GV briefs: Remains found near Amado

Investigators are trying to determine the cause of death of a Mexican National discovered by Border Patrol agents near Amado on June 21.

Lt. Raoul Rodriguez of the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office said agents were conducting foot patrols six miles north of Elephant Head Road when they found human remains.

A wallet at the scene identified the deceased as a 31-year-old man from Coxcatlan, Mexico.

The remains were sent to the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office in Tucson.

Rodriguez said 18 undocumented immigrants have been found dead in Santa Cruz County this year.

Casa plans trip to

Code Talker exhibit

Casa de Esperanza is sponsoring a trip to a temporary exhibit at the Arizona State Museum.

“Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes ... The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II” is on exhibit July 17-Aug. 15 at the museum on the campus of the University of Arizona. Admission is by donation.

Casa de Esperanza is taking its vans there July 28; cost is $5 and reservations are required.

The vans leave at 10:30 a.m. and return mid-afternoon. Participants are on their own for lunch; there are several restaurants outside the nearby main gate of the university. Call for trip reservations: Ellen March, 625-2273, ext. 40.

On July 21 at 10:30 a.m., the Green Valley Marine Corps League will offer a presentation on the Navajo Code Talkers at the Casa Community Center. Commandant Larry Kossak, Bob Cain and John “Doc” Levi will present the free program. Reservations are not necessary, and it is not necessary to take the trip to attend the program. Members of the Marine Corps League will accompany the Casa vans on the museum outing.

The museum exhibit traces the story of the U.S. Marine Corps Navajo Code Talkers and features photos, documents, maps and a documentary produced by A&E/The Hstory Channel. It also includes the now de-classified code, which baffled the Japanese in World War II and helped ensure success for several U.S. military missions. By the end of the war, 420 Navajo men had served as code talkers.

Karsh retires from

GV Fire Board

Frank Karsh, a longtime member of the Green Valley Fire District board of directors, has resigned for health reasons.

“From the time of his initial appointment in 2000, through his election in 2002, and re- election in 2006, no one enjoyed or took more satisfaction in serving on the board than Frank,” Board Chairman Ed Clarke said.

Ron Darrah, who ran for the board in 2008, will be nominated to serve the remainder of Karsh’s term, which expires in November 2010, at the July 29 board meeting. Darrah is a former battalion chief with the San Diego Fire Department and is now a resident and head of the Property Owners Association of Quail Creek.