‘Feature’ Archives
ATTENTION HEBER/OVERGAARD RESIDENTS
by Pappy This is important and I hope all of you will read this and have your children read it and become involved. You all know how I feel about our Troops and Veterans as I have written so often about. This is about “VETERAN AWARENESS” and a couple of our Veterans who want to make a difference to our Vets. Jeremy Staat and his [...]
A NEW MEMBER FOR HEBER/OVERGAARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Story & photos by Pappy It is with great pleasure to introduce a new member to our Chamber who is not only very wise, alert but also very good looking. Her name is “Liberty” and she now lives full time at the Chamber Visitor Center. That’s right, she is on duty 24/7. She moved in and took over. Her duties are to be a [...]
Update on Heber/Overgaard Rim Community Library Expansion
The Rim Community Library serves Heber/Overgaard and surrounding area and is one of the very few all volunteer libraries that still exist in the United States. Community support, donated funding and volunteers were the primary driving force to the construction of the current facility that was opened just 5 years ago. The library is a part of the [...]
New Post Office Bulletin Boards
The old bulletin boards at the Overgaard Post Office were removed some time ago to allow the Post Office building to be painted and maintained. Since the old bulletin boards were quite worn and shabby, the Chamber of Commerce arranged to have them replaced and supplied the materials to make that happen. Dennis Lofstedt stepped up and donated his [...]
February 2012 Chamber Sponsored Events
The Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring events that should be of interest to everyone in our Community as well as those that live elsewhere but have property or visit here regularly. February is Arizona’s 100th Birthday and Kicking off the February events starts on February 4th at the Heber/Overgaard Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center from [...]
A NEW YEAR – 2011: History – 2012: Future
Here we go into another New Year and that means ANOTHER year older! Wow, that number is getting high! . Let me start with 2011 history for now. Here in our fair community we have lost a few good people, as we do each year. I won’t mention any names so as to not bring up any sad feelings from the families and friends. The ones I knew, [...]
Heber/Overgaard Chamber of Commerce Building, Repair and Painting
Back a couple of months ago, the Chamber building was being prepared for a much needed painting by some volunteers that did a great deal of scraping and wire brushing of the building surface. Not long before all of our snow started falling, John and Diane of John and Diane’s Painting finished the building preparation, taping and painting. [...]
Navajo County Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers “Operation High Pursuit” deliver Christmas gifts
The Navajo County Sheriff’s Auxiliary Volunteers (SAV’s), a county wide nonprofit volunteer group which supports the mission of the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office, held its first annual “Operation High Pursuit” Christmas toy raffle and gift giveaway on Saturday December 23, 2011 at the Show Low Wal-Mart parking lot. SAV members from [...]
OVERGAARD AMERICAN LEGION POST86 Forty and Eight Unit-2011 Christmas Party
Story & Photos by Pappy If you do not know about the “Forty and Eight”, let me give you a short history of it. Its official name is “La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux.” Now my French is not too good but I am told it translates as “The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses.” The American Legion can trace the [...]
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA 2011
A day to remember, Saturday, December 10th in Snowflake, AZ. With the efforts by the Young Marines of Show Low, AZ a ceremony that was a great success considering the cold weather and a foot of snow covering the Hallow grounds of R.V. “Mike” Ramsay Cemetery in Snowflake. This was part of a yearly event that takes place all across the [...]
