Carefree C.O.I.N.S.

Carefree Festival of Fine Chocolate, Fine Arts & Crafts

Friday, March 30, 2012 to Sunday, April 1, 2012

9:00am to 5:00pm

Admission is free.

A chocolate lover's dream come true is taking place in the Carefree Desert Gardens, the four-acre botanical park in downtown Carefree. The inaugural event features 100 exhibitors who sell sweet confections and decadent chocolate creations to fulfill your chocolate cravings. A variety of fine arts and crafts are sold by artists. Kid's can enjoy the Easter Bunny’s Craft & Play Zone, and an Easter-egg hunt(see below). Music and entertainment are featured on the Carefree Amphitheater stage.

Cost: Free

Where: Meet at the Stage of the Amphitheatre in the Carefree Desert Gardens
101 Easy St
Carefree, AZ 85377

Bring your Easter Basket for the Hunt. You could win a Bike!

 

 

 

I would like to commend Councilman Van Allen for his recognition of the fine services Judge Scull has provided to Carefree. The Judge is one of those special people who makes Carefree one of the most envied communities in the Valley. Thanks, Councilman, and sincere thanks to Judge Scull. May he walk his precious dog in our Carefree Gardens for years to come. KGDS!!

Ed Morgan

 

 

 

Don't know 'how busy da Judge is' or if it's part time - but in either case it's a real bargain especially if he's a good man/Judge.

Larry Holland

(Lyn's note: The judge is a contract employee, so is not considered part or full time. He works on an as needed basis. Court is held once a week. If he is needed more, for instance when a search warrant is required, he provides the service.)

 

 

 

Thank you for the great write up on the library. It is a facility that can be used by all ages for little or no cost to the user.

Coe Gardner

 

 

 

This is very interesting, but I would like to know what are the $550,000 yearly expenses??? Sounds high, as D. Court is the only paid full time employee. What /and how many part time do they have, considering they have so many good volunteers. What has the Town of Carefree done in the past? We are most fortunate to have DFL and we should be eager to support it.

June Reilly

In answer to June’s points, I would comment as follows:The Library’s expenditure is apportioned as follows:

General administration expenses – 11.5%

Payroll expenses – 46.5%

Library operations, including materials (books, etc.) – 19%

Cost of income – 6.5%

Building expenses – 16.5%

In addition to me, the Library has 2 Librarians which are 1.5 employees, full time equivalent. We also have 6 other part-time employees. The Library has about 140 volunteers who, amongst other things, operate the circulation desk, undertake shelving and operate the bookstore.

The Library is open for business 355 days a year.

I will let you comment on the past input by the towns by they did contribute to the capital campaign, but not operationally for 3 years.

Kind regards.

David G. Court

Executive Director

Desert Foothills Library

(Lyn's note: Historically, Carefree donated approximately 3% of the annual budget in grants to the local non-profits, including the library. For the past 3 fiscal years, due to the global economic downturn, this has not been possible.)

Thanks for the info. I hope he understands that my questions were from a positive standpoint.

June

(Lyn's note: I'm sure he does, and I suspect that others had the same questions, so this provides answers to everyone. Thanks for asking, June.)

 

 

 

Please join Jeff and I at our new fundraiser for Foothills Animal Rescue. All the info is on the attached poster. A wonderful night of rock-n-roll for $100.00 a ticket. There will be a raffle for a large Mitch Henderson painting. Donated by Jeff and I. Let's save some lives of dogs and cats.

Holly Bergman

Wild Holly Gallery

22 Easy Street

Carefree, AZ. 85377

480-595-8757

wldholly@hotmail.com

www.wildhollygallery.com

Foothills Animal Rescue

Benefit Concert

Rock and Roll Rescue

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Desert Mountain

Cochise-Geronimo Clubhouse

Party all night with Desert Mountain’s premier rock band:

The Roadrunners

To purchase tickets please contact:

Laura Jones at lcjcookie@cox.net – (480) 266–9862 or Kathy Gaines at kjwilson9999@hotmail.com – (480) 452–2002

 

 

 

Please notify everyone about the Cave Creek Museum photo contest. The application is on the museum's website, www.cavecreekmuseum.org. There is an entry fee but there are valuable prizes. $500 for the winner of the adult category! The deadline is May 4, 2012.

Thanks

Jerry Sieve

(Lyn's note: Jerry is always kind enough to volunteer his time as a judge for the Black Mountain Photo Contest and was a judge for our first Carefree Gardens Photo Contest. He has also been very involved with the Cave Creek Film and Arts Festival. He's a local gem!)

 

 

Mark Holland, Native American Flute Player

Performing at Desert Foothills Library, Cave Creek AZ

April 27, 2012 @ 7 PM

Mark Holland is considered by many authorities on the Native American Flute to be among the top flutists performing and recording today.

Leader and founder of Autumn's Child, Mark Holland has been called, "the Jimi Hendrix of the Native American Flute". His unique approach and usage of the flute along with his technical skills brings about such comparisons. Holland has described his project Autumn's Child as Global Chamber Music; a hybrid of world, jazz, classical and folk styles. General Seating is limited to 90 chairs so it is recommended you come early. Doors Open at 6.15 pm. Advance Tickets $20 sold at the Library or Admission at door if seats are available.

For additional information, visit www.dfla.org or, email dcourt@dfla.org

Sent by Hank Molder