Welcome New Members
Community Bridges
Pawlished Pup, LLC
Carla Huffman
bearsmom_1959@yahoo.com
Join Date: 08/18/2014
Quarles Art Gallery
Doug & Sharon Quarles
Website
quarlesart@powerc.net
Join Date: 08/25/2014
Solar Park Foundation
Kevin Rauch
Join Date: 09/23/2014
Hours of Operation
Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
168 E. 4th Street
Benson, AZ 85602
520.265.8031
Christmas Tree Lighting
Benson's Christmas Tree Lighting will take place November 25th @ 6:00 p.m. at the Historical Museum on 5th street. Bost Family Traditions will be performing. Children's crafts and Santa and Mrs. Claus will also be there. Kids of all ages enjoy this kick-off to the Christmas Season!
Free Legal Seminar
There will be a free legal seminar October 28th at the Benson Community Center, 705 West Union Street, Benson, AZ . The times set are from 6:00p.m. - 7:30 p.m. beverages and snacks are included. This month's topic is New Health Care Law and How it May Affect You - as an employer or an individual.
Benson's 90th Birthday celebration
Benson's 90th birthday Celebration is coming up in December. As activities are put together, we will keep you posted. If you have any ideas or would like to help, please contact Vicky at City Hall.
G & T's Heather Floyd and her Rodeo Commitee
A big round of applause to Heather and her ladies for putting on a great rodeo! The rodeo is a main stay in the Butterfield Days Celebration and is the anchor activity. Kudos go out to these ladies for all of the hard work that they put in to make this event happen. Events this large take months of preparation, with not much relaxation time, once the project starts. Much appreciation goes out to these ladies that make this event happen every year. Great job!! |
Christmas on Main, Electric Light Parade, Shop with a Cop
Debi writes them all....... December 13th is a busy day for Benson! There will be lots of fun stuff to do. Starting off first thing in the morning, Benson's Shop with a Cop will leave the Pomerene LDS Church at approximately 7:00 a.m. and take the kids up Main Street, on their way to Walmart for a shopping trip, with lights and sirens blaring! Please see if you can make it to the curb and give these kids a wave as they go by. What an exciting day for them! The vendors at Christmas on Main will be alerted to this activity, so they may participate.
The Christmas on Main Street will kick off at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. with Santa and Mrs. Claus being available from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Vendor set up times are from 6 a.m. till 9 a.m. Live entertainment, shopping, food, and such. Come down and join in the holiday festivities! Contact Debi at the Chamber @ 265.8031 for info.
The Electric Light Parade will be held that night starting at Union and Patagonia, traveling N on Patagonia to 5th street, heading East on 5th street to San Pedro and then heading South up San Pedro to 7th Street..SSVEC will donate prizes to the winners of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. Judging will take place in front of the museum. The City of Benson will make a monetary donation to the winner's charity of choice. The theme this year is "Treasured Holiday Stories". Parade starts at 6:30 p.m. for spectators. Please call Laura Parkin @ 720.6044 and get your entries in!
Butterfield Days Car Show
Thank you and much gratitude to all of our sponsors!
G & T Cooperatives - Heather, James and Jay!
Apache Nitrogen Products - Lyndon Denton
The Shop - Derrick Rogers
Sulpher Springs Electric - David Bryan
River Side Inn - Kay Daggett
City of Benson - Bill Stephens and Laura Parkin
Benson Pony Express - Cindy Allen
White Willow Herbs and Such - Annette Beuchel
Del Thula
Bruce Staggs
We very much appreciate your support!
The Butterfield Days Car Show was a success! There were 38 entries of some very beautiful cars and trucks. They came from Safford, Green Valley, Double Adobe, Sierra Vista, Hereford, St. David, and Benson. Congradulations to the Top Ten winners! They ranged from a 1932 coupe to a 2013 one of a kind Camero, and everything in between. Best of Show went to another '32 Ford Coupe, People's Choice went to the 2013 Camero, and Mitch's Picks Debi had to choose, as the show was dedicated to the memory of Mitch "Silver Toes" Mathews, and she had to choose the ones that she thought Mitch would pick. A '37 Chevy truck and a 67 Chevy Camero were the choices there.
The weather was nice, the cars were beautiful, quite a few compliments were heard, and it made a nice addition to the Butterfield Days weekend!
Thank you so much to the sponsors, vendors, and members who participated. It couldn't have happened with out your help! Looking forward to making it an even bigger more expanded event for next year! Get your antique tractors, 4x4 Toys, and motorcycles ready! You've got a year!
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Quarles Art Gallery
Big welcome to Quarles Art Gallery! They have a beautiful art gallery located on the same block as the Chamber offices, next to Southeast Arizona Credit Union. They are planning to have Sunday coffees and an occaisional evening mixer. Doug is the artist who has been painting our wonderful murals around town. They will be giving art lessons from time to time as well. If you have any questions about any of the activites at the Art Gallery, Please call Sharon @ 520.686.2757 Be sure to stop by and take a look! They are in a perfect buiding for a gallery, and all of the art is just beautiful! |
