2011 Legacy Award Winner: Judy Starr Confer (1940-2014) Judy Starr Confer is the second Legacy Award winner. She and Steve Busker moved from Michigan to Fountain Hills in 1994. Her trade was interior design. Upon moving to the desert, she created new products to market. Among them are the Cactus Clan Saguaro People and featherweight […]
Tim Yoder, 2011 Inductee Serving 17 years as a commissioner on the Fountain Hills Fire District board is enough in itself to qualify for the Hall of Fame, but Mr. Yoder’s contributions to the betterment of his community go far beyond that. He arrived in the community in August 1973, and with his father, Fred, […]
Robert Thomson, 2011 Inductee Readily donating his services pro bono to local organizations and other volunteer services have earned Mr. Thomson a place in the hall of fame. He moved to Fountain Hills in 1994 from New Jersey, where he served as president of a major land development company. Prior to heading up the development […]
Lula Smith, 2011 Inductee The former Tribal Council member is the 2011 Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation inductee. She was an active church volunteer, serving as an elder at the Fort McDowell Presbyterian Church her entire adult life. She attended the Phoenix Indian School and was very active in the government’s Home Extension programs. She served […]
Dr. Paul McElligott, 2011 Inductee Named the Arizona Science Teacher of the Year in 2010, Dr. McElligott has greatly contributed to the level of excellence in the education of high school students in Fountain Hills during his 11 years on campus. Through his efforts to bring applied science and physics projects to the Fountain Hills […]
   Phil Graziano, 2011 Inductee With the attitude I just do what I think is right, Mr. Gaziano is most noted for his efforts in establishing the program to install Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in the community. While serving as Chairman of the Fountain Hills Law Enforcement Advisory Panel, he initiated a program that […]
John “Buck” Buchanan, 2011 Inductee A tireless volunteer, Mr. Buchanan is this year’s inductee from the Verde Communities. He immediately became involved in Rio Verde after moving there in 1987 from Omaha, Nebraska. He started and was chairman of a 52-member golf group and served on the Rio Verde Country Club Greens Committee for two […]
Roxanne Boryczki, 2011 Inductee Recognized as the founder of the Fountain Hills/Fort McDowell Visitors Bureau, Mrs. Boryczki has been very active over the years with the Fountain Hills Chamber of Commerce and other local organizations. A 25-year resident of Fountain Hills, she is the owner of AZ Trails Travel. With the Chamber, she served […]