June 7, 2017 By

2017 Annual Charity Car Show

 

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If you like car shows and you love what the Arizona Humane Society does to ease the lives of dogs, cats and other domestic animals, then you’ll want to head over to the 2017 Charity Car Show Saturday, September 2 at the Mesa Market Place Swap Meet. The show runs from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

The Arizona Humane Society Waggin’ Wheels Adoption Van will also be at the car show, full of puppies and dogs looking for a good home. Adoptions will take place from 9:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

More than 100 vintage, classic, and modified cars, trucks, and motorcycles are expected to be on display in the hopes that car enthusiasts and animal lovers will stuff dollar bills into money bins set in front of each vehicle.

“Exhibitors are even encouraged to solicit votes (money) before the car show begins,” says Shirley Blahak, event organizer. “The goals of the car show are straight forward: to get together with other car aficionados, to have a good time, and to raise as much money as possible for the Arizona Humane Society.” It’s all in good fun because 100% of the money the vehicles raise will be donated to the Arizona Humane Society.

Each entrant will go home with a 2017 Charity Car Show dash plaque. The top five money makers will each be awarded an engraved remembrance.

 The show, an annual event, is sponsored by Arizona Mini Owners, a cheerful group of newer and vintage Mini Cooper owners.

Expected at the event are a large number of Mini Coopers and a number of PT Cruisers. Several vintage Triumphs and Austin Healeys will also be there, as will an authentic London taxi. Ford, Chevrolet, and Chrysler lovers will be happy to see vintage, classic and modified cars and trucks on exhibit, too.

And there will be a real treat for military collectors at the show, too. Dr. Baron Smith is bringing in his Vietnam era helicopter (1970), a Series III OH-6A Hardbelly and a ‘Deucy’ M35 triple-axle 2 ½ ton cargo truck.

In past years, some of the shows entries have been unusual. Children caught up with the idea of raising money for charity have even entered their Tonka trucks and midget race cars. Other unusual entries have included bicycles and motorcycle trikes.

So if you have a vehicle you’d like to enter, big or little, no matter how many tires, you can get more information at www.mesamarket.com. There is a $10. charge to exhibit.

A hand made 42 panel quilted comforter will be auctioned off at 1:30 p.m. The panels are embroidered and feature tributes to animals, and the difference they make in our lives. The highest bidder will go home with the comforter, and all the proceeds will go to the Arizona Humane Society. 

Attendees will also enjoy being entertained by Kevin James, emcee and platter spinner. He delivers music from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and 80’s.

The event is free (except for donations made to the Arizona Humane Society). Parking and admission is always free at the Mesa Market Place.

The event runs from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mesa Market Place is open 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Signal Butte & Hwy 60. 10550 E. Baseline Rd.  Mesa.  480.380.5572. www.mesamarket.com.  100% Handicap accessible.

June 7, 2017 By

Independence Weekend Event

Want to get in the holiday mood for Independence Day early this year? Then you’ll want to bring the whole family to Mesa Market Place Swap Meet on Saturday, July 1, from 9:00 a.m. to Noon. It will be a great way for a family to do something fun together.

The event is free. Face painters and balloon artists will create masterpieces for every member of the family. Moms and dads are invited to treat themselves to have a flag or a fantasy creature painted onto their faces, too.

There will also be drawings for $25 Mesa Market Place Swap Meet Market Money every half hour. A total of twelve lucky people will win.   

Color and drawing tables will be set up. Adults and youngsters are invited to write notes and color pictures to go into ‘Packages From Home’ care packages, destined to go to soldiers serving overseas. Everyone writing a note or coloring a picture will get a free ice cream. (www.packagesfromhome.org)

Also, between the hours of 7am and 10:30am on Saturday and Sunday, July 1 and 2, get their Market Breakfast, two eggs, toast, and hash browns for only cost $1.75 with Independence Day coupon posted at www.mesamarket.com.

Country entertainer, Cord Price will be singing in the Food Court from 9:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. He covers the old standards sung by Hank Williams, Merle Haggard, Bill Monroe, Willie Nelson, and Johnny Cash. He’ll also perform contemporary country music.

Mesa Market Place is open Saturdays and Sundays, 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and is at 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, AZ 85209, at exit 193 Signal Butte Rd. and Hwy 60. For more info, call: 480-380-5572 or go to their website www.mesamarket.com. The market is fully handicapped accessible. Parking, admission, and entertainment are always free.

June 7, 2017 By

Father’s Day Event

Do something fun for your Dad this Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18. Treat the whole family to a Market Breakfast (two eggs, toast, and hash browns) for only $1.75 each, and enter to win $25 Mesa Market Place Market Money!

Breakfast is served from 7:00 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. Special Father’s Day Market Breakfast Coupons are available at www.mesamarket.com and are good for the $1.75 Market Breakfast on Saturday, and Sunday, June 17 and 18.  

The opportunity to win $25 Market Money runs from 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Twelve lucky people will win $25 Market Money. Mesa Market Place Market Money is accepted at all merchant’s shops.

Classic R & B and gospel performer, Teddie Morrow will be singing in the Food Court from 9:00 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Anyone who heard the Tower of Power and the Whispers perform back in the ‘60s ad ‘70s remembers the funkadelic horn sound coming out of Oakland, CA. Singing right with them and opening their shows was Teddie Morrow.

The electrifying Stax performer, Rance Allen, loved performing with Morrow in the day. On more than one occasion on stage Rance said, “Teddie, you take me back home.”

Morrow still has a hugely impressive five-octave voice range and moves a man half his age would love to have.

Mesa Market Place is open Saturdays and Sundays, 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and is at 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, AZ 85209, at exit 193 Signal Butte Rd. and Hwy 60. For more info, call: 480-380-5572 or go to their website www.mesamarket.com. The market is fully handicapped accessible. Parking, admission, and entertainment are always free.

May 26, 2017 By

FREE Memorial Event Sat, May 27, 9am to Noon

You’re invited to attend our Memorial Event at the Mesa Market Place Swap Meet Saturday, May 27 from 9:00 a.m. until Noon. The event will take place in their Food Court in the middle of the second row, Row B and on Row C, just behind the Food Court.

It will be an action-packed event. There will be Military and First Responder equipment exhibits. Both the Military Exhibit and Children’s events will run from 9:00 a.m. until Noon.

There will be a Remembrance, including the presentation of our Colors, at 10:30 a.m. in the Food Court.

Children and Grownup Activities: There will be lots of face painting, balloon art, coloring, drawing and note-writing, for both kids and grownups.

Exibits and Displays: There will be two very unusual vehicles on display: a Vietnam era helicopter, Series III OH-6a Hardbelly Cayuse Loach, and a Vietnam era M35 Deuce-and-a-Half cargo truck.

Both have been restored and come with an amazing history. This helicopter served in Vietnam from 1970 to 1973, and survived six crashes while in service.

Twenty and Thirty foot scale models of both the USS Phoenix Submarine and the USS Arizona Destroyer will be on display.

The USS Phoenix is a 1/15 scale model of the nuclear powered submarine USS Phoenix (SSN-702,) named after our city. The Phoenix was a Los Angeles-class submarine that was 362 feet long and, on the surface, had 32 feet of the ship under water. The USS Phoenix is sponsored by the Perch Base Chapter of the United States Submariners.

The USS Arizona is a large scale model of the destroyer that was lost on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor, Hawaii with no advance warning.

The Arizona Army National Guard, Mesa Police Department, and Mesa Fire Department will also exhibit equipment.

Stop N Shop Military Surplus, located in Apache Junction, will exhibit equipment and be there to answer questions.

The 10:30 a.m. Remembrance: The Motorcycle Color Guard of America will begin the remembrance by presenting the American flag, and will also honor veterans in the audience by presenting flags for the five branches of the Armed Forces. There is nothing like National and Branch Service flags flowing in the breeze behind a motorcycle. 

Western singer Cord Price will sing the National Anthem, and other patriotic favorites.  Vietnam Veteran and Purple Heart recipient, Chuck Byers will present the Keynote address.

The Patriot Youth Corps will perform the ‘Missing Man’ Ceremony and the ‘Wounded Warrior’ Ceremony.

Author Keith Warren Lloyd, who wrote Above and Beyond, about WWI pilot Frank Luke, Jr, will speak about the flying ace. Luke AFB is named after him. Lt. Frank Luke, Jr. was a Phoenix native who along with several hundred other pilots, gave the Allied Forces the advantage needed to win the war.

The Jewish War Veterans Copper State Post 619, a significant contributor to the Carl T. Hayden Veterans Affairs Hospital and Arizona StandDown, a three day event serving homeless and at risk veterans and their families will participate as well.

Here’s what will happen to all the colored pictures and notes that will be created at this event: Packages From Home sends thousands of care packages to military personnel serving in the Middle East every year, and will not send a package out without including a personal note or picture in it.

All of your creations will be delivered to them to remind our active duty Armed Forces personnel that they are remembered and are appreciated. Many of them are parents, and it means a lot to them to get an original piece of art from a young person. For more information about Packages From Home, go towww.packagesfromhome.org.

Mesa Market Place is open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. and is at 10550 E. Baseline Rd., Mesa, AZ 85209, at exit 193 Signal Butte Rd. and Hwy 60. Info: 480-380-5572 and www.mesamarket.com. Fully handicapped accessible. Free Parking, admission, and entertainment.

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