We will have a very special guest speaker at our AZ Division Convention on October 8-9, 2010 in Tucson, AZ. This year's convention is hosted by John R. Baylor Chapter 2298.  The speaker's name is Bert Hayes-Davis, who is the Great-Great Grandson of our Confederate President Jefferson Davis.  Please encourage your membership to attend the convention in Tucson.  Bert Hayes-Davis will have such wonderful information to share with us about President Jefferson Davis.  It would be a shame to miss this opportunity.

Arizona's Executive Board met at Marie Callender's in Phoenix for their Winter Meeting on Wednesday, January 27, 2010.  A quorum was present, with eight executive board members in attendance.  After the invocation, Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, the National Anthem, the Salute to the Flag of the Confederate States of America, and the singing of "Dixie's Land," the business portion of the meeting began.

Officer and committee winter reports were read and filed.  Files in storage, Granddaughter's Club Dues, Nominations for AZ Division Executive Board, Scholarship Fund, Children of the Confederacy, Confederate Memorial Day, and Summer Board were all discussed.

The meeting closed with the Benediction and then the joining of hands while singing the first verse of "Blest Be the Tie That Binds."

Many of our Division members plan to attend the Civil War in the Southwest event at Picacho Pass State Park on March 13-14, 2010.  Visitors will experience battle re-enactments of Valverde, Glorietta Pass, and Picacho Pass.  Click here http://azstateparks.com/Parks/PIPE/index.html for more information.  This will take you to the Picacho Pass State Park Website, where you will find more infomation about this truly wonderful event.  If you want to go straight to the event schedule, click here:  http://azstateparks.com/Parks/PIPE/downloads/PIPE_Civil_War_Schedule_2010.pdf

Celebrating Lee and Jackson Day with the Arizona SCV on Saturday, January 16, 2010 were ladies from several Arizona Chapters.  L-R Front:  Carol Dustin, Dixie Chapter President; Lee Nelson, Johnny Reb Chapter President; Janet Grams, General Joe Wheeler Chapter, New Mexico; Yolanda McDonald and Bobbie Davis, Dixie Chapter; Standing:  Betsy Bykerk, Johnny Reb Chapter; Tracy Justinak, Dixie Chapter. 

Janet Grams (center) is a Past Treasurer General and Past Arizona Division President.  Janet was honored for her service as a nurse during the Vietnam Conflict, receiving the SCV war service medal in October 2009.  Janet is the first person in Arizona to receive this award.

On Wednesday, January 27, 2010, the Arizona Division Winter Board Meeting will be held at Marie Callender's at 11:00 a.m. 

Marie Callender's Restaurant
2420 W. Northern Avenue (near I-17 & Northern)
Phoenix, AZ  85021
Phone:  (602) 995-3319

The UDC General Convention 2010 begins Thursday, November 4 with the General Board Meeting and continues through Tuesday, November 9, with the post convention trip.

Location:
Omni Richmond Hotel
100 South 12th Street
Richmond, VA 23219

Telephone (804) 344-7000 (UDC General's recommendation)
Toll Free Reservations:  (800) THE-OMNI

Room Rates: Single $116, Double $126, Triple $136, Quad $ 146.

You can start making your reservations now.  If you need additional information or help, please email or telephone Barbara Joyner, Chairman, General UDC Convention.

The birthday celebration honoring two of the South's greatest heroes, General Robert E. Lee and General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, will be held on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. The event is hosted by the Colonel Sherod Hunter Camp 1525 and Arizona Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Date: Saturday, January 16, 2010

Time: 11:30 a.m.

Place: Bill Johnson's Big Apple Restaurant
          16810 N. 19th Avenue
          Phoenix, AZ

Located at the Southwest corner of 19th Avenue and Bell Road

Cost: $15.00 per person

Please RSVP to: Camp 1525, SCV, PO Box 5994, Peoria, AZ 85385-5994 no later than Wednesday, January 13, 2010.

Make checks payable to "Camp 1525 SCV."

OR you may reserve your seat online at www.camp1525-scv.org/leejacksonnotice2010.html.