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Area Republicans plan meet and greet at Cow Palace

Area Republicans are planing a “get together, meet and greet” event at the Cow Palace Friday, June 13, but registration is coming up fast.

Sue Mayes, president of the Southern Pima Arizona Republican Club Ladies, said sign up deadline is Saturday, June 9.

Price is $25 and the menu calls for BBQ chicken and meat.

The event starts at 5:30 p.m. at the Cow Palace in Arivaca Junction.

For information, call Mayes 207-8559, Daren 207-3382 or Cathy 625-1743.

Other sponsoring groups are the Southern Pima Arizona Republican Club and Quail Creek Republican Club.

Tumacacori’s series to feature Bleser

The fifth lecture in Tumac‡cori National Historical Park’s Centennial Lecture Series will be presented by retired Tumac‡cori park ranger and Chief of Interpretation, Nick Bleser.

Nick will tell stories—some serious, some hilarious—of his days as chief of interpretation (1972 to 1990) at what was then Tumac‡cori National Monument and is today known as Tumac‡cori National Historical Park.

The talk will take place on Friday, June 20, at 7 p.m. inside the old mission church at Tumac‡cori National Historical Park. Admission is free.

Border Patrol agents plan Sopori meeting

Two Border Patrol agents from the Tucson station plan to meet with local residents of Amado and Arivaca Junction Thursday to talk about two incidents that forced the Sopori School to “lock down”—closing the school to outsiders and keeping the pupils safe inside.

The lockdowns occurred in late April 8 and early May when drugs were found a nearby dwelling and when a vehicle crashed at the school.

Speaking at the 7-8 p.m. meeting will be Brian Brown, assistant patrol agent in charge of the Border Patrol’s Tucson station, and agent Albert Fresquez.

Fresquez said Monday they’ll talk about the local situation and answer questions and concerns.

The meeting will in the school’s library.

Border crosser hospitalized with signs of dehydration

An illegal immigrant found near Rex Ranch Resort was flown to a Tucson hospital last week with symptoms of dehydration, the U.S. Border Patrol reported.

Agents came across the 27-year-old man, who was unconscious, around 4 p.m in the desert near the Amado ranch.

A team of Border Patrol agents/Emergency Medical Technicians responded to the scene along with Tubac Fire. When the man began to have seizures, an medevac helicopter was called in to fly the man to St. Mary’s hospital, where he was treated for dehydration.

An identification card revealed that the man, believed to be an illegal immigrant, is from Veracruz, Mexico.

He was transferred to the intensive care unit of University Medical Center Thursday where he was listed in stable condition.

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