8/28/10
Community Arena, Part 1 completed!
Before and after. Exciting, isn't it?
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FOLLOW THE PROGRESS
Arena Day 5/6 — Aug. 27, 28 ------------------------------
Transformed! Part 1 of the project done. Now on to Part 2. Stay tuned.
Joe Chavez of Rid O Rock, our man with the plan, kept his sense of humor throughout the week. Thanks Joe!
The amazing pile of rocks that came out!
Arena Day 4 — Aug. 26 -------------------------------------
More ripping and screening.
Josh Chavez, helping his dad make the pile bigger.
Good side, bad side.
Arena Day 3 — Aug. 25 -------------------------------------
Rock pile is getting bigger....slowly but surely. A job for a man with patience. Quote: "This is the second worst arena I've ever worked on." Makes you wonder how bad the first one was!
Arena Day 2 — Aug. 24 -------------------------------------
After the ripper shanks get the concrete and rock torn up enough to start. It's still not dry enough around the edges, but screening begins in the middle.
The machine and its inventor/operator, Joe Chavez of Rid o Rock.
Before and after all rock to 3/8ths is removed, and starting the pile...
Arena Day 1 — Aug. 23 -------------------------------------
Before the mowing...
After the mowing and just before the rain, lightning, and hail...
Tilling it all up to dry... Stay tuned and if there is no rain tomorrow, more photos.
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8/3/10
Thank You El Paso
Ed Sanchez of El Paso Natural Gas presents a check to CHA and the Friends of Coconino County Parks (FCCP) for $7200 for our Community Arena Project. With this generous support the arena will soon become a reality. Friends of Coconino County Parks will manage the funds for this project.
Pictured above: Mary Williams/CHA; Jeff Stein/FCCP; Ed Sanchez/El Paso Gas; Sally Stults/CHA; Frances Payne/CHA; and Jack Welch/FCCP.
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7/27/10
Check's in the Mail – Really!
An award has been given for $7200 from the El Paso Gas Foundation for completion of the Community Arena Project at Fort Tuthill. Thanks to Helen Sisk for her vision and Sally Stults for her perseverence and El Paso Gas for their commitment to seeing this worthwhile project happen. We should all feel a little better next time we're paying our gas bill!
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5/18/10
CHA gets Supervisor Support
Thanks to Coconino County Supervisors Mandy Metzger, Liz Archuleta and Matt Ryan for their awards to CHA for our Community Arena project. Approval was given for Communty Initiative Funding from District 2 - $500 (Liz Archuleta); Distruct 3 - $500 (Matt Ryan); and District 4 - $1000 (Mandy Metzger) to assist with expenses associated with rehabilitating the existing rectangular arena located within the infield of the racetrack at Fort Tuthill County Park.
Thanks to Sally for submitting this request and to the Supervisors for their support. Remember them in your prayers and your votes.
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12/15/09
Community Arena – it's happening!
CHA's agreement is in place with the Friends of Coconino County Parks and Coconino County Parks & Recreation to take refurbish the rectangular arena in the racetrack infield at Fort Tuthill, to be opened as a free community riding arena.
>>Click here to help with this project.
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