Since opening the Kiwanis Marketplace, in August of 2015, they have granted over 3 million dollars to local organizations.
The marketplace is always looking for volunteers to help. Volunteers will work a morning or an afternoon shift, yet they welcome any amount of time you can give.
Visit kiwanismarketplace.org to find out more and to visit their online store, where you can treasure hunt 24/7.
“We are delighted to announce our new hours of operation effective April 1st! We hope this change will help make shopping at the Kiwanis Marketplace as convenient as possible and accommodate our customers seeking that unique Treasure! The Kiwanis Marketplace is truly blessed to be in such a generous Community, one that is dedicated to offering such amazing donations while promoting our mission of supporting our local children in need,” shares Marketplace General Manager Sandra Carrier. Since opening the Kiwanis Marketplace, in August of 2015, they have granted over 3 million dollars to local organizations.
The marketplace is always looking for volunteers to help. Volunteers will work a morning or an afternoon shift, yet they welcome any amount of time you can give.
Visit kiwanismarketplace.org to find out more and to visit their online store, where you can treasure hunt 24/7.
General Manager Sandra Carrier with Volunteers Glen & Tom
Volunteers Andrea, Patsy & Rita
Kiwanis Marketplace Treasures
ABOUT THE KIWANIS CLUB OF CAREFREE
The Kiwanis Club of Carefree is one of the largest Kiwanis clubs in the world, with roughly 150 members. Our focus is on helping children recognize and develop their potential. We support post-secondary scholarships, summer art programs, special needs support, youth service organizations and more.
Through the Kiwanis Marketplace Thrift Store in Cave Creek the foundation raises money to support its projects. The vast majority of the funds we raise are invested in the children of our community, while some is donated to Kiwanis International initiatives dedicated to disaster relief and eradicating diseases around the world.
ABOUT THE KIWANIS CLUB OF CAREFREE
The Kiwanis Club of Carefree is one of the largest Kiwanis clubs in the world, with roughly 150 members. Our focus is on helping children recognize and develop their potential. We support post-secondary scholarships, summer art programs, special needs support, youth service organizations and more.
Through the Kiwanis Marketplace Thrift Store in Cave Creek the foundation raises money to support its projects. The vast majority of the funds we raise are invested in the children of our community, while some is donated to Kiwanis International initiatives dedicated to disaster relief and eradicating diseases around the world.